Men of War: Red Tide
Encyclopedia
Men of War: Red Tide is a real-time strategy
Real-time strategy
Real-time strategy is a sub-genre of strategy video game which does not progress incrementally in turns. Brett Sperry is credited with coining the term to market Dune II....

 and real-time tactics
Real-time tactics
Real-time tactics or RTT is a subgenre of tactical wargames played in real-time simulating the considerations and circumstances of operational warfare and military tactics...

 video game and the sequel to the game Men of War
Men of War
thumb|Gameplay screenshotMen of War ) is a real-time tactics video game and the sequel to the 2006 game Faces of War , developed in partnership with Best Way and published by 1C Company, 505 Games, and Aspyr Media.The single player campaign takes place during World War II and features battles set...

, developed in partnership with Best Way
Best Way
Best Way is an Ukrainian company which designs video games from RTS genre. The company was founded in 1991. Its first title was Soldiers: Heroes of WWII...

 by Digitalmindsoft
Digitalmindsoft
Digitalmindsoft, also known as DMS, is a German developer of video games. The company was founded in July 2006 and is located in Ulm Germany. The company is famous for working alongside Best Way, a Ukrainian game developer...

 and published by 1C Company
1C Company
1C Company is one of the largest independent Russian software developers and publishers. Its headquarters are in Moscow, Russia. It is best known outside of the former Soviet Union as a video game developer whose presence has come to dominate events like the KRI, and whose products have begun to...

. Game concept and scenario are elaborated by Alexander Zorich, modern Russian writer and scenarist.

Reception

Men of War : Red Tide has received mixed reviews. It received a Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...

 score of 74 based on seven reviews. Absolute Games gave the game a score of 75, stating that "A good single-player campaign is a rarity these days". GameShark
GameShark
GameShark is the brand name of a line of video game cheat cartridges and other products for a variety of console video game systems and Windows based computers. Currently, the brand name is owned by Mad Catz, who actively markets GameShark products for the PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, and Sega game...

gave it a score of 50, stating that while the "solo game is decent", it loses its edge without the multiplayer ability.

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK