Category: Steamunlocked (GS2US) Links – Part 28

For Max Payne, the tragedies that took his loved ones years ago are wounds that refuse to heal. No longer a cop, close to washed up and addicted to pain killers, Max takes a job in São Paulo, Brazil, protecting the family of wealthy real estate mogul Rodrigo Branco, in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. But as events spiral out of his control, Max Payne finds himself alone on the streets of an unfamiliar city, desperately searching for the truth and fighting for a way out. Combining cutting edge shooting mechanics with a dark and twisted story, Max Payne 3 is a seamless, highly detailed, cinematic experience from Rockstar Games.

KEY FEATURES:
• Developed by Rockstar Games for a seamless, highly detailed, cinematic experience
• Advanced Bullet Time and Shootdodge and Final Kill-cam mechanics for stylish shooting action
• Cutting edge aiming, targeting and animation processes for precise, fluid gunplay
• A dark, twisted story chronicling the return of Max Payne, one of the most iconic characters in videogames
• Tight integration between Natural Motion’s Euphoria Character Behavior System and a brand new iteration of the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) for lifelike movement and a new level of environmental awareness
• A wide range of weapons rendered in incredible detail: hammers cock back, shells eject from the chamber and each bullet is individually modeled from the split second it’s fired to the moment of impact
• Advanced particle physics and destructible environments set the stage for dramatic and chaotic gun fights
• New to the series, a compelling and addictive multiplayer experience to match the dark and relentless atmosphere of the single-player game

Control. A supernatural 3rd person action-adventure. After a secretive agency in New York is invaded by an otherworldly threat, you become the new Director struggling to regain Control. From developer Remedy Entertainment, this supernatural 3rd person action-adventure will challenge you to master the combination of supernatural abilities, modifiable loadouts, and reactive environments while fighting through a deep and unpredictable world.  Control is Jesse Faden’s story. The main plot focuses on her personal search for answers as she grows into the role of the Director. The world of Control has its own story, as do the allies Jesse meets along the way. Side-quests and Secrets are everywhere. Jesse works with other Bureau agents, decodes cryptic ciphers and discovers strange Bureau experiments. Explore diverse environments and shifting architecture in a deep unpredictable world, set within a sprawling New York building. Define your playstyle by integrating supernatural abilities, upgrades, and modifiable loadouts. Harness dynamic environmental destruction for exciting combat possibilities and master complex rituals to alter your surroundings. Dive into a dark and brutalist-inspired world where daily reality has been corrupted by an otherworldly force.

EASY TO PLAY: Move the mouse to aim and left click to fire.
SILLY CUTSCENES: Enjoy the original cutscenes and relive the old wacky story of Oliver and the Mystical Treasures.
BIZARRE BOSSES: Your old foes are back and as odd as ever! They’re big, they’re bad, and some of them have quite a nice acapella voice!

A foul curse has fallen upon the land of Cvstodia and all its inhabitants – it is simply known as The Miracle. Play as The Penitent One – a sole survivor of the massacre of the ‘Silent Sorrow’. Trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth, it’s down to you to free the world from this terrible fate and reach the origin of your anguish. Explore this nightmarish world of twisted religion and discover its many secrets hidden deep inside. Use devastating combos and brutal executions to smite the hordes of grotesque monsters and titanic bosses, all ready to rip you limb from limb. Locate and equip relics, rosary beads and prayers that call on the powers of the heavens to aid you in your quest to break your eternal damnation. Overcome fearsome enemies and deadly traps as you venture through a variety of different landscapes, and search for redemption in the dark gothic world of Cvstodia. Release the power of Mea Culpa, a sword born from guilt itself, to slaughter your foes. Acquire devastating new combos and special moves as you purge all in your path. Unleash your wrath and relish in the gory dismemberment of your adversaries – all in beautifully rendered, pixel-perfect execution animations. Discover and equip Relics, Rosary Beads, Prayers and Sword Hearts to give you the new abilities and stat boosts you need to survive. Experiment with different combinations to suit your playstyle. Hordes of gigantic, twisted creatures stand between you and your goal. Learn how they move, survive their devastating attacks and emerge victorious. The world is full of tormented souls. Some offer you aid, some may ask for something in return. Uncover the stories and fates of these tortured characters to gain rewards and a deeper understanding of the dark world you inhabit.

