Quick Look: Disintegration

*whispers* that's Disintegration

Thanks for putting out all these Quick Looks, Matt.

Hey no worries!

This looked worse and worse the more I watched. That explains why every trailer was just the cinematics.

I don't think I ever played any of the Sanctum games! I think that sounds pretty intriguing though. There was a tower defense game that Brad played not too long ago that looked pretty neat but I forget the name unfortunately.

The Cure did it better

Anyone else finding this game's aesthetics a bit bland and uninspired? Compared to say Sanctum 2, Orcs Must Die 2 and Dungeon Defenders which have more appealing and colourful visuals.

Also these types of tower defence games are typically more enjoyable when played in co-op I find.

@rorie: Taur?

One of my favorite action RTS hybrids is Glory Days 2 on the DS, based on the old Rescue Raiders template. You're the air support for your army so you fly around and shoot enemy units or intercept enemy aircraft in order to let your army push towards the enemy base. Imagine one of those single lane RTS games popular on mobile except instead of using magic or something to influence the battle you just fly a plane or chopper.

Seems promising but that's a steep entry price. I'm very into what they're going for with the hybrid gameplay though.

I played the technical Beta and it wasn't fun and had lots of technical issues, lol.

It strangely looks like Unreal Tournament 2004.

@erkel: It is really weak design / environment wise. Almost looks like someone forgot to apply the final shaders.

I think I'm gonna go put The Cure on for a while now

Feels like it could be a mobile game, and I guess that's what makes it feel underwhelming.

Thanks for the QL @rorie

Your scientists were so preoccupied with the fact that they could mash two genres together, they never bothered to ask if they should

@drachmalius said:

Of course they should, Battlezone games and the two Natural Selections are some of the most fun games I've played. Tho due to a lack of scale and base-building, this feels more like a shooter with squad mechanics than an actual RTS-FPS hybrid.

But those have already been done way better with actual tactical gameplay, like Gearbox's Brothers in Arms series.

I love the concept of a FPS / RTS hybrid but no game has really executed it well.

@nethlem: Yeah, no doubt. I was just goofing, but the way this game executes the idea just doesn’t seem too compelling.

Natural Selection 2 is an awesome RTS / FPS hybrid.

Don't we do enemy AI anymore? Snipers that stand right next to you?