<s>
Tahira	B-Application
:	I-Application
Echoes	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Astral	I-Application
Empire	I-Application
is	O
a	O
tactical	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Australian	O
indie	O
game	O
developer	O
Whale	O
Hammer	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
announced	O
as	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
title	O
in	O
November	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
development	O
since	O
mid-2013	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
three	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
on	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
and	O
fantasy	B-Application
world	O
called	O
Ma’abtik	O
that	O
is	O
suffering	O
a	O
dark	O
age	O
after	O
the	O
collapse	O
of	O
spacefaring	O
civilisation	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
assumes	O
control	O
of	O
Princess	O
Tahira	O
and	O
attempts	O
to	O
lead	O
their	O
people	O
across	O
the	O
game	O
’s	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tahira	O
is	O
a	O
single	O
player	O
turn-based	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
role-playing	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
built	O
around	O
turn-based	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
battles	O
,	O
which	O
draw	O
inspiration	O
from	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Fire	B-Application
Emblem	I-Application
and	O
X-COM	B-Application
,	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
force	O
of	O
multiple	O
characters	O
with	O
different	O
abilities	O
on	O
an	O
isometric	O
grid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blizzard	O
Entertainment	O
game	O
,	O
StarCraft	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Wings	I-Application
of	I-Application
Liberty	I-Application
,	O
was	O
cited	O
as	O
an	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
level	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
’s	O
combat	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
the	O
fantasy	B-Application
and	O
science	O
fiction	O
world	O
of	O
Ma’abtik	O
,	O
a	O
world	O
which	O
was	O
plunged	O
into	O
a	O
dark	O
age	O
after	O
the	O
collapse	O
of	O
the	O
galaxy	O
spanning	O
Astral	O
Empire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tahira	O
features	O
rotoscoped	O
animations	O
for	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
combat	O
characters	O
,	O
a	O
decision	O
the	O
team	O
attributed	O
to	O
the	O
influence	O
of	O
Stoic	O
Studio	O
’s	O
The	B-Application
Banner	I-Application
Saga	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tahira	B-Application
:	I-Application
Echoes	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Astral	I-Application
Empire	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
November	O
2014	O
as	O
the	O
debut	O
title	O
from	O
Australian	O
independent	O
game	O
developer	O
Whale	O
Hammer	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
score	O
would	O
be	O
written	O
by	O
Max	O
LL	O
,	O
the	O
composer	O
of	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
of	O
"	O
Jotun	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destructoid	O
was	O
less	O
than	O
positive	O
giving	O
it	O
a	O
6.5	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
I	O
'm	O
so	O
torn	O
on	O
Tahira	B-Application
:	I-Application
Echoes	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Astral	I-Application
Empire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
