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  • if they actually put time into improving this game in ALL of its weak points, it would be a decent rts game, the echelon look awesome tho

  • buyed this at car boot. whish i hadnt even for £3

  • their is one thing he is wrong in this review "you cant set your own rally points" the cross hair is your rally point but owell the gae isnt that good

  • omg why did i get it oh wait it was 5 dollars

  • Man, the controls are as glitchy as hell. It takes the game a second to respond to me moving my mouse, which is something I have never seen before on a game that runs at 60 fps. The AI are stupid, but that goes both ways. The characters are COMPLETE IDIOTS. They talk about bars and prostitution in the middle of a fight, which does not really add to the realism. And the worst part is: The characters consider me an idiot, repeating shit 5 times which I have already grasped by looking at the game.

  • Looks like a game that could have been so much more if it didn't have such broken controls and AI.

  • i picked this game up for 10 bucks thinking by the cover it was a shooter if it was it would actually be good but it's not and i can't change that or get my money back :(

  • @TurboShadowViper lol i did the EXACT same thing

  • damn it, the trailer was so cool :(

  • I played this game and I thought it was all right.

  • @Shawntehnub its just a coincidence that this might have been your first rts you played on the consoles. because shit like that doesn't happen to every rts game on consoles . because same can be said for pc because bad games are not released like this intentialy.

  • @Shawntehnub halo wars was good though. simple but fun.

  • Is this a review or a complete bash at Stormrise?

  • I should not have bought this! It is shitty as hell... Never could have imagined that a game can suck as much as this one... I am speechless...

  • how does a game with so many problems get out into the market? are the developers that blind or greedy?

  • I bought this game today for 2.99 at gamestation so far it is shit

  • oops bought hte game looks awesome when i plyed but really i had a horrible time stupid whip lash they should seriously improve on this game

  • hm i got this game cuz it was a present on steam =D

  • I only bought it cause it was cheep, this game helps me kill time b4 work

  • IM SO EMBARRASED!!! (RANT alert)

    Now i got stormrise trophy information saved on my hard drive as proof of how stupid i was to buy such a WAFTY game. SEGA WTF?!? is this an anger thing after GIVING yr mascot and MY ALLTIME fave character to Nintendo AND Microsoft? Is that why Madworld and Overkill (both great btw) are orgies of blood and swearing? Why not channel yr anger into MAKING ME A NEW CONSOLE and regain some dignity? Call it, like the SEGA PHOENIX (or something) AND PUT SHENMUE 3 ON IT

  • help me with boosting trophy !! add me: lx-mario-x (ps3)

  • i bought this game for 5 bucks :0

  • "stormrise is an impressive piece of work...but not in a good way." you can be impressed by shit?

  • Best console RTS game was and is Warzone 2100

  • @Shawntehnub how bout endwar ?

  • man this sounds terrible

  • all it takes is 1 fucking patch to make this 1 FUCKING PATCH!

    -.- why are big company so fucking stupid?

  • @Shawntehnub i agree with one exception, End War, that shit was fun!

  • Looks like this could have been an AWESOME, and i say again, Fucking AWESOME game,

    but if the controls are crippled, your score goes down 90%

    yep... what a waste of game.

  • great ideas poor execution. anyway alot of console strategys are actually pretty good. eg c&c3 endwar halo wars supcom 1 supcom 2 but there still better on pc

  • Only good thing is the soundtrack, but I can´t find it.

  • also, this retard put his master ranged unit in melee move, the correct move is to use acid rain like he should. no problem with the controls on my end.

  • This guy is a n00b, you don't group select in stormrise like other simpleminded rts games, you pick a "tank scout" have him go ahead and use the follow me command to your battalion behind you. path finding works then.

  • @Zeno0010 yes because useless complications equal "complexity". ROLLEYES. Not being able to group select in a RTS is almost like an attack to the genre.

  • @TheMigSousa lol, you CAN group select XD

  • @TheMigSousa its just not a great idea to in this game.

  • I got this game FREE with my new ATI graphics card,

    No wonder there giving it away free!.

  • if you want a strategy game for your xbox/ps3 u get tom Clancy's end war

  • I GOT THIS OVER COD4NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • Sega has a bad graphics, but the gamplay is good.. But this game? It's fuck and fucking bullshit! Shit game!

