Starcraft, is that you?

AusWolfStarcraft, is that you?

At least Starcraft is dead but was successful in its day, this one looks more like Stormgate. Grey Goo.

enb141At least Starcraft is dead but was successful in its day, this one looks more like Stormgate. Grey Goo.

Now that you mention it, the terrain does look like a plain one-colour texture. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

I have no idea where the developers are from, but this has peak early 00s slav jank energy. The visuals, the genre, even the name. I sorta dig it.

looks way too bland for me, easy pass.

Seems like it's just a "tad" delayed...
There was a Kickstarter and it seems like it was put on hold due to the main developer having some medical issues.
Seems to be a German game.
linuxgameconsortium.com/liquidation-tactical-rts-coming-in-2022/

i'd rather keep replaying starcraft 2 co-op, way more fun than w.e this is

MY LIFE FOR VEa... i mean AIUR!

I'm not surprised Starcraft-a-likes are starting to appear. Blizz/Activision/Microsoft don't make games any more, they just fire people for not making games.

Starcraft 2 was fun, 16 years ago - and then nothing. Wings of Liberty was such a good game, the later single-player campaign DLCs were honestly pretty dire. I played through them but they felt phoned-in and the only thing they really do is finish the story, which you can just watch for free on Youtube without wasting your time and money on a half-assed cash grab.

As for Stormgate and Grey Goo, the first has absolutely terrible reviews, I'm struggling to find anything other than an outspoken minority who have anything good to say about the game. Grey Goo was okay but it was unfinished as a game and mediocre for the campaign so far. I played it on Steam, enjoyed it at first but then found it a bit too luck based with the blind rock-paper-scissors late-game.

Chrispy_I'm not surprised Starcraft-a-likes are starting to appear. Blizz/Activision/Microsoft don't make games any more, they just fire people for not making games.

Starcraft 2 was fun, 16 years ago - and then nothing. Wings of Liberty was such a good game, the later single-player campaign DLCs were honestly pretty dire. I played through them but they felt phoned-in and the only thing they really do is finish the story, which you can just watch for free on Youtube without wasting your time and money on a half-assed cash grab.

this is a really bad take, the starcraft 2 expansions were extremely fun and had some very unique new things added to the campaigns. i thought all 3 campaigns were 10/10... maybe you just don't like sci fi rts?

Space Lynxthis is a really bad take, the starcraft 2 expansions were extremely fun and had some very unique new things added to the campaigns. i thought all 3 campaigns were 10/10... maybe you just don't like sci fi rts?

I am not sure that being able to solo the entirety of HotS on Brutal with an OP Kerrigan and maaaaaybe some zerglings was a good experience, but I’ll give you that it was…unique?
Granted, I didn’t play Void. HotS was fucked enough I didn’t bother. I am sure the 1v1 ladder sweats would have an entirely different opinion from me, though.

AusWolfNow that you mention it, the terrain does look like a plain one-colour texture. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

As far as I know this game is made by one guy, so we'll see if he's reading this forum, if so, hopefully he will chance that.

OnasiI have no idea where the developers are from, but this has peak early 00s slav jank energy. The visuals, the genre, even the name. I sorta dig it.

I don't know where, but as far as I know, this game is being made by one developer only.

Chrispy_I'm not surprised Starcraft-a-likes are starting to appear. Blizz/Activision/Microsoft don't make games any more, they just fire people for not making games.

Starcraft 2 was fun, 16 years ago - and then nothing. Wings of Liberty was such a good game, the later single-player campaign DLCs were honestly pretty dire. I played through them but they felt phoned-in and the only thing they really do is finish the story, which you can just watch for free on Youtube without wasting your time and money on a half-assed cash grab.

As for Stormgate and Grey Goo, the first has absolutely terrible reviews, I'm struggling to find anything other than an outspoken minority who have anything good to say about the game. Grey Goo was okay but it was unfinished as a game and mediocre for the campaign so far. I played it on Steam, enjoyed it at first but then found it a bit too luck based with the blind rock-paper-scissors late-game.

They still do (Blizzard) but only for WOW, and a little bit for Overwatch and Diablo, to blizzard RTS and MOBAs are dead genres.

When WOW dies (one day will) then Microsoft will kill Blizzard brand with it.

Space Lynxthis is a really bad take, the starcraft 2 expansions were extremely fun and had some very unique new things added to the campaigns. i thought all 3 campaigns were 10/10... maybe you just don't like sci fi rts?

My take, and it's just an opinion so you don't have to agree with it:

• Wings of Liberty 10/10
• Heart of the Swarm 5/10 - clichéd and repetitive mission design with a hero-heavy focus that was trying to be a MOBA
• Legacy of the Void 6/10 - even more clichéd plot and 25 years of complex inter-faction politics and warfare was swept under the rug for a big-evil trope. The epiligue missions redeemed this DLC, though.