A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex. Robots gone haywire, insane augmented co-workers and rogue AI – everything wants you dead. Defy deadly enemies and huge bosses in tight, visceral melee combat. Target and slice specific limbs off your foes, with a next-gen loot system where you loot what you dismember. Equip, upgrade and craft new weapons and armors sliced from enemies, and make yourself stronger through a fresh take on leveling-up.

Star Trek: Resurgence is a narrative adventure game featuring dialog choices, relationship building, and exploration. Alongside dialog-driven role playing and rich branching storylines, you will also engage with the Star Trek universe in a variety of other gameplay styles, including shuttle piloting, phaser fights, tricorder scanning, stealth, and micro-gameplay mechanics.

• Invade with up to four players through online co-op, couch co-op, or both!
• Play across skill gaps with difficulty being set per player – one player can choose Friendly while another loses their mind on Insane!
  Choose from three difficulty levels and two life insurance modes:
• Mastery Mode – earn more experience and better drops, but lose it all on death…YOLO!!
• Permakeep – the standard alien invasion experience…There’s nothing wrong with wanting to keep your stuff!
• Unlock and equip an astronomical arsenal of unique weapons, boosts, and cosmetics to customize your alien.
• Complete missions, level up, and mutate your alien to deploy new mechanics like super speed, healing, and flight!
• Discover your preferred weapon, boosts, alien head, and mutation combos by experimenting with all the buffs (and debuffs) alien technology has to offer! What playstyle will you choose?
• Remember: You can’t kill your agents if you don’t drink your juice!

LEGO Worlds is an open environment of procedurally-generated Worlds made entirely of LEGO bricks which you can freely manipulate and dynamically populate with LEGO models. Create anything you can imagine one brick at a time, or use large-scale landscaping tools to create vast mountain ranges and dot your world with tropical islands. Drop in prefabricated structures to build and customize any world to your liking. Explore using helicopters, dragons, motorbikes or even gorillas and unlock treasures that enhance your gameplay. Watch your creations come to life through characters and creatures that interact with you and each other in unexpected ways. In LEGO Worlds, anything is possible!

A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful yet rugged world of RiME, a single-player puzzle adventure. In RiME, you play as a young boy who has awakened on a mysterious island after a torrential storm. You see wild animals, long-forgotten ruins and a massive tower that beckons you to come closer. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower’s peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.

Handy Smurf has created a revolutionary invention: SmurfoMix! However, it’s missing a key ingredient, the Green Stone, which is in the greedy clutches of Gargamel. So Handy Smurf and his team set off on a mission to retrieve the famous stone from Gargamel’s laboratory, but a fatal misstep causes it to explode, its fragments scattering throughout the Cursed Land. In addition to unleashing into the wild its incredible powers to copy and decompose matter, the Green Stone has set free the evil Stolas, a new order bent on creating a reign of terror. A crack team of 4 Smurfs must then adventure through various teleporters to find the fragments of the Green Stone and piece them back together before it plunges the world into chaos. Well equipped, the Smurfs can count on the SmurfoMix and an unexpected ally… Gargamel!

• Meet the team of iconic Smurfs: Handy Smurf, Brainy Smurf, Dimwitty Smurf, and Smurfstorm!
• For the first time in a video game, collaborate with Gargamel to save the Smurf Village! Use teleporters to travel through the Cursed Land and discover 3 new, unexplored regions.
• Enjoy dynamic gameplay with exploration, platforming, and even more intense combat thanks to the SmurfoMix!
• Collect various resources to acquire the BoostiBoom and upgrade the Smurfomix throughout the adventure!
• Embark on the adventure with a partner, friends or family in co-op mode.

