dont know why there so many bad reviews..

[Out2SmokeU]

I recently tried this game like a few minutes ago and didnt even do the tutorial.. just wanted to try the game out and ofcourse I got rekt but this game should have mainly positive reviews.. Its really pretty fuun even though i didnt know what to do first but seems like its a really good game.. Im a fan of starcraft, age of mythology and this game is going on my wishlist as well.. just hope some friends get the game as well.. seriously I dont think the game deserves to have mixed reviews but everyone is intitled to their own opinion.. glad I tried it.. lol it said I had 13 minutes left so i rushed into it.. to the devs, good job. ill be picking it up in near future..

[Malarky Enthusiast]

69% positive atm, so 7 out of 10 people enjoyed it, doesnt seem that bad to me lol.

[wayward]

I've played almost every RTS since Supreme Commander came out and this numbers amongst my favorite. I feel that it's incredibly nuanced and well built. It's been a blast playhing with a real community this weekend! Numbers have been sadly low.

[Jim Raynor]

It's a bit sag that the free weekend dropped the reviews that much into the orange area which isn't a good sign for new players thinking about buying the game. There are enough games on Steam with better reviews you can buy first.

I think the main problem here is that many people expect a game Grey Goo doesn't want to be. Grey Goo is clearly marked and designed as an old school RTS, having their pros and cons. And the game and designers did this job very well. There are some points which could have been better but overall the game is just what it wants to be.

But imho many people here have different expectations, thinking Grey Goo is some groundbreaking new RTS which all the mechanics and gameplay features developed in the last 15 years including hot new stuff. But that's not in the game and it's not intendend to be in the game. So many people think it's flat or bad, because they expect something different.

I'm just replaying StarCraft 1 at the moment and compared to the games I played since SC1 has been released, it's just extremly boring and flat as well. So SC1 wouldn't have any chance today and SC2 is a great improvement of SC1 and the development the RTS genre had, maybe a bit too APM focused.

But I wanted to get this old feeling again from a new game without having to replay the old games over and over again. And this game did it. It was great.

Another problem might be that they made some wrong decisions at release by not having the most important multiplayer features included right from the beginning which pretty much killed most of the e-sports scene off. When it finally came it was too late.

And maybe it would have been a great idea to offer way more mod support, to let people create their own campaigns and funmaps just like SC or WC3 had and even in C&C2 I remember building some early "funmaps" and playing them with friends.

So for the next game, just get all important multiplayer features ready for launch if you want your game to be part of e-sports. And add as much mod support as possible which will be a blessing to it's long life circle.

[ArchAngel]

There might not be a next game (or not as big) since they are laying off staff.

[Out2SmokeU]

Originally posted by wayward strategist:

I've played almost every RTS since Supreme Commander came out and this numbers amongst my favorite. I feel that it's incredibly nuanced and well built. It's been a blast playhing with a real community this weekend! Numbers have been sadly low.

ya, well ill be getting it eventually.. its a good game even though i only had one match and didnt even go through a tutorial.so i was lost a first till i figured out how to build. i jus saw 13 min to play and wanted to give it a chance.. got rekt in like 15-20 minutes but it was actually fun and like the build process.. i just spent alil over $2k on a pc build because i had a laptop hat struggled to play even the less demanding games. it was a hp laptop.. horrible for gaming and wasnt meqnt to game.. ill be getting the game after i get my new desk and a hardrive.. after ill be on more in the community.. hope its back on sale when i decide to pick it up..

[Out2SmokeU]

Originally posted by Nonsense Lord:

69% positive atm, so 7 out of 10 people enjoyed it, doesnt seem that bad to me lol.

ya well i really didnt look at the statistics.. my bad jus saw mixed and thought maybe there was the same amount of bad as the good reviews..

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- Huge ugly interface
- No depth
- Community was dead 2 week's post launch
- Performance was bad for alot of people at launch
- Sound bug when exiting game that forces the player to restart his/her machine
- No support for 3v3,4v4 despite having absurdly big map's for 2v2
- No replay at launch
- Unit design is pretty uninspiring aside from the super units
- Base mechanics were a hit or miss
- Lack of map's at launch
- Short campaign

Since launch they've addressed Map's and replay's...Oh and they implemented twitch integration