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- “Rose Squad is back! Jump back into the shoes of the renowned TITAN-X fireteam of Rose Squad as you guide them to crush the forces of the Korma Empire and secure victory for the Eclipse Empire across the galaxy! Return as Riley Rose and command the members of Rose Squad as you undertake missions and operations to weaken the forces of the Korma Empire.”
- ―Official description
Eclipse Universe: Rose Squad - Extinction, often referred to simply as Rose Squad: Extinction, is an action FPS video game developed by Nakamura Interactive and Frost Games, and published by Morningwood Arts for Xbox Series X and Series S, PlayStation 5 and on Microsoft Windows via Steam, and will become available for the Semblance console when it is released. It was developed using Semblance 7, the newest version of the Semblance engine. It is marketed as a reboot of the Rose Squad Trilogy that spun-off from the Call of Duty: Eclipse Warfare series and retcons a major key event in Call of Duty: Retribution. It is the first in the Rose Squad Sequel Trilogy. The game had an Open Beta in January 2022 and a Skirmish Beta in February 2022. Players who preordered any game edition had early access to these betas at midnight Tuesday while the betas became available for everyone else at 1PM Tuesday.
Set in Jesse Loon's original universe, Rose Squad: Extinction focuses on the TITAN-X fireteam Rose Squad, a special forces unit of highly-trained super-soldiers within the Eclipse Military's Special Operations Task Force, and is set just months after Call of Duty: Retribution, Extinction follows Rose Squad as they undertake various missions given by High General Richard Lawson alongside forces of the 3rd Special Operations Division against the Korman Military as the Second Korman Conflict continues to rage on across the Milky Way galaxy. Unlike the original Trilogy, Extinction is not an adaption of the Rose Squad Trilogy novels but rather continues the story in it's own way.
Console Features
These are the game's features available on consoles. A 4K or 8K TV are required for 4K and 8K resolution settings. For native 4K at 75Hz, a 4K TV that supports 75Hz is required, and vice versa for 8K TVs.
- 4K resolution at 75Hz
- Ray-tracing
- HDR
- Cloud saving
- Crossplay and cross-progression
Crossplay can be disabled in the settings, but is highly recommended to remain enabled. To enable Cross-progression, players will need to create an Eclipse Universe ID, which is an account that users can sign up for on the Nakamura Interactive. From here, they can link their platform accounts into a single account that can be used across the game's available platforms, allowing cross-progression. The process is akin to Epic Games' cross-progression system.
Xbox Series X/S
- Quick Resume
- Xbox Series X-specific
- Native 4K resolution at 120Hz
- Supports 8K resolution at 60Hz
- Supports 120Hz refresh rate at 1440p
- Xbox Series S-specific
- Native 4K resolution at 60Hz
- Supports 120Hz refresh rate at 1080p
PlayStation 5
- Native 4K resolution at 60Hz
- Supports 75Hz refresh rate at 1440p
Semblance
- Native 8K resolution at 60Hz
- Supports 120Hz at 4K resolution
Pyrohedron
- Supports up to 1440p resolution at 30Hz refresh rate
With the Pyrohedron's Touchscreen for its controllers, players can utilize that touchscreen to not only select dialogue, but command the members of Rose Squad as well, including switching to them through Fireteam Command.
Gameplay
Rose Squad: Extinction features gameplay elements from that of tactical shooters. The heads-up display (HUD) will show critical information for the player to see, such as their health, minimap, currently equipped weapon, its ammo count, their grenades, and the status of their AI Squadmates, and a compass at the top of the HUD for objectives and directions.
Difficulty
The game features five Difficulties that'll affect both the player and enemies as well as enemy encounters throughout the Singleplayer Campaign. These difficulties include:
- Recruit - For newer players to the FPS genre or want to experience the story.
- Normal - For players familiar with FPS.
- Hardcore - For those seeking a challenge.
- Legendary - For players wanting to step up and tackle space warfare.
