Tempest Rising

We have C&C 3 at home. Quality RTS that proudly wears it's influence on its sleeve.

Me gusta que el estilo de juego sea muy parecido a Command & Conquer, lo que no me gusta es que hay pocos mapas disponibles y son muy pocos los mapas grandes, los ideales para las guerras de horas. La curva de aprendizaje es larga en lo que conoces los ejércitos, sus unidades y estrategia. A falta de un nuevo C&C este juego viene a refrescar el género.

Very polished RTS game made in the C&C/Red Alert vein. Pretty much everything in terms of unit building, upgrades, researches, specials and presentation harkens back to the aforementioned classics. I played the campaign of the both GDS, which seems to be the game's version of the Allies and Dynasty, which are prototyped after the Russians/Soviets and both were pretty well made and fun to pursue. The only thing I find to be missing in Tempest Rising is naval combat. This game is exclusively focused on terrestrial and aerial combat. No naval buildings, units and maps. Maybe they can expand the game to include naval buildings, units and combat in the future. The doctrine/armory mechanic is kind of unique, at least for me. I don't recall the old C&C and Red Alert games to have something similar. But then again I haven't played them all so I could be wrong. A third faction does appear towards the end of both GDS/DYN campaigns which hopefully the developers can implement as a playable one, both in multiplayer and a single player campaign. Sort of like RA3 did with the Japanese.

Tempest Rising almost comes across as a modern combination of the original Westwood RTS titles. Allies vs Soviet, with red Tiberium. Hang on is that the same tactical map from Red Alert? Oh there's the Hand of Nod but now it's two hands. It does make me wonder how much is homage or if there were veteran devs involved anywhere. They even have Frank Klepacki to make sure the music is what you'd expect. That being said Tempest Rising does have enough development to be its own entity. There is a lot of effort to make each faction handle core mechanics with their own flavour. Construction, resourse gathering, tech progression. Making use of ideas that weren't as involved in the genre at the time like building up debuffs on enemy units rather than everything just being damage. There are some drawbacks. All of the homages can make some of the differences feel inherently flawed, and overall the game comes across as lacking.. character. The use of 3D models instead of FMVs and actors for the briefings. The arbitrary decision to let you have conversation options in said briefings instead of just.. divulging the necessary information then getting on with the mission. The music is decent, but none of it has any eccentric charm. The units have different lines but the only one I'm going to remember is the sniper saying 'Compensating for spin..' because it was pointed out to me as ridiculous. Spin helps the bullet fly straight. Is she doing a 360, is that the spin she needs to compensate for? None of the other barks stand out at all. Some are far too heavy on the radio filter too. It's all too grounded. The GDF campaign comes across as lack-luster. It doesn't feel like you succeed at anything. There are hints of things going on in the background but you just kind of go along trying to prevent wrongdoings, the big danger appears, you say no thanks and it's all over. The Tempest Dynasty is a bit more involved, though strangely almost completely slavic for a European-Asian coalition. Hints at things for the future, and you seem to achieve at least one goal. Both do also feel a little on the short side. Either way, the final cutscene for both has soldiers from each side next to each other as if they worked together at any point which is not in any way true. Still. It was fun enough. I wanted more. It felt a lot more right than I remember feeling playing Grey Goo. All the women seem to wear face masks for some reason. Just a strange note.

exactly like command and conquer with better graphics

Great

Tempest Rising je strategie podobná sérii Command & Conquer. Dobře vypadá i zní, mise jsou za obě strany celkem různorodé (náročnější mi přišla kampaň GDF), jednotky můžete dobře kombinovat. Nepochopil jsem, proč má každá strana jiný způsob staveb (GDF lepší). Celkově ujde.

Für alle die mit C&C was anfangen können, sind auch bei Tempest Rising absolut richtig. Man merkt auch in vielerlei Hinsicht , dass man hier das C&C Franchise als Vorbild genommen hat, im positiven Sinne. Grafik und Performance sind super und zeitgemäß sowie das Gameplay.