An RTS game so good it ruined its developer and sold no copies

[@NuStiuFrate]

1:26 wow, these AI photos are getting scary good.

[@chippatterson8322]

I was one of the artists that worked on this game. Thanks everybody for the kind words. This was by far one of the most fun projects I had the pleasure to develop and I look forward to building a triple AAA version of this game someday! By far one of the most fun games to play test. Thanks for the excellent review. I think you did a fantastic job. Just a note about the lore, our office manager Steve Moore was also a brilliant playwright and contributed to much of the character of the game. Also, Beverly Garland was one of the best art directors I ever had the pleasure of working with and had so much to do with creating a cohesive look and feel for this game. So happy to see people are still playing :-)

[@julealgon]

Oh dude.... please don't tease us like that... I can only imagine what a modern version of this game would be like with a fully fledged story and everything. Thanks for contributing to this absolute masterpiece. It is criminal that the game didn't sell enough copies. It was ahead of its time.

[@user-ge3lb2ym9k]

Super cool to see one of you on here. Thanks for the great game, it was an enjoyable and memorable experience in my childhood. I'm an adult and a developer now, and Netstorm is part of the inspiration for my recent swan dive into the world of indie game dev. The art and design made it feel nice for my eyes to take in the game world, even as my structures crumbled. The essence of the game was wonderfully unique, and even the frustrating challenges I'd unintentionally create for myself (in a moment of poor strategic planning) would turn into fun puzzles to work through/around. Thanks again!

[@chippatterson8322]

Thanks man! Yeah, I imagine bringing the camera down onto the islands so the player can enjoy the sensation of being 'in' the place he/she created. Maybe someday :) @@julealgon

[@chippatterson8322]

Thanks for the feedback ge3lb2ym9k :) Yeah, the gameplay was super compelling and inspired by two classics, chess and tetris. I had nothing to do with the fun, that was all Jim, Ken and Zach... each so accomplished (and genius) in there own ways. @@user-ge3lb2ym9k

[@julealgon]

@@chippatterson8322 Have you ever considered contacting some of the original team and trying a kickstarter?

[@jamesfgreer]

I was the cofounder of this studio and am glad to hear that people are still loving our game, it’s manual, and the soundtrack

[@Zade_95]

Thats awesome man appreciate you dropping by. Hope things are going well for you!

[@julealgon]

Really appreciate what you guys did with this game. To this day this is one of my favorite games of that era. I remember getting to know about it on a demo version that I played to hell and back. Many many years later I would actually go and buy the full big box version. You had some absolutely great ideas here and the game stands tall to this day even comparing it to classics such as StarCraft. Absolute shame you didn't get the proper recognition and sales at the time... the game deserved a lot of success.

[@joeladolph3508]

Played Netstorm for years and years and was devoted to the community as a kid. You did amazing work on this game.

[@SuryanshP2022]

As a kid, I spent weeks and weeks trying to beat the Dissolved Alliance campaign. Thinking about it still stresses me out to this day. Thank you for making Netstorm!

[@TemplarWarden]

I was never good enough to beat a single level of this game. However the aesthetics and vibe and lore have captured me. Still bouncing around in my head and inspiring me to this day. 23 years after I first encountered them. It hit the perfect feel and I'm pretty sure some of my love for fantasy can be brought back here.

[@MrMoustacheish]

How have I never seen this game? I was an RTS junkie back then. Thanks for shedding light on this.

[@lolaldanee2743]

Same here, have seen some pretty obscure stuff, but have never even heard of this one

[@julealgon]

Do yourself a favor and go play it immediately. It is an AWESOME game. Absolute criminal that it didn't sell better at the time because it absolutely deserved it. It is one of the most unique RTS games there are IMHO, with elements that were still not replicated in any other game ever since as far as I know.

[@AlRoderick]

It's weird how much of the themes of this game made it into Sacrifice which came out in 2000. Floating islands, a central priest character, a Pantheon of Gods representing elements, these aren't entirely unique themes, but it's weird how much they parallel each other.

