Starting with the unit abilities, like attack and defense ratings, flying ability or immunity to specific environments, then leading over to special weapons (smell bombs, firecrackers…) and finally physical environment. The winning tactics are determined by a number of factors, each very readable and intuitively understandable by itself, but potentially tricky in combination. Having the right idea and giving exact orders is key – just sending soldiers towards the closest opponent virtually never leads to success. Few “military” units have to be used in the most effective ways, finding which becomes increasingly complex over time. Each main campaign level, bearing no logical links or plot progress, is a small work of art. Instead, the focus is exclusively on gameplay. Highlighting further how needless all this fluff which was slowly becoming the norm in larger productions actually was. Going further against the zeitgeist, Epyx saved themselves (and the player) all those high effort cutscenes, 3D rendered or with live actors etc. Which all rightfully belong to US! An ironic take on violent conflict in the middle of the ultra-militaristic 1990s. Being insects, the competition is all about space in the garden and food resources. Careless observers may think only the helmet colour distinguishes US from THEM, but really, this takes place within the eternal struggle of good versus evil.

It's war! The heroic armies of US are in locked in deadly competition against the wretched evildoers of THEM. While on the other hand, the footprint it did leave on the later genre shows in many small details nevertheless.įirst things first. Exploring paths which even since then have rarely been explored again. And the more you played it, the more apparent it became how this game went its own ways and followed fundamentally different paradigms. Bearing a number of similarities with the rising so-called Real Time Strategy genre, it didn't quite fit in even at first glance. Well, now that this game would ever have been considered regular. Views: 57396 Screenshots Review by Mr Creosote ()īattle Bugs came out at a strange time.

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