The time has come. Lemnis Gate, the time-twisting FPS is finally out on PC and console.
Frontier Foundry and Ratloop Games Canada have finally pushed their perplexing first-person tactical shooter out into action and released Lemnis Gate across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Game Pass. Costing as little as £15.49/$19.99/€16.79, or nothing more for Game Pass subscribers, Lemnis Gate is an odd-sounding amalgamation of genres that works surprisingly well for a fresh take on the mindless run and gun of many modern shooters.
Melding strategy, hero shooters, and turn-based time-bending, Lemnis Gate puts players in control of a team of special operatives, each with their abilities and talents. Much like Overwatch and similar arena shooters, this makes for plenty of tactical decision making. However, rather than a free for all battle royale, Lemnis Gate allows competitors to deploy one team member at a time, taking turns to loop through a 25 second window. Players must choose who to deploy at any given turn, taking direct control of a character to defend a teammate, kill an enemy, or capture a point. Once a turn expires, those actions are locked in time, as are the consequences.
The massive potential combination of in-game characters, play styles, maps, and objectives means that Lemnis Gate impressed us when we jumped in for the pre-release beta events. Anybody picking up Lemnis gate can go up against solo opponents or participate in duo matches, online or offline. There are also some obvious genre staples too. There’s Retrieve XM, in which you scramble to collect exotic matter and return it to your gate; Domination, which is about competing to capture zones; and Seek & Destroy, where you attempt to wreck your opponent’s Resistors
Anybody looking for something different in the FPS arena should definitely take a look at Lemnis Gate. You can find out more over on the official website now or check out the launch trailer above.