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Stormrise
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 28 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Creative Assembly
Genre(s): Real-Time Strategy
Players: Multi
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: March 24, 2009
Summary
Stormrise offers fans of the classic RTS genre an immersive and dramatic twist while challenging the conscience of the gamer. Experience the heat of the battlefield by leading your troops from the front line, instead of the traditional way of controlling the units from a detached view point. Stormrise also allows units to be commanded in the air, across rooftops, on the earth's surface and even underground, this unique idea of "verticality" introduces multiple layers of gameplay that must be mastered for strategic advantage. The experience is heightened by a simple yet effective control system tailored specifically for consoles, which allows easy unit selection, rapid navigation and precise deployment. Set on a bleak and barren earth, devastated by a catastrophic event centuries ago, Stormrise sees the Echelon and the Sai battling to survive in a hostile and uninhabitable wasteland. Remnants of a superior technological people the Echelon survived the event through self-educed hibernation, while the Sai, a more tribal faction, still exist having learned to adapt to their surroundings and the new environment. Having evolved in vastly different ways, the differences between the two factions have spurred much animosity and hatred between the two races and the future of the planet is now hanging by a thread. [Sega]
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What The Critics Said
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PSM3 Magazine UK
Smarter than the average console RTS but not quite brilliant. [Apr 2009, p.70]
Games Master UK
If you adjust to the controls, Stormrise will create a new breed of hardcore RTS gamers. [May 2009, p.66]
ImpulseGamer
At the end of the day, Stormrise may have been better on the PC than the PS3, however it does have its moments from the clever RTS views and some twists and turns. It does feel a little beta-ish at times, however if you're after something DIFFERENT, than it's worth an investigation.
Read Full Review >WonderwallWeb
Stormrise as a RTS will probably not appeal to everyone, it's complicated and frustrating at times, however there is a fun and strategic game lurching underneath.
Read Full Review >Vandal Online
Stormrise produces an odd sensation: the ideas it proposes are very good for the most part, and its approach could have caused a new milestone in the genre, and set the way for the others to follow, taking advantage of its control. But the execution hasn't resulted so convincing.
Read Full Review >Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
Stormrise's innovation is heartilly applauded, but basic gameplay glitches and flaws weaken the experience. [June 2009, p.74]
3DJuegos
We don’t know if the concepts of Stormrise will be followed in the future of the RTS genre in consoles, but now it is a game pumped with great ideas though these are not well executed. Strategy hardcores can find in it an interesting entertainment, but as precursory of a new IP this first effort is disappointing.
Read Full Review >IGN AU
A decent but unpolished strategy game built around a technological concept that only sort of works in any practical sense. An amiable attempt, but a far cry from victory.
Read Full Review >Playstation Official Magazine UK
Making your men do what you want, when you want, is still clumsy and imprecise. [Apr 2009, p.101]
Cynamite
The imprecise controls, bad AI and a completely missing overview make this game more hassle than fun. Stormrise raises a storm – of frustration!
Read Full Review >Play UK
A brave attempt to tackle the strategy genre in a new way, but Stormrise is still left wanting in every area. If you’re looking for a brand new RTS, check out the more conventional Red Alert 3 instead.
Read Full Review >Play.tm
As the studio responsible for the ace Total War series, it's difficult to understand how they've managed to get this so very wrong. It's a real shame that what seems like a decent idea ultimately emerges as a visually unappealing, impenetrably tough and devastatingly unrefined sci-fi strategy title.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
The controls prove to be the game's worst aspect, and the single-player campaign is additionally marred by a pedestrian storyline.
Read Full Review >games(TM)
Cumbersome controls and an ornery camera make any intriguing ideas irrelevant. [Apr 2009, p.115]
Multiplayer.it
Stormrise should have been a new start for the RTS genre on consoles, but it's not. The controls are too slow and unresponsive when you have to move several units on the map, the graphics aren't spectacular at all and the gameplay is cumbersome and frustrating. What a pity, since the story seems to be interesting.
Read Full Review >IGN
The frustrations that come from playing it outweigh the game's few positive elements.
Read Full Review >PALGN
StormRise is a project that has a great concept behind it, but fails to execute it with grace.
Read Full Review >Playstation Official Magazine Australia
Cack-handed. [May 2009, p.67]
Boomtown
There are some good ideas in here and with a bit more bug fixing and tweaking before release this could have been a decent offering. In the end Stormrise has so many problems that it is impossible to recommend.
Read Full Review >Playstation Universe
Stormrise's major innovations are also its biggest downfalls.
Read Full Review >XGN
Although the game is a good try, it does not accomplish what you expect. Only real RTS-gamers should consider buying this title.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
In trying to introduce a new, supposedly user-friendly unit selection system, developer The Creative Assembly instead destroys almost all of the game’s playability.
Read Full Review >Gamer.nl
Stormrise, and more so the Whip-system, could have pushed the boundaries of the consoles RTS to a higher level. Too bad it failed during the process. The game lacks a decent overview and you have little control over your units, making the game difficult to play. The game makes up for lost ground in multiplayer, but why would you settle for a mediocre RTS-game when there are so many others games that offer a lot more.
Read Full Review >Console Monster
It's quite a shame really, because it has a few nice ideas in it, but unfortunately they are buried beneath a mountain of mediocrity. As it stands though, this is a game that isn't even worthy of the bargain bin, rather the trash bin.
Read Full Review >DarkZero
A simple design idea for controllers created a massive chain reaction in how the game is played, and frankly, it’s for the worst.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
There are undoubtedly excellent ideas hiding behind the scenes; they're just stymied by the method of execution.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
This frustrating, broken mess is one of the worst strategy games in years.
Read Full Review >1UP
Its eminently forgettable title notwithstanding, the significant flaws lie in core mechanics and not the story framework.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 4.6 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
glenn no gave it a0:
Worst Game ever! so many bugs. Cant even look around the screen without whipping over to another of your units. Worst balance too with too many strong units without the proper counters making it annoying and stretching the battles out far too long.
Tony M gave it a1:
Stormrise... Not only is this game technically unplayable. But it is extremely painful to try to like. It seems like all the "Professional" game reviewers that got tricked into giving Creative Assembly's Empire:Total War perfect scores without really testing the product, now finally scrutinizes whatever comes out of CA. Stormrise is a clear clone of Empire:Total War in the sense that the story is their, but the coding is just completely messed up. Graphics: 3 Sound: 2 Story: 4 Stability: 0 Replayability: 0.
