Massive Assault

List Price: $39.99 Discount Price: $0.29

Features:

• Save the future with principles of warfare like terrain advantages and guerrilla tactics
• Experience naval landing operations, operate carrier battle groups, and provide artillery support
• Original political system based on Secret Allies providing endless replayability
• Smooth and dynamic gameplay; 6 different worlds; A.I., hot seat, and internet play modes
• Full 3D graphic engine; huge 3D landscapes; 26 detailed 3D units; realistic effects

Accessories:

PC Gamer (1-year)

Customer Reviews:

Good Game, Disappointing AI [Posted on 2004-02-23]
The map selection on this game is inexcusably small and even on "hard" difficulty the AI is weak on strategy, consistantly making some obvious and costly mistakes. This is disappointing in what is otherwise a great game with nice graphics and enough units and terrain effects to keep it interesting.

Still, mutliplayer mode gives it extra value (who needs AI when you can just fight people?) and the AI is strong in the tactical missions if you prefer a directed campaign over a free-flowing "here's a map, go fight" setup.

In my opinion this game rates about 3.5 stars. Doubling the number of maps and fixing the glaring AI problems would make it a 5.

Seems simple, but that just means that [Posted on 2004-03-12]
It was designed to be accessible. You can dive right in and learn how to play this game faster than you can learn how to play Chess, for example. Like Chess, learning strategies to win is the challenge and the joy of this game. Playing against the computer is fun, but they make playing other people online so easy and fun that I'm hooked! Graphically its the best-looking game in the turn-based strategy genre right now.

Great game, great bargain [Posted on 2007-02-14]
This is a splendid game that engages you from the very first few minutes. I bought it for about $5.00 plus shipping, and it's a bargain at several times that price.

Too Difficult for beginners! [Posted on 2007-04-04]
I love strategy games. I played games like Fallen Haven, Civilization II, Heroes of Might and Magic, Total Annihilation, Age of Empires, Empire Earth, Dungeon Keeper, Starcraft, Warcraft, and many more. I would give any of the above games a 4 out of 5 at least based on quality and creativity as well as plain old fun. Massive Assault only caught my eye because it would run on my non gaming Dell laptop and it wasn't incredibly old. I also thought that any game under five dollars was worth a try even though such a cheap game couldn't be that good. I bought the game and tried it out to find the tutorial easy to understand and I thought I was doing good. Then, I got to an actual mission. I had trouble beating even the easy missions, and I skipped a couple because no matter what I did, I couldn't win. You could call me a quitter, but I don't usually give up on a game that easily and there wasn't anything in the game to motivate me in trying any more. There are only a handful of units you can use and the enemy has the exact same armament with different looks. This is basically future chess. If you're looking for a challenge, you might have found it. There is (probably) only one way to beat each level and no hints provided. Difficulty makes this game unplayable for the light hearted. Hours of strategizing and creative thought are required for playing this game. But, if you just want to play games for fun and not to test your mettle just play one of the games I've listed above. Don't waste your time here.

All-around average. [Posted on 2007-10-20]
Just spent the last 4-5 hours playing Massive Assault, and I can say, while it wasn't the best turn-based game I've played, it was far from the worst. Where you are fighting these people, in what time period and where did these units come from is never actually explained. Don't ask, just set your units up on the hex-based maps and go kick some butt.

The good:

-Bare-bones unit types and purchase options, but extremely well balanced for hex-based play. No rushes of one unit type mean you can have various different force combinations for more replayability and satisfying tactics.

-Interface is just fine. Without pointless multiple unit abilities and in a turn-based mode (with undo function, ty) you don't need three hands to operate the game, making it ideal for beer and pretzels play with a buddy.

The bad:

-Underwhelmingly scripted, and with maps that are well-balanced but all fairly similar, Massive Assault leaves you longing for "Military Madness", the classic hex-based computer/console game that this title tries and fails to live up to.

-Few maps and a short, linear campaign mode leave you pretty much done with the single player options for this game after several hours.

Verdict: Moderately fun turn-based hex game, if somewhat derivative and unplotted, Massive Assault is fun for a few go-rounds, and at around $4-8 on Amazon is well worth it's dollar value in entertainment.

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