I definitely love Sci-Fi RTS. I started with Herzog Zwei, then I was spoiled by Westwood Stuiods with Dune 2, C&C, Red Alert, Dune 2000, Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 2, (and then Westwood Studios was killed). Alongside that golden era either side of the millennium, we had Total Annihilation, Supreme Commander, Forged Alliance - which I'm going to count as a new game rather than a DLC, Homeworld, Dawn of War, and various more C&C games. I really loved C&C generals but like Red Alert games, I'm going to exclude it as it's not Sci-Fi. More recently there's been Battletech, Zero-K, and Beyond All Reason. I kickstarted Planetary Annihilation because the two lead developers both worked on TA and SupCom, but clearly they weren't the reason those games were good. Forged Alliance Forever, and now Beyond All Reason occupy my RTS gaming time as they are genuinely great and that's in part because of the huge amount of community work and feedback.

In short, I love Sci-Fi RTS, but the campaign DLCs for an almost perfect Wings of Liberty launch were formulaic, disappointing, and had nowhere near as much polish or effort put into them compared to Wings of Liberty. Even if they were passable RTS campaigns in a vacuum, they were such a massive letdown after Wings of Liberty.

The SC2 expansions were still playable and I'm sure some people enjoyed them, but to me it was a disappointing way to finish the saga, the same way that your favourite sci-fi show gets cancelled halfway through filming a season and they rush towards a hasty and unsatisfying conclusion, leaving loads of plot arcs hanging, and do their best to squeeze the plot they had hoped to carry across another 30+ hours of TV into a 90-minute special. If you ignore how lame the plot and reason for the final 3-mission epilogue to SC2:LotV was, the actual Epilogue itself was the most fun I had with SC2 since it launched.

Chrispy_My take, and it's just an opinion so you don't have to agree with it:

• Wings of Liberty 10/10
• Heart of the Swarm 5/10 - clichéd and repetitive mission design with a hero-heavy focus that was trying to be a MOBA
• Legacy of the Void 6/10 - even more clichéd plot and 25 years of complex inter-faction politics and warfare was swept under the rug for a big-evil trope. The epiligue missions redeemed this DLC, though.

I definitely love Sci-Fi RTS. I started with Herzog Zwei, then I was spoiled by Westwood Stuiods with Dune 2, C&C, Red Alert, Dune 2000, Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 2, (and then Westwood Studios was killed). Alongside that golden era either side of the millennium, we had Total Annihilation, Supreme Commander, Forged Alliance - which I'm going to count as a new game rather than a DLC, Homeworld, Dawn of War, and various more C&C games. I really loved C&C generals but like Red Alert games, I'm going to exclude it as it's not Sci-Fi. More recently there's been Battletech, Zero-K, and Beyond All Reason. I kickstarted Planetary Annihilation because the two lead developers both worked on TA and SupCom, but clearly they weren't the reason those games were good. Forged Alliance Forever, and now Beyond All Reason occupy my RTS gaming time as they are genuinely great and that's in part because of the huge amount of community work and feedback.

In short, I love Sci-Fi RTS, but the campaign DLCs for an almost perfect Wings of Liberty launch were formulaic, disappointing, and had nowhere near as much polish or effort put into them compared to Wings of Liberty. Even if they were passable RTS campaigns in a vacuum, they were such a massive letdown after Wings of Liberty.

The SC2 expansions were still playable and I'm sure some people enjoyed them, but to me it was a disappointing way to finish the saga, the same way that your favourite sci-fi show gets cancelled halfway through filming a season and they rush towards a hasty and unsatisfying conclusion, leaving loads of plot arcs hanging, and do their best to squeeze the plot they had hoped to carry across another 30+ hours of TV into a 90-minute special. If you ignore how lame the plot and reason for the final 3-mission epilogue to SC2:LotV was, the actual Epilogue itself was the most fun I had with SC2 since it launched.

that's all fine, i personally loved all the campaigns. really hope we get starcraft 3 rts and warcraft 4 rts someday too

Chrispy_I really loved C&C generals but like Red Alert games, I'm going to exclude it as it's not Sci-Fi.

Da, comrade, as a Russian myself, I can confirm that we use bears dropped from planes as paratroopers, giant fuck-off blimps and massive Tesla coils as border defense. The Kremlin absolutely has a time machine housed in the basement. We also did blow up the Statue of Liberty that one time when we invaded New York. Frankly, Red Alert games are documentaries.

Space Lynxthat's all fine, i personally loved all the campaigns. really hope we get starcraft 3 rts and warcraft 4 rts someday too

Here's hoping but Blizzard kind of painted themselves into a corner with the ending to SC2. They've retconned their way out of that sort of thing before, so maybe that's not a problem.

OnasiFrankly, Red Alert games are documentaries.

Historical Documents, you say?

The sizing of some things reminds me of Warcraft 3