Thorvald of Lym
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0:50 of the demo trailer: They had me at "Hamster Ball of Doom" 
Tempest Rising (new Command & Conquer and Red Alert like game from 3D Realms)
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A lot of such games have, "joke units." Age of Empire 2 had a guy driving a '70's muscle car, and Age of Mythology had a flying hippomatamus.0:50 of the demo trailer: They had me at "Hamster Ball of Doom"
I loved the secret dinosaur and ant campaigns/units in the old C&C and Red Alert games respectively.
They've launched a very nice looking website now where you can look at all the factions abilities and units.. even plays little demonstration videos of each of the unit abilities..
They've launched a very nice looking website now where you can look at all the factions abilities and units.. even plays little demonstration videos of each of the unit abilities..
Opps.. looks like I haven't checked in on this one in a while! Almost a year to the day in fact lol!
They took a break for a few months but then returned with a big update post covering all the improvements made since receiving feedback from their first demo last year..
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They then released a new bigger demo with more missions including ones playing as the Tempest Dynasty faction.. however sadly it was only temporarily avaiable again..
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Nearly 30 thousand people tried the demo which is good and thankfully they've released a full gameplay video of the demo for the rest of us to enjoy! This looks goooooood... I love the moody pre-mission cutscenes. The GDF one is at about 3:05 and the Tempest Dynasty one is at 28:50.
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They took a break for a few months but then returned with a big update post covering all the improvements made since receiving feedback from their first demo last year..
Steam :: Tempest Rising :: Development Update: Battle Command Uplink Initializing…
Battle Command Uplink Initializing… Communications re-established. Hello again, Commanders! We know it’s been a while since our last update, and we have much to cover. First, we’d like to thank you for your patience while we were radio silent. Since our announcement in December, we’ve been very...
They then released a new bigger demo with more missions including ones playing as the Tempest Dynasty faction.. however sadly it was only temporarily avaiable again..
Steam :: Tempest Rising :: New Demo available NOW until July 22 during TactiCon!
Demo confirmed. Awaiting orders. Hey everyone! A new Demo for Tempest Rising is playable NOW during TactiCon from July 18-22. We’re very excited to be featured alongside so many other great RTS games in this Steam event. This new demo gives players the opportunity to play through two new...
Nearly 30 thousand people tried the demo which is good and thankfully they've released a full gameplay video of the demo for the rest of us to enjoy! This looks goooooood... I love the moody pre-mission cutscenes. The GDF one is at about 3:05 and the Tempest Dynasty one is at 28:50.
Steam :: Tempest Rising :: Thank you for playing the TactiCon Tempest Rising Demo!
Mission accomplished. Hey everyone, the latest Tempest Rising demo featured in TactiCon 2024 was a great success! Over 29,000 players downloaded the demo and nearly 4,000 players filled in our feedback survey. The team was ecstatic seeing everyone playing and enjoying the game, and we received...
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Thorvald of Lym
A Little Sketchy
I was like: "Third alien faction? What are the other two?" 
Game is out! Sounds like the mysterious 3rd faction is be held off for future DLC, however opening reviews on steam sound promising though and people are really feeling that fun 90s C&C nostalgic vibe.
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Thorvald of Lym
A Little Sketchy
First off, since I've never properly said so, thank you Blake for taking the time not just to drop the stories but keep us updated on development—for Tempest Rising and the other games. 
On the one hand, the gameplay I've seen is consolingly familiar, and they seem to have taken the early feedback about legibility to heart: the visual design feels a lot cleaner compared to the initial previews. In any other circumstance, this would have been an easy pickup... but setting aside a scathing review charging poor balance, a lacklustre campaign, and alleging they used AI-gen for the voices, there are multiple complaints concerning invasive telemetry that stomp over my privacy line.
On the one hand, the gameplay I've seen is consolingly familiar, and they seem to have taken the early feedback about legibility to heart: the visual design feels a lot cleaner compared to the initial previews. In any other circumstance, this would have been an easy pickup... but setting aside a scathing review charging poor balance, a lacklustre campaign, and alleging they used AI-gen for the voices, there are multiple complaints concerning invasive telemetry that stomp over my privacy line.
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