Elder Games has released the latest version of its distant-future RTS with RPG elements Arcan, now available for download. Arcan takes place at some point far into the future where human numbers have been reduced to the hundreds, though no one readily understands what happened to make it so. To protect themselves from the barren wastelands that is now Earth, the surviving humans construct Arcan Central to hide from the outer world. Inside The Council, an organization that ensures the survival of the structure and its inhabitants, is formed.

This is where you come in. As The Controller, elected by the people, you must prevent any of the council members from gaining too much power by commanding a Droid army constructed by the very Council that is to be contained by it. A very interesting and creative setting that you’re now up to speed with.

The update brings the game to v1.6.1.7 brining a variety of balance changes and bug fixes to the title. Both the full client and the patch are available now via ModDB, the title is free to download so have it Hoss.

From the change log:

Arcan v 1.6.1.7 – Release

BUG FIXES:

- Separated Arcan into two exe files: an Arcan_Eng.exe and an Arcan_Hun.exe

- Running Arcan_Eng.exe will no longer display “characters are too large or too many” if the user doesn’t have the full Arial character set

- The Droid Warrior’s Regeneration ability now works even if the Droid Warrior is owned by Player 1

- The Nova attack graphics will now properly appear when using it with a Droid Thane

BALANCE CHANGES:

- The Droid Warrior’s initial attack damage was reduced from 15 to 12.

- The Droid Warrior’s initial hit point count was reduced from 220 to 195.

- The Droid Warrior’s initial shield was increased from 50 to 65.

- The Droid Warrior’s regeneration levels were increased from 5%/10%/15%/20% to 10%/20%/30%/50%

- The Droid Warrior’s shield regeneration was increased from 5% to 25%

- The Serpent Watcher’s healing wave power was increased from 10 to 30

- The Serpent Watcher’s initial hit point count was decreased from 480 to 455

- The Droid Destroyer’s initial shield was decreased from 550 to 425

- The Droid Destroyer’s initial attack damage was increased from 40 to 45

- The damage of the Nova ability was increased from 10/20/30/40 to 15/30/45/60

- The Droid Lord’s initial hit point count was decreased from 350 to 325

- The Droid Lord’s initial shield was increased from 50 to 75

- Campaign level 3 became easier