Elements of War, a free-to-play, online real-time strategy game from developer Lesta Studio, places you in the not-too-distant future of 2022, where humankind has succeeded in weaponizing Mother Nature. The United States, ever on the forefront of weapons development, is now in ruins after accidentally deploying a man-made hyper cyclone in the heart of its own country. Whoops.
When Elements of War arrived on my desk recently, boasting about features that involved controlling the weather in a bid to control the world, my interest immediately amplified in this budget priced Real Time Strategy game. The last RTS that I had played that involved using weather as a weapon was Populous way back in the early days of my gaming life.
With Spring in the air and allergies hitting two-thirds of the staff, the Sophist crew powers through another pun-packed episode. What begins as a debate about the merits of Lady Gaga's hit song "Born this Way," gives way into some honest-to-goodness video game discussions. Harold carries the lion's share of games played this week. He shares his thoughts on his completion of Killzone 3 and the demo of El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, then James and Aaron jump in to ask about Harold's newly acquired 3DS. Is it the future in your hand or is it just another Nintendo fad? The guys wrap things up by attempting to figure out why "bad games" are still being released.
GamePro - Full of terrible pathfinding issues, major bugs, and cursed with a terrible tutorial, Elements of War is an uninspired and messy real-time strategy game. The only "epic" aspect here is the epic fail.
