GameSpy writes: "Recent history is full of console RTS ports falling over themselves in an effort to, at best, recreate something marginally evocative of the PC experience. But Vispi Bhopti, The Creative Assembly's Communications Manager, contends that Stormrise's control scheme -- which was designed from the get-go around a gamepad -- is an honest-to-goodness improvement over the mouse and keyboard. These are big words. I don't recall the developers of the voice-controlled EndWar's making those presumptions, and if anyone is entitled to, it would probably be them."
Spiffy:
+Intricate maps that suggest the possibility for varied, multi-front battles
Iffy:
-We're not fully convinced that the control scheme will as manageable as the developer purports
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