Interloper Reviews

Basically, you play as a big sperm, move around to weird sperm bases, capture said sperm bases, make tiny sperm to defend your current sperm, then you can make robotics and lasers out of the tiny sperms to kill the other person's tiny sperm. The game is an incredible fast paced RTS that is like a mini mixture of the strategy of a simplified Civ 5, the art and music of an outstanding indie title, and the speed of a checkers match. The blend of simultaneous play between players conjoined with battle tactics that are so simple, yet so hard to employ makes this game a unique star in the RTS genre. So I'd say buy it, maybe on sale (you should really buy all things on sale), get one for your pal and get flustered when he punches your sperm with a robot made of other sperms.

Interloper is a unique, beautiful and fast-paced RTS game in which you control a tribe of alien fish with the goal of capturing more territory than a rival tribe of alien fish. Your main character is a Sentinel, which is immortal and can capture territory or go invisible and intangible. Each map contains certain structures that can be captured. Assemblers produce Drones, provided they are connected to a Power Source. Drones are quick little creatures that can block the path of Sentinels and can attack other Drones. There are also Foundries, which also require a Power Source and can convert Drones into Specialist Units such as Defenders (cost 2 Drones but have 3 HP), Snipers (cost 3 Drones, and have 1 HP, but can shoot enemies at a distance), and Destroyers (cost 4 Drones and have two arms that can be used either to attack or defend, but recharge over time). And that’s about it. The player who captures 75% of the territory wins. This is one of those games that has the perfect balance between simple rules and depth of gameplay. You do not need to memorize the stats and abilities of dozens of different units, know the full implications of different technologies, or spend hundreds of hours playing or watching game mechanics videos to understand the subtle intricacies of the game. You can learn everything there is to know about the game in 1-2 hours, then test your skills against either the AI or other players online. Interloper is a game of quick thinking, reflexes and strategy in which skill beats dedication and no strategy will always win. (You may form a strategy which will usually win if you always play against different players, but once someone learns your strategy, they can come up with one to beat it.) Features: - Unique, beautiful, and somewhat surreal atmosphere. - Single Player Tutorial/Campaign that walks you through the basics. - 13 skirmish maps where you can play against AI or other players. - Public Online Multiplayer matches with a ranked leaderboard. - Private Online Multiplayer matches in which you can challenge your friends. - 4 difficulty levels of AI and 4 behavior types, as well as 7 handicaps for an additional challenge. - Replays of all your matches are automatically saved, and you can optionally upload them so that everyone can see them. - Option to play skirmishes against the AI or watch replays while in the public multiplayer waiting queue.

The game itself is decent. Unfortunately, the single player skirmishes after the campaign become boring quickly and the multiplayer scene is dead. If there were more players to play against it would definitely deserve its thumbs up. As it is it barely gets one.

This game is amazing, it's basically a mix of chess and an RTS. I finished the campaign and played every map in skirmish in little over 2 hours, but beware.. NO AI can prepare you for the mindgames in multiplayer. I've only played 3 multiplayer games so far and they're pretty brutal. (same goes for the expert AI) If you make a mistake you WILL pay for it. #1 advice for this game: JUST DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE!

Quick early review: Only played 3 matches, but this is a FUUUUN game. It requires tactics and is pretty fast-paced. Lots of micromanagement keeps you on your toes. More people should buy this game...especially at this price. As a RTS it's fun and entertaining...pretty much perfect and what I expected. 9/10...deducting a point because the menu on OSX requires a workaround to function. That should really get fixed!

Game Play - 1 Play Time - 1 Engaging - 1 Stability - 1 Sound - 1 Innovation - 1 Story - 0 Replay - 1 Graphics - 1 Price - 1 Total Score - 9/10 Note: Nice little thinker game. The single player is really just a tutorial for multi-player. Saddly the muli-player is kinda dead. Since it's free convincing others you know to play it shouldn't be to hard.

Fun little 2D "zone capture" that's, as the description states, "easy to learn, difficult to master". Downside: not well known so the multiplayer is not very populated.

Really cool game but nobody playing multiplayer. If you can play local or are happy vs AI then this game is very entertaining. If you want to go toe to toe with strangers on the internet look elsewhere.

After watching the trailer, I immediately realized that this is a very interesting and concrete project. Without thinking twice, I bought and rejoiced, because it weighs only 300 mb. I downloaded, I was happy again, I began to receive training. But later, realizing that this is the whole beauty of the game, I was stuck and continued to master the complex management (well, that there are hotkeys). The first thing I would like to say is that this is a very long and detailed training in many stages and battles with the computer. Each explanation is accompanied by a mini-game where you dictate to study new techniques and new "objects", which in the future you will fight. These "objects" you have to create with the help of the barracks, which, in turn, feed on special sources of energy. There are several types of "items": some - ordinary pawns, other guards, third strong fighters, and the rest - excellent snipers. Even in the game there is an object that allows heroes only in one direction, which makes the battle even worse. After several such explanations, you get into the game using a computer, where you need, with the help of the aforementioned "assistants", to grab the necessary number of fields. Over time, things get complicated. Of course, you can follow exactly the same way as your opponent, but that will not be enough to win. You will need to create a brain opening tactic (or simply) with which you will win. Plus enough in this game. The first plus is the idea itself, the second is unconditionally graphic, because it relaxes, and the third plus is the soundtrack, the fourth and fifth are gameplay and entertainment with friends, because the battles in this game, especially with a friend, are quite spectacular. But in this game there are minuses. For an inexperienced player, there are "protracted" situations when playing with bots. That is, the effect of the slogan "our rounds lasts no more than 5 minutes" in such situations collapses due to the fact that you can get into a tactical or strategic stupor. The game is very well balanced, you can not crush the enemy by the farm, you will be saved only by competent tactics, which at some moments can reduce the dynamics, causing the player to "slow down" the action and think about the next move in the game, and thus the round can drag on 10-15 minutes. It all depends on the ingenuity of the player. But experience in the game as a result can deny this flaw. Some of them may call the controversial setting of the game - a kind of fantastic "underwater" or "bioworld" is at first a little scary, as long as the player gets used to the mechanics of the game. Interloper - a good network puzzle with unusual gameplay, suitable for the break. With all this, the game dragged me over 51 hours. But for those who just want to spend time pleasantly, I advise you to immediately copy several packages to yourself and friends. Due to the fact that I can not immediately find a network fight 9.5/10.

To tell you guys the truth, I wasn't expect any good from this game in the frist place. In fact, I added Interloper to my wishlist and removed it soon, just because I thought "nah, this game doesn't looks like promising enough. I've got enough games refunded already so I'm not gonna take another wlid shot". And of course I'm terribly wrong. So where do I start with? This game is indeed a fast-paced strategy game, it is fast enough to complete a round within 5 minutes. It is kinda casual-ish, It won't take long to finish a round, nor have yourself an epic bloody battle for a couple hours. It does has simple controls, but the strategy is still required. You will need to make a plan, fast, like figure out what you're gonna do for this whole round in half a minute right after the start of the game, otherwise, you might lose, and the reason is you got blocked in a corner, and by the time you phased out, your opponent had took over all your territory already. And keep that in mind, I'm not good at RTS, but still I'm having fun in this game. I highly recommend this game, there's a sale anyway so go try it yourself, and hopely have some fun.