Maelstrom

by Codemasters

Product Features

• Players will control all three factions, each with unique identities and abilities, realized with graphically stunning models
• Modify the terrain and use the elements as a strategic weapon - Create valleys, carve out lakes, freeze water, melt ice, create tornadoes, even control the wind
• Characters grow experience and level up with new abilities as you progress through the game
• Addictive 6-person multiplayer gameplay, with different modes and online rankings
• Epic script from professional writer James Swallow

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000H94Q0O
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.2 x 1 inches ; 6.4 ounces
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: February 5, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,291 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

The Battle for Earth BeginsProduct Information On savage future Earth two remaining human factions mustwage war against vicious alien invaders and each other in adesperate struggle for survival.  Maelstrom takes place on the devastated futureEarth where an alien invasion has triggered an apocalyptic ecological disaster. Inthis savaged world water has become the most valuable of resources and dividedthe remaining humans into two factions. Advancing the innovative gameplay mechanics of Perimeter into a contemporarysci-fi game with action packed tactical gameplay and outstanding featuresincluding upgradeable transforming units.  Battle for control of the entireplanet against fearless aliens an army of high-tech super soldiers and a ragtag crew of human survivors.Product Features Special Edition Includes Maelstrom Tin Modify the terrain and use the elements as a strategic weapon - create valleys carve out lakes freeze water melt ice and even control tornadoes. Annihilate the enemy from a third person perspective with direct control of hero units. A multitude of unit options to open up a wide range of tactics. Control conventional weapons futuristic high tech weapons and living weapons. Command three factions each with unique identities and abilities realized with graphically stunning models. Characters grow experience and level up with new abilities as you progress through the game. Intense addictive six player multiplayer gameplay with different modes and online ranking.Windows Requirements Windows XP Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or Athlon XP 2800+ 1 GB of RAM 4.5 GB Hard Drive space DirectX 9.0c GeForce 7800 or Radeon X1800 Graphics Card DirectX 9 compatible Sound Card 2X DVD-ROM drive 

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ambitious,innovative and alot of fun, March 21, 2007

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Soul to Steal ""Ruinmania"" (^^) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Maelstrom (DVD-ROM)

Maelstrom is a real time strategy game that lets you play as one of three sides, the Remnants which are basically scavengers with modern day weapons, the Ascension which uses highly advanced vehicles which can transform into mechs, then theres the alien race - Hai-Genti which rely on organic living structures and assorted alien beasts...

The Hai-Genti have designs on taking control of the earth but first they need to make the earth more comfortable so they intend to flood it with water... The Remnants and Ascension counter this with use of terraforming the terrain creating mountains to block off the rising water or digging trenches to divert the water away...

This game has so many innovative ideas on the table... First the deforming terrain... You can actually blast huge craters into the ground and after a skirmish battle the map is totally looking and feeling like a war zone... Secondly theres the 3rd person camera for hero units, you can take control of a hero in combat and shoot down enemies or drive vehicles all like a 3rd person action game... Add in day night cycles and you have a game which is an amazing amount of fun!

If you play as the Hai-Genti you can capture water stations to flood the entire map with water...

The enemy AI is really challenging even on easy... usually my skirmish battles last 2 to 3 hours which is pretty refreshing from the tank rush battles of some other strategy games...

The graphics are very nice and in 3rd person you can see some stunning texture detail in the water effects and realistic explosions...

If you buy this game your sure to have alot of fun...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bugs, January 2, 2010

By 

W. Ashcraft "Opiate of the Masses" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Maelstrom (DVD-ROM)

The game is decent. However bugs and glitches really beat the game down. My friends and I all got this game to play on multiplayer LAN. It seemed like a good fun game at first. The factions are interesting, the RTS play is fun. Unfortunately we never got to finish a game because the game would give us all errors and the LAN game would freeze. In addition to this the game takes seemingly forever to load anything in the game. The first person shooter bits seem like it could be fun enough, but on two different computers it has caused crashes. I do really want to like this game, but these problems make it impossible. The oldest computer we were running it on is about a year old. Two were running Windows 7 and one running Vista. We tried to run as administrator, XP compatibility and many other fixes. The LAN ran fine with other games. Even running the campaign still saw a lot of problems. I would rate this a four or five if any of my friends could get it running. Unfortunately without being able to play it properly I'm being as generous as I can be.

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing to see here, November 23, 2010

By 

Mark Ball - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Maelstrom (DVD-ROM)

I've only played the first mission and havn't completed that. There's no tutorial so I didn't really know what I was doing. Then again, there weren't many options. I directed a squad of men (and a woman with a terrible Russian accent) around a riuned city looking for something, shot a few people (don't know if they deserved it) and was eventually flumoxed by a fence. Tall buildings kept getting in the way, forcing me to readjust the camera (annoying!). Oh and I had an armoured quad bike but it didn't follow orders very well and kept heading off in a different direction. I assume it got blown up I didn't see (building in the way).

All in all I'm about as impressed with this game as I was with Star Trek: Away team, and despite claims to the contrary the aesthetics are on about the same level. Rain? Really?

Also, am I the only 1 that thinks hero units in an RTS are an annoying attempt to remind players that there's a loose story element to the game? I find them quite tiresome, especially when they have contempt for authority.

My advice is to buy a C&C game. I've you've played all of them and you're looking for something as good then you're in the same boat as me. Noting to see here