Earth 2150

Rating:
Summary: Great Concept, Poor Execution
Review: I love RTS games in general, I recently bought Earth 2150 and have put a good 25 hours into the game. Here is what I think of it: Highs: Great futuristic scenario, cool 3d engine, great weapons. Lows: User interface, software bugs, hard to control units in the heat of battle. The biggest problem with this game is the user interface. Compared to other RTS games such as Age of Kings, or Command and Conquer, this game offers a very awkward and counter-intuitive user interface. The so called Total 3D Warfare loses it's "Wow" factor pretty quickly. It is a decent buy overall, especially with the price cut by a third, but I wouldn't call it one of the greatest real time strategy game around. The designers should take cues from other RTS games on the GUI, then this game will be a contender. Overall, the game's OK, nothing to stay up for.

Rating:
Summary: Money better spent elsewhere
Review: I owned this game for less than 2 hours. I recommend you download the 2150 demo, play it, uninstall it, then go buy Ground Control. It's a much better game.

Rating:
Summary: 215O! That's what time it will be when you're done playing
Review: I purchased this game based upon past reviews. Boy I am glad I did, without going into to great depth here is a brief description of the game: harvest, build, and FIGHT.

The graphics are excellent and game play is fairly easy (once you're past the learning curve). I cannot comment on replay ability because I have finished a complete mission yet.

The 3D effects are unbelievable, but you better have a 3D card (I have a Voodoo that I love).

I feel this game was money well spent, (as I'm sure you know there's nothing worst than getting a game that sucks) and look forward to many hours of playing.

Rating:
Summary: Good grafics but average gameplay
Review: I recently downloaded the incredibly big demo of Earth 2150. I thought it had impressive 3d grafics and all that other stuff but ultimatly all the rotation just made the game confusing. Some of your units don't even do what they tell you. I think all the game comes down to is another bad game like Tiberian Sun. They make it look cool when it isn't really fun.

Rating:
Summary: BEST RTS GAME EVER MADE!
Review: I think that this game is the absolute best, and by far the best strategy game on the market. The fully customizable view is a cool addition and the tunneling feature is also very neat. There are also many unique and specialized combinations of unit weapons, shielding, and chassis types. Also, there are tons of research options. The only downside is the unit speech, especially with the Lunar Corporation. Their girlish and stupid voices can get very annoying after a while. Also, the LC's sheilding mechanisms seem to be a bit overly strong. The units also don't build very fast, forcing you to rely more on strategy than on huge troop swarms. But, overall, this game is a must buy for all you hard core RTS gamers.

Rating:
Summary: If you like strategy games you'll love this
Review: It almost hurts me to see this game ignored when games like Force Commander and Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun dominate sales. This is the rebirth of real-time strategy games.

Graphically, it is a wonder. Lighting is modeled excellantly with day and night cycles along with headlights on each of the vehicles. In addition, as time passes you see common weather events occer namely snow and rain. of these I think the coolest is the snow because you can see it build up on buildings and idle units.

However, the graphics aren't just for show. They help inform the player that certain changes have taken place. For instance heavy rain bogs down advancing troops while night and snow significantly cut down the line of sight of your units to one fifth. To combat night, you have the headlights this allows your units to see farther, but, at the cost being easier to be seen. So, the designers allow you to turn the lights on, off, or on an automatic cycle that switches them on at night and off during the day. Leaving them off allows you to hide your base and perform surprise attacks. Speaking of surprise attacks you can also build underground tunnel complexes so you can sneak underneath enemy bases and attack their rear.

I'm sorry I can't mention everything I want to about this game so I'll just have to list a couple of the best features: an excellent mission editor, an involving campaign, customizable units and unit AI scripts, an unique unit grouping system, and three different, balanced sides to play.

Rating:
Summary: awesome game even after 3yrs
Review: just wanted to make a note that earth 2150 and moon project also play on windows 2000. A similar game to pick up is empire earth. you will spend plenty of hours multiplayer, or single player it is very challenging, multi tasking at its best, but very enjoyable.

Rating:
Summary: And old game; but it rocks.
Review: My friends and I recently re-deiscovered this old classic. We ingage in online battles almost every week; damn is it fun.

The graphics are up to par with the most modern games, and the 3D camera is great. The units are very very diverse, dispite what that other reviewer said. There are mechs, tanks, helicopters, hover vehicles, anti-grav vehicles, ships, and boats. You can build bridges, dig trenches, build tunnels - what other game lets you do that? This game involves so much strategy - that is to say, there are so many ways of accomplishing your objective. There are many weapons, and shields which protect from energy weapons; non-energy weapons need to be resupplied, which adds an awesome dose of realism - and fun. I love shooting down my friend's resupply planes during a big battle, then taking out the helpless unit. It's tough, though, because the planes are well-armored, and move fast, dropping off the ammo and heading away.

Another feature which is cool is the ability to divide the screen, and keep an eye on multiple locations at once.

Man, nightime in this game is great. Everything gets dark, and your base lights up. All lights - on buildings and vechicles - can be turned on and off at your discretion. With lights off, it's much tougher to see units in the dark; but they move slower.

With the LC, they get power from the sun. At night, they are forced to use batteries. But if your battery runs out, you're screwed till dawn. I've never played a game like that; the scariest thing is to be sitting there, helpless, hoping the enemy doesn't attack. Because you're defenseless. It may seem like it'd be frusterating; but no, it's just scary.

The other two teams have differant power situations, which don't involve the sun.
Man, does this game rock.

And if you haven't already, buy "Firefly - The Complete Series". I swear, you won't regret it. Just search for it here on Amazon.
-Steve
[e-mail]

Rating:
Summary: And old game; but it rocks.
Review: My friends and I recently re-deiscovered this old classic. We ingage in online battles almost every week; damn is it fun.

The graphics are up to par with the most modern games, and the 3D camera is great. The units are very very diverse, dispite what that other reviewer said. There are mechs, tanks, helicopters, hover vehicles, anti-grav vehicles, ships, and boats. You can build bridges, dig trenches, build tunnels - what other game lets you do that? This game involves so much strategy - that is to say, there are so many ways of accomplishing your objective. There are many weapons, and shields which protect from energy weapons; non-energy weapons need to be resupplied, which adds an awesome dose of realism - and fun. I love shooting down my friend's resupply planes during a big battle, then taking out the helpless unit. It's tough, though, because the planes are well-armored, and move fast, dropping off the ammo and heading away.

Another feature which is cool is the ability to divide the screen, and keep an eye on multiple locations at once.

Man, nightime in this game is great. Everything gets dark, and your base lights up. All lights - on buildings and vechicles - can be turned on and off at your discretion. With lights off, it's much tougher to see units in the dark; but they move slower.

With the LC, they get power from the sun. At night, they are forced to use batteries. But if your battery runs out, you're screwed till dawn. I've never played a game like that; the scariest thing is to be sitting there, helpless, hoping the enemy doesn't attack. Because you're defenseless. It may seem like it'd be frusterating; but no, it's just scary.

The other two teams have differant power situations, which don't involve the sun.
Man, does this game rock.

And if you haven't already, buy "Firefly - The Complete Series". I swear, you won't regret it. Just search for it here on Amazon.
-Steve
[e-mail]

Rating:
Summary: A GOOD C&C like game
Review: Normaly I don't play ripoff games, but this one defenatly blew my mind! I often play as the United Civilied States (UCS in short). This game kinda reminds me of Total Annihilation almost too. It's 3d graphics are amazing! So a 3DFX card is required.