Gemini Wars is a space RTS, set in the Gemini sector. This is unfortunately just about the most positive thing I can say about the game. Gameplay in Gemini Wars is extremely slow. Ships move slowly, minerals collect slowly, ships and structures build slowly, ships fight slowly. There’s also no option to speed up the game, so be sure to bring a book. If the rest of the game was good, this first aspect might be forgivable, but sadly it’s just the tip of the...
Spellforce 2: Faith in Destiny is the latest in the Spellforce series, which is a hybrid RPG/RTS. It’s a long-running series too, with the first Spellforce 2 game having been released in 2005. The graphics are definitely showing their age, but I’m a firm believer that visuals aren’t very important if the gameplay is there. (Dwar Fortress and Minecraft? So many hours.) This is also the first Spellforce game I’ve played too, so it was a new...
Ubisoft has announced that its critically acclaimed RTS Anno 2070 will be receiving an add-on, the content known as Deep Oceans features a new civilization level for the 1st time in the series history. The Tech faction will be introduced and will be expanded by the Genius population class. Players can expect this new faction to grant them access to the Tech Monument, new cooresponding production chains and also consumption goods. This new class also boasts all-new...
Paradox Interactive (Magicka, Crusader Kings II) and Radioactive Software (Urban Empires) have teamed up to release a Third-Person Shooter/RTS game entitled Gettysburg: Armored Warfare. This game takes place in an alternate American Civil War setting and has up to 64 players at a time fighting to conquer four maps across various game modes. The visual style is distinctive as the technology is advanced beyond what they were using in 1860s America. Dirigibles and heavy...
Take control of Nato or Russian forces in Paradox Interactive’s newest RTS for the PC, Naval War: Arctic Circle. Te story of course settles begins with the fight for the world’s resources and supplies. The game play comes as LAN or online play. The forces presented to you to take control of are United States, the Russian federation, the Nordic countries and NATO. With a battle raging in a map of 35 million square km! That’s insane. Some of the more...
Do you like watching plants grow? Do you find it rewarding? Then Victoria 2 could be just the experience you’re looking for. “Victoria 2 is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding it through industrialisation, political reforms, military conquest and colonisation.” -www.victoria2.com Sounds exciting! Guiding a nation through the tumultuous turn of the century and industrial...
The latest, and last, in the series of the “Seven Deadly Sins” Crusader Kings II trailers tackles the problem of piracy in medieval Europe.. Or something like that. Actually, it’s more like a plea not to download the game. I’m having trouble deciding whether or not the hamfisted moral here is intended to be serious. Not only that, the trailer isn’t as funny as the rest of them. Not the finale I was hoping for, Paradox! Take a look.. To...
“Man, this boss fight would be so much easier if my hero had just brought about a thousand heavily armed men with him.” We’ve all thought it. (Right? Alright, maybe just me then.) Chances are you’ve also longed for a way to make all those pesky archers over there just…die. Well, in King Arthur 2, you can! But that’s just scratching the surface. King Arthur 2 delivers deep gameplay in an extensive single player campaign set in Arthurian Britania. The plot...
So, you’ve downloaded all the free games Xbox Live has to offer, but you still feel you’re missing something. You have gotten a small taste of the Xbox Live Arcade, and now you’re ready to dive right in. Well get your Microsoft points and rev that engine because here are five Xbox Live Arcade games you absolutely must own: 1. Bastion Do I really even need to explain this one? Bastion follows the kid’s journey through a twisted world after what’s known as...
The defining Real-Time Strategy game, Command & Conquer, is in the process of being rendered entirely in HTML5 for use on Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Originally released in 1995, Westwood Studio’s epic game of strategic unit control and base-building ripped into the strategy gaming market with a vengeance. Since it’s inception, the C&C franchise has seen the release of nearly 20 sequels and spin-off games, fleshing out the universe’ lore as...
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