[@narius_jaden215]

Yeah it's no wonder I loved both games lol

[@linuxgameplayxp6246]

Yes, this is one of the best games ever created. From the unique mechanics (a combination of chess, go, and tetris) to the unique setting, this game was amazing. I know that many people remember it for the multiplayer, which was indeed way ahead of its time, but I think that the devs also put a lot of effort into the universe that they created. All the units and buildings were so original and each came with its own flavor text that added so much to their character. "Stone Towers are built from the outside in. Their builders give their strength and courage to the Tower, so much so that in every third layer of bricks is the body of a brave man." Together with Mark Morgan's amazing soundtrack, these tiny details really manage to set the mood. Glad to see it get more recognition!

[@ChrisNihilus]

I played it. Not online sadly, but the aesthetics and setting are still fascinating for me to this day. I would have love to read more of the lore.

[@Zade_95]

There's a surprising amount of it hidden away in the unit descriptions and mission end messages

[@boggyy2]

@@Zade_95 true

[@Marinealver]

For the Wind For the Sun For the Rain For the Thunder FOR THE STORM

[@linuxgameplayxp6246]

*for

[@Marinealver]

@@linuxgameplayxp6246 It is DONE!

[@klosterdude]

This was my first real time multiplayer strategy experience. This game was incredible.

[@xKinjax]

I still remember playing this in the 2002-2003 and loving it. I got it from a random demo disk but i think it must have come already hacked or something because it was the full game. I didn't have internet at home back then so i just played it singleplayer and loved every minute of it. It felt like it had so much personality and so many cool little details. Like you said from stuff like the turret wind up sound and priest chanting to seeing all the tiny villages built into the sides of the islands you're fighting on.

[@pauliusdanielius1665]

"It is done!" I remember this game as one of the most unique games I've ever played. And the creators did good job with making computer play relentlessly.

[@V2pointoh]

I used to play the hell out of this game so long ago. It wasn't the first game I ever played online, but it was the first RTS that I played online. It was the coolest thing. I remember riding out the Y2K scare playing this. I was up all night on New Years Eve in 99' playing this. I still have the original box and the very cool manual that came with it.

[@TommyDaGreatest]

Used to play this game with my brother and friends when I was young. Loved every second of it even if I lost. The sounds (especially the priest ritual) was atmospheric as hell and so was the music. There was something special about the music/ambience of older games, whether it was Netstorm, Hexen, Heretic II, Fallout 1&2 or even WoW vanilla / TBC that we don't see anymore. I think Fallen Earth was the last developed game with a foreboding and dark music track that I played before it all became modernized.

[@darkcyter]

some other awesome RTS also sunk, Armies of Exigo, Grey Goo, Rise of Legends, I wish these games made a return

[@AFnord]

Armies of Exigo was cool, if a bit derivative. Wish EA would re-release it, it was they who published it after all.

[@darkcyter]

@@AFnord The studio Blackhole Entertainment was shut down, they did an awesome job honestly, absolutely LOVED playing it

[@ExileHeretic]

Grey Goo is so good. The Goo faction alone makes it worth it. Even the Human faction with it's teleporting buildings made for some interesting gameplay. Also love the QWER hotkey system that should be the standard. Anytime I need to hit a key on the right side of the keyboard I'll just click on UI buttons.

[@darkcyter]

@@ExileHeretic Im not really big on hotkeys, very casual RTS player here, but my love for sci fi/fantasy RTS led me to Grey Goo, only played custom games for a while, but enjoyed it, glad to see more people liked it

[@Seriousasaninfarc]

I remember playing hours of netstorm back when I was a teenager, racking up truly ridiculous dial up bills. It must have been during the open beta cause I couldnt have paid for it. Back then, your units would get stronger the more priests you had successfully sacrificed and by the end, some of us with more time than sense pretty much couldnt be defeated. Before i lost my internet privileges, there was a tournament profile which gave you just acces to all elements and I think thats what I played for the remainder of my time in the world of Nimbus.