  • too bad -.- the game sucks but the idea was so cool. the Echelon and the sai are col and the setting looks interesting.

  • By the looks of thing i'd give it a -9.6 out of 10. Seriously what the fuck where they thinking? This game sucks ball!

  • I can't believe the people behind total war made this garbage..... I bet they were trying to do something different.... Well now they know.... DON'T MOVE AWAY FROM THE GOOD GAME SERIES!

  • @Shawntehnub Red alert 1 for psx was amazing

  • why can't you just double click a unit to travel to it like almost every other game?

    whip select seems like a pointless gimick

  • this game is so shit i fucking hate it if you like getting mad and u wanna throw your xboxs ,pc or ps3 this is the game DO NOT BUY THIS GAME

  • oh thats why i found it for 2quid lol

  • wow pathfinding looks even worse than age of empires come on youve had 13 years how is it even worse!!!

  • lol i got this shitty game for christmas.... i was realy pissed.

  • This review is completely wrong it is an amazing game. Im not saying that there is not a few problems but i think this is how an RTS should be made not a godlike view but straight up in the action. This is a great breakthrough in design and a great idea to try to make a RTS console friendly.

  • sega is always making the same stupid mistakes the are a good game thou, sonic adventure 2 and empire total war, thats a good game

  • you know the game looks so cool but the reviews claim its bad :*(

  • I think this looks pretty cool. haha.

  • I bought this game for 49p in a Gamestation store and luckily, can't play it as I don't have Vista. After looking at this vid, I'm glad I can't!

  • @WeHaveExplosive

    mate you could have bought 49 penny chews!

  • Idk about you guys but I actually Enjoy playing this game :S, and I love the Whip Select.

  • they have to make stormrise 2 make is GOOD this time more units more maps 

  • I thought this game was amazing,then again,Gamespot is like PS3,dumbass,and IGN is like 360,awesome!

  • @Shawntehnub So true. RTS and RPG games should stay on PC. They will never be good on consoles. Racing games are perfect for onsoles and some FPS games are ok too.

  • @DeatgMagnet

    I kinda agree with keeping RTS to PC only, but not RPGs man... RPGs work really well on consoles...

  • ill wish that there would come a stormrise 2, so that the creative assembly, would clear all the mess, and the broken gameplay, because te game actually looks awesome, and if there would come a stormrise 2, it would be a lot better, if someone sees a stormrise 2, please tell me!

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  • damn i bought this game for 4e.

    never heard of it.

    hawe to try it maybe i like it. ?

  • One complaint: at the skirmish screen, you cant put AI on YOUR team only the other one. When i played the game for the first time, i found myself putting 8 AI on the other team and then getting gang raped by all of the AI. How do you fuck up a simple menu?

  • Its really not that bad of a game, one good thing about the game is the maps. the maps are large and multi-leveled.

  • I REALLY want this game for the story but with the gameplay I'm not sure if it's even worth the reduced 7.50 on Steam.

  • @Lightscribe225 there's a reason why it was reduced, you've just seen why

  • @Lightscribe225 Gamestop is a dumbass,all other review's are really good,it's a amazing game.

  • u would think that creative assembly would have sent out a huge patch to fix the game by now, the game had potential but failed in the attempt, here's an idea why not try a RTS game were u can take control of someone in the squad in case u want a more direct approach with what that squad is doing and can assign extra squads onto that one for added fire power, giving the game a more hands on approach and making a single mech unit for example a much stronger fighter while under a player's control.

  • I can't believe Creative Assembly made this. It would have been a good game, if it kept common and needed RTS mechanics.

  • endwar is waay better then this crappy future gear of wars shit

  • I thought the game was OK for a console game, it wasn't the worst game i ever played, it's decent if you can put up with the problems.

  • I guess that those who enjoyed EndWar will enjoy this. And I enjoyed EndWar....

  • Im starting to regret buying this...

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  • iv played the pc version and 360 version and i gotta say that i will never play it again. It is buggy as hell, the whip select is a useless idea and the fighting itself is just dull. i find rts games from the mid and late 90's funner then this.

