Tornado: Research and Rescue

Started out as one of the [i]least[/i] realistic tornado games on Steam, and is now quickly shaping up to become one of the [i]most[/i] realistic.

[h1] Its Windy Out Here [/h1] Game is good fun for storm chasing enthusiasts. Its not super realistic in terms of the radar systems and not based on real weather data. But for those who want high intensity chases consistently this game does that very well. [h2] Putting the "Rescue" in Research and Rescue [/h2] Something that sets this game apart from the other games is the fact that you are directly in charge of saving lives. You are the one who needs to set off the sirens and warn residents of incoming tornados! Save as many as you can! For all the lives you save, you gain ranks which allows you to unlock upgrades to your car, your probes, and your radar! [i][b]Save as many as you can![/b][/i] [h3] Scenarios & Custom Scenarios [/h3] You can also play unique REAL scenarios that happened in real life made by the developer (like the Jarrel Texas tornado AKA the "Dead Man Walking" tornado), or create scenarios yourself and take reference images of real tornados that occurred, place those images in the scenario editor, and MAKE those real tornado scenarios yourself and chase them! El Reno 2013? You can make it! Or even just make some made up scenarios to chase too! Its all up to you! [h1] Chaser... [i]Chased[/i] [/h1] There is a game setting [u]you can turn on or off[/u] that allows the tornado to enter a "Hunt" state. This makes a growl sound play with a red flashing text saying [b]"!! IT IS COMING FOR YOU !!"[/b] This causes the tornado to b-line it STRAIGHT for your position! While also dramatically increasing the speed of the tornado! This forces you to have an escape plan prepared at all times and adds a great deal of extra challenge to the game. Forcing you to position yourself in a safe place that you can escape the tornado from in the event it decides to throw down with you. But it might also provide the perfect intercept opportunities as well! Not a lot of other tornado chasing games have this feature. Making it stand out from the others in a nice way! [h3] Beautiful, Varied Tornados and Shapes [/h3] The tornados in this game are definitely the highlight. They look very good! With varied shapes, subvorticies being present (whether vertical to the ground or horizontal stands poking out of the funnel), and differing sizes of the ground rotation in tandem with the funnel size. The tornados also have rather realistic [i]windfields[/i] which are areas around the funnel that wind motion and suction actually begin taking place much farther out than the actual visable condensation funnel! You can even see the tail cloud into the wall cloud! [h3] Break the Physics of Tornados [/h3] The game comes with an interesting gameplay mechanic to allow you to customize a "chemical" release system into your probes. Intercepting tornados with said probes allows you to [u]increase/decrease[/u] certain aspects of the tornado how you want! Want to make the tornado a higher or lower Fujita Rating by increasing or decreasing intensity? You can! Want to make the tornado wider or smaller? You can! Want to speed up its ground speed or slow it down? You can! Want the Tornado to deviate its motion more or less? You can do that too! [b]All in all, a great game to have in your library for any storm chasing enthusiasts who want more intense and chaotic chasing experiences![b]

Really fun game!! Although, maybe add some invisible borders or a big tornado you cant escape when your outside the map.

The tornados look great but that's really it, there's zero guidance on what you should be doing and the menus are clunky af, I started with career mode and just got dropped into a map with no idea what to do besides the obvious, intercept. How is this a career mode with no objective? Just keep intercepting and driving into towns (by towns I mean trailer parks). Maybe I missed something but after an hour an a half of playing I just felt like i'd seen it all, been sucked into a tornado a couple of times which was funny, saved people in the "towns", Intercepted the same tornado multiple times as it just continued to get larger and bought some upgrades but now what? Having looked at "OUTBRK" also, there are pro's and cons to both, if they merged together it would be a brilliant game. Sadly however the downsides to OUTBRK sound pretty poor as well, especially for the price point.

Cool tornado chasing game that feels like twister and twisters combined. Has a lot of very unique features, and the fact its still in alpha makes me wonder what more is to come!

Better than OUTBRK! This game has the most content out of every tornado game on steam while also getting updates every 3 days! it feels like the dev made this game out of love for the topic! Though I do have to say that it needs a Co-Op mode. The tornadoes look amazing unlike OUTBRK, while also giving the player many custom maps and modes to play with. I got this today and I already plan on playing this for a while. Do recommend for weather fans!

Very good game, i like it, the storm chasing its accurated and the drive feeling its awesome but i think this game needs some love, the developers must add an online mode, more cars for the user and missions to do... and maybe some new maps not only storms

For a 90's throwback with a certain movie thrown into it, it's a pretty interesting game all around. It's still in EA and has bugs and all but that as expected. Granted there are things i would of done differently, added and or changed in certain areas but, for what it is though in this early stage, it's pretty fun. I am kind of curious how this ends up later down the road. All in all, it's worth buying.

Day 1: Scared... Nervous to get to close. Day 2: Figured out that EAS warning wears off and need to be reminded of the F4 a mile away. Many died... Day 3-5: F1-2, figured I should learn how to read the forecasts. Day 6: Biggest one yet, managed to get a F5 with 0.8 radius and ground speed of only 10mph, managed to save the towns and put my probe in some of the best spots. 100-300 samples for all categories. Sooooooooo excited at the end of the tornado that I forgot the analyze the data... My greatest research.. My best rescue yet! Gone... Like the houses blown away by the tornado.. All that for nothing, because I forgot to click a button.