Etherium is a little title with big problems. It is mainly a little title, because for the price asked, 29.99$ on launch, it simply doesn’t pack enough content to be worth the hassle. Outdated graphics, lazily-created assets and the lack of innovation bring this title down to the rank of a mere husk of what similar titles in a similar price range can offer. Etherium does actually sport some innovative concepts, such as differentiating between macro management of a full-scale interplanetary invasion with some table-top gaming features and singular battles or dynamic weather changes across the maps which require players to adapt in order to survive, but these are executed so blatantly that any sign of innovation gets lost in a sea of repetitiveness, and in the general lack of originality this title seems to ooze.
While it is not a bad game, for the price, there are numerous titles which do Etherium's best elements better, and often with: cleaner language, less stability issues, better maps, and a far more capable A.I.
If you fancy some free RTS this week then now might be the time to give Etherium a look. It's entirely ours to play for nothing at all until next Monday, July 20th. It's also been discounted 50% for the promotion.
Outpost building, resource management, fancy sci-fi units to unleash upon our enemies... the only thing to top that would be giant colossi. Oh wait, it does have giant colossi.
GamingLives takes a look at Tindalos Interactive's real-time and turn-based strategy game.
"Company of Heroes, a game that was released nearly ten years ago, offers a better single played and multiplayer experience, with improved graphics and audio. I’m still playing that today and, unfortunately I probably won’t remember Etherium in ten years’ time."
