From Dust Review
From Dust provides a rich world full of engaging challenges, though there are some frustrations even a god must suffer.
Ubisoft's new god-game From Dust grants you power to bend the world around you in order to help villagers get from one place to another. It's that simple. It's a combination of Populous and Black & White in which everyth... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpfulMy first impressions after seeing gameplay on my own eyes was something between - It's not Crysis 2 - and - It's neat. All those water effects and shaders are really good looking, but here is the point where audio-visual... Read Full Review
6 of 7 users found the following review helpfulTHE GOODFantastic visual and sound design - simple, versatile earth manipulation and physics system - encourages experimentation and creative thinking THE BADDumb AI - cannot control individual units - sometimes gives yo... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulAs volcanoes spread their fiery wrath across one side of the map and torrential downpours flood the river basin on the other side, the desperate villagers march unfazed towards the large totem in the center of the world.... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpfulI got this game along with some other titles like Mass Effect 2 and Crysis 2 and it was sort of on the low end of the games to play list for me. As it stands, I have beaten From Dust and have yet to finish either of the... Read Full Review
0 of 2 users found the following review helpfulYou are from dust, literally. In the beginning, the breath, controlled by the player, is created from music. From dust, a poetic experience, put's you in the place of the breath, the god that leads it's people throug... Read Full Review
2 of 3 users found the following review helpfulI wanted to try this game cause it reminded me of Popoulus, but it failed hard... this game is plain boring, you just have to move stuff around, water, sand, whatever... it's just boring... the commands were also annoyin... Read Full Review
2 of 10 users found the following review helpfulThis game had the potential to be a great game, but sadly it falls way short. If you have played the great Black & White games of the past then you will understand why this game just does not cut it. The missions can be ... Read Full Review
5 of 8 users found the following review helpfulI was very excited about this game and really thought it was going to be as good as it looked. However, after receiving it and playing it, the opposite proved to be true. For a game that's been in development for such ... Read Full Review
2 of 8 users found the following review helpfulFrom Dust is a strategy game where you control the forces of nature to battle nature. You are a deity and need to escort a tribe of lowly humans across a landscape so they can capture totems. To do this you have the powe... Read Full Review
7 of 9 users found the following review helpfulThere certainly isn't a game on XBLA like From Dust with the tsunami wave of shooters and boring XBLA arcade games recently, From Dust is a nice fresh of decent fresh air Speaking of tsunami's From Dust puts you in th... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulLike many players looking for something fresh and a bit outside the box, few games this summer looked as promising as From Dust. Developed by the famed Eric Chahi (Out of This World/ Another World), it's worth noting tha... Read Full Review
6 of 12 users found the following review helpful
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