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Sega announces console-specific RTS in Stormrise

by Jason Dobson on Jul 11th 2008 1:57PM

Okay class, it's time to take out your notebooks and no. 2 pencils. Today we're going to be learning a new word -- verticality. The word traces its origins back to the Total War chaps at Sega-owned The Creative Assembly, who coined the term to describe the studio's latest project, Stormrise, a new real-time strategy game "built from the ground up" specifically for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Who here can tell the class what verticality means? Billy, put your hand down. No one? Verticality, according to Sega, is a means of allowing players to control multiple layers of units, from the sky to beneath Stormrise's "bleak and barren" earth. Currently gathering resources for a 2009 release, the game represents The Creative Assembly's first attempt at creating a RTS for consoles, so if they fall on their face we must do our best to keep any criticisms constructive. Class dismissed.

[Via PS3 Fanboy]

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Tags: creative-assembly, creativeassembly, PS3, sega, stormrise, the-creative-assembly, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (34)

WHY do they keep making console specific RTS? They control HORRIBLY compared to the PC versions!

That used to be very true, but console RTS's are getting much better control wise. Go play C&C3 for the 360 and you will see exactly what I mean.

WHY do they keep making console specific FPS? They control HORRIBLY compared to the PC versions!

I did try CNC3 on the 360, and I OWN it on my PC. I can tell you, the PC version controls 1000 times better!

Similar to what Joystiq said... constructive critique and possibly a rental will probably happen on this end.

If you think that C&C3 for the 360 controls that badly, maybe you need to learn to not suck at the game.

I found it very simple to control.

Thats a good question.

I think the consoles need more turn-based strategy games. They control a lot better and generally have a lot more tactical depth

I don't see why Microsoft won't just let us use a mouse and keyboard. Then I could play in front of my TV with good controls. RTS console controls are getting better, but I really doubt they will ever be able to beat a PC's controls.

Want to know why? Ask yourself this. Which gaming hardware would make Sega the most money. Releasing the game on the pc, or releasing it on consoles?

releasing it on both

not generally as practical budget wise

I think RTS's can be good on consoles as long as the controls are well thought out. C&C3 was a good example of this, I thought it was pretty good for the 360.

Here's hoping this one is good.

Also I've never had problems with the comment system before, but all of a sudden in the last few days it has been very broken. Why is it broken all of a sudden :(

I don't understand what happened to it either, whenever I'm on an article and hit refresh the post count goes up and down.

That's exactly what has been happening to me. The post counts seem to change every 2 seconds, and I have my password saved in my browser and it seems like half the time now it just randomly disappears on me for no reason.

Sometimes I come into posts and some comments that were there before are gone, and then I come back and they're back. It's really weird.

Maybe they want you to refresh the page more often

0_o

Zomg Is the curse of the Humming birds!

And by "well thought out", I assume you meant "dumbed down enough".

Not to say that console users are dumb, but the fact that a controller will never be able to be quite as nice to control as a mouse/keyboard for RTS.

I see what they mean by 'built from the ground up for 360/PS3'. You just can't fit so much brown and green onscreen at once with any last-gen system.

Ladies and gentlemen, THIS.

When I think back to SMB on the NES my mind is flooded with images dominated by browns, green, and greys.

SEGA must have made good money on Universe at War.

I did liked Universe at war, simple yet satisfying.

Too bad I don’t like to play RTS online. Everyone rushes so you can’t have a good fight.

Now that I’m still waiting for Sega to announce a new “Vectorman” or a “Vectorman” FPS.

dont be a woman. survive the first rush and move on

Again everyone rushes and make a huge army made of puny units ,no one waits to create a real army so is kind of boring because every game is the same and yes I survive is just everybody does the same.

Yeah, good luck competing with SC2. That, and the fact that it's console specific, only dooms the game to failure.

RTS games and consoles don't mix well.

I agree, get used to console controls or stop whining. I thought Universe at War's control scheme was great but unfortunately due to the frame rate issues that plagued the game in the beginning, it's patched now, reviewers didn't talk about it as being a step in the right direction but more so about technical flaws.

Wouldn't an RTS work better on the Wii where you have some mouse-like pointing control in which to select and position troops?

Could the Wii even be able to have more than 30 units on screen at once? ;o

Nice jab, but completely false. The Wii is quite a bit more powerful than the PC requirements for Starcraft and Warcraft.

Meh it's not like Sega still makes good games, so why even bother get worked up on whether it would control better on a PC or a console?

''PC development team- Creative Assembly- makes an exclusive CONSOLE RTS''

Eat shit,sega.

Woa Sega been pimping now! creatin new words an sh*T!!!

Verticality is not a new word.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/verticality

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