- Extinction - It's all up to you.
| Difficulty | Player Health (Shields) | Player Flinch | Enemy Health Multiplier | Enemy Damage Multiplier |
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| Recruit | 500 (300) | 10 | -25% | -50% |
| Enemy AI are less intelligent, appear in less numbers. Enemy Variety is halved; no High-Value targets. Ammunition is more abundant. Player receives less XP towards Military Experience. QTEs have longer durations. | ||||
| Normal | 400 (300) | 25 | 0% | 0% |
| Enemy AI have standard intelligence, appear in normalized numbers. Enemy Variety includes High-Value Officers. Player receives normal amount of XP. QTEs have standard durations. | ||||
| Hardcore | 350 (200) | 50 | +25% | +30% |
| Enemy AI are 30% more intelligent, appear in slightly higher numbers. Enemy Variety includes more Officers and introduces Majors. Player receives 25% more XP towards Military Experience. Ammunition is more scarce. QTEs have slightly less durations. | ||||
| Legendary | 250 (200) | 65 | +30% | +40% |
| Enemy AI are 50% more intelligent, will outwit the player, appear in larger numbers. Enemy Variety includes more Officers, Majors and introduces Commanders. Ammunition is extremely scarce with less Ammo Crates. Player receives 50% more XP towards Military Experience. QTEs have shorter durations. | ||||
| Extinction | 150 (200) | 85 | +45% | +50% |
| Enemy AI are significantly more intelligent, will strategize amongst themselves and will outwit the player, and appear in strong numbers. Enemy Variety includes large High-Value enemy types and introduces Generals. Ammunition is literally extinct and there are no Ammo Crates. Player receives 75% more XP towards Military Experience, and has no HUD, except for Fireteam Status. QTEs have much shorter durations. | ||||
High-Value Tier Enemy
High-Value Tier enemies are mini-Bosses encountered throughout the Singleplayer Campaign. These enemies are more stronger and powerful than the standard infantry players will fight. High-Value enemies are smarter, will generally outwit players and form strategies with AI.
Regardless of Difficulty selection, High-Value Tier enemies will spawn to support Bosses at certain encounters, and will always be named, unlike standard High-Value Tiers.
| High-Value Tier | Health (Armour) | Weapon | Weapon Damage |
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| Officer | 600 (450) | KXR-20 Blaster | 100 |
| Officers are high-ranked Korma Military infantry with experience on the battlefield. They lead squads of troops in battle and command respect. They are more armoured and armed than rank-and-file enemies. These enemies are affected by the current Difficulty's Enemy Health and Damage Multipliers, decreasing or increasing their health, armour and damage output. | |||
| Major | 800 (500) | KXR-25 Blaster | 125 |
| Majors are senior officers to Officers in the Korma Military and have more experience than their juniors. They command respect with much of their troops meeting their demands. They are well-armed and have more armour than Officers. These enemies are affected by the current Difficulty's Enemy Health and Damage Multipliers, decreasing or increasing their health, armour and damage output. | |||
| Commander | 1000 (750) | KXB-5 Cannon | 175 |
| Commanders are an in-between of Majors and Generals, with experience on the battlefield and in command positions. Troops under their command will follow religiously and enforce their will and orders, even to death. They are heavily armed and armoured than Majors. These enemies are affected by the current Difficulty's Enemy Health and Damage Multipliers, decreasing or increasing their health, armour and damage output. | |||
| General | 1200 (900) | KXR-50 Blaster | 200 |
| Generals are the most senior officers of the Korma Military. They command whole armies and fleets with much respect from the Korman Elders Council. Troops under their command have higher morale and will blindly follow orders. These enemies are affected by the current Difficulty's Enemy Health and Damage Multipliers, decreasing or increasing their health, armour and damage output. | |||
TITAN-X Battle Suit
The TITAN-X Battle Suit is a core gameplay system of Rose Squad: Extinction. With it, players will be able to upgrade their Battle Suit using Modules and Suit Upgrades. Modules are obtained by completing Missions on higher difficulties and Campaign Challenges while Suit Upgrades are purchasable from The Armoury using Armoury Credits. Modules add additional abilities and traits to the Battle Suit. Suit Upgrades includes effects such as increased reload speeds and mantling speeds.
Military Experience is a standard ranking system, going from 1 to 100 and featuring traditional military ranks as titles. When ranking up in Military Experience, players will gain Armoury Credits that they can use in the Armoury to purchase Suit Upgrades for their Battle Suit.
Fireteam Command
Fireteam Command is a core gameplay system of Rose Squad: Extinction where the player is able to command their Fireteam's AI Squadmates. Throughout the Singleplayer Campaign, players will be able to command their Fireteam squadmates, to issue orders to them which include ordering them to a position, group up for a team attack, enter a stealth stance to reduce noise, perform search and destroy in the current area for enemies, form up and move as a group and to revive a fallen squadmate or yourself. When the player's health and shields are both depleted, they will enter a Downed state and remain on the ground, while in this state, they cannot move or fire their weapons, and can either order their Squadmates to revive the player, clear the area for enemies or complete their objective, but are on a time limit before the player dies and the mission fails, reverting back to a checkpoint. Players will come across various objects within the environment that'll glow with an outline and will be highlighted once the crosshair is on that object. The AI Squadmates can be ordered to these objects depending on their type: Sealed Doors will allow for a synchronized team breach-and-clear, Crates or any 3 feet tall objects can be used as cover or a sniper vantage point, Military Barricades to make use of anti-armour and heavy ordnance weapons, Objectives that can be destroyed with an explosive or heavy ordnance weapons, and Vehicles that Fireteam members can make use of.
