Silica Reviews

I liked the idea of this game but not having a campaign or a proper PVE option is a major let down.

Used to be a good game, now the computer cheats so hard that they have end game units before you unlock the factories. Such a shame, used to love playing this with my friends.

Harvesters are very weak and vulnerable to any bug that crawls to them, attaches itself to hull and starts chewing on them. Harvesters often get stuck due to their stupid AI. At the same time, the alien economy is very Over powered to undermine, they have small cockroaches that are impossible to detect from afar. 90% of all battles end with people simply failing to defend their resource collectors and losing. Until the turrets of the harresters stop shooting at their own base.... I can't recommend this game to anyone else. Also, the new maps for vehicles are literally impassable, while the aliens crawl straight ahead and don't take much damage from falling! P\S: And humans are constantly being nerfed. Either the fighter's height ceiling is cut, missales, or the Nova tank's shooting is made as unpredictable and unusable as possible! Did ball lightning, flying indefinitely in a straight line, bother you? YES, you need to nerf its ballistics so that no one can hit anyone. Annoing.

Good potential, but not playable at the current build. Vs is just the ai sending soldiers one at a time to your defenses. The units are buggy; my vehicles couldn't even leave the hangar without flipping and destroying themselves. I got very bored with the singles. Siege mode is under work, but really isn't special, or fun. It is AI sending 100 units at you in one minute, you can make maybe 5. You can't build; there isn't a point in it. The campaign isn't there This game has great potential, but currently, it isn't worth the money to much negative not enough positive. I'll try again in a year.

Game mechanics in FPS mode feel like I'm playing a shooter from the early 2000s. I made the mistake of waiting too long to try it out and can't get a refund. Maybe one day it'll be worth playing

needs balance, more resource nodes supply sucks. troops extremely expensive, cant pull anything out since harvesters take an hour to get anywhere troops are slow. drop ships broken troops cannot put any inf in them at all but apparently i can stack them on top of the ship manually . humans cant really fight back late game. that's what killed it for me great game so far i will be back if some changes are made i can not recommend in this state tho.

overall, this game has a crazy amount of potential the skirmishes are longwhich from an rts lover stand piont are not a bad thing. Long skirmishes can really get you into the game and thinking strategically. there are some glaring issues at the time of this post though. such as your units climbing on top of each other and getting stuck, harvesters not working autonomously and the visibility on 1st person. look, it's an early access game at this time. if you buy an early access game expecting a even an almost done game just don't do it. just appreciate the idea and support the developers.

Would have recommended, if a lot of the bugs were addressed faster. Yes, I know it's made by a single individual, but I would rather have the game be slightly more playable as compared to more content. I can wait for new DLC, IF the base game was stable and I could enjoy it for hours on end. Don't get me wrong, I love the concept, but the execution could use more work. Will change review when my problems with this game have been addressed. Thank you, and best of luck.

This is an incredible game. Even in its early access state, the dev has successfully captured the epic scale of the conflicts I imagined as a kid playing Dune 2000. Silica is a readily apparent successor to that Westwood classic (sandworms included), successfully splicing the RTS genre with a modern interpretation of Battlezone's gameplay. I'm having a hard time coming up with the words to describe the feelings of grandeur Silica gave me, wandering its rocky cliffs on a hoverbike as a sniper, and later engaging in all out war as part of a hovertank platoon on the dunes. This is one of those games you have to try for yourself to see what I mean, with the caveat that you need good hardware to handle it. Until Dune: Awakening releases at a vague date in 2025, Silica is the next best thing for war on a desert planet. And dare I say it, you'll come back for more when you want to swap survival for a strategic shooter of epic proportions.

The Game is unplayable in this state, especially for this price!!! It's years away from a early access and should be a demo! At least a demo should be available so one is able to explore the game further, without the pressure of having to return it after playing for less than 2 hours (steam return policy). The Idea itself is great and the game has a lot of potential. Just not worth the buck until it's polished enough to be played.