Tagged: Real Time Strategy

Stormrise

PC / PS3 / Reviews / Xbox 360

21 Apr, 2009

Stormrise review

Built for consoles from the ground up by Creative Assembly, Stormrise is an RTS which tries to do something different to solve the problem of not having the myriad of buttons and shortcuts available with a mouse and keyboard. You play as one of the Echelon, one faction struggling for power and dominance after your world has suffered a cataclysmic ‘event’. The other faction is the Sai and throughout the game you exchange bullets, lasers and fisticuffs with them for total dominance. Instead of opting for the traditional wide top-down view, you get to control units from right above their...

Warhammer Dawn of War 2

PC / Reviews

13 Mar, 2009

Warhammer Dawn of War 2 review

Warhammer 40,000 : Dawn of War II is the second RTS I’ve reviewed in two weeks and luckily, once again, it seems this one has removed some of the hardcore elements which put me off RTS games in the first place. Developers Relic have been very brave and scrapped base building entirely. Whilst I applauded Halo Wars for simplifying it, Dawn of War II dispenses with it entirely. Once you’ve selected your squads and payload, you’re dumped into the action and put into situations where you control your squads from above in lots of mini battles as you progress across...

Halo Wars

Reviews / Xbox 360

6 Mar, 2009

Halo Wars review

Call me weird but I’ve never really been a big fan of Halo – it’s possibly the most run-of-the-mill FPS ever made and not a patch on anything Valve’s ever made. Similarly, I just can’t get to grips with RTSs either. I can pat my head and rub my tummy at the same time but when it comes to collecting resources, building bases, fighting enemies and defending other units all at once, my brain goes into meltdown. However, I’m willing to give Halo Wars a fair trial as it takes the Halo universe away from FPS and, being developed exclusively...

Supreme Commander

News / Xbox 360

21 Aug, 2008

Supreme Commander Xbox 360 Competition

If you fancy winning a Xbox 360 Elite or some signed copies of Supreme Commander 360 and you happen to be quite handy when it comes to HTML and Flash website designing then you have a chance of winning some top gear. All you have to do is create a really good fan site for the game and then keep your fingers crossed. Head over to the Supreme Commander 360 site for more information.

Command and Conquer Red Alert 3

News / PC / Xbox 360

7 Aug, 2008

Command and Conquer Red Alert 3

Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson is be appearing in the new Command and Conquer game – Red Alert 3. She’ll play Lt. Eva McKenna in the sci-fi strategy game. A long way away from her previous character Lisa Hunter when she was living her life in a village full of hotties in Chester. Buy Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 now New: Buy Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 from Amazon.com Related: Gemma Atkinson at Play.com live event

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