Stormgate Early Access reviewed by Leana Hafer on PC.
As a competitive RTS, Stormgate is what's next. Or at least, I hope it is. It pushes that classic basecraft formula forward with a veteran's eye for what works and what doesn't, and gets me pumped to queue up again right after I finish a match – win or lose – in a way I haven't been since the early days of Wings of Liberty. If I were judging it only based on that, it would get high marks already. But the short, low-rent campaign is less than inspiring, leaving one of its major factions entirely without context and retreading very familiar narrative ground. However, it's rounded out with an exciting co-op mode that features some cool heroes and offers a nice entry point to anyone who doesn't want to leap straight into the jaws of 1v1 matchmaking. For Early Access, Stormgate is pretty promising when it lays all its cards on the table. But it still has miles to go.
As a competitive RTS, Stormgate is what's next. Or at least, I hope it is. It pushes that classic basecraft formula forward with a veteran's eye for what works and what doesn't, and gets me pumped to queue up again right after I finish a match – win or lose – in a way I haven't been since the early days of Wings of Liberty. If I were judging it only based on that, it would get high marks already. But the short, low-rent campaign is less than inspiring, leaving one of its major factions entirely without context and retreading very familiar narrative ground. However, it's rounded out with an exciting co-op mode that features some cool heroes and offers a nice entry point to anyone who doesn't want to leap straight into the jaws of 1v1 matchmaking. For Early Access, Stormgate is pretty promising when it lays all its cards on the table. But it still has miles to go.
- Category
- Gaming
- Tags
- Early Access, Free-to-Play, Frost Giant Studios
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