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Ground Control

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7.5 User Score:

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Based on 26 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Sierra Studios

Developer: Massive Entertainment

Genre(s): Real-Time Strategy

Players: 8

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: May 31, 2000

Summary

Two political factions have gone to war over a distant world and the secrets it holds in Ground Control, a visually stunning and frenetically paced action/real-time strategy game from Sierra Studios and Massive Entertainment. [Sierra Studios]

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What The Critics Said

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PC Gameworld

The best thing to come out of Sweden since meatballs and tall, big busted, long legged blondes wearing high heels.

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TotalGames.net

Add in multi-player action over won.net and you have a truly excellent game that puts "Force Commander" well and truly to shame.

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Gaming Age

Currently the best real-time strategy title I have played since "Homeworld."

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Game Revolution

From its amazing level of detail to its fantastic game engine, this is one that fans of strategy should not miss.

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FiringSquad

We loved this game! As far as 3-D RTS games go, this is the best one we have ever played. With very few flaws this game pleases in almost every aspect.

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Adrenaline Vault

Beautiful graphics, a unique storytelling methodology and some very well-designed missions make "Ground Control" a winner in almost every category.

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Gamer's Pulse

The addition of the 3D camera and terrain gives it an edge over other titles in the area.

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ActionTrip

All in all Ground Control is a very good 3D real-time strategy, one of the best in the genre, and it deserves a good ride.

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Eurogamer

It sparkles with polish, detail and originality.

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GameSpy

If you are a fan of action, strategy, RTS, or just like to see beautiful battles rendered in 3D, this one's for you.

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GamePro

Start with an intense action/strategy game, add a remarkably easy-to-use interface, and wrap it in one of the most impressive 3D engines ever seen in a computer game, and you've got "Ground Control."

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Computer Games Magazine

An outstanding game, both for its graphics and its gameplay, but it is not for everyone. Ground Control glaringly omits some standard genre features: there is no in-mission save, no speed control, no skirmish mode, and the AI is hit or miss. Yet this is truly a case of a game being greater than the sum of its parts.

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CNET Gamecenter

Easily the best, most accessible 3D real-time strategy game to date.

Daily Radar

A fine game from most perspectives, it's also excellent in ways that will raise the bar a little higher for others making the attempt in this genre.

Da Gameboyz

A graphical masterpiece, with some gameplay flaws including the lack of a computer opponent in the multiplayer setup, as well as the inability to save your game during a mission.

IGN

Great gameplay, great graphics, and great sound make a great game.

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GameSpot

Despite its few shortcomings and frustrating design issues, you'll find that "Ground Control" is not only one of the best-looking games to date but also one that's suitably challenging and rewarding.

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Electric Playground

One of the best looking, and surely the smoothest-playing 3D RTS (actually, RTT) games currently available for the PC.

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PC Gamer

Any problems are brushed aside by the bent-for-hell mayhem and thrill of combat. [Sept 2000, p.104]

Happy Puppy

Well equipped to attract a large following among network players with its elegant controls and dazzling graphics.

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Hot Games

Most importantly, "Ground Control" doesn't let itself get weighed down with useless options and nerd-pleasing, making this a RTS almost anyone can enjoy.

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All Game Guide

Prepare yourself for the intricacies of limited-forces squad conflicts and the title will provide many hours of entertainment.

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CheckOut

Whether you've never played an RTS before or if you're diehard fan of the genre, "Ground Control" will keep you sitting in your own filth for hours on end just to get to the next mission.

Spank!

What is does deliver are moments of pure fun and exhilaration, and I commend it for not trying to be anything other than a pure blast and destruction on a huge scale which is what most of us want to see.

GameZone

A real-time strategy contest where fast reflexes, faster decisions and military tactics combine to present an intense chess match for control of a planet.

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Game Over Online

A difficult game to control as you try and keep the camera and all your units going in the right directions with the mouse and keyboard.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Carcer C. gave it a6:
Fun, but only while it isn't being amazingly frustrating. The pathfinding AI is woefully incapable of dealing with obstacles in the form of other units, and there seems to be no pattern to which sections of near-vertical cliff infantry can or can't climb. Sometimes enemy units can be spotted and engaged from a long way off; other times my squads seemed completely unable to target the enemies who were just on a slope on front of them, making mincemeat of my units as I try to pull them back and they all get stuck on each other. That said, ruining someone's day with the artillery units is entertaining to say the least.

Mike gave it a 9:
Great Game! The graphics are good, it is challenging, and yet it is easy to use. I only wish that the characters didn't use so much foul language.

Adrian I. gave it a 9:
It's a great game, it's my favourite games, its not just based on strategy but also in skill, that's what makes player play more and more, to imrpove their skills.

Harris K. gave it a 9:
Really enjoy this game.

George D. gave it a 9:
It's quite nice :)

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