Perimeter

Perimeter from the Russian company KD-labs is one of those special games that crops up every now and then, It may not be a perfect polished big brand name game from a huge company such as Blizzard. But its heart is definitely in the right place and it does its best to shatter the cliche of all RTS games since command and conquer. The story is truely a unique experience, that will capture your mind and imagination in its grip, showing you a high level of orgininality that is unexpected in such games. The plot following various factions of humans and spirits living in massive flying forts that resemble something like cathedrals as they journey through interconnected realities to try and find their own paradise. Yet everywhere they set foot the Scourge attacks. Literally growing out of the ground like a plague of nightmares and hell bent on removing both from the world they currently inhabit. The only choice to flee to the next dimension and try to find that fabled paradise where the scourge do not exist. The game breaks all traditional molds. There is no gold or wood to harvest, no set resource you have to mine. Instead you depend on terra forming the earth and building energy spires to suck the energy from it. The more land you hold the more energy you can generate, which might not sound too diffrent, but in the game it changes everything. Instead of fighting over small points of the map to gain an advantage. The entire battlefield is your resource. Which can really affect the game play. Other features such as your units, which arn't set in little specialized roles and can be nano morphed into any other unit in the game allow for counter attacking and changing stratagy when fighting opponent armies on the fly. And being able to tap into your opponents energy network and steal it and their structures truely makes for a new and amazing experience. This game is definitely worth the time of anyone who enjoys RTS games, it can be a little punishing in places. And the story a little fragmented, although easy to follow once you realize how it's being told. But the rest of the games good points massively out weigh these minor and overcomable details The only problem I had with this game is that it does not get along with duel cores, the game will run at double the speed if you have a duel core system, which most people probably do these days. This however is easily fixed in a matter of seconds. Simply press Alt + Ctrl + Delete. Go to the processes tab, Right click perimeter.exe, click set affinity and than un select the second core. It should be called CPU 1. Then hit okay, the game will now run perfectly .

This game is a lot of fun, and has been keeping me up late at night. Initially I wasn't particularly impressed. The story was interesting but I felt there was something lacking in the style of the units and the feel of the combat (indeed I still think it is a bit weird...). I gave it a chance though, and my opinion changed after just a few levels. Because Perimeter provides something truly different - a hardcore RTS in which games are won and lost by clever placement of structures. Here your units are very much secondary to your base. This is not the only change you can expect if you consider yourself an RTS fan - this is a big game with a lot to learn. The sheer number of new gameplay mechanics compared to traditional RTS games means you are still learning new techniques 10 levels in. If you are a fan of god games then you'll have a lot of fun building the biggest and best base possible (and taking over enemy bases!). This together with the diverse strategies, compelling storyline, and the need to beat the next level is keeping me coming back for more. The game is complicated, and at times quite hard. I've found myself searching the web for tips and turning the difficulty down to "easy", but then I was expecting another "C&C". After I got used to it... well, I was *still* searching the web for tips, but having a lot more fun! I haven't finished the game yet but I've seen enough to review it and recommend it to other GOG members. Yes, you guessed, I am stuck on a level and don't know what to do next... I'll sleep on it, and beat it tomorrow...!

Standart RTS with absolutely unique rules. 1. The main resourse is your territory, and you are able to do any terrain modifications. 2. There are 3 basic units which are transformed in any of 12 (or 15, don't remember exactly) ones - you can change your troops during fight. There are onother features but they are not so important. this game is a good present for those who want some new experience P.S. This game is a story prequel to Vangers:One for the Road. Both games were developed in Russia. Vangers had its own language (similar to russian in grammar, but absolutely unique in speech), so it was difficult to translate this game into other languages. But if you have some free time - try to find vangers. You'll discover a lot of about the world of this games and about f story

On the surface, Perimeter looks a lot like it's just another Star Craft clone. But it's a hell of a lot more than that. They use the Star Craft campaign model, which actually annoys me a tad (I prefer the Command and Conquer, or Dark Crusade campaign systems), and playing at least the Exodus feels a lot like playing the Protoss. However, the game has a lot of unique and non-traditional RTS elements. Like Terraforming, the capability to adjust the game world to fit your needs. It allows you to do things that most games don't, and allows for interesting gameplay tactics. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the unit system though, and my guess is most RTS fans will. First, there's a solid 250 unit cap, and in this game that feels tiny. Second there's your 'squad' limit. You can only have up to 5 squads. Then there's the unit production system. You select the squad you want the unit(s) to go in to, and produce the unit(s), they automatically become part of that squad. Which isn't too bad. (I still dislike how few squads you can have though) You produce one of 3 basic units, which then you can use combinations of those three basic units to make advanced units. This system is awesome, but horribly flawed: The units you wish to combine must all be part of the same squad. So lets say you want to make the basic air-combat unit, it requires 5 Soldiers, and 4 Officers. you have a squad containing 60 Soldiers, and 48 Officers, so you combine it in to 12 of the air units. Great! Now these units can't attack buildings, so you want to switch to something that can once you take care of most of the enemy units. You can! this is also great, in theory. The rocket infantry requires 3 Soldiers. So you can convert those 12 air units in to 20 rocket infantry. This is where it's flawed, those 48 Officers, are wasted. You can't convert the squad in to 20 rocket, and 16 snipers (req. 3 officers). This wouldn't be too bad, except the officers still count towards your unit cap. So you just lost 20% of your unit cap. The games namesake, your Perimeter Shield is a cool idea, and once you get to know it, has an incredible amount of tactical options. Early on though, it's a little irritating to work with, especially if you use the 'full shield' activation, instead of just select power cores. As the more power cores you have, the faster your shield drains energy. (I think it 'should' drain energy based off the surface area it covers, not the number of cores generating it.) It's also a rather tough game. It's one of the few RTS I've ever seen that I can't just drop in to a skirmish against an 'easy' AI in order to pick up how the game works. So you might want to actually do something silly like read the manual and/or play the tutorial. It's well worth buying though if you're a fan of how RTSs used to be. If you have a short attention span and prefer quick skirmishes though, go buy Warlords Battlecry III.