Today we become as gods again in Thea 2: The Shattering, guiding our wee tribe of believers through a fantasy post-apocalypse rooted in Slavic mythology. It's the sequel to 2015's Thea: The Awakening, a game described by Rob Zacny as "a survival 4X RPG roguelike with crafting and card combat" in our lukewarm Thea: The Awakening review. That's a lot going on and it didn't all work the first time, but Thea was still different and interesting enough that a sequel coming along to tidy it up sounds grand. If you'd rather not do early access, hey, it should be finished in six months or so.

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