Stormworks: Search and Destroy

Stormworks: Search and Destroy is a DLC for the 2020 arcade simulator Stormworks: Build and Rescue. Both the basic version of the game and the expansion were developed by Geometa studio.

Mechanics

This is a rare example of an add-on that heavily changes the basic premise of the game. We still build vehicles and flying machines, but while in Stormworks: Build and Rescue we used them to carry out rescue operations, in Search and Destroy our creations are used to fight wars against artificial intelligence and other players.

Such a change required many novelties. First of all, add-on introduces weapons as parts that we can use while building machines. We get cannons, machine guns and missiles. There is also a lot of secondary weapons, including a pistol, a machine gun, grenades and C4. The update added these items to the base game, but without the DLC they have only a cosmetic role.