[@Commanderwho]

I had a dream last night in which I was playing a modernized version of Netstorm (which slapped btw) and woke up with such a bug to play it. I figured I'd check and see if anyone had made a video about it, as I do every couple years, and was very excited when I saw this one. It still gives me hope that this game could come back in some way, whether it be Steam support, a remake, or a rerelease. Thank you for this video.

[@kanseidorifto2430]

This is definitely an interesting idea. I’m also a particular fan of the sacrifice ritual, looks like the building destruction occurs because of the ritual holding a gate to the nether realms and it breaks?

[@thomasbarnet8175]

I played this! Thank you for going over the audio and the design because that is totally what I remember about this game. I long for the vibe of this game every once in a while, nothing else feels like Netstorm! Few games I'm as nostalgic for.

[@sahli120]

Finally found the game! I distinctly remember trying this game very briefly when my uncle had it back in the day. I was still young and didn't understand much, but the interest it sparked in me remained. Been trying to search for it again, but I couldn't find anything until I started doubting if I remembered the name correctly.

[@julealgon]

I love this game. It is so underappreciated that from time to time I do some broad search for it on KZbin just to see if there are any new interesting videos about it, which is often not the case because of how criminally unknown it is. Thanks for posting this and bringing awareness to this masterpiece of a game. Still one of my favorite games of all time and one of the most unique and ambitious RTS games. The fact that this game did not succeed is a crime against humanity.

[@Reuben.Aotearoa]

Just come across this video by doing exactly that! :)

[@EvansdiAl]

i remember playing it around 2003, as a demo in a disk full of demos. what can i say, it was brilliant

[@AnthonyConstable]

Yes, I think this was my experience too

[@thebaccathatchews]

Finally, someone's talking about this game!

[@JafferR0shak]

I still have my original NetStorm CD case, and even played it online a little when it was around. When you played the sacrifice sounds, it brought mack a flood of nostalgia. Thank you for the video.

[@knarp7063]

Same! I vaguely remembered the game and came here to look it up, but once I heard that first line I knew what followed immediately!

[@igormyronenko8414]

"Dissolved Alliance" and "The Noose" were quite a unique experience

[@vaniellys]

I swear, Zade will review every single RTS rather than try StarCraft XD

[@tuankhangcaonguyen5545]

I mean, why even cover the most famous rts game to date and yes, still more famous than coh2 and 3

[@Zade_95]

i'm scared ok!!!

[@Raybayize]

The priests:" It is done." Is to this day in my normal conversation usage, raising one or two eyebrows more than often.

[@Zade_95]

Me and a friend often drop netstorm references on each other and no one knows what the hell we're talking about lol

[@Vezill]

I absolutely loved this game and still do, I still flip through the manual every so often and listen to the soundtrack. I really wish we'd get a modern remaster of it.

[@veldanen]

One of the most memorable games during those days! Would love to see a kickstarter for a remake.

[@RealPeoplePerson]

I used to play this from time to time. The odd but compelling setting and the puzzle elements with very hard counters felt like a quite unique take on the genre. It reminds me of 2004's Perimeter which has a similarly alien setting, focus on buildings over units, and gameplay flow where you build up and slowly overwhelm the enemy defenses.

[@makingapoint]

I loved to play this game with my friend. I can remember wanting to buy it earlier but when i came back to the shop it was sold. Then buying it years later and playing it for hundreds of hours.

[@kommodore6691]

I remember playing the demo and thinking it was pretty fun then never hearing or seeing it ever again.

[@joeladolph3508]

I played Netstorm quite devotedly when it first came out and for quite a few years afterwards. It was my first experience of online gaming. It was a very good game, and even after Activision withdrew support, it remained playable for many years. Community-made patches corrected many of the bugs and imbalances present in the original release version of the game. I still tell people about how revolutionary it was for the time. The bridging mechanic added what was essentially a high-speed spatial IQ duel component to every game that was incredibly tense and satisfying. "Bridging" was the most important part of the game and was quite a skill because there were hot keys for each bridge slot, but also a cooldown for each one, so you had to find ways to use even odd or inconvenient bridge pieces as you raced to get around and cut off your opponent or prevent them from cutting you off. Very fun mechanic.

