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Oil Rush

Started by LongBlade, February 22, 2012, 09:17:47 AM

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LongBlade

While looking at Wargame: European Escalation on Steam I saw a recommended game, Oil Rush: http://oilrush-game.com/

Looks like an interesting RTS - anyone playing it?
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

spelk

I've played it, its quite a simplistic game, similar to the likes of Galcon.

You capture nodes and they autogenerate units that you amass and send to attack/defend other nodes. You also spend your income on boosting node defences. It looks nice, as these custom boats attack each other. But its very limited tactically - you just build a shed load of boats and hope you can time your expansion and defensive positions, with the enemy waves of attack. Nothing massively innovative about the experience. And I haven't been motivated to return to it after my brief play to be honest.

I got more joy out of the indie space based title of similar node conquest Blue Libra (which is sort of a more involved version of Galcon).

LongBlade

Bummer. For $20 I was leery.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Bismarck

Thanks for the heads up, Spelk.
Jim Cobb