5 reasons to join the Thunder Tier One Gameplay Preview

From Friday 11 December 5:00 CET - Sunday 13 December 17:00 CET (extended till 14 December 09:00 CET) we are hosting a free-to-play Gameplay Preview on Steam, which will give many in our community the chance to enter the Thunder Tier One world for the first time!

It’s going to be a really exciting weekend, here are 5 reasons you don’t want to miss it!






Thunder Tier One is one of the most realistic games to enter the top-down shooter marketplace.

This isn’t a game that is based on luck, you can’t just spray at your enemies and hope for the best. To be successful you have to think like a military tactician, pulling on all of your strategic skills to devise the perfect plan to meet your objectives - and then you have to carry out that plan.

And even then, just like in the real world, there is no method that guarantees success, there’s no plan of action that will work the same way every time you execute it. In one scenario a particular weapon may cause 50 damage, and the next time cause as little as five. Its effectiveness is based on many factors, including an opponent's armour, your choice of ammo or the specific trajectory of the bullet. AI enemy forces are also designed to approach battles in many different ways, meaning you could play a mission ten times and have ten different outcomes.

Of course all this makes Thunder Tier One a difficult game to master, but who wants it to be easy? We feel like the harder the task, the higher the sense of accomplishment - and we’re really looking forward to seeing how you all get on this weekend!









Picture the scene: it’s the early nineties in a destabilised nation on the brink of civil war. A dangerous terrorist network is growing in power and influence, sweeping its way through the country. An elite military task force has been called in, its orders are simple: eliminate the threat of terror…

In the Gameplay Preview players will be able to play two campaign missions: Silver Dew and Cold Stone.

Silver Dew sees players land outside an apartment building in a small village within a rural area. Operators must capture a high value target presumed to be hiding in the building, and ideally they need to do it keeping the target alive.

In Cold Stone your orders are to rescue a hostage being held in an enemy base nestled deep within the mountains. It’s a very different map to Silver Dew, you’re out in the open with very little cover. There are many different ways to approach the mission, and many different routes to be discovered. You'll have to use everything at your disposal to find the hostage and exfiltrate them safely.

Both missions are available to play as single player or with up to four friends, enjoy!







The Gameplay Preview will provide fans with an abundance of weapons, gadgets and armour to help them meet their objectives - each combination impacting gameplay and progression significantly.

Perhaps you think it’s best to move stealthily, taking care not to raise the enemy alarm. Or maybe going in all guns blazing will be your strategy, overwhelming enemies with sheer force. Whatever your approach, you’ll need to think carefully about how you gear up, as poor preparation could lead you to coming unstuck in the heat of battle.






Fans are in for a treat as we introduce ‘Advance and Secure’, an intense PVP game mode that best showcases the wide range of tactical approaches that players can use on Thunder Tier One.

It is a team based mode, where two sides will go up against one another and attempt to hold as many control points as possible. Teams start off with a number of tickets, which they will relinquish when they lose control points. One team wins if either the enemy has no more tickets left, time runs out and one team has more tickets, or a team has captured all control points and eliminated opponents.

‘Advance and Secure’ truly values brains and tactical direction, players need to know when to defend, when to flank, when to create cover and when to move on opponents. It’s fun, it’s fast-paced, and it is very demanding.







Thunder Tier One is all about planning, trying, and failing… and then planning, trying, and failing again … it is not meant to be easy!

In our last alpha test we had a lot of fun watching players attempt to complete Silver Dew. Some teams took up to three hours, but you could see the joy when they completed the mission - it felt like a win for the whole Thunder Tier One team.

This time round, we want to see how quickly teams can complete both Silver Dew and Cold Stone. There are many different approaches to these missions, and we are looking forward to seeing our community get creative - see if you can surprise us!

Record your team’s attempts on the missions and send us a video of your quickest time. We’ll then review the footage and award prizes to the speediest sides!






Luckily for you guys, signing up to the Thunder Tier One Gameplay Preview could not be easier. Just follow the simple steps below, and we will see you there!!

• Visit the Thunder Tier One Steam page
• Click ‘request access’
  
• Make sure you join the dedicated Discord channel