WorldShift is a smooth, mostly well-executed game with some compelling multiplayer concepts, but it sticks to a familiar formula for the most part. The strange and distinctive races, bizarre visual take on a far-future Earth, and excellent faction balance certainly give it a fresh feel in the first couple of days of play, though. For many players, that will be enough, especially if you're a multiplayer gamer who couldn't care less about the snoozy solo campaign.
Still, there is no denying that the action can grow somewhat repetitive for RTS veterans after the initial thrill fades, leaving you with a game that isn't quite all that it could be.
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!"
