About This Game An accomplished, old-school, indie, futuristic Sci-fi RTS with RPG elements!!Play as Daniel Hanson, commander of the first expedition to planet Meridian and uncover the dark secrets it holds! Shape the world around you with every decision you make and through every dialogue with your crew. Meridian: New World offers countless options to devise your own strategy, including various equipment options for your units and special abilities for you to rely upon. Use your abilities anywhere on the battlefield and turn the tide of battle by weakening the enemy troops. Alternatively take the covert approach and sabotage the enemy power supply to shut down their production. You can rely entirely on researching superior weapons or special abilities. Or you can risk building a large economy, constructing a massive army from your enormous resources. The strategy you use and how many troops you sacrifice to reach your goal will influence the attitude of your crew towards you. Are you ready to shape the history of galactic colonization?http://store.steampowered.com/app/312330Brought to you as the brainchild of Ede Tarsoly - the sole man behind Elder Games - Meridian: New World was mostly received with disbelief and awe at the fact that it's a one-man production. While it remains true that Ede is the source of every detail of the game, some assets were created by his friends Balázs Bodnár, Tamás Gyermán and Gábor Menyhárt, who are credited with their contribution.Engaging and original story with varied missions A single player game Polished, dynamic and fluid unit control Beautiful graphics; realistic environments Amazing immersive music Steam WorkshopShare the maps you create in the editor with the Community. 7aa9394dea Title: Meridian: New WorldGenre: Indie, StrategyDeveloper:Elder GamesPublisher:Merge Games, Headup GamesRelease Date: 4 Apr, 2014 Meridian: New World Download Pc Games 88 meridian new world gameplay br. meridian new world traduzione ita. meridian new world pc gameplay. meridian new world recensione. kody do meridian new world. meridian new world traduzione ita. meridian new world lösung. meridian new world multiplayer. meridian new world deutsch. meridian new world system requirements. meridian new world android скачать. meridian new world download. meridian new world gameplay pc. meridian new world pc gameplay. meridian new world download. meridian new world gameplay pc. meridian new world review. meridian new world review. meridian new world contributor pack. gra meridian new world. meridian new world gameplay. lets play meridian new world. meridian new world gameplay german. meridian new world patch download. meridian new world game. meridian-new-world-pc-em-pt-br-completo. meridian new world español. meridian new world metacritic. meridian new world trainer. meridian new world cheat engine table. meridian new world requisitos. kody do meridian new world. gra meridian new world. meridian new world трейнер. meridian new world oyunu. meridian new world requisitos. meridian-new-world-pc-em-pt-br-completo. meridian new world walkthrough. meridian new world patch download. meridian new world multiplayer. meridian new world cheat codes. meridian new world steam. meridian new world español. r.g. mechanics meridian - new world. meridian new world steam. meridian the new world. meridian new world cheats. meridian new world cheat engine table. meridian new world test. meridian new world oyunu. meridian new world walkthrough. meridian new world crack. meridian new world soundtrack. meridian new world cheat engine. meridian new world engine. meridian new world коды. meridian new world коды. meridian new world recensione. meridian new world guide. lets play meridian new world. meridian a new world. meridian new world engine. meridian new world gameplay br. meridian new world cheats. meridian new world deutsch. meridian new world crack. meridian new world contributor pack. meridian new world lösung. meridian new world обзор. meridian new world cheat engine. meridian new world pc. meridian new world trailer. meridian new world gameplay. meridian new world gameplay german I have enjoyed my short time in the game. For the price it is a steal. Does it reinvent RTS games? Not by a long shot, but it does stay true to the elements that make RTS games fun. So far the campaign mode has been solid and considering the size of the developer that is behind this, it is quite frankly a damn fine achivement. So if you are looking for yet another RTS to add to your collection you could choose far worse for way more money.. Let me start by saying, I'm not a fan of "Early Access" games. This "game" is the exact reason why. I just finished the campaign mode, which consisted of about 1\/10th of what i imagine the complete game will be (like 3 maps). I labeled it as "recommended", because it is truly a very-well put together RTS. It's beautiful, plays extremely well, and a solid buy at $15, that is, it will be when it is COMPLETE. The problem with early access games, is that they are often abandoned or updates are severely delayed. I hope that's not the case with Meridian. I suggested this game, because you can play Skirmish and have fun with it, but I'd recommend waiting until the game is complete.Edit: Changed to "not' recommended. Very