[@iRiDiKi]

The priest sacrifice ritual is so good

[@tonybabic4081]

Thanks for doing this video! The Netstorm demo was one of the first RTS' I ever played and boy did I play it! Thanks for the walk down memory lane mate.

[@Zade_95]

Hey my pleasure man, glad you enjoyed :)

[@cezarmocanu5283]

There's still a multiplayer community out there for this game with resolution mods and even extended campaign. Last I knew of them, they had a discord server somewhere. The game literally refuses to die.

[@dragiel]

finally found this game thanks to describing it to an ai. playing this game is one of my core memories from my childhood so i always remember it time to time during my 37 years of life. especially those disc throwers were so satisfying i don't know why. thank you all developers for the fun you created. and ty for the video.

[@empireempire3545]

I loved netstorm since reading the review : O I really hope it will get a proper remake one day - the sp campaign is not enough for me to quench the thirst

[@MorellioBenoir]

I was a kid doing IT in the local library and set every computer up in the LAN with this. I sat back and watched as teams formed and went at it. This game was enjoyed. :D Homework was not completed.

[@nossnitram]

Found my copy of Netstorm today when going thorugh an old box. It brought back memories. Sad that it did not do better. Have an older machine in the closet. Might need to get it out to play this properly :)

[@anonyshinki]

Loved this game as a kid. Found it really odd, the focus on buildings rather than units did confuse me to no end, but the game was nonetheless super fun and atmospheric. Didn't even know that it had multiplayer since internet wasn't much of a thing in my country back then.

[@alonsohace-ox5zp]

Never heard of this gem. Thank you for covering it!

[@Zade_95]

[@julealgon]

Play it. It is absolutely amazing.

[@JaiRapter]

You always have the best timing Luke. Last night I was looking at myabandonware for some old games to show my daughter when I found netstorm. I was planning on messaging you to ask if you remembered it from all those years back hahaha. Glad to hear you still have the CD around somewhere!

[@Zade_95]

Somehow..... I just know it

[@AFnord]

I remember this game actually being pretty heavily marketed here in Sweden. There were ads in different gaming magazines for this game, almost as many as you would expect for some really big title (we have fewer ads in our magazines than folks do state-side (comparing Swedish and US PC gamer from the era, there were less than 1/3 the number of ads in the Swedish version), so seeing this many ads for a game was pretty rare.) Game was really cool, if a bit janky. Shame the spiritual successor seems to be dead in the water :( Also, what was it with games about flying islands at this time? Stratosphere: Conquest of the Skies was released within less than half a year, and that's another game with the theme of fighting on floating islands, though this one was more actiony and your islands could have motors attached to them.

[@rubz1390]

Why do you guys have less ads? That was half the purpose of a gaming magazine back in the day imo. To let people know X game exists.

[@AFnord]

@@rubz1390 I would guess there are two reasons, first of all Sweden does not have a very big population, so fewer people to advertise to and fewer companies who can advertise. Second reason is that people here don't generally like being advertised to, and if a magazine is predominantly advertisement people are less keen on buying it. The advertisement they had were regularly criticized by readers (at least they chose to include such things in their mail section), and they said that without it price would be even higher, but there's a balance. There were even a few times when they would bash their US counterpart for going overboard with the ads. Also when it comes to finding out what games are being released, that's what the articles are for!

[@rubz1390]

@@AFnord Yeah I agree about the articles being the place to actually find out about games, but when I was young I loved gaming magazines so much even the ads were interesting to me lol. But yeah the specifics of your market makes sense.

[@Zade_95]

Haha wow I'd never heard of Stratosphere. Netstorm's evil twin?

