In what may be the greatest title to come across our plate in a long while (at least until Mr. T busts some Nazi skulls), Stalin vs Martians is now available through Steam. If Steam isn't your digital distribution platform of choice, it's also available through Stardock's Impulse.
The game is just $20 (USD) when purchased through either Steam or Impulse. You owe it to yourself to download this game based on the title and premise alone.
Stalin vs. Martians, as the name suggests, is a game both masterfully trashy and absolutely over-the-top. Fun and accessible, it takes a simple arcade-like approach to the genre of real-time strategy. The player controls the Red Army, as it defends Earth from the Martian Invasion of 1942, that highly classified military operation which even today remains a closely guarded state secret. Stalin himself conducts the mission briefings, and later even becomes a playable unit. The bold leader is duly serious, even as he faces the most ridiculous threat the world has ever known.
The game itself is far from standard RTS fare: this is no realistic and deeply strategic war simulation, but a straightforward, fun and light-hearted arcade-style game - complete with power-ups falling from conquered foes in the form of bright shiny coins.
The game itself is far from standard RTS fare: this is no realistic and deeply strategic war simulation, but a straightforward, fun and light-hearted arcade-style game - complete with power-ups falling from conquered foes in the form of bright shiny coins.
The game is just $20 (USD) when purchased through either Steam or Impulse. You owe it to yourself to download this game based on the title and premise alone.