“Preview: Etherium Is a Mash-Up of the Best of PC Real-Time Strategy”
[Gamespot]
“Preview: With a nice mix of classic RTS gameplay and some interesting new ideas, Etherium promises a simplified, streamlined strategy experience”
[Gamewatcher]
“Impressions: The setting is very cool, gameplay is fast and streamlined, secondary factions & weather bring the flavour”
[Dealspwn]
Etherium is a real-time strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where three factions battle it out for a mysterious and rare resource known as ‘Etherium’.
Manage your resources, develop your base, and take command of infantry, tanks, aircraft, and gigantic colossi of war to battle not only your foes, but weather anomalies and mysterious secondary factions in richly strategic and original RTS gameplay. In the single player Conquest mode, develop your technological capabilities and expand your colonies over the furthest sectors of space, assembling a formidable armada.
Each of the three factions have their own strengths and weaknesses, as well as different tactical command skills such as map exposure, climate control, or planetary bombardment. Define your own strategy, deciding to either fell your enemy by striking their mother-ship from the planet's surface, or rapidly crushing their colonies. In multiplayer, team up or wage battle in all-out deathmatches with up to 4 players!
Key features:
3 empires with distinct characteristics, units, and special skills
A dynamic campaign where each decision counts
A dynamic weather control system that directly impacts your strategy
A challenging multiplayer mode where up to 4 players can compete in intense matches