[@collindoucet2893]

Oh. My. God. I have been looking for this game for YEARS.. I found it on a PC gamer CD or something and got it. Holy crap I loved this game..

[@diegodomingues9869]

I have the original, in the box and with manual, and it's very sad that such a good game hasn't been known, so please make a remake, I love this game...

[@alexanderwong6052]

I was an avid player when my dad bought me a copy. I was gutted when the multiplayer started dying off...I like you, would stay up all night playing it to death with people online. I played as Pillage in the skies.

[@MangaGamified]

I'm not a veteran nor experienced RTS player, even I can get hook into this, what I'm not really to fan of is "close-range" fog like the fog are in your units face already. What would ruin this if they'll bring it back is, too heavy a graphics.

[@TheArtkaw]

At the time, all people could talk about were Blizzard's RTS, maybe Tiberian Sun, etc. I did see Netstorm on my old PC Gamer issues. Playing online still felt like an impossible dream...

[@n3verendR]

This was my first real PC game. It had a demo that allowed you to get to a low level, granting you access to the Sun tech tree only. Demo players were always envious of X-Bow Wind chads. But it was super fun to play with a handicap against other players online with a demo version of the game lol. I still love this game. Edit: I'll do you one better, I own the fat lore/guide book that came in the box.

[@NM-wd7kx]

This awakened a deep memory. I remember centrifugal fireball singers so clearly

[@irkalla100]

I was addicted to this game back in the day! Even if the game was exceedingly easy to hack, both in single player and multi-player, I was still hooked on the multi-player.

[@cenkaetaya]

We played this all the time online. It was super awesome. The online interface was like the coolest thing ever. You guys should see another video showing it. Its really something else.

[@Magpie1701]

That was good. Now do Dark Reign: The Future of War!

[@Quirriff]

I played this religiously back in the year 2000 and got in a lot of trouble with my mother for the long internet usage on our dial-up modem. You haven't really describe what multiplayer was like so I'll as good a summery as I can. When you first start playing multiplayer you create a multiplayer save which determines the shape of your island and your starting generator, more on that later. Unlike other RTS games there are no "factions" exactly, it's more like the different types of cards in collectable card games like Magic: The Gathering, it goes deeper than that as generators are like lands in magic, For example wind generators create wind energy that helps create wind aligned units, but sun units need no specific energy. You start of as a level 1 and you only have the ability to create Sun Disc throwers and sun cannons. and each priest you sacrifice for anything other than storm power grants you a new level. You can ether sacrifice for knowledge of a new unit type that's limited to the level of your altar; so in a level 1 altar you can only get sun barricade, stone tower, wind generator, sailing skiff, rain generator, acid barricade, thunder generator or bulf. Or you can upgrade your altar without destroying it so the next priest you sac grants level 2 units. But having the knowledge to make units isn't the same as being able to make them there's no way a max level player can implement all their knowledge against a level 1 player because there's only so much space on your home island for workshops and slots in your workshop so it's like building a deck from a collectable card game in real time.

[@TriFekt]

I grew up with this game. It's wild that it didn't do better, there really was and still is no other strategy game like it.

[@Pulsed101]

I was addicted to the online multiplayer for a while, the community was awesome.

[@jaykaypos]

When I first played it, my PC couldn't handle Parallax clouds... 😂 Another rts I played: ~ Ascendancy ~ Tone rebellion (weirdly, didn't know until now, these two are from the same company)

[@ComVlad]

Nice, I've got some fond memories of playing the hell out of the demo for this. One of my earliest pc gaming experiences was pretty much the PC gamer demo disk that had (the insanely good) combo of netstorm, age of empires, jedi knight and I played the hell out of that thing

[@samuraimalla]

Loved this game, still do! A remaster would be awesome.

[@Jonny_Smith_777]

Yup, played it back in the day. Fantastic day, really like the atmosphere of it!