Each Fireteam Squadmate has their own Specialization unique to them. Laura von Schnee's Specialization is Technaholic which allows her to be ideal when handling any electronics such as computer or command consoles, enemy technology such as turrets, robots or androids and primarily vehicles heavily relying on electronic systems, and can temporarily enhance the player's TITAN-X Battle Armour. Brenda Vallée's Specialization is Sharpshooter where she is most useful as a sniper and long-range firefights, can score Critical Hits on enemies and can enhance any Sniper and Marksman class weapon held by the player. Tao Lan's Specialization is Ordnance where she is most useful for demolition orders such as destroying large barricades, barriers, destructible walls and objectives, and she can provide the player with specialized explosives and modified heavy weapons as well as enhance the player's currently held Heavy Weapon.
Player Progression
Player Progression in Rose Squad: Extinction is unified in both Multiplayer and Cooperative, sharing progress towards challenges, player and weapon leveling.
Every player will have an associated Military Rank with their accounts. This rank can be increased by earning XP, which is obtained from completing challenges and matches, and getting kills in both PvP and PvE modes. Challenges usually grant the most efficient progress towards a player's Military Rank. At Military Rank 5, players will unlock Daily Challenges and Weekly Challenges, the former are easier to complete and is less time consuming than the latter, though the latter grants more XP and requires more time. These Daily and Weekly Challenges can be viewed in The Armoury. Daily Reset is 1PM and Weekly Reset is 1PM every Monday.
Specialized Weapon Variants
Specialized Weapon Variants are a class of specialized weapons featured in Rose Squad: Extinction, which come in four Rarities: Rare, Epic, Legendary and Ancient. SWVs come with Weapon Perks that make them unique from regular weapons, and in addition to having access to regular attachments, they also have access to SWV Attachments, special attachments only found on SWVs. Weapon Perks feature their own upgrades called Masterworks, which improves the efficiency of the Perk's effects.
Specialized Weapon Variants tailored towards PvE specifically will be unavailable for use in Multiplayer for balancing.
Singleplayer
Multiplayer
Frost Games developed Rose Squad: Extinction's Multiplayer mode. The Multiplayer is similar to that of Call of Duty and Halo. Consisting of both arena and large PvP combat, the Multiplayer offers a mix of both close quarter combat and large-scale battles, featuring up to 128 players in PvP battles.
Canonically, the Multiplayer takes place in both the Training Simulations and during the Second Korman Conflict. Players take the roles of Eclipse Army Ranger Regiment Assault Troopers, a specialized force of infantry part of the Eclipse Army and founded by TITAN-X Riley Rose. Additionally, post-launch content updates would introduce a narrative to the mode, similar to live-service games.
Classes
In the game's Multiplayer, players can make use of several Classes that each have their own playstyle, equipment and weapons, and have three Class Abilities and a single Passive Trait. These Classes feature their own skill trees that'll allow players to upgrade them, adding their own layer of progression.
- Assault Troopers excel in all-out assault tactics, to break enemy defenses and take control of vital choke points, allowing allies to move forward more swiftly.
- Heavy Troopers excel in stalwart tactics, to defend their allies and take enemy fire as well as attracting enemy attention to themselves.
- Support Troopers excel in supportive tactics to keep their allies well-equipped to deal with enemies, being able to bolster their Class Abilities.
- Medical Troopers, while similar to Support Troopers, excel in supportive tactics, to keep their allies alive and healthy during combat, providing buffs and protection.
Loadouts
Game Modes
Skirmish
Maps
Cooperative
Nakamura Interactive developed Rose Squad: Extinction's Cooperative mode. The Cooperative is entirely focused on PvE and cooperative play with other players. Cooperative offers Assault Missions, which are missions structured similar to Campaign missions, and Swarm, which is a wave-based survival mode. These two modes can be played in a Private Match and allows for the host to adjust gameplay settings, such as changing difficulties, modifiers, enemies, Special Waves and Boss Waves.
