Posted September 16, 2008
This is an RTS which is truly "original". It's quite unique in it's genre.
You play either an American or Russian soldier that gets sent back into time in order to secure a "special" new kind of resource that could make gasoline obsolete and grant ultimate power to the nation that controls it.
The game might look like a standard RTS but it has the huge difference that each and every soldier is unique and losing a soldier is always critical. Remember, you are millions of years back in time so "reinforcements" aren't so easy to come by! You'll undoubtly get attached to your soldiers throughout the missions and if you are like me then you'll probably "reload" a savegame everytime one of your soldiers die!
Mainly because every soldiers gets "experience" points by doing tasks like building , fighting , researching and gathering and as a result get better in doing that task.
Each soldier can specialise in being either a scientist, a driver, a pure soldier or an engineer (builder). You will have to control every aspect of your basecamp in order to win. You can't just build a tank by pressing a button. You'll need engineers building the tank, people gathering resources (you can even train primates to do the more easier tasks) and people fit to drive the vehicle itself. Vehicles can run out of gas (unless you use solar power) so you'll need to keep an eye on that as well!
The story itself is great, it has multiple branching paths depending on how you perform on a mission or on the choices you make. The game does get very hard after a while (especially for people like me who like to keep everyone alive) but it never gets impossible.
Give this forgotten jewel a chance, you won't regret it!
You play either an American or Russian soldier that gets sent back into time in order to secure a "special" new kind of resource that could make gasoline obsolete and grant ultimate power to the nation that controls it.
The game might look like a standard RTS but it has the huge difference that each and every soldier is unique and losing a soldier is always critical. Remember, you are millions of years back in time so "reinforcements" aren't so easy to come by! You'll undoubtly get attached to your soldiers throughout the missions and if you are like me then you'll probably "reload" a savegame everytime one of your soldiers die!
Mainly because every soldiers gets "experience" points by doing tasks like building , fighting , researching and gathering and as a result get better in doing that task.
Each soldier can specialise in being either a scientist, a driver, a pure soldier or an engineer (builder). You will have to control every aspect of your basecamp in order to win. You can't just build a tank by pressing a button. You'll need engineers building the tank, people gathering resources (you can even train primates to do the more easier tasks) and people fit to drive the vehicle itself. Vehicles can run out of gas (unless you use solar power) so you'll need to keep an eye on that as well!
The story itself is great, it has multiple branching paths depending on how you perform on a mission or on the choices you make. The game does get very hard after a while (especially for people like me who like to keep everyone alive) but it never gets impossible.
Give this forgotten jewel a chance, you won't regret it!