Worldshift won't change the RTS genre, but it is innovative enough to be worth your time if you're a fan of the genre. Taking three different settings and tossing them together could be a recipe for disaster, but the game easily blends magic, science fiction, and modern military aspects to create a unique take on the genre. With bright, flashy graphics and fun voice and sound effects, Worldshift won't let you down in the aesthetics department. Some new twists to the hero and minions viewpoint are fun, and the controls are never so complex that you don't know what you are doing. Unfortunately, this is a bit of a letdown as well, as everything is kept very simple. Once you get enough of the single player campaign, multiplayer opens up the game for a huge amount of unique matches, as long as you can find enough people to play with. This might not set the world on fire, but it does provide enough of a shift in perspective to keep you entertained.
If you’re a fan of the MMORPG genre but also someone who appreciates a fun RTS, WorldShift by Crytek Black Sea may be exactly what you’ve been looking for. Set in the very distant future, the game is a fight for survival after an apocalyptic event nearly wiped civilization off of the face of the Earth. Mixing elements from both the RTS and MMORPG genres, WorldShift is a very interesting approach to two genres which have been well defined in the past by many games, but rarely ever mixed.
PopMatters:
"I really do like Worldshift, but it is a like tempered by annoyance and incredulity. With a multiplayer set up like this, it's amazing that the team didn't create more tactile, tactical combat. Worldshift plays like a game transported into the 2000s from the 1990s. Every chance it gets, it reminds you of how games used to be and how they shouldn't be. With a patch or two, the stability issues could be fixed, but I wonder if the rest of the game can be given the solidity it demands."
UMLan writes: "WorldShift is a next-gen cyber-fantasy, real-time strategy game for the PC. Published by Got Game Entertainment LLC in agreement with Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. and developed by Black Sea Studios, WorldShift takes you one thousand years into the future and into a colonized solar system and post-apocalyptic Earth where survivors have splintered into three factions. In co-operative player-versus-environment gameplay similar to MMOGs, daily battles and missions for precious resources as Humans, Tribes, or Alien Cult will require a shift in thinking and a shift in strategy to prevail in this world shift!"
