Shakermaker
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A buddy of mine recommended me this article on RockPaperShotgun. It is about a turn based tactics game made by an indie Brit studio. Imagine the planning stage of one of the earlier Rainbox Six games in a tbs setting. There are a couple of different game modes and they all consist of just 5 turns. It is basically a play by e-mail game, but to make things easier you use the in-game lobby to play game with randoms or people you know. You can also play against the AI, but this game is all about the multiplayer. This is what it looks like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXbsSLeINhg
I pre-ordered the game and I am now playing the beta. It's a lot of fun. Usually I am not really into tbs, but this is so fast and tactical it almost plays out like a topdown shooter. Got my ass handed to me in the two online games I played but the AI doesn't seem that hard. Also impressive is the amount of features the game already has. The online lobby may look spartan, but it has chat, a library of replays and a match making system. You can also upload games you have played to YouTube. There is no sound (yet) and you can't see the planning phase of things, but it is great for bragging rights and such
Check out how I got pwnd online:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQkRGrfKFzg
You can pre-order the game here. If you do, start up a game with me. I'll be Shakermaker as usual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXbsSLeINhg
I pre-ordered the game and I am now playing the beta. It's a lot of fun. Usually I am not really into tbs, but this is so fast and tactical it almost plays out like a topdown shooter. Got my ass handed to me in the two online games I played but the AI doesn't seem that hard. Also impressive is the amount of features the game already has. The online lobby may look spartan, but it has chat, a library of replays and a match making system. You can also upload games you have played to YouTube. There is no sound (yet) and you can't see the planning phase of things, but it is great for bragging rights and such
Check out how I got pwnd online:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQkRGrfKFzg
You can pre-order the game here. If you do, start up a game with me. I'll be Shakermaker as usual.