real-time strategy
Maelstrom: The Battle for Earth Begins
By K-D Lab, released 1 Jan 2007
- Microsoft Windows
- post-apocalyptic video game
- third-person shooter
What it is
Maelstrom: The Battle for Earth Begins is a real-time strategy game from K-D Lab, set on a devastated future Earth. Ecological disaster and warfare have left humanity divided between the urban freedom fighters called the Remnants and the technologically advanced Ascension. Both face the alien Hai-Genti, and the game’s missions let players command all three factions, each with distinct strengths and tactics. Terrain can be changed and the elements used strategically; the listed description also highlights destructible environments and units that can transform. The setting and missions combine faction warfare with a fight for survival against an alien invasion. Maelstrom is a single-player strategy game for Windows, with Family Sharing. Its listed genres include real-time strategy, post-apocalyptic game and third-person shooter. It was released in 2007. Players who want a strategy campaign can take command from different viewpoints and use faction-specific weapons and tactics to complete objectives.
What players like, and what they don't
- Three playable factions with distinct tactics
- Terrain can be altered strategically
- Destructible environments
- Single-player missions
- Single-player only
- Listed for Windows only
- No controller support listed
Who it suits
Maelstrom suits solo players interested in strategy missions set amid a three-way conflict between human factions and aliens. It may appeal to players who want terrain changes to factor into combat.
Maelstrom combines faction-based strategy missions with a devastated Earth setting and terrain manipulation. It is a Windows single-player game focused on the conflict among three sides.
