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Maelstrom: The Battle For Earth Begins
Released On: Feb 20, 2007
58
7.6
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
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14 Reviews
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5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
58
14% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
64% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
23% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
KDV and Codemasters has a lot to be proud of in their latest creation, Maelstrom is a beautiful game filled with a lot of strategic talent and plenty of room for big pretty explosions, and squirtings of blood. If you love a royal RTS experience then grab Maelstrom and plunge in.
A largely by-the-numbers real-time strategy effort that twinkles but never shines. It's just a little bit too irritating to score highly. [Apr 2007, p.63]
Maelstrom isn’t original or perfect or devoid of problems, but it is innovative and fun, which should be what matters. And it should provide a nice alternative before that other game (hint: rhymes with . . . uh . . . okay, it’s Supreme Commander) comes along and wipes the floor with everyone.
If you stick to multiplayer Maelstrom has a lot to offer but an abundance of basic flaws mean it's no challenge for the big boys of the genre.
The word Maelstrom's Danish roots mean "to grind" or 'stream'--I'll let you guess which one of those definitions is most applicable to this ponderous RTS. [May 2007, p.69]
Maelstrom can't even get the basics right, and the few features that sound interesting on paper end up being completely useless.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
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Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Maelstrom takes place on the devastated future Earth of 2040 where an alien invasion has triggered an apocalyptic ecological disaster. In this savaged world water has become the most valuable of resources and divided the remaining humans into two factions. Now, they must wage war against the invaders and each other in a desperate struggl...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Feb 20, 2007
Developer:
- KDV Games
Publisher: Codemasters
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