Game: Stormrise Review

Game writes: "The Creative Assembly has plenty of experience when it comes to the real-time strategy genre, with its exceptional Total War series consistently enthralling PC owners. Stormrise represents the studio’s first serious attempt to craft a similarly strategic experience for console owners, but it takes a totally different approach to Halo Wars.

Set on a post-apocalyptic Earth in the distance future, Stormrise revolves around two warring factions: the technically advanced Echelon and the tribal, Sai. The game’s decidedly non-traditional viewpoint puts you front and centre of the battleground – rather than controlling some floating omniscient commander, you’re in the thick of the action, guiding your units in the third-person.

Whipped into shape

Such a bold move needs a control system to fit, and the developer has an equally brave new idea to introduce here…"