disappointing to not see them ever really complete the game, and then abandon any idea of ever updating it while just focusing another money-grab sequel.. Micromanagement Hell.If you like that sort of thing, you're going to love this game.Produce only one unit at a time. Must configure each unit you produce individually. Must manually assign individual workers to various tasks, even if workers are standing around idly. This is especially bad when you go to build new buildings. Once workers are done with a task, they're idle, which is fine as I expect to have idle workers ... to automatically do the next do-once task that pops up. Workers can not be assigned to a task via assigning them to a building. Workers seem to be unable to repair buildings. You're expected to manually heal individual units on the battlefield during combat.What I was expecting was something more along the lines of Spellforce. What I got was something where everyone acts like they're chess pieces.Like I said, if this is your thing, you'll have a blast. But it's not mine. Ugh.And yes, we all know you micromanager nutters are out there. "What's this? That soldier will stand around and get shot unless I tell him to shoot back? (Cums a little in his pants) Oooh, yeah, baby! I LOVE THIS GAME!". This game had so much potential but it just falls very short of what it could have become. The biggest problem i have with this (even though alot might not agree with me) is that in skirmish the AI does not realy fight amongst themselfs unless they happen to meet each other along the way to your base. As the player you HAVE to rush and build an army ASAP to defend yourself, leaving alot to be desired of the base itself. It also seems that the AI cheats like hell, even on lower difficulty's. It's a shame but im not going to recommend this game.. My goodness, this is an awful game.I see what they are trying to do, I really do. Meridian: New World is trying to be a throwback to the good old days of Westwood and Command and Conquer, and has many good ideas along the way, but it fails on too many levels to be anything but a waste of money. Poor controls, optimization, visuals, voice acting, and a general feeling of shabbiness ruin what may have, at one time, had the potential for an interesting experience.There is the germ of good ideas here; you can customize the loadouts of individual units upon construction, which is always neat, and the story is attempting to be that rarest of beasts, a character-driven RTS. You, the player, have a branching tech tree that allows you to perfom actions like healing individual units, disable enemy vehicles, that sort of thing. The problem is, like so many games of a more indie persuasion, the good ideas fail to live up to their potential. The customizable loadouts are a good idea, but it's done when you start building your units, meaning that by the time it's done, you may have wanted something different...but too bad! You'll need to build a new one. Compare Dawn of War, which had a fantastic loadout system. The story is uninteresting, poorly translated into english, and with pretty awful voice acting. Normally I wouldn't mind this, but they are clearly trying to use branching, bioware style conversation trees and characterization to drive the plot. Bad voice acting undermines this goal. The controls are slow and stiff, with painfully snail-like camera panning, and the ugly, impractical UI doesn't help. In a good RTS, your units feel alive, and responsive, and you are able to control them with precision and skill. Here, I feel lucky when they are even able to move where I want them to go. And if I wanted to change the controls to fit my needs, I have exactly two options to customize controls; mouse sensitivity and a toggle for "camera panning," a mysterious button with no discenerable effect on gameplay.The players ability tree works well though. Kudos for that, though it was at first a little unclear how the energy bar that powers your abilities works. Unfortunately, there is only one faction (something the original Command and Conquer was able to overcome), and so the tech tree is the only source of variety you're going to get.Moving on, the game is ugly an poorly optimized. It chugged more than games that look far better than this does, and crashes frequently. I know this is part of the early access package, but you have to keep it together if you want players to stick with it until the final release.Finally, on a less easily described note, the game just feels...shabby. Other early access games have been able to have a feeling of beauty and vibrancy from the very beginning, but this game feels broken on a more fundamental level.Taken as a whole, Meridian: New World is, quite, quite awful. It is the product of one man's vision, and where for some games that means a new experience, here it is clearly the work of someone in way over their head, trying to match the work of those who are far more skilled. It would take a truly gargantuan effort to make this game worth playing at its final release date, and I just can't see it happening. Take this game as an example of Steam's famously lax quality control. Or better still, don't take the game, and go play your favorite good RTS instead.
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