[@RodrigoSpacecpp]

I found this game randomly browsing around... 2010, maybe? The playerbase was very active at that time and I quickly became addicted to playing online almost everyday. I kinda sucked but still was able to level up my island to the max level. There was a "rank" thing that used to reset the knowledge in exchange for a permanent attack/defense boost, but the new devs removed it, probably to avoid infinite grinding. As the years passed it became harder and harder to find someone to play against. Also: wind was OP.

[@d_o_m_o]

One of the best games I ever played back then. But I only played the campaign offline. Some levels were really difficult. But you can find an easy way to win safely. Simply surround the enemy with bridges at early game. The AI didn't know how to break through these bridges. But it was fun anyway. Personally, I don't need it as multiplayer. I would play a remaster with a larger campaign.

[@GameAlicornLuna]

I played and loved this. I only wish this game had a sort of skirmish mode but I remember this game from back in the very old days of RTS where Skirmish Mode was the wild dreams of madmen.

[@GreySectoid]

This was an excellent game back in the day. Even today there is nothing comparable.

[@MrVlad12340]

Oh yes i know this game! I played it when i was really young! Didnt even knew what the name was!

[@ancientgamer3645]

Retroactive childhood memories by Zade. Fantastic!👍👍

[@BoisegangGaming]

I want to know who signed off on calling the studio "titanic" because they must have been deciding between that and "Hindenburg Interactive"

[@Zade_95]

I think they were also tossing up Chernobyl Studios

[@andreicraciun8941]

I have played from an old friend CD! It was unique fun!

[@AwesomeJedi182]

Thanks for letting me know the only RTS game I seem to have missed. It is my goal to play 85% of all existing RTS games . (85% cuz some are console only and some don't run no more)

[@Zade_95]

that sounds like a very difficult but fun (mostly) challenge!

[@AwesomeJedi182]

@@Zade_95 it's a pain in the ass but fun. Plus I'm already mostly done I just gotta play the new ones that come out. I even played grey goo, although it wasn't really ....that great to be quite honest. Unique but kinda meh.

[@bluesrock1986]

If I could go back in time and do one thing over again, it would be to play netstorm again

[@LockandLoad79]

I got this game as a bonus/freeware from an old, now defunct, PC magazine when I was still in highschool. Barely able to run it on my old potato PC. Now, I don't know if can run it on my Win 11 DX12 laptop. Even with emulators. But, gosh dangit, I gotta have those files for old nostalgia sake.

[@Zade_95]

You should be able to. Runs fine ok modern PCs. I recorded most of this footage on my W11 desktop, and the rest of it emulated through Parallels on my M1 Macbook Pro... I think my watch could play this game :P

[@Feuerartillerie]

Yup, that was part of my childhood. But have you heard of Tone Rebellion?

[@Typo350]

Always sad to see a game with innovative gameplay ideas crash and burn on launch despite the good reviews from critics at the time. It leads to situations like this where you have a game with potential that is so obscure and nearly completely unheard of today

[@tynsier]

I Still have my disc for Netstorm I loved playing it back in the day.

[@yuduul7177]

I downloaded the game through abandonware but it keeps crashing whenever there is thunder sounding off in the background. Anyone know how to fix this?

[@logandye1525]

It would be really amazing if stratus: battle for the sky got a major update on steam and epic…late July….

[@dennisdavidov782]

If you're planning to review more old games I suggest Dark Reign: The Future of War (another 1997 RTS from Activision).

[@Zade_95]

OH yes. Dark reign 100% deserves a video

[@Ovog95]

I never played this game, but remember seeing a video for it in the intro of another game, and always thought it looked really misterious.

[@Zade_95]

yeah i've gotta say the vibe/atmosphere is pretty on point with netstorm

[@-opus]

"Titanic Entertainment" what could go wrong...

[@rey1454]

My favorite RTS, I bought my copy from CompUSA and looked the heck out of it

[@narius_jaden215]

Man I fucking loved this game when I was a kid. I played it nonstop xD.

