A fantastic and innovative strategy game that truly "thinks outside the box." The most important thing to understand about Perimeter is that it is often much more concerned about being different than, necessarily, any good. As already said in the Gamespot review, the graphics are truly stunning, but smoke will be seeping from under the hood of even the most robust hot-rod gaming rig. The effect of the shield being raised around your base is particularly rewarding. My biggest complaint about Perimeter is the irritating wave-after-wave attack style of the Zerg-like enemy, The Scourge. Mane of the early levels are really just "survival" leves when you are tasked with meeting some resourceing or researching goal while fending off wave-after-wave of mindless Scourge. Yawn. Any fan of the genre -- Space RTS -- who also has at least 2 GHz and a GB of RAM will find a great deal to apprecaite, if not necessarily enjoy, in Perimeter.
Perimeter is a real-time strategy game. Bored already? Thinking of dozens of C&C clones and other clickfests? Don't, because this game isn't like that. It's difficult to explain the game mechanics and even more diffic... Read Full Review
The first time I played this game I was confused because this game had things that you wouldn't expect from an average RTS which is good because you get to play something. Such things that make it different are terraform... Read Full Review
