# # Comment: Status: 02. 2007
Genre : Action (Shooter) / Strategy (Real-time) / 3D / 3rd Person
Similar games : Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, Dark Reign 2 , Earth 2150 : Escape from the Blue Planet, Earth 2150 : Lost Souls, Earth 2150 : Moon Project, StarCraft, Uprising 2 : Lead and Destroy, Uprising: Join or Die!
Interface: English (ENG)
Multiplayer: ( 8 ) LAN, Internet
This is a wonderful futuristic real-time strategy from the creators of " Perimeter " .
The game will take you into the dark future of the territory on Earth , ravaged by war lasted too long and marred by natural disasters with unprecedented force . Our planet will become a battleground in which the battle for a better future will be three races ...
Maelstrom takes all of the innovative components of Perimeter, removes almost all of them, and comes up with a very ordinary sci-fi RTS title. The game lacks a tutorial, although they first campaign missions sort of act as one. The manual does give suggestions on what buildings to build and what units to make, and since there are only a handful, learning the game is fairly easy if you've played other RTS games. The campaign, where you eventually get to control each of the game's three races, is completely boring with generic movement and base construction missions. The story is standard sci-fi fare, and with the horrible voice acting, you won't want to play it anyway. Maelstrom does offer skirmish and multiplayer games to extend the game beyond the campaign. You can set different and multiple winning conditions: kill the enemy commander, destroy the enemy base, or capture all the water stations. Allowing this amount of flexibility is probably the best feature of the game. Battles against the computer are disappointing because of the poor AI: except on hard levels (where I think it cheats with additional resources), they will hardly expand their base or build additional units. Joining multiplayer matches is easy to do, and human competition is always preferred. Multiplayer and skirmish matches could have saved this title, but, as you'll see, Maelstrom streamlines the gameplay to the point of insignificance.
There are three races battling for Earth dominance in Maelstrom: the Remnants (rebels), Ascension (empire), and Hai-Genti (aliens). There are subtle differences between the races in terms of resource collection and how units are built, but they all behave the same in the end. Each race has a hero unit that you can directly control, although there is no point at all in this, as it doesn't make them more powerful or a better warrior. The first step in each game is to start collecting resources, and there are three in the game: solar, water, and bio (although they are called different things for each race). Solar energy is collected from sun farms or automatically, depending on your race (and aliens don't need it at all).
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# # Requirements : Recommended Specification: Windows XP; DirectX 9.0c; Pentium 4 at 3.0 GHz or Athlon XP 2800 + ; 1 Gb RAM; Graphics Card: GeForce 7800 or Radeon X1800; DirectX 9 Compatible Sound Card - 4.41 Gb Hard Drive Space.
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