  • got this game a few days ago i enjoy it but it does have it flaws but i must say it is fun dont really agree with this review

  • just bought it. its not that bad, i think the guy doing the rev. just sucked at the game

  • sounds good

  • who tha fuck cares about this shitty review. Just played the game, it´s nicely done. STFU Gamespot.

  • I just played the game on the PC, and I completely agree with everything in this review. Every command I issued had an almost one second delay before it was executed, and the pathfinding is pathetic. Since when can a 3 story mech not jump a 10 ft step? I could go on, but suffice to say try Company of Heroes or the Total War Series if you want a real RTS.

    Unless you're a console owner. Then as far as RTS goes you're pretty much screwed.

  • @irishScott2 Two words:

    Brutal - Legend.

  • @irishScott2

    If you like liked COH try out the Men of War demo on steam is far better and really really fun

  • @irishScott2 StarCraft is the best RTS.

  • @JoonStudios Troll.

  • @Jiminallofhisglory lolol. Nah I just have opinions.

  • @irishScott2 I know I'm responding to an old comment, but I have to agree with you. What's sad is that Stormrise was made by the same devs as the Total War series, too.

  • @irishScott2 agreed :(

  • GameSpot has got to be the most corrupt gaming site ever... They actually fire the reviewers if they don't give a positive review of a game they're advertising for on their website, "It's true, look up the Jeff Gerstmann incident"

  • It happened ONCE. That does not constitute corruption. And are you arguing this game is good? The points seemed valid to me.

  • The fact that their corruption has only seen public light once does not exclude the possibility of it happening in the silent either. After all, wouldn't they have learned to tread more lightly after the uproar the Gerstmann episode caused?

    Furthermore, it's disgusting and inexcusable to fire a reviewer for not supporting the games advertised on their site, even if it did, in your own words "only happen once".

  • @narutorox85 Exactly

  • haha i was laughing my ass off at how bad they are making this game appear...they only talk about the bad parts and only show the worst gameplay ever when in reality this game is actually petty good minus a few screwups here and there

  • if anyones got a problem with this video than they should piss off an make their own

  • this is so epic fail review everything hes saying is just untrue.............

    this is one of the better xbox games

  • this isnt a REVIEW its a fanboy fukshit movie :(

  • This guy really hates this game, i think it raped him...

  • this review is so wrong...this is one of my favorite xbox games. its so much fun if you know how to play and not just judge it by the tutorial

  • Gah, he just put the pathfinding and whip complaints for lack of more things wrong with the game.

    Anyone who plays it for less than 3 hours and expects the game to behave nicely is the real trash.

    All RTS are like Baby projects and you DO need to keep an eye on every troop and not have them crowd together.

    Yes, Stormrise is not a game for your first RTS experience but veterans of the Genre will still find it to be a great game.

  • Plz don't put all rts vets in the same boat as you -_-. Some of us vets know when a rts is shitty or not, this game happens to be a shitty one.

  • have they patched the game, tried to fix some bugs?

  • first person view fuck third!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • i think it doesnt look that bad.

  • GET A PROPER JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • the only bad thing about this game is no 1 ever plays online other than this its aswome

  • i love rts its my best format so will DL if its anygood buy it if not bin it

  • CA always has trouble with pathfinding. if anyone has done sieges in total war and tried moving around in a city, it is a pain.

  • I can see why people hate this game... but the fact is, some people like it. I like it. Yes, it has bugs, but we can overlook them. A shame that the Gears of War crowd cannot look at a game that is different.

    Also, will people fuck off saying how this game is shit. Don't like it? Don't watch its goddamn videos, or read its reviews. Or criticise people for liking it.

  • Stop criticising people for not liking it. We don't all play GOW.

  • shit games and sega can go fuck them selfs

  • damn that was a own

  • for a startr it is my opinion and i am entitled to my opinion and two most of the glitches that were present the game have been fixed in a recent update so up yours

  • Doesnt know what hes talkin about this game rocks and the few problems it has can easily be fixed by a simple update. all he did in this review was focus on the bad points there are far more good points in the game wich he didnt mention. terrible reviewer he should be fired.