Canonically, the Cooperative takes place during the Second Korman Conflict. Players assume the roles of Rose Regiment, a unit of the Eclipse Army Ranger Regiment that is under the command of TITAN Senior Commander Riley Rose and the members of Rose Squad.
Assault Missions
Swarm
Loadouts
The Armoury
Specialized Weapon Variants
Outfits
Characters
Downloadable Content
The game will feature three types of post-launch downloadable content. Expansions, large paid DLC introducing a significant amount of content for all areas of the game. Content Updates, smaller free DLC for all players that introduces content for Multiplayer, Cooperative and The Armoury. The third are Events, which have two types, Seasonal and Promotional; the former are limited-time events that feature exclusive rewards and event-exclusive game modes, usually coinciding with holidays, and the latter are also limited-time crossover events featuring promotional material with other franchises, integrating its lore to fit the Eclipse Universe.
For promotional events, if anyone on Fantendo wishes to collaborate and feature their works in these events, feel free to contact me either on Fantendo or on Discord, just ping Anakin Nakamura.
Editions
| Features | Standard ($59.99) | Expansion Edition ($84.99) | Deluxe Edition ($99.99) | Vanguard Edition ($109.99) | Console Edition ($399.99) |
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| Game Download (If bought digitally) |
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| Mr. Tachibana Pack (Pre-Order) |
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| Expansion Pass | |||||
| 1 Month Semblance+ Trial | |||||
| Thomas J. Fall Pack | |||||
| Rose Squad Armoury Pack | |||||
| Rose Squad Dossier Files | |||||
| Special Console (Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5) |
The Standard, Deluxe and Vanguard Editions can be bought either physically or digitally; if the latter, a Game Download code is provided.
Standard
The Standard Edition includes the Base Game. If Pre-Ordered, players will receive the Mr. Tachibana Pack, which includes the Mr. Tachibana Character for use in Multiplayer and Cooperative as well as his Legendary Specialized Weapon Variant, the T-100 Combat Bow.
Expansion
The Expansion Edition includes the Base Game and the game's Expansion Pass, which includes Expansions 1 to 4 and 2 exclusive Characters per Expansion. If Pre-Ordered, the Mr. Tachibana Pack is also included.
Deluxe
The Deluxe Edition includes the Base Game and all Expansion Edition content, a 1 month trial for Semblance+ and the Thomas J. Fall Pack, which includes the Thomas J. Fall Character and his Legendary Specialized Weapon Variant, the Daydreamer Assault Rifle, both for use in Multiplayer and Cooperative as well as 2000 Armoury Credits, enough to two Legendary or Epic items in The Armoury.
Vanguard
The Vanguard Edition includes the Base Game and all Deluxe Edition content, the Rose Squad Armoury Pack which includes four Epic Specialized Weapon Variants based on the personal weapons used by Rose Squad, and the Rose Squad Dossier Files pack which includes in-game readable dossier files for the members of Rose Squad. The Epic SWVs are available for use in Multiplayer and Cooperative.
Console
The Console Edition includes all Vanguard Edition content. This Edition is available only as a physical edition, as there is the option of choosing to bundle the game and its bonus digital content with a console of choice, these being an Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5 console. Download codes for the digital content are included.
Soundtrack
Included with the Deluxe Edition, the Rose Squad: Extinction - Soundtrack will be available to listen to while in the Main Menu. However, if the Deluxe Edition was bought physically, a download code is provided.
Track Listing:
- Volume 1 - Reveal, Launch Trailer and Menus
- Volume 2 - Characters
- Volume 3 - Rose Squad Mixtape
Patch Notes
PC Modding
PC System Requirements
A 64-bit processor and operating system is required.
| Component | Minimum | Recommended | |
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| OS | Windows 8.1 / Windows 10 | Windows 8.1 / Windows 10 | |
| Processor | Intel Core i7-7700 or Ryzen 5 1400 | Intel Core i7-13700F or Ryzen 7 1700X | |
| Memory | 8GB RAM | 16 GB RAM | |
| Graphics | 8GB VRAM / NIVIDA GTX 1070 or Radeon RX 580 | 8GB VRAM / NIVIDA RTX 2070 or Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
| DirectX | Version 12 | Version 12 | |
| Storage | 80 GB available space | 80 GB available space | |
| Additional Notes | SSD recommended | Additional 40GB space may be needed for 4K Resolution Textures download / 4K UHD monitor required for 4K gameplay | |
Trivia
- The development of the Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro versions of the game were cancelled in the middle of development due to hardware limitations and refusal to restrict current-gen features on previous-gen consoles.