Features

• Designed for multi-core CPUs and next generation graphics
• Realistic roller coaster physics
• Integrated park editor
• Everything realtime!
• Oculus Rift CV1 and Development Kit 2 support (Windows version only, Runtime 1.3 or newer required)
• HTC Vive support (using OpenVR)
• 40 different coaster styles including 4D, Spinning, Wooden, Wing, Flying, Inverted & Suspended
• Lots of included scenery objects including animated flat rides and trees
• Shuttle coasters
• Switches and transfer tracks
• Different worn levels to simulate aging
• Different rail type
• More than one train at the same time

GameplayNEO-NOIR INVESTIGATION: Discover a dark, mysterious and intriguing story with a touch of glamour and murder as you explore three atmospheric floors of the Clarington Hotel;
GUILTY PLEASURE: Explore your (in)discreet fascination with other peoples’ lives while you inspect their belongings in 360° and solve puzzles;
CONFIDENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS: Form intimate bonds with hotel employees and guests, including your choice of ally between street-smart Beth and book-smart Andrew;
LIFELIKE CONSEQUENCES: Every action taken, and every door opened, can have an impact on how the story unfolds… including how you tidy up the rooms!

This action horror game brings new meaning to the phrase “retail hell.” Dead Rising uses a dynamic real-time system in which time continues to pass whether Frank is actively engaged or remains stationary. For example, though they move slowly during the day, zombies become stronger and faster when the sun sets and make it even more difficult to survive at night. The unprecedented swarms come in never-ending waves and consist of a diverse population. These former humans retain some memory of their previous lives and it is reflected in their behavior and appearance. The variety of different stores in the mall offers an endless supply of resources including vehicles, makeshift weapons and more. Other survivors are encountered along the way and helping them can provide valuable clues as to what has happened.

Key features:

• Huge Environments – Expansive indoor and outdoor areas of the mall provide a variety of different locations to explore!
• Swarm Technology – Allows an unprecedented amount of enemies on screen at once resulting in nonstop, pulse-pounding action.
• Intense Gore and Vibrant Realism.
• Anything in the mall is at Frank’s disposal
• Move environmental objects like table umbrellas or mall benches.
• Snatch items from different stores to use as weapons, including golf clubs, lawnmowers, fry pans and more!
• Chow down on various “mall food” to recover health.
• Real Time System – Key story elements happen at certain times whether Frank is on the spot or not. Don’t miss any important events or opportunities!
• Use Frank’s Photojournalistic Skills – Capture the insanity on film; the better the shot, the better the reward will be!
• NPCs – Help players navigate through the zombie-infested mall.
• Solve the Mystery – Why has the entire town turned into the undead?

• Two distinct core paths to travel down
• Six club members to form friendships with in optional side paths
• Full English voice acting
• An expansive soundtrack featuring songs from First Snow as well as several brand new tracks exclusive to Twofold
• Several accessibility options and UI settings
• A comprehensive extras list including a CG gallery, guest illustrations, a music room and more!

Embark on a magical journey with siblings Reynn and Lann as they explore the vast world of Grymoire to rediscover their past and save the future. In this unique and visually charming world, players can capture creatures, customize and evolve them to their liking, and organize them into adorable yet highly strategic stacks. Join unforgettable legends of the FINAL FANTASY universe in this epic adventure of heroes great and small.

Key Features:

• A New Twist on Classic Battles: Master an all new battle system where players collect hundreds of unique creatures called Mirages and stack them on top of each other to fight foes. Combine your Mirages’ sizes and elements effectively to gain the advantage!
• Customize, Evolve & Saddle Up: Evolve your Mirages to teach them new abilities in battle, unlock mirajewels that grant your main characters incredible powers, or “transfig” the Mirages into mighty new forms! Some Mirages will even join you in the field to speed you across the vast landscapes of this toy-like world.
• A World of Vertical Possibility: Explore vertically stacked dungeons and use your Mirages to get past obstacles and progress. In the tall and towering world of Grymoire, the sky is truly the limit!

FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE – This revered classic returns, now fully remastered for the first time for PC, featuring all new and enhanced gameplay. Enter an era of war within the world of Ivalice. The small kingdom of Dalmasca, conquered by the Archadian Empire, is left in ruin and uncertainty. Princess Ashe, the one and only heir to the throne, devotes herself to the resistance to liberate her country. Vaan, a young man who lost his family in the war, dreams of flying freely in the skies. In a fight for freedom and fallen royalty, join these unlikely allies and their companions as they embark on a heroic adventure to free their homeland. Players both returning and new to the game will be immersed in a grand adventure that spans the world of Ivalice in an entirely fresh and improved experience.

