A certian Revolution in strategy games but with some fixing needed!
The game follows the "Earth 2150" series. It is more advanced and certainly better qualifies than the two before it. What the game has to offer is a realistic world, massive graphics, and a great set of environmental and general sounds to feed your needs!
Graphics:
The game has a really great strategy view to it, with really detailed 3D world and most importantly great zooming ability for those needed spots! units are nicely created and rendered so you don get one inside of the other when they are in groups! World detail specially the weather is a great twist to the game. Apart from that the falling rocks which you can cause by shooting at a mountain give it a more realistic feel.
Sound:
Well as this issue is always a concern with strategy games, they have tried to do a good job and i can say they have done fairly well. You do not get stupid replies from your soldiers, the sound does not cut-off because of a lightning or an explosion, and most importantly you get the feel of the war with every aspect of the game having a distinct sound measurements, In level of sound, quality, and position in battle...(such as damaged radio, aircraft noise or engines running)
Game Play:
The game play is allot of fun. You can mix and match units with different techs which you research during the game in different levels. Of Course the main difficulty is that the computer is always one step ahead! you get bio weapons they got bio armor, you get energy weapons they got energy shields and so on.... But since that can not always continue in certain missions you get the chance to research a few more techs so you some what take the upper hand! There are allot of details put into the game play such as the great fog of war which i loved in this game. when you move the camera away from your base the screen flickers as to your vision is not great enough to see there. The further you move the flicking gets higher and higher until if you move for about two complete screen cycles you cant see anything jus some dots and flickers. making silent approaches and assassinations is just a great aspect to this strategy which is made off big units, small armies, air and ground cover, with a main Capitan... (of course we should not forget the bio-weapons and each faction's specific tech)
Hint:
You should certainly patch the game to 1.2 because that saves allot of the mistakes which would have brought you down in the game.
If you would like to get to know better this game or have a problem playing it, or you are new to this form of strategy then you should play earth 2150 first or start with lower difficulty levels.
Cost:
For my part it is not much to pay for this game. A game which will certainly give you a new feel to strategy and also will never tier you. Still i think people who want to start playing this game for the first time and are not familiar with its aspects, should wait for it to cool down in price then buy it.
Multi-player:
The game is a hell of a fun in multi mode. you get to Alie, and get a war going on with some 4-8 players. The computer does well so do not underestimate them. you got great maps to choose from and i am sure you will be supplied by the creators of the game later on!
+ Points:
* New kind of game play and strategy to lay down!
* New ways of using the world around you!
* Great 3D engine!
* A nice story line with fairly good reasons for battle!
- Points:
* The computer sometime tends to think ahead of you.
* If you do not own a good sound card you might have sound
issues during the game such as stops, bad noise, no sound
and ...
* It would have been better to have put support for 64-bit addition
CPUs and drivers supplied as well!
Overall:
I for my part give it a 9 out of 10. Tho' for me this game is a perfect 10 because I am a big fan of this sort strategy games specially the first 2 in the series! As a follow up this game has lived to its standards and has done a better job than most sequels in line!
I hope i have been some what of a help in describing this game!
Keep track of my other contributions i will try to update on this game and any other i have reviewed before.