  • No, the game is pretty shit and thats why it sells sod all - I should know as I have to try and sell the things. Glad some people like throwing money down the drain though. Thank goodness or CA would be out of buissness.

  • jammmy012

    i agree with you, and isn't gamespot supposed to be professional?

    they should learn how to play before they review it.

  • i bought it for 25 quid yesterday and its SHIT!

  • i disagree with most of this review. the pathfinding is not that bad,the only reason some units don't go where you tell them to right away is because the path is blocked by other units. Also, i had no trouble at all using whip select. if units are too far away just whip to a closer unit until you can select the right unit, its not that hard.I must agree that you sometimes cant tell why you're taking damage however.

    if your not sure you want to buy it just rent it for a buck or two

  • also, you CAN see your units' health even when grouped into a platoon. simply hold LB

  • Yeah but the point of whip select is to get to your unit fast and easily and the way you put it gets rid of the meaning.

  • i guess thats true

  • SHUT THE FUCK UP FAG :}

  • this helps my long theory about gamespot, they overlook the real qualtiy to game and just whine and moan about the areas of a game that needs improvement.

  • anyone want to help me on the game my name is blodyaxex on the ps3

  • how can this guy whine about the unit select when he doesnt know how to even move the stupid remote to do so -.- omg what a retard, after this review ...

    gamespot FUCK OFF

  • who disagrees with me, fuck off the only thing he is right is the stupid online but there alot of players willing to play in the ps3 and pc -.-

  • I agree with u dude and i also like to mention that this guy is the worst reviewer on gamespot

  • and IF YOU DONT KNOW WERE AND HOW TO MOVE UNITS YEAH IT SUCKS, BUT SEEMS YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO PLAY YOU DICK, its a very versatile strategy game, you can ambush from a considered amount of places wich is awsome, you can position your soldiers as you want, wtf is rong with the game? animation? omg fuck you gamespot i saw reviews from other videos and well they are pure shit compared to this!

  • wtf? if you dont know how to play fuck off you fucking retard -.- you have to get used to playing before switching beetween units right? fucking asss hole, that u can achieved by playing the fucking game and not talking about it... the scenarios are awsome

  • Wow oliveira013, nerd rage much? Great job in making yourself a laughingstock, I lol'd really hard so thx XD.

  • they should release a second one thats all kick ass like empire total war....

  • or they should just let it go.. xD

  • Damn, he's really ripping this apart, over some pretty common problems. Pathfinding, has always been an issue in RTS's. Ranged units from time to time WILL just roll right up on their target, that has also happened to me in other games i.e. Starcraft, Command and Conquer. Missing anim are indeed a pain, but again common. These could just be my expeirences but, these complaints seem pretty trivial to me because, I've encountered them before, and it hasn't ruined the game for me.

  • i agree with both chopper and powerarmor just because the controls suck for 30 minutes or so does not mean the game sucks and the graphics alone make this game look awesome (besides the missing animations). Screw the guy in the review and try the game your self and make your own decision about the game, not on just what the fat bastard has to say and it's sad to hear the patch canceled :,(.

    Screw Gamespot!!!

    !!!!!!LONG LIVE STORMRISE!!!!!!

  • Woo man I was close 2 buying this game thank U Game Spot

  • yeah man, the game has all the compoents of rts (okay no base building here but the power-node thing is cool) and it has even more to offer. the line-of-sight feature is amazing. its much more strategic if you only can see what your units are able to see. Btw you cant just rush someone like in C&C ! (rush = annoying as hell) in my opinion, it really IS the best rts on console.. not in evry point but the core gameplay is fantastic. that the patch has been canceled is a sad thing :(

  • i totally agree with POWERarmor333... i am enjoying this game, especially the skirmish matches. The grafics are cool -- the only thing i really dont like is that there are animations missing. in that point fat reviewer kevin is right. BUT the rest hes talking is total garbage. btw OF COURSE YOU CAN SET YOUR OWN RALLY POINTS! and the controls are great and the pathfinding isnt that horrible. All in all a baaaad review. shame on gamespot.

  • There is just so much to learn here....many reviewers just didn't take the time to understand what CA was trying to accomplish. I've played thousands of CNC skirmishes, and Stormrise has all the components of great RTS, but you can't suck. Once one asshole made a bad review, the rest just blindly followed. shame! They caused the patch to be canceled. Way to ruin gaming.

