Review: Stalin vs. Martians

[headshotcatcher]

Work on the russian accent John
Anyway, I kinda expected this game to suck. Does the sillyness outweigh it?

Yes I do like cats

 

[Moriarty]

well i like the "do you like cats" and the music... but im too bad at rts to give it a try when it's considered "hard" by someone who plays games for a living =/

 

[RavingPenguin]

I definitely have to pick this game up, it looks hillarious, and Im thinkin I might like the soundtrack as well.

 

[aww yea]

would get it just to have it

i mean cmon its stalin v martians what else do you want?

 

[Daezd]

Aw man, I really wanted this game to do well.

Seriously, with an awesome premise like that, how could you go wrong?

I guess I'll have to get my fill of Russians beating people up from TF2 then...Okay!

 

[John Funk]

well i like the "do you like cats" and the music... but im too bad at rts to give it a try when it's considered "hard" by someone who plays games for a living =/

To be fair, it wasn't hard because it was a particularly hard RTS. It was hard because of clunky controls. So hey, maybe experience with RTS made me *worse* at the game, since it wasn't what I was used to. Who knows?

Work on the russian accent John
Anyway, I kinda expected this game to suck. Does the sillyness outweigh it?

Yes I do like cats

Yeaaaah, I know

Hm. The silliness is worth a bit of enjoyment. $15 bucks worth? That's a value call, honestly.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

At least we didn't see Stalin's grave, I'm sure that's a Communist plot.

 

[Guvnorium]

Three minutes of soviet national anthem? Oh lord.

I'm quite sure the bolshevik on a bicycle is only there to make you go 'wtf?' though.

I actually have that recording (a very famous one) on my Mp3 player.

 

[Nerdfury]

Could this be the start of a new reign of VS games? Trees vs Cats! Handtowels vs Mice! Lightglobes vs Army Men!

 

[Nikral]

I'm curious whether or not 'or die trying' really was a way to finish that level..
Did you try that "strategy"?

Nope, you fail lol
That's from experience too. All truth!

 

[John Funk]

Nice review.

I've been following this game since I saw the first trailer. I figured the gameplay wouldn't be very good. I'd still like to play it though.

 

[Clashero]

Here, John, a bit of info:
Bolshevik on a bycicle is a reference for real Soviet history buffs (such as one of my friends). According to him, it's a reference to drunk Bolsheviks during the 1920-1950's. Bolsheviks were known for riding bycicles, which were considered even back then in Russia to be a "working man's vehicle", something intended for the proletariat.

Class dismissed.

 

[Shapsters]

This looks hilarious! They don't expect people to pay for this do they?! They should've made it a free flash game! Then it would be critaccly acclaimed!

I do like Kittahs!!! DDKR!!

 

[CuddlyCombine]

I'm willing to wager huge money that the only reason this was made was because some game developer was drunk on vodka and his friend said, "Hey, I bet you'd never make a game called Stalin vs. Martians". Most evil things on this earth have their beginnings set in alcohol.

 

[BonsaiK]

Game looks pretty meh. Base building and resource management is the fun part of RTS, without that and without good unit control I can't see it being much more than "click this, attack that" which would get old quickly... I haven't played the game but I agree with the review in principle.

I think the reviewer needs to work on his video supplement voice scripting and pacing though. Talking about "do you like cats" and the "die trying" bit should have raised a chuckle but didn't, probably because those elements were dwelled on at too great a length. If something is funny/amusing/weird it doesn't need that much underlining. More than five seconds spent on a single humourous element of a game review is too long and the amusement wears thin. Listen to a stand-up comic doing a visual presentation might help to get an idea of the correct pacing. I am being nitpicky though, good review overall. I now know not to buy the game.