A Year Of Rain
As a Warcraft/Starcraft and Command & Conquer Kid, I was positively surprised to hear there’s someone taking a stab at a new RTS.
It’s heartwarmingly reminiscent of those games. Yeah, let me go grab my fucking Pulitzer, I bet there is a category for stating the obvious. Of course most RTS games are akin to the merciless RTS Emperor sitting on the throne made out of the bones of anyone who dares step into their domain.
Reading it was Daedalic running straight into that chainsaw, I was prepared for another mixed bag.
– Real player with 31.8 hrs in game
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A Year of Rain
A new, unique RTS that had potential, but due to lack of publisher faith, was crippled at launch and abandoned soon after
So… This game is pretty good. It’s pretty much like a Warcraft 3 spiritual successor. Better than WC3 Reforged in a lot of ways.
As much as I want to love this game however I can’t pretend I’m not disappointed. The game was released unfinished, and abandoned very quickly. I don’t think Daedalic had any faith in it, they released it before it was ready and didn’t even give it a chance to build momentum and customer faith. They were hoping for a big launch with their unfinished early access game, didn’t get it, and abandoned the game rather than wait. As a game dev I understand the circumstance, but you can’t expect an EA title to sell like a finished one. It does come with a beefy campaign, that can be played solo or coop. It has full on voice acting, in game cutscenes, etc. Plus skirmish mode, and of course Online mode. So the content is there, it was mostly finished even, but as expected needed work, which is the whole point of early access. Pathfinding can be pretty bad sometimes, which REALLY hurts the play experience in an RTS. Other than that however the game-play is pretty polished and AYOR really gives WC3 reforged a run for it’s money IMO. I do hate the Coop AI, because I prefer to play solo and I have always hated Coop RTS campaigns with AI allies (like Red Alert 3) but still the game has SO MUCH potential it makes me depressed. I’m just disappointed that Daedalic seemingly launched this game to try and make back as much of their money as possible without ever really planning to support it, they basically lied about it, but in an underhanded way so they could shrug off blame.
– Real player with 25.7 hrs in game
Scrunk
Ever since I was born, around 12 years of age, I have dreamed of a game where I could build my base, raid the enemy, and fight for scrap. Fortify my team’s base with traps, walls, barbed wire, and turrets, scavenge scrap from mechs and craft explosives. Who is that on the phone? Ring ring? Oh why hell, it’s konami, they want Hideo Kojima back.
– Real player with 8.9 hrs in game
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Clapping simulator
but really though its a nice little game, matches arent too long or too short, base building that can be really OP, nice little crafting system, and small fun bugs that come with every new game
give it a try yourself!
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
Divine Commander
Divine Commander is an Action-RTS designed specifically for controller. By mixing Action elements with Real Time Strategy, players can get the RTS experience on their couch.
Play as a god
You control a powerful Greek god, replacing the mouse cursor from classic RTS games. Travel across the map and destroy anything in your path. Build your base where you want to, and command your units by having them rally to your position. Switch to your commander for surgical precision to quickly and accurately position your units.
Build your base
Expand your influence on the world by building temples, gather resources, and keep your base safe with defenses. Build your military buildings to start raising an army.
Go to war
Command your troops and dash headlong into battle. Ravage your opponent’s temples and claim victory!
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Siege of Centauri
Siege of Centauri is one of the best looking tower defence games available and as a tower defence aficionado, I would say it is worth playing.
Forgive the comparison, but Siege of Centauri was clearly made by and for people who are looking to scratch their Defense Grid itch. It turns out that Siege of Centauri has some fairly obvious references in it that pay homage to Defense Grid, namely the interface looks almost like it was lifted from Defense Grid and some of the music too. It also has a similar story with advisers popping up between missions to brief you on what the mysterious enemy is up to.
– Real player with 48.6 hrs in game
I don’t play many tower defense games. It’s essentially a puzzle, where you try to figure out the most efficient combinations of towers and placements to defend your base. There are features that let you see what is coming, and once you learn the units and iconography, you can definitely develop strategies and plans ahead of time. There are terrific controls for difficulty, as well as mechanics that let you customize and upgrade your available tower selection. I also see capabilities for a survival mode (defend as long as you can) and custom map development. I think there might also be an intent to support steam workshop, so that mods and custom maps can be shared.
– Real player with 41.2 hrs in game
Moduwar
Moduwar - The Modular RTS is a unique take on Real-Time Strategy.
Take control of a Modu - an alien creature with the ability to grow different organs, split and merge them, depending on your personal playstyle.
Grow your Modu starting with the heart, the most vital organ, you can expand your Modu by growing tiles and then other organs on those tiles.
Split tiles and scout your enemies to give yourself the strategic advantage! Split multiple tiles to build your armada and send them to war or merge your tiles and
stand your ground!
Explore Arkadia, a magnificent and mysterious alien planet in a Single-Player story driven campaign.
Enjoy additional various play modes including skirmish and monster arena.
Play against your friends in Multiplayer mode with 2-4 players in a match.
The Moduwar Story:
The Modu are native to the planet Arkadia - an untamed paradise. They lived on Arkadia peacefully for a millennia, changing and adapting their modular bodies to suit their needs.
Their peaceful existence came to an end, when two warring races brought their war to Arkadia.
The invaders enslaved the Modu, using them as biological warfare.
You will take the role of a Modu serving the ERE - Earth Repatriation Expedition.
Will you fight under the ERE, or break the shackles and set yourself free?
Your choices will determine the fate of all life in the galaxy and the Moduwar!
Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense
Awesome multiplayer auto-battler, with a thriving, generally nice community, and ongoing development!
Stop waves of enemies!
In Legion TD 2 (LTD) you have to stop enemies that spawn in waves on your ‘lane’. The enemies give a bounty for each kill, and with that gold you can buy new fighters in between the waves. The game gives a recommended value of your fighters for each wave consisting of the total possible value that comes spawning. Depending on the type of units you have put on your lane with all their synergies and positioning, this value can be either too high or too low. For instance, a collection of only tanks (units that soak damage well, but don’t deal much themselves) will probably not clear a wave.
– Real player with 321.7 hrs in game
Plays just like the original WC3 map + much, much more, for anyone who is a fan of tower defense, multiplayer/co-op and strategy games, will definitely love this, for the developer AAG i can’t wait to see the extra campaign maps as well as potential dlc content perhaps something event based like a new boss (similar to btd6 like the bloonarius events) or endless mode with different waves to see how long you and a friend or 7 other friends can survive, there is so much potential and i cant wait to see it unfold , but as it is for its price, its well deserved of its positive reviews and again if you’re even remotely thinking of purchasing this game, as Shia LaBeouf would say, “just do it”, you will not regret it.
– Real player with 280.4 hrs in game
The Political Machine 2020
I played a few rounds of this game, some multiplayer, some singleplayer. Overall, I really enjoyed this game for what it was worth. The game is charming, in a humorous way. I really enjoyed the ideology system, and how it influences and reshapes the race depending on candidates are in on the race. My friend and I made some custom candidates, did stupid matchups, and we had a lot of fun just pushing the ideologies to their limit. Some of the ideologies, like fascism or giant meteorism, just end up shooting you in the foot, and its amusing to see races devolve into stupid fights between two godawful candidates.
– Real player with 25.8 hrs in game
This game needs a LOT of work, and with it now being over six months from launch I doubt that’s happening. It seems more time and resources were put into releasing the “Founding Fathers DLC” then going back and finishing their original broken product.
Perhaps the most glaring issue is that this product seems to have been made purely off some designers intuitive bias rather than any actual polling data. Universal healthcare and universal basic income are unpopular with “independents” but “Build the Wall” is. It also lists Trump’s intelligence as “smart” while Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s intelligence as dim, despite placing second in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair while in High School, being bilingual, and graduating cum laude from Boston University with a bachelors in both international relations and economics. Meanwhile the geniuses that built the game have the same issue “farm subsidies” listed twice in the policy management tab, as well as a few spelling errors.
– Real player with 17.7 hrs in game
Touch Type Tale - Strategic Typing
Touch Type Tale is a real-time strategy game with a typing twist!
Streamlined RTS design is paired with devilish multitasking from the innovative typing control system making Touch Type Tale a new and rewarding challenge to RTS veterans and newcomers alike.
During a spell-binding single player story campaign, join our unlikely hero, Paul, as he tries to defeat the evil at his door. With the throne standing empty and barbarians at the gates, he must leave his home and venture forth to save the kingdom!
Travel through uniquely diverse missions and scenarios that are each designed to reflect the story, creating new challenges at every turn, and keeping a player on their toes… or perhaps we should say fingertips.
Touch Type Tale is the ultimate underdog story asking you to defend the kingdom with just your keyboard and fight back the hordes of enemies - those from without, and some from within the realm - requiring touch-typing prowess and blistering typing accuracy.
And when you have mastered the art of typing, take your skills to the gates of other players and engage in chivalrous competition in online multiplayer skirmish battles. Relive your conquests with replays and emblazon your name on the pages of history through the ranking system.
Asynchronous language options allow players to enjoy the story while testing their fluency with another language through the typing gameplay.
For those questing for the ultimate typing challenge, an extensive selection of difficulty modes will invite you to test your mettle again and again!
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
This game…
Well, I can honestly say that it is not only one of the best games I’ve ever played, but I would also dare to state that -in my opinion- this is THE best RTS of all time (possibly excluding Total Annihilation, I’ve never played that.)
Attention: If you just want to see my rating of this game, skip right down ahead to the bottom of the review.
Okay, so assuming you didn’t just skip all this, here comes a more in-depth explanation.
This is an RTS, real-time strategy, but you’ve probably already figured that out. Firstly, I will go over the base story, which is told during the opening cutscene. (You’re totally free to skip the story part too, if you want to. Just scroll right down a bit, I will mark it off with a few —-)
– Real player with 401.5 hrs in game
Just a heads up, this is my first review so I apologize in advance for any suckyness. Also I have played much more off of steam. Also this goes for both games.
The best game “ever” is a very hotly disputed subject. Most people say it’s WOW, or Halo, or CS go, or COD, or Shadow of the Collosus, or some other game with a big fandom. All things considered, I say this one, because I truly believe it has (almost) every aspect of the ideal, at least strategy, game.
Great Interface
– Real player with 266.0 hrs in game
Iron Harvest
Reminds me a lot of Company of Heros except not as many unit options or customizable skills.
– Real player with 61.7 hrs in game
I would recommend Iron Harvest. the campaign is good for an RTS (not starcraft 2 level of story) but compared with more recent RTS' it’s up there and not just a tutorial for multiplayer. gameplay is similar to the Company of Heroes if you like that style, there are four factions (1 dlc faction) to play as, with the mechs I think being a game highlight with unique designs, styles and gameplay for their factions. voice work is good with an option for a ‘native’ language rather than overriding polish, russian and german characters under one language.
– Real player with 49.7 hrs in game