WorldShift
2008 video game
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::summary 2008 video game ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox video game"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | WorldShift |
| image | Worldshift tba.jpg |
| developer | Black Sea Studios |
| publisher | |
| engine | Gamebryo |
| platforms | Microsoft Windows |
| released | |
| genre | Real-time strategy |
| modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
| designer | Vesselin Handjiev |
| :: |
|title = WorldShift |image = Worldshift tba.jpg |developer = Black Sea Studios |publisher = |engine = Gamebryo |platforms = Microsoft Windows |released = |genre = Real-time strategy |modes = Single-player, multiplayer |designer = Vesselin Handjiev
WorldShift is a science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Black Sea Studios and released in 2008.
Plot
In the 21st century, a mysterious object lands on Earth ending all known civilization. WorldShift is set thousands of years after those events, when the human civilization is no more than just a fading myth. The remains of the mysterious object, known as Shard Zero, are still spreading its Plague and reshaping the Earth. The human race has developed a new culture and is now living in five shielded mega-cities, struggling to survive from day to day. The rest of the Earth is populated by what is known to be the Tribes, successors of the early humans that were affected by the Plague, and the Cult, a mysterious alien race with unknown origins.
Gameplay
In WorldShift, there are no technology trees featuring hundreds of upgrades; instead, WorldShift allows the players to discover and acquire a vast number of items and powerful relics that they can use to freely change their gameplay and preferred tactics and to attack their enemies. The players will gather items as they fight their opponents and as rewards for completing missions. There is a three-tiered unit system, with outstanding leader units, strong officer units and then more common basic units. The game is centered on unique cooperative multiplayer gameplay.
Many units in WorldShift have power which the player can spend to perform special actions such as spells, healing, or stronger attacks. Some units also have shields able to absorb the strength of an incoming attack partly or entirely.
Reception
| MC = 63/100 | 4P = 69% | GSpot = 6.5/10 | GStar = 70% | IGN = 5/10
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
References
References
- "Game Information".
- "WorldShift for PC Reviews". [[Red Ventures]].
- Naser, Bodo. (May 8, 2008). "Test: WorldShift". 4Players GmbH.
- Todd, Brett. (November 19, 2009). "WorldShift Review". Red Ventures.
- Matschijewsky, Daniel. (May 8, 2008). "Worldshift im Test - Der Strategie-Rollenspiel-Mix im Test". Webedia.
- Zoss, Jeremy Matthew. (November 20, 2009). "Worldshift Review". [[Ziff Davis]].
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