[@boggyy2]

this was one of my old time favs

[@armelior4610]

The joke of naming your company Titanic must have been less funny after the game's release... way to tempt fate. I'm not so familiar with RTS sales number, but is there any with no campaign or an afterthought one that has ever been succesful ? (outside of Sins of a solar empire, which I think is not only a RTS but a light 4X as well) I mean Ages of, XXarcraft, C&C, even total anihilation or dawn of war... all the classics had a good/great solo basis before multiplayer, I think that's a factor

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

I remember this game! I had a demo file of it and it was awesome!

[@MrJC1]

I had the demo from some magazine back in the day. I found it to be very unique. But forgot about it and moved on. Haha.

[@iAletho]

Hey Zade, I was just wondering how you upload so quickly!? Do you have an editor by any chance? I'd love to be able to upload as often as you do! 😅

[@Zade_95]

No editor, just me! This and the last Company of Heroes video were made in unison somewhat as that first vid was sponsored and had to go out at a said day. So this one was done too and I figured it wouldn't make sense to wait around and not release it. Look like you don't release too infrequently based on the last couple of months! It's all just a time thing though. Different lives mean different amounts of time we can all allocate to making vids :P

[@iAletho]

@Zade Ah that's interesting! You seem to be really good on the consistency at the moment so congrats on that! That makes sense on the companies of heroes vid, keep up the good work!

[@Zade_95]

Thank you, its something I've been focusing on this year in particular. Last couple were more inconsistent for sure. There'd be times where I would a video for 4-6 weeks 💀💀 feel free to dm me on Twitter if you wanna chat more!

[@davyhotch]

I fully expected some computer hacker game with a name like Netstorm.

[@AFnord]

How about NetHack? Also not a hacking game :P

[@Rockanichu]

Campaign is really fun! but the control system is really carpal tunnel inducing.

[@NormaKhan]

I never had the original game but I did have a pirated version. I must admit as a kid I sucked at this game. Would love to have a crack at it as an adult especially since I grew up playing other RTS games.

[@Tenvir]

I really loved this as well....its a shame the remake has kind of died as well :/ I'd love to see a new version of it. Preferably keeping the spritework, i am not really a fan of "updated" graphics in remakes made into 3d. It never looks as good in my eyes as the original. It looses its charm. I thought the flying squids were terrifying....and how their icewall towers simply regenerated. Even though the mighty thunder cannons seemed poutmatched you still were outgunned. So many incredible memories from seeing my brothers play this as a little wee one. Even cooler to get to try it out myself. Thank you for this review :) well done!

[@mmcb2910]

Very interesting. Somekne should make a newer RTS game with bridge mechanics.

[@Firzj]

The game of my childhood ❤

[@infinityryvus]

This is one of the greatest games ever made. So much fun.

[@KyranFindlater]

It was an amazing game, I played it back in the day and had a great time. I think I played online too

[@lolmao500]

That rts was awesome, i played a lot of it back in the day.... sold no copies... well they sold at least one... or maybe it was the demo lol

[@riv4lm4n]

Young me was also mesmerized by this game and terrorized by the priest death

[@Zade_95]

YES me too the screams bro

[@Tyranix97]

I played this. It's actually pretty good.

[@GamerM1235]

I feel like the box art killed it almost as much as people just not knowing it was a thing. A lightning bolt? That's it. What is is? What type of game? There is nothing there except it's namesake to get your attention. I'm not a marketing guy. So I could be horrible wrong about this. But I wouldn't even pick it up off the shelf, thinking it was some kind of virus blocker software.

[@dudere]

I don't even have a net storm jewel-case. I have "The book of Nimbus",

[@Zade_95]

holy

[@dudere]

@@Zade_95 I had to keep it hidden from my very religious father. It was a pretty bold move to make the instruction manual a bible for storm worshipers. Thanks for the video. This is a great way to tell people about Netstorm without my friends thinking I made it up.

[@l0rf]

I was too young to fully appreciate this, which is a shame.

[@Zade_95]

I was too when it came out, it wasn't until after the servers died I ever played it ♥️