[MyIS]Zips
04-29-2009, 02:31 PM
In what may be the greatest title to come across our plate in a long while (at least until Mr. T busts some Nazi skulls (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58347)), Stalin vs Martians is now available through Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/25870/). If Steam isn't your digital distribution platform of choice, it's also available through Stardock's Impulse (http://www.impulsedriven.com/stalinvsmartians).
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Stalin vs. Martians, as the name suggests, is a game both masterfully trashy and absolutely over-the-top. Fun and accessible, it takes a simple arcade-like approach to the genre of real-time strategy. The player controls the Red Army, as it defends Earth from the Martian Invasion of 1942, that highly classified military operation which even today remains a closely guarded state secret. Stalin himself conducts the mission briefings, and later even becomes a playable unit. The bold leader is duly serious, even as he faces the most ridiculous threat the world has ever known.
The game itself is far from standard RTS fare: this is no realistic and deeply strategic war simulation, but a straightforward, fun and light-hearted arcade-style game - complete with power-ups falling from conquered foes in the form of bright shiny coins.
The game is just $20 (USD) when purchased through either Steam or Impulse. You owe it to yourself to download this game based on the title and premise alone.
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Stalin vs. Martians, as the name suggests, is a game both masterfully trashy and absolutely over-the-top. Fun and accessible, it takes a simple arcade-like approach to the genre of real-time strategy. The player controls the Red Army, as it defends Earth from the Martian Invasion of 1942, that highly classified military operation which even today remains a closely guarded state secret. Stalin himself conducts the mission briefings, and later even becomes a playable unit. The bold leader is duly serious, even as he faces the most ridiculous threat the world has ever known.
The game itself is far from standard RTS fare: this is no realistic and deeply strategic war simulation, but a straightforward, fun and light-hearted arcade-style game - complete with power-ups falling from conquered foes in the form of bright shiny coins.
The game is just $20 (USD) when purchased through either Steam or Impulse. You owe it to yourself to download this game based on the title and premise alone.