KEY FEATURES:

• New Zodiac Job system with improved battle mechanics.
• Newly implemented trophies.
• True 7.1 Surround sound including HD voicing and fully remastered music.
• Choose between original in-game BGM, new re-orchestrated BGM and original soundtrack.
• Endless adventure including hunts, battles and mini-games.
• 60 FPS – Ivalice will look even more spectacular running at 60FPS
• Compatible with 21:9 ultra wide monitors
• New Game Plus and New Game Minus
• Maximized License Points and Gil
• Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards and more!

The Collector’s Edition includes:

• An exclusive bonus chapter!
• Extra hidden objects to find, including medallions, morphing objects, and puzzle pieces!
• Downloadable soundtrack and wallpapers!

• Expanding the Universe: We’re dedicated to introducing not just new levels, but also a diverse range of entities that will challenge and intrigue our players.
• Refining the Experience: We understand that a game’s feel is the most important. We’ll invest time in polishing every element, ensuring that every interaction, animation, and reaction feels just right.
• Unveiling New Mechanics: As we dive deeper into the lore of the backroom creepypasta, expect to encounter fresh puzzles and game mechanics that will test both your wit and reflexes.
• Gearing Up: New items are in the works, designed to assist, challenge, or even surprise you as you navigate the game’s intricate landscapes.

• Classic Timberman: train your axe skills, gain exp to develop your account, and beat your personal high score – in a classic, single-player, infinite tree mode. Chop as fast as you can and avoid branches! Prove you’re the REAL THING!
• Hero mode: be the hero and rescue birds from their nest in a burning woods – gain eternal glory and sweet loot! Can you reach the top of a tree and find a golden egg?
• Race: join the race and be the fastest Timberman in a fun, tree-chopping competition! Play with up to 4 players and test your chopping skills against others in a crazy, fast-paced match! First on the finishing line WINS IT ALL!

Game Features

• The built-in editor makes it easier than ever to add you and your friends, real life musicians, or create your own original mod from scratch!
• Release Studio Albums, Singles, Music Videos, EPs, Greatest Hits Packages, Compilations, Live Albums, DVDs, Promo Singles and Mixtapes.
• Over 50 music charts to track the performance of your bands all across the world, including new digital streaming charts.
• Hundreds of detailed record labels, bands, and artists!
• Deal with egos, personal relationships, and behind the scene developments that can help and hurt your production schedule.
• Manage multiple record labels! Whether you want to launch your own imprint label, or buy out and manage a competitor, the choice is yours!
• Send your bands on the road to tour or perform in music festivals around the world.
• Realistic record sales influenced by population, economy, piracy, seasonal and music trends
• Sign new bands or form your own through talent search.
• Use the new Discover Talent feature to recruit new members to your signed bands.
• The new Chattr feature allows players to keep up with the latest news in the industry across all the different music genres.
• Ever wanted to have a band experiment with a different genre? The new “form side project” feature allows players to do just that – let your band’s creative juices flow.

Features:

• Four different worlds, each with its own set of constraints and challenges
• Procedurally generated tables and 18 different cards with more than 14,000 ways to combine for an always fresh gameplay experience
• A compact game experience designed for bite-sized play sessions (or longer if you prefer!)
• A stunning, vibrant french-inspired art style that transports you into the enchanting world
• Plays comfortably with one hand
• A soothing, mini-golf funk soundtrack to get you in the spirited mood
• Created by grapefrukt games, the dev behind beloved and acclaimed games holedown, twofold inc & rymdkapsel

FEATURES

– 20+ hours of oldschool RPG gameplay
– 1 huge world map with over 100 locations
– 6 characters to level up
– over 15 dangerous bosses
– more than 100 MONSTERS OF KANJI
– over 80 hidden MEMORY DISCS that tell the story of the strange world MARTY lives in
– 37 more or less unique sidequests
– CARA the crow helps you learn another 100 kanji with her signs
– 1900 words to collect and memorize
– the ANCIENT ARCHIVE provides a chance to review every monster, kanji and word that you have discovered

