Hi, my name is ColdBeer and let’s start with
Immortal: Gates of Pyre
Developers have asked for 30K dollars on Kickstarter but instead they have collected 5 times more
from 2000 backers.
Big number!
Yeah.
That shows the hunger RTS fans are feeling, but this time not for potato salad as always,
but for promising real time strategy games.
You know, as I always say, a good sci-fi RTS game nowadays is even more rare than catholic
priests who don’t like underaged boys.
Game will feature five factions and developers have said to me personally that all of the
races will be balanced and will work in harmony no matter which combination of the battles
you will choose.
In short - Immortal looks awesome, I really do like original units, they took time and
created something that is not straight from the cliche book.
Game will be free to play, but you know... all the cosmetics, new heroes or maybe even
new factions will drain your money anyway.
And I’m not a fan of that.
I like my games to be full from the very beginning.
Imagine if this business model was available when you buy vodka.
You get a plastic bag for free and inside there is a brown liquid that tastes like vodka,
but there is no alcohol in there.
So you can buy an upgrade for your vodka and make it stronger.
Later you can buy an actual bottle.
And for a small additional fee they will even give you a bottle cap.
Yeah.
So after a few more upgrades you make your liquid transparent and even more stronger
and as a bonus of this purchase you will be able to buy a shiny label for your bottle.
You can choose from many labels, so you buy not one, but four of them.
And after all these purchases you will have a nice bottle filled with a liquid that is
still not vodka.
Crossfire: Legion
This is a mystery game, it’s not announced yet, only four leaked screenshots are available.
Not the best quality screenshots to be honest, but what we can see it’s really intriguing.
We can make a solid guess that the game is being made by Smilegate, which are the creators
of the famous Diablo-like game Lost Ark.
It’s hard to tell the game’s setting or to be honest anything at all, but we can clearly
say that this RTS is set in the future.
Not very distant one, so the game may be closer to Command & Conquer franchize rather than
Starcraft, but hey, we are all in this futuristic RTS boat together, because new titles are
so rare, that even this list, consisting of only six games, has to rely on 4 bad quality
screenshots.
I will update you about this game in the future, stay with my channel and you will not miss
a thing.
Starship Troopers: Terran Command
This game will have a model similar to They Are Billions, and to be honest Starcraft itself
has plenty of missions where you have to defend your base from swarms of zerg, so the concept
is not that far away.
Here you can literally relive the best moments of the Starship Troopers movie by defending
your base from hordes of bloodthirsty ladybugs.
In my eyes, the weakest point of this game is base building and that’s a shame.
Anyway, here you will encounter dozens of unique unit types, each with their own special
abilities.
Also the map has terrain elevation, true line of sight & true Line of fire providing deep
tactical gameplay.
Meaning that units that stand behind other units can’t shoot unless they stand on higher
ground.
But the main question for me was - can you play as zerg?
Uh, I mean as insects?
Can you swarm computer controlled settlements with your army of bloodthirsty ladybo... ladybugs?
And the answer is no.
Blasphemy!
Blasphemy!-blasphemy!-blasphemy!
Liquidation
This is a tactical RTS game set in a universe that mixes elements of both fantasy and science
fiction, with support for both single-player and multiplayer modes.
To be fair it looks like Warcraft 3 and Starcraft 2 were role models for Liquidation’s graphic
designers.
That is nice, I like that style, but those blue minerals look exactly like those in Starcraft...
What a coincidence.
I know, right?
I can’t really understand the laziness behind this.
Is it so hard to create some unique resource?
Is it?
Do I miss something?
Why not some huge orange plant that grows weird shiny boobs on it?
Yeah, a boob plant would be nice.
Big boobies.
Mhm.
Or why not some vents that emanate gravity bending mana?
Why not an ancient alien technology that is scattered all around the planet so you could
salvage it?
And in general nature is full of amazing forms.
Look, this is a picture I just randomly googled.
This alone could lead to many ideas and amazing decisions.
And by having all the internet and all the knowledge under your fingertips...
They have chosen blue minerals.
Disappointed!
So, anyway.
In Liquidation you will find single player and co-op story mode campaigns and online
ladder.
The game will offer you to try four factions: Twilight Crusade - which looks like something
taken from Warhammer 40K universe,
Nether Legion - they look like winged demons, then Scourge Alliance which is some variation
of Naga race we saw in Warcraft and the last one is Corruption - shapeless blobs with many
tentacles - I like those.
They will definitely be the faction of my choice, no doubt, muahahaha.
Grimstar: Crystals are the New Oil!
Alrighty then, looks that we will be harvesting minerals again.
They should probably hire someone to generate fresh ideas or something.
Anyway, looks like we can try this game way sooner than it’s initial release date, because
a free demo version of the game will be available on Steam this December.
So, in Grimstar is the year 3047, the elected government on Earth is long gone.
Megacorporations are in control.
I guess SpaceX and the future Mars emperor Elon is a great example of what awaits us.
"The Earth's resources have been used up and the energy crisis is upon us.
But there is hope - a discovery of a distant world, rich with a new kind of natural energy
resource.
They called the world Grimstar.
Inhabited only by primitive zerg-like, uh i mean insect like creatures, it seemed like
easy prey for aggressive colonization and mining.
But humans were wrong.
So at least for now it looks like Grimstar will feature only terrans and you can’t
play as zerg...
You know whatever.
No zerg for you.
Only terrans.
Dust Front
Besides that fact that you will be mining minerals again, this time they are at least
in some original form and not blue.
To be honest this is probably the best looking game in this list.
I’m sorry Immortal: Gates of Pyre, but that is true.
That is a lie
No it’s not, someone is doing a great job.
And that someone is just a one man named Dmitry Charankov living in Chelyabinsk Russia.
It cannot be.
Yes it can.
He even has 10 patrons and gets 22 Euros per month on Patreon.
Now you can compare this with the 150 thousand dollars Immortal received on Kickstarter.
Mr. Dmitry I don’t know how to tell you, but I will practice my Russian for this:
tvoja igra viglidit axrenitelna, davai zdelaj kampaniju vkikstartere, zdelai nam etu igru
blyat, huh?
Game features Classic frantic and tactical RTS gameplay,
Global map, management of territories and resources, Research tree to upgrade your army
and economy, building system, roguelike elements and story with different endings.
I will definitely play the game upon its release which can happen anytime in this decade.
Yeah.
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