  • This review basically ruined a great game, but it takes a lot of time to get used to and learn your units AI....I have many skirmish games played thru start to finish on my STORMRISE page check my channel don't listen to this fool.

  • everyone know this is SLANDER 0/5 stars fuck you GAMESPOT

  • i wish this review was on the net the day the game was released i bought the game and within 3 hours i returned it it was the most horrible game i've played and the only reviews i could find are from people that have never played the game just read about it (found that out after i bought it, always read to the end)

  • THIS IS SLANDER

  • how is it slander

  • you n00b

  • just explain how it is slander , it seems to me that it is just the honest opinion of a reviewer take it or leave it. but the majority of people think it is shit so it has to be bad to a certain degree

  • How is it slander i just said what i think if you look most people that have played the game will say that its terrible

  • Ok i had credit card in hand and was just typing my details into the purchase form and i thought hey hang on lets just see what you tube has to offer on this and then i watched this and well guess what, you guys save me having to spend 700 south african rands booya! This game has definitly got some enormous potential though, if it was designed right it'd be a very addictive game

  • animalbekker try renting the game first

  • i rented it too its very shity

  • what kind of tard makes an rts for a consol?

  • A lot of console gamers like RTS games.

    I have an xbox 360 and currently own C&C3, C&C Red Alert 3, Universe At War, Tom Clancy's EndWar and Halo Wars.

    I find these games to be very enjoyable.

    I know what you're thinking though, the controls. Halo Wars, EndWar and Universe at War are all ver use to control and use. Command & Conquer is a bit of a pain with the controller(spl?) but still useable. An RTS on a console is very do-able (and playable) but people just dont want to try it.

  • This review was a tad harsh I mean the whip select is pretty annoying and sending your units to attack is really stupid but I think with a patch or two the game could be a whole lot better. The main thing I hate is the pathfinding and the fact that ranged units will right up on their target then start attacking. I'm actually stuck on the 2nd level for this fact. I have the Sai caught in crossfire as they send wave after wave but I cannot advance because they have a turret that is well placed.

  • damn i can cross this out of my list

  • i enjoyed the pc verson the whip select does get annoying but once u get used to it it will become very helpful

  • i agreee with the review. Its like all the bad concepts and features in one game. I gotta give them props for the graphics tho. its pretty crazy.

  • It's like the Full Spectrum Warrior games but a whole lot dumber.

  • Wow, Kevin Van Ord... One big fucking bald idiot... I guess he can't select units because he's a dumb ass...he expects there to be just one button so he can select everyone and rush people..sound like strategy? I think not, to all who are dissing this game, especially jacobscamelltoe, you and your fanboy ass can take halo wars and shove it. The only bad part about this game is that it has a few bugs, and retards can't play. I guess you have to pay for a good review from this site..

  • i jus rented this...im bitterly disapointed lol

  • OMG this saved me from wasting my time. :3

  • you shoudn't really trust this. you should try it first

  • i bought it, and i thought it worked quite well on a controller, true it takes a while to navigate but... ye your right its shit

  • i bought this yesterday im on the second level now. at the moment its okay but it has crashed once and whip select is annoying but i am enjoying it so far

  • Wow, i was going to buy this crap

    Thank you

  • i rented it, its gotta be the worst game ive played on my 360 TOTAL LET DOWN.

  • damn i really wanted this to be good it had alot of promise i would of probably got this if it but this review changed my mind thanks saved some bucks of mine

  • come on, these reviews just suck cock.

  • i no but i haven't seen any other review tell me 1 other 1 if there is!

  • Hey, I don't know, I only know that I hate reviews. :D Because these reviews are showing the perspection of ONE person, and that is not me (the player who will buy the game) so, reviews... suck cock.

  • i see your point but the point of reviews is to make you consider to get it

  • this game sucks you idiot! Its not a point of view if the units take fucking AGES to do jack all. Its the shittiest game ive ever played. I might buy one just to play it again and then burn it

  • God you are an asshole. :D

  • OH THANK GOD. saved my ass from total money wasting.

  • Darn I wanted this to be good. Oh well.