I just got an email from Paradox PR stating that they have acquired the IP rights to Majesty, the creative but underperforming 1998 RTS from Cyberlore. In Majesty, you controlled your kingdom indirectly, giving incentives for many units to take actions but not necessarily giving orders. Apparently, Paradox has an interest in reviving this franchise, […]
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Ancients Wars: Sparta and the problem of scale
May 15th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Ancients, Gamesradar, RTS
My review of Ancient Wars: Sparta is now up at Gamesradar. It’s a run-of-the-mill RTS with not much going for it. It looks OK, but that’s all. Some gamers accuse reviewers of going easy on major franchises so we can pound away at the marginal titles. How, after all, are the three same-but-different races of […]
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Ancient Wars: Sparta
April 26th, 2007 · Comments Off on Ancient Wars: Sparta · Ancients, RTS
In my effort to be a full service hub for marginal games related to ancient history, Rob Fahey recently reviewed Ancient Wars: Sparta, and, from my time with the game, his final evaluation seems to have hit the nail square on the head. I disagree with him on some of his specific comments, but we’re […]
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RTS Year Already Over
April 14th, 2007 · 9 Comments · RTS
Or at least that’s the impression I get from Jason Ocampo’s feature on 2007 real time strategy games.
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How Can I Miss You If You Never Leave?
April 2nd, 2007 · 14 Comments · RTS
The once-trendy “real-time strategy” (RTS) genre — popularized in the late ’90s with games such as “Blizzard’s Starcraft” and Electronic Arts’ “Command and Conquer” — is poised for its long-overdue comeback. So says the venerable Marc Saltzman over at CNN in his review of Supreme Commander. Apparently two old fashioned RTS games (SupCom and Command […]
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Command and Conquer 3 Review
March 27th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Electronic Arts, Gamesradar, RTS
My review of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is up at Gamesradar. I really like this game. The more I play it, the more I think I should have invested time in at least some of the other CnC games.
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