I was randomly browsing the demo section of the xbla when I found this game called "Carrier Command: Gaea Mission". I've tried it and it's good. Really good.
It's an elegant hybrid of FPS, RTS, and some air combat gameplay. The first island sucks because it's a tutorial. but once finished with that the game basically becomes XCOM enemy unknown but real time instead of turn based and soldiers replaced with easily replaceable machinery.
Relatability to machinery aside, this is a fantastic game. Or at least, a fantastic demo. It actually lets you save the game. Even though it's a demo, it lets you save the game. And in that fantastic save state style. It also has autosaves.
The combat is really good for an RTS/FPS/Vehicle combat hybrid. The explosions are fantastic and the controls are smooth once you get used to them. Basically, if you've ever played supreme commander 2 and thought "Man I'd really like to get in the cockpit of my air unit and just blow them up myself", well, now you can. You can only store 8 vehicles at a time though. 4 air and 4 ground. Ground units are amphibious, though so don't worry about boats. You can even equip the vehicles with different weapons and armor.
Try the demo first, like I am. One things for sure though, this is one hell of a dark horse. Nobody seems remotely aware of it.
It's an elegant hybrid of FPS, RTS, and some air combat gameplay. The first island sucks because it's a tutorial. but once finished with that the game basically becomes XCOM enemy unknown but real time instead of turn based and soldiers replaced with easily replaceable machinery.
Relatability to machinery aside, this is a fantastic game. Or at least, a fantastic demo. It actually lets you save the game. Even though it's a demo, it lets you save the game. And in that fantastic save state style. It also has autosaves.
The combat is really good for an RTS/FPS/Vehicle combat hybrid. The explosions are fantastic and the controls are smooth once you get used to them. Basically, if you've ever played supreme commander 2 and thought "Man I'd really like to get in the cockpit of my air unit and just blow them up myself", well, now you can. You can only store 8 vehicles at a time though. 4 air and 4 ground. Ground units are amphibious, though so don't worry about boats. You can even equip the vehicles with different weapons and armor.
Try the demo first, like I am. One things for sure though, this is one hell of a dark horse. Nobody seems remotely aware of it.
