Ground control is a free download on Fileplanet now, and I've been playing it for a couple of weeks. It's great! No unit construction, you only have the units that were given to you in the beginning of the mission. It really forces you to use some tactics, which is a nice change from the usual AOE/Warcraft pattern. AI is sometimes a bit dumb, but it's a fairly old game, so it's excusable. However, you can't save during missions, which is a bit annoying, as some of them tend to be very long (2 hours or so...). Here's a review and here's another one. Couldn't find any real official site, though. But go ahead and download the game here. It's well worth it.
Now Ground control 2. It came out recently, and you should get a demo with the full version of the original, if you downloaded it. The AI problems are still there, to a lesser extent, and some missions are really hard. But the graphics are the best in an RTS, and so are the units. Fun multiplayer too, with a coop mode and drop-in deathmatch games.
I'll be buying it after finishing the first one. Review and official site.
Now to the last RTS I'm going to talk about, Wh40k: Dawn of war. Looks like it's superior to any RTS out there, much thanks to the setting. It doesn't follow the turnbased rules of the tabletop game, instead it's a full RTS. You can actually build units here, but unlike Age of Empires, that's not what the game is focused on. Instead it's all about killing the other guy's stuff in a tactical manner, with units that aren't as expendable. Interesting units (only four armies though
, Space marines, Eldar, Orks and Chaos), best gaming universe. Seeing the screenshots and preview makes me drool already. Download the trailers over at www.gametrailers.com too! Let's hope they don't fuck this up... Should be out around September something.
Now Ground control 2. It came out recently, and you should get a demo with the full version of the original, if you downloaded it. The AI problems are still there, to a lesser extent, and some missions are really hard. But the graphics are the best in an RTS, and so are the units. Fun multiplayer too, with a coop mode and drop-in deathmatch games.
I'll be buying it after finishing the first one. Review and official site.
Now to the last RTS I'm going to talk about, Wh40k: Dawn of war. Looks like it's superior to any RTS out there, much thanks to the setting. It doesn't follow the turnbased rules of the tabletop game, instead it's a full RTS. You can actually build units here, but unlike Age of Empires, that's not what the game is focused on. Instead it's all about killing the other guy's stuff in a tactical manner, with units that aren't as expendable. Interesting units (only four armies though
, Space marines, Eldar, Orks and Chaos), best gaming universe. Seeing the screenshots and preview makes me drool already. Download the trailers over at www.gametrailers.com too! Let's hope they don't fuck this up... Should be out around September something.
