Players are in for another catastrophic episode for Surviving the Aftermath's second expansion pack. And it will test their management skills anew. Iceflake Studio and Paradox Interactive launched Surviving the Aftermath: Shattered Hope on November 3. It is available for download on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
It is the second downloadable content (DLC) for the popular survival colony-builder simulation. It was also released five months after New Alliance, its first expansion pack.
In Surviving the Aftermath: Shattered Hope, players will have to manage the outcome of a new disaster: the moon's destruction. However, the event brings them both new challenges and opportunities.
This expansion builds upon the game's world with the Shattered Moon calamity, adding both the ability to boost resource production and the task of maintaining survivors' hope,
said Paradox Interactive.
The DLC also allows players to unlock a new quest called Shattered Hope. In it, they can explore and learn more about the moon's demise.
Surviving the Aftermath: Shattered Hope contains new resources for the colony, such as lunar dust. Players can use the felled moon rock deposits to improve productivity. They can turn them into valuable lunar dust, a highly sought-after material. Lunar dust can boost building efficiency and hasten production. According to developers, it can even shorten the healing period to 48 hours.
The latest expansion pack also introduces Hope as a new global value. Players will need to keep hopes high in their colony to protect it from Anguish.
If (hope is) kept too low for too long, it will trigger a new condition called Anguish that, if left untreated, may turn your colonists hostile,
Paradox Interactive added. Aside from new additions to the game, Paradox Interactive said Surviving the Aftermath: Shattered Hope includes fixes and other gameplay improvements.
The original version of Surviving the Aftermath came out in 2021.