Galaxy's End: help make this RTS a reality

I want this game!

I hope that any publisher sees these... imagine these with the possibility to download maps and new units :O these could be the Starcraft for the PSP :P

I would give these game 60€ (yes... hurray for Europe!) with no doubt :D

This game looks really neat. The psp is in need of more RTS.

Hell yeah, this looks awesome..

Are there any RTS games for the PSP currently? I can't think of a single one!

I would love to have an RTS for the psp almost no matter how it looked. I hope UBI or someone will publish it!

This looks freakin sweet!

RTS is tricky on a console - so far there hasn't been anything very good. That said, I'd *definitely* give this one a shot. Looks like a nice idea.

I wonder if they could 'self-publish' - the GBA game 'Mazes of Fate' was having a hard time getting retail space so they went as an Amazon shop and through eBay. Not going to be big number sales, but might at least get them going.

No - just a couple of mediocre Turn-based games (hopefully D&D Tactics will break *that* mold!) ... and the DS only has one pure RTS - Real Time Conflict: Shogun Empires ... dreadful ...

Mech-ish theme - check!
RTS - check!
Infrastructure support - CHECK!

I detract my comment about Castlevania, because this is the news for me!

oh yeah, wow...this looks good, but its going to control like crap. Just wait till Blizzard brings Starcraft and Warcraft to the DSlite for a true handheld RTS experience.

Not this though.

That definitely looks cool. I hope this gets published.

Btw I'm certain the ds will never see a starcraft or warcraft game, unless it was severely watered down.

Hmm, Interesting. Let me just say that I am NOT a PSP Fanboy, but I do love RTS' and this one looks pretty good. I would put down $30 for it, but not $40.

I would buy this in a heart beat.

@4: Actually, Warlocked for the GBC was a really good RTS, so it really can be done on handhelds/consoles, although I'm surprised that they didn't think of doing this as a DS game...

The game looks good, but I am not a fan of consoles RTS due to the control scheme. If they have a solid set of controls this could be a must have for PSP owners.

#14 - thanks for that info!

If they do this right, I'd buy one for me and one for my buddy. We play PC RTS games all the time and both have PSPs.

"Just wait till Blizzard brings Starcraft and Warcraft to the DSlite for a true handheld RTS experience."

I already said to myself when I saw this blog: 'The words "DS" and "Starcraft" will be already posted by some drooling Nintendick'.

I was right.

BTW - DO hold your breath (please?) for Starcraft, Warcraft or any other decent RTS on the DS. Because -big surprise- the DS IS NOT good for those kinds of games. You need a bigger screen, more pixels and better than a 3" plastic stick on a 3" screen.

I got one thing to say to you PSP haters who maintain the DS is such the ultimate RTS platform:

IGN
GAME: Shogun Empires
RATING: 2.5 (Terrible)

Now, do I really think a PSP RTS would be as good as a PC with mouse? Of course not. But it's certainly not tailor made for the DS, either...

The condemnation is useless anyway. This is an RTS game, which means you're not expected to execute articulate diagonals and what not else. Oh yes, but of course, you guys are talking about competitive environment - multiplayer. Well, your opponents will suffer from the same control-limits, so the overall gaming experience will be levelled.

All in all, I wouldn't mind this experience. Why are people being such pessimistic dicks about this. Sure, you won't have the speed of a mouse and keyboard, but we know that RTS games can be moderately comfortable without those features. So long as my opponents have same level of control vantage, I am not one to complain.

You know, I didn't believe this some time back, but there is a general negativity on the PSP blogs, and it is annoying. Oh, and just so I can get ruffle some feathers; StarCRAP and WarCRAP are done! I'd much rather take the above game over those two recycled concepts. Hell, my installed copy of Star Craft uses the Gundam Century patch.

Yep, I've been both amused and irritated by the pervasive and illogically tenacious anti-PSP sentiment on sites like Kotaku and Engadget/Joystiq for quite some time, now. Hell, even THIS site was getting pretty obnoxious until they shuffled some of the bloggers off to DS and Wii Fanboy (cough) and brough in Yoon and Bailey.

On an additional note, I'd like Command & Conquer: Generals on PSP. Maybe the controls would be iffy to implement - I don't care. I want it.

This game looks frikin awsome

#17 pixelator
I was thinking the same thing, anytime there is a news item that shows how vastly superior the PSP is, you get some DS Idiot fan who tries to slam with ignorant rants based on nothing. I agree they cant compete with the PC when it comes to a RTS title, but are they really trying too. I hope this game does get a publisher as it looks fun as hell.

why cant sony publish it? or heck pspupdates should do it or all the memebrs of the community should put their pennies together and do it and make a profit, than adn only than it can be taken seirously and the homebrew ocmmunity at large might as well if it happened.

I would buy this game.

pete,

You can see the trailer here http://www.gametrailers.com/umwatcher.php?id=39367.

Does anyone have a website or link to more info on the game, i would like to see more.

You have to have an established publisher do it. Sony, like Nintendo and others, has an approval process for anything that gets released on the PSP that includes submission and feedback.

The trick is getting an EA or THQ to buy the game or engage in a contract to have it released. Usually it's not TOO hard to get a good game that's nearly or totally complete published, but if the authors want to retain rights and/or royalties, it depends on the details of that.

It's not that I think the PSP is vastly superior - I have a lot of games on the DS that I really like... And it's true that the touchscreen lets you do some things you couldn't without a mouse (like drag-select and drag-drop units in an RTS). Same with the mic: You can code a game knowing *everyone* has a mic on the DS, whereas with the PSP you have to bundle one or sell it as a separate accessory and make the game so that you don't HAVE to use it.

OTOH, when someone says 'you can't do anything like that on a PSP' or some similar nonsense, I laugh. It's not like we haven't had d-pad/button versions of all these games before...

Psp does need a RTS but not this one. I would stick with the publishers and wait till a Major Company makes one. There are No Rts Games to my knowledge. except for Turn-based. Field Commander, was trash after a week. lol EVEN LESS. Any major Rts being ported onto the PSp is a very lucrative idea. Im sure they know that. An RTs on the psp would be extremly hard to configure its controls.

yo yo

i dont know what was wrong with my comp, but i deffinatly wasnt seeing the trailer thats there now the first time.

it looks sweet.

but seriously though, did no one else see some waay different trailer?

what do you have to do to become a publisher? do you need some degree or alot of exposure and experienc ein the game industry? Im just curious cause Id love to have a job like that.

why cant sony publish the game themselves? dont they want to help the psp prosper?

Looks really interesting, the PSP certainly is in need of some good RTS games. I'd definately give it a shot - and 50 bucks to boot.

"But you can't use a mouse or the spacebar! OMG! WTF WILL I DO?"

You'll read the article that states how they built the control scheme around the PSP, taking into account the limitations players will have, and you'll shut up. Like previous bloggers said, it can be done using limited controls.

Would controlling it be easier on the DS? Yea, probably, seeing as how the stylus acts alot like a mouse. I, however, am not really in the mood to try to play a RTS on a screen slightly larger than that of an iPod's... I'd much rather play it on the PSP's. You know, where you can actually *see* what the hell is going on when your base is getting nuked?

Give it a chance. Hopefully if they can't manage to get it produced sometime soon, we'll end up seeing them go it alone on something like Amazon or eBay, and it'll take off and get noticed from there. I'd love to add this to my collection!