MyDockFinder is a software for quick system startup and control viewing system functions. You can drag and drop to add your favorite programs or files, and drag and drop to directly use the program to open the file. Based on WinUI using GPU rendering, smooth animation effects, Bezier curve rounded corners and blur and the blur intensity can be adjusted. Minimize the animation of all windows in the management system. Regular and continuous updates. If the program crashes sometimes, please leave a message below to report the problem. The next few versions will bring many features such as creative workshops, more achievements, and skin changes, so stay tuned! The development progress by one person is slow, and each update takes two to three weeks or even a month.Main functions

MyDock

• Dock icons can quickly launch applications
• You can manually modify the icon
• Window minimization animation (three effects are optional)
• Starting station quick start program panel
• Special program message reminder function
• Quickly view all files in the open folder

What to expect from this game:
In short:
• 2.5D pixel art (Frame to frame animations, as if we are still in ’90s)
• A soundtrack that is original, suggestive, and exciting
• Simple controls (Supporting touch screen, mouse, keyboard and controllers)
• Unconventional puzzles (Don’t worry, there’s a free walkthrough if you need help!)
• Stealth-action
• Choices that will change the bonds between the characters as well as the spirit of the experience (Just like in life, a choice can make the difference between friendship, love, hate, life or death)
• Thrills, suspense and horror (Not a survival game, but it can be creepy or scary at times)
• Bad humor and strong language (They are teenagers, don’t judge them)
• At some point this experience might even move you to tear (I’m not crying, I just got a pixel in my eye)
• 6 different endings

• The visual novel inspired by the game «Everlasting Summer», R. L. Stine’s «Goosebumps» series of books and the movie «Scream», created on the pure enthusiasm of one man.
• Friendship, romance, betrayal, secrets, intrigue – it’s all about Sunlight City! Moving from Los Angeles to a small town, Max immediately finds himself in a whirlwind of events that will not let you breathe easy.
•  The visual novel is presented with more than 80 colorful, hand-drawn backgrounds, characters and illustrations that will let you enjoy a picture that complements the main story.
•  A rich soundtrack of more than 50 atmospheric songs will leave no one indifferent.
• A huge variety of endings with indicators of significance will help to lead your own way and not get confused. It can lead you to completely different endings!
•  At any moment everything can change. Remember, you can’t save everyone!
•  And also the events are backed up by various in-game achievements, with the receipt of which you will be able to explore all the secrets of Sunlight City 100%.
•  And remember, every choice you make can become decisive. It depends only on you who will survive and who will die. Everything is in your hands!

More than 970 Hidden Objects to find in the entire game!
Play through different modes, find special cats, and unlock bonus levels!

Key features:

• Modding capability to allow the creation of custom levels
• The included mod editor, allows you to create new game levels easily
• Multiple interface skins
• Complex levels and gameplay to guarantee the best experience
• Optional freelance jobs to offer more variety
• Complex command console with over 20 commands and tools

Key Features:

• Full co-op support – Work with up to 4 other players in any and every part of the game. Work together to take on ambitious renovations or to develop entire neighborhoods.
• Career progression – Build a career starting as a beginner and progressing to professional home designer.
• Dynamic job system – Engage with a dynamic job system that offers a wide spectrum of client-based tasks. From minor one-room makeovers to large-scale house constructions, every job challenges and enhances your design, renovation, and building abilities.
• Player homes – Exercise creative freedom with no restrictions or demands. Purchase land in a preferred biome, and transform it into a dream home.

Survival takes a deadly toll. Exterminate hordes of zombies in a world devastated by a deadly virus and collect resources for one of the last survivor camps. FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements where you fortify your camp and send mercenaries on deadly missions… all of that to save humanity! Risk it all on deadly runs to create the most effective build and unlock a slew of new skills and new characters. Level up your merc on the battlefield and grant them new skill combos in the camp. The more runs, the more seasoned your veterans are, but everyone is mortal. Develop your survivor camp to unlock buffs. Upgrade merc skills in the Training Hall, recruit new mercs at the Mercenary Base, and upgrade your weapons and armor in the workshop. Upgraded buildings increase your chances of survival. During a run, your mercs are exposed to the virus that takes its toll on the body. A bigger viral load undermines a merc’s physical state and increases their chances of developing a mutation that could be beneficial or detrimental. Experiment to create the most viable fighter! If you’re about to be overwhelmed by the zombies’ onslaught, run for your life! Evac is always an option — wrap your mission up early and live to fight another day. Just make it to the copter!

