Kevin VanOrd finds frustration a formidable foe in this video review for Stormrise.

Interesting sci-fi universe

Whip select control scheme makes choosing units a chore; Appalling pathfinding leads to micromanagement nightmares; Broken animations and missing visual effects; Total lack of important visual information; Tons of other annoying issues

There have been many entries in the RTS genre. The most notable games of this genre included; Command & Conquer; Star Craft; and Age of Empires. Stormrise is a game that attempts to innovate the basic control scheme in RTS games by adding new unit selection techniques and changing the philosophy of...

I have to say that when I was asked to review Stormrise I was very excited. When I was told it was an RTS I was even more excited because I'm an RTS nut job. But the cherry on top of the cream on top of the pecan nut sundae was when I found out it was developed by Creative Assembly.

If anyone would be able to create a Real Time Strategy experience that interested the ever-elusive console crowd, the safe money would be on Creative Assembly. The UK based developer, famous for the Total War series has built a reputation on delivering immersive, detailed RTS titles.

Creative Assembly attempts to re-invent the RTS. Who told them that would be a good idea?

Of Mechs and Mutants

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Stormrise is a post apocalyptic real-time strategy game from Creative Assembly, the makers of Medieval II: Total War. Two warring factions arise from the rubble: the Echelon, a technologically advanced race that endured the planet's fallout by way of self-induced hibernation, and the Sai, a tribal...

Even while they fry the midnight microchips slaving away over Empire: Total War , developer Creative Assembly is looking to the future both literally and figuratively with their upcoming console-friendly real-time strategy game, Stormrise .

Decided I'd go ahead and give this game a try and was for the most part pleasantly surprised. When you begin the campaign you get a little backdrop on the main character who you'll be controlling (along with numerous other characters as well) and you learn how the world has gone to hell because we...