About This Game FIGHT THE CHAOS. OR HARNESS ITS POWER.Out of the ashes of war, a tentative truce emerges between the Humans, Beta and the Goo—but peace doesn’t last long. Ecosystem Nine finds itself thrust into turmoil once again with the arrival of a destructive, alien life form known as the Shroud.Grey Goo is a real-time strategy (RTS) game that combines classic strategy mechanics and a balanced combat system with an emphasis on large-scale decision-making. It puts you at the center of a tactical struggle for survival—and ultimately, control of Ecosystem 9.Take on the single-player campaign to command three factions: the Humans, masters of defensive architecture; the Beta, a proud, versatile alien race; and the Goo, an enigmatic, highly mobile life form. Or compete with any of the four multiplayer factions—including the disruptive, unpredictable Shroud.FeaturesFight—or play as—the Shroud, a brand-new, multiplayer faction.Command new units: the Humans’ Valiant, the Beta’s Squall and the Goo’s Siphon.Explore an additional story arc with “Grey Goo: Emergence,” and discover the Goo’s true intentions.Take on the Shroud in Mission 16, “Herald of Silence."Sharpen your battlefield tactics in the single-player campaign, or join the fray on Steam.Join the fray on Steam and find opponents through skill-based matchmaking.Change the rules of the battlefield with unit-altering tech upgrades.Deliver devastating blows by constructing game-ending Epic units.Take the battle offline via Local Area Network play.Enhance your competitive edge with Replay Mode and Observer Mode.Use the Map Editor to create your own battlefields and share them with the community via Steam Workshop. a09c17d780 Title: Grey GooGenre: StrategyDeveloper:PetroglyphPublisher:Grey BoxRelease Date: 23 Jan, 2015 Grey Goo Reset Key Rating 8.5/10Overview: Real Time StrategyThe Good:+4 very different factions, 3 for single player and an extra faction for multiplayer. Each faction presents its own unique units, structures, build order, perks. + Lots of graphical options+The AI is very competent, with different difficulty options to adjust the behavior. +The game strikes a great balance between macro and micro management. For those looking to get into a RTS game this is a good place to start. Unlike other RTS games of this nature the focus is more about building the right type of units as opposed to managing your economy/units. If you ever played StarCraft or Warcraft you may find this game a bit easier as you don’t have to micro manage too much. +Single player campaign has a variety of different mission with some unique ideas. Not every mission is about destroying the enemy bases. +Skirmish mode allows you play against AI’s in a variety of different maps. The Average:The story and characters is where the game is a lacking. Despite the great CGI scenes, the characters are not really interesting and the story doesn’t provide any new ideas. Despite this, the story does maintain a cohesion throughout the game. The Bad:- Takes a long time to save and load- Grey Goo…really…. that’s the best name you came up with for a game? Nobody in the company said this sound terrible? - Multiplayer is dead which is really sad because this is a really great RTS game. Conclusion: Probably the closest thing to StarCraft you are going to see on Steam. It has a ton of interesting ideas, combines different RTS elements in one package and feels very polished. RTS genre fans should be playing this game.. This is a refreshing addition to the RTS genre. This game has already become one of my all time favorite RTSs and I can see myself playing it for a long time. Worth every penny. I highly recommend it.. This is by far one of the best RTS games I've played since SC2 released. The developer brought back a lot of the finesse and strategy that the old C&C games had, and brought that into the modern day with a lot of cool QoL changes, and gameplay features. I have memorable moments just by going against the AI that I simply couldn't have in other games. Not to mention, the soundtrack in this game is phenomenal.Pros:-Graphics; a solid 9/10-Audio; from unit sounds to soundtrack the audio is amazing.-Controls; similar to League, but the default hotkeys make things super quick and simple to build from afar.-Presentation; the SP is well presented, the story interesting, and pacing is well done. Not to mention BEAUTIFUL CGI.-Ships with a map editor!Cons:-Slight balance issues.-Needs more tutorials in my opinion.-FPS issues on 2v2 maps occasionally.-No replays, or commentator functions in multiplayer.. Fun new RTS, that is perfect for old C&C players.. Grey Goo is, first and foremost, not Starcraft. If you like the modern Starcraft-esque RTS that's fast paced, micro intensive, and largely based on twitch skill and on-the-fly adaptation mixed with scouting and mastery of build order, this may not be the game for you. Grey Goo is slow, deliberate, and methodical. The organization of your forces going into an engagement is going to be much more important than what you do in the middle of the fight, and for most of the factions, all of your production is going to be very, very centralized, leading to longer games that focus on large-scale battles. Grey Goo as an RTS is far more focused on the large-scale strategy to the small-scale tactics, and it can be jarring for a lot of people if they're familiar with more micro-intensive games.The Good:- Large faction diversity. Basic units are present in each faction, but infrastructure needs vary drastically and while the same general roles are filled by each class and their units (Light tank, light damage, heavy tank, heavy damage, artillery, seige, scout, air, etc.), how each race goes about those basic goals has enough variety to make playing each faction quite different, especially the unorthodox Goo of the title.- Streamlined economy and tech management. Only the one resource to worry about, and tech, despite generally requiring certain buildings be built, isn't linked to them intrisically.- Excellent UI and menu design. Once you get used to it, the hotkeys for building are incredibly intuitive, allowing for easier base management without having to set your infrastructure to 4-5 hotkeys just by themselves.The Bad:- A very slow game. The standard win-condition requires you destroy the enemy core, all of their factories, and all of their refineries. Even if they literally could not possibly recover, you've gotta whittle away their buildings if they don't feel like surrendering. Which the AI doesn't so practicing against the AI is going to be a bit of a long process.- Buildings are very tanky and supply lines are difficult to disrupt early game, which makes harassment a non-viable option. Early-game can feel very same-y as you scout out the enemy and try and build your forces to counter theirs. The exception to this is the Goo, which...- The Goo, despite being really cool and unique, are incredibly weak one-on-one. They're the only faction vulnerable to harassment because their health is their resource, and because they gain resources so slow early on, it's very, very easy for them to fall into a death spiral, especially on small maps.Great Graphics, Great cutscenes, Fun Gameplay, Unique Factions. This game breathes new life into the RTS genre, introducing unique mechanics and strategies. That along with the pretyt solid story make me have no qualms recommending this to lovers of the genre.
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