But at its best, it's an old - school type of shooter that rewards players hungry for beating their own high scores and those willing to try some very
innovative multiplayer design.
Not exact matches
Praised for highly tactical combat, an
innovative territory - control resource system and varied single and
multiplayer campaign
design, Company of Heroes is consistently regarded as the one of the greatest real time strategy franchises of all time.
By self - publishing this compendium, we want to show that the gaming public does indeed care about local
multiplayer; that the future of this medium concerns more than just fancy graphics, but also
innovative design and replayability; that sometimes, the best games of them all are the simplest.
Stephen Totilo ran three seperate segments on the MTV
Multiplayer blog - one about our
innovative integration of explosive barrels (no kidding), one about the PC game market and a third one about the challenges we've been facing building real meaningful investment in characters who are mechanically and procedurally developed in the narrative
design.
While the gameplay and overall feel of the game are clearly inspired by the arcade classic, the updated visuals, VR specific
design concepts, and
innovative features like a
multiplayer co-op mode that takes advantage of the mics built into the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, ensure the game feels fresh.
In all, Heavenstrike Rivals offers much in replay value due to its
innovative design, intriguing story missions, large unit recruitment options, and endless
multiplayer battles.
This is, in many ways a really polished,
innovative game whose
design team has been let down by publishers determined to impose too much conformity and control — and a very iffy
multiplayer infrastructure — on the PC player's experience.
With outstanding and
innovative campaign mission
design, and a meticulous, artful graphical update to its classic factions and
multiplayer battles, it's revitalized and restored confidence in the traditional resource gathering, base building realtime strategy game formula.