Features:

• Upgrade your camp to unlock buffs, equipment, and mercs
• Hire and train new mercs to replace KIAs
• Use the evac copter to wrap up missions early
• Create the most effective merc build
• Gain mutations that give unique skills or debuffs
• Use the inventory to place weapons and armor. Weapons grant starting fighting skills, while armor provides stats
• Choose from 5 levels of difficulty
• Fight on procedurally generated maps. Every run is a new challenge!
• Unlock numerous achievements to prove your mettle

You’re on a path in the woods, and at the end of that path is a cabin. And in the basement of that cabin is a Princess. You’re here to slay her. If you don’t, it will be the end of the world. She will do everything in her power to stop you. She’ll charm, and she’ll lie, and she’ll promise you the world, and if you let her, she’ll kill you a dozen times over. You can’t let that happen. Don’t forget, the fate of the world rests on your shoulders. You’re not going to listen to him, are you? We’re supposed to save princesses, not slay them…

Features

• Fully voice-acted by the impeccable Jonathan Sims and Nichole Goodnight.
• Hand-penciled art – every background and sprite is drawn traditionally with pencil and paper by Ignatz-winning graphic novelist Abby Howard.
• A princess. She’s very bad and you have to get rid of her for all our sakes.
• No, the Princess isn’t a cosmic horror. She’s just an ordinary human Princess, and you can definitely slay her as long as you put your mind to it.
• Don’t even think about trying to romance her. It won’t end well for you.
• Hopefully you won’t die. But if you do, you’ll die a lot. Be careful and stay focused on the task at hand!
• Time loops No time loops. Don’t be ridiculous. Time is a strictly linear concept and it certainly doesn’t “loop,” whatever that’s supposed to mean.
• A branching narrative where what you say and what you believe determines both who you are and how the story unfolds.
• A new roleplaying experience from the creators of Scarlet Hollow.

・Two campaigns: O.C.U. and U.C.S.
・Multiple difficulty levels
・Modern and Classic gameplay modes
・Free camera and new tactical map
・Choose between fully reorchestrated or original soundtrack
・Wanzers and Pilots customization

• Select your ship crew of a Pilot and Engineer from a range of animals with unique skills to unlock
• Help out the mining cats as you both explore the increasingly dangerous asteroids.
• Mine rocks for gem crystals which can be spent in shops.Specialised cats can be collected to help you too! Mechanic cats can fix things like doors. Pilots can operate vehicles and turrets. Scientists can assist with more unusual tasks such as… collecting exotic pollen!
• Blast enemies to gain XP and then level UP!
• Level UP to gradually unlock crew skills, upgrade your ship, and gain access to higher level weapons and items.
• Install different weapons and devices for different situations. You can buy them in shops, enemy drops, crates and completing quests.

A world of nature drawn with the “Atmospheric Shader”: We are introducing a new graphics shader, inspired by anime and watercolor painting. Characters with attractive designs travel among backgrounds filled with beautiful and delicate visuals. Explore the world of Dahna, where a mix of unique, natural environments change in appearance based on the time of day. Climb over the rocky terrain, swim in rivers, gather around the campfire, cook food, head to the next town, defeat the master of an alien planet, and liberate the people! Through the new system “Boost Strike”, you can now chain combos of powerful attacks together with your party members. Chain Artes, Boost Attacks, and Boost Strike combos to take down your enemies! Experience the story of the divided Renan and Dahnan people: The protagonists who will determine the fate of these two worlds are Alphen and Shionne. They will overcome hardships and grow together with their unique group of friends. Gorgeous animation by ufotable is inserted at key points in the story, adding more color to our protagonists’ journey.

Age of History is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master. Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it. Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours. Age of History II goes through the whole history of humanity, Age by Age, beginning in the Age of Civ and leading into the far future. Play as many Civilizations ranging from the largest empire to the smallest tribe, and lead your people to glory in a campaign spanning thousands of years from the dawn of civilization to the future of mankind.