PSI: Syberian Conflict

Release Date: March 3, 2006

Strategy, RTS, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet, LAN

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PSI: Syberian Conflict is a real-time strategy with elements of role-playing games, created by quite a young developer studio, Wireframe Dreams, which appeared on the market thanks to a mini-game Sherlog. So we can say that PSI is the first commercial product that came out of their hands.

Prehistory

In 1908 spaceship carrying being of powerful alien race – Evolons crash-lands on Earth. Humans named this incident Tunguska meteorite. After more than half a century rescue expedition arrives. It's main task is to find their leader. However, they encounter unforeseen obstacle - natives. Appearance of aliens in Siberian tundra in the height of Cold war generates particular interest in Soviet Government. The best forces are thrown to take over extraterrestrial technologies. Huge power of Red Army against technical superiority of aliens.

Review

“PSI: Syberian Conflict” is a real time strategy (RTS) game with RPG elements. Alien cyborgs performing their mission on Earth face unexpected Soviet army resistance. Choose one of the two campaigns and lead either alien or Red Army forces in struggle of life and death. Variety of extremely detailed landscapes up to one square kilometer, great animations and breath taking special effects will immerse you into deadly battle between very different enemies. Wide choice of battle units, powerful heroes, which possess various special powers, and landscapes, which influence the course of the battle, will allow you to employ different tactics: crush your enemy with the armored fist of tank division, lay an ambush in the woods and trap him there or suddenly strike from behind using a powerful hero. Despite abundance of tactical options, control of the game is simple and intuitive – tactical decisions are natural and melt in the game world unnoticeably. You will not need to remember number of keys and their combinations or browse complicated menus. Economic model is simple as well – no construction, no search for different resources. You will not need to think about it – just seize strategic locations and destroy the enemy. Moreover, you will lead not only faceless military units but also powerful heroes, which stand out by exceptional military prowess, special abilities and different personalities. Mission after mission you will be able to improve these heroes and at the end of the game each and one of them will become unstoppable death machine.

Features

* Huge variety of especially detailed three dimensional terrains – fight in the fields and woods, in narrow city streets or alien world, on landscapes up to one square kilometer.

* Unique powerful heroes which can be improved with each mission.

* Large selection of tactical decisions: directional sight, landscape features, which influence battle conditions, special abilities of heroes and anomalies, which provide you with short but often decisive advantage.

* Realistic physics – explosions knock the enemy down or simply rip him apart.

* Intriguing story and missions providing you with a variety of tasks.

* Detailed and dynamic shadows are cast by all game objects, self-shadowing.

* Live and realistic surroundings – water, which reflects the sky and other objects, trees and grass moving in the wind.

* Post-processing.

* Realistically simulated and impressive particle and mesh effects.

* Beautiful dynamic lighting of the surroundings and unlimited number of light sources.

Last updated on August 14, 2015

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