The Last Scion

About

The Last Scion is a text-driven RPG where you play a superpowered alien tasked with saving a city. As the Scion, you balance day job chores at a newspaper with nighttime battles against a syndicate of supervillains. Your abilities let you punch through walls, run at hypersonic speeds, and dodge gunfire while an AI sidekick offers tactical advice. Choices shape how you navigate political tensions, rebuild trust in the community, and confront the shadowy figures behind Beacon City’s collapse. The game leans heavily on dialogue and strategy over combat buttons. The game’s strength lies in its branching narratives and moral dilemmas. With over 200 decision points, your actions ripple through relationships and story outcomes. Players praise its tight pacing and character depth despite the text-heavy format. Launching June 2025 on PC, Mac, and Linux, it’s another entry in Choice of Games’ library of narrative-focused titles. Early beta testers note the villain designs and city-scale stakes feel fresh for the genre.

Storyline

You are the Scion, sole survivor of the distant planet Utopia. Scientists on your homeworld imbued you with phenomenal powers - flight, speed, intelligence, strength, and resilience beyond the reach of any ordinary human - and sent you to Earth, accompanied only by your AI companion, MENTOR. Your quest: to carry on the legacy of Utopia by embodying its ideals in your new home. And Beacon City is in desperate need. The Torchbearers, heroic defenders of the city, are all gone: those who weren’t slain by the villainous Silent Order have gone into hiding. Only a few people remain to carry on their legacy, trying to bring justice back to Beacon City - and they want your help. By day, do your best to blend in as an ordinary human working at the Beacon City Tribune. By night, soar the skies and fight the villains of the Silent Order: reptilian Gorgon, mischievous telepath Poppet, brilliant scientist Vector, and especially the mysterious leader, Conqueror.