Universe at War: Earth Assault

I love games like this (a sleeper hit) and I would never buy them or even find out about them if it wasn't for playasia and their sometimes awesome prices/deals. This game is a fun, balanced RTS game. Their are problems. It can be a little clunky at times, but I would not blame the controls. It is hard to bring an RTS to consoles and I could not name a single RTS on consoles that has "better" controls. Maybe Halo Wars, but Halo Wars was also not as deep as this game, not that this game is particularly deep, its just that Halo Wars is a [fun but] shallow RTS. In one of the other reviews here on playasia they mention the camera is too close. Maybe they did not know you could control the camera zoom with the right stick. The game does have very noticeable slow down, like 5 fps when you have 100 units on screen at once. You can still play but its disappointing to have such noticeable frame rate problems when the action gets thick. I would say this game is a little bland, but next to Star Wars RTS, C&C, Starcraft, Halo Wars, what other RTS isnt bland? It still has all the ingredients to make an enjoyable RTS experience (on consoles) and has one or two new features that are pretty cool (like transporting your troops through your conduit complex).

One of the best efforts of bringing a RTS for the consoles. A bit clunky controls and the camera is too close but with a couple of good friends a very enjoyable multiplayer experience.