First Strike: Final Hour is a game better suited for the mobile space. Its simplicity and fast-paced nature work great on the go, but when you’ve got a modern computer there are better choices—even in its genre. DEFCON and Plague Inc. are similar in concept, but include something notably absent in First Strike: Final Hour: a multiplayer mode. Playing solo works fine on mobile, where spotty internet access causes frequent disconnections. At home, no multiplayer neuters its longevity. Every match starts to feel the same and the enemies become predictable. Unlike Sid Meier’s Civilization franchise, opponents are faceless countries with no personality. At $11.99 it’s a hard sell over the mobile version, despite its improved graphics and control scheme.
First Strike: Final Hour
FEINHEIT GmbH · Mar 12, 2014
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FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.
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- 4.5Ultimately, I couldn’t enjoy my time with First Strike Final Hour. It feels like the worst parts of micro-management games, without any of the growth and payoff you earn from those titles. While not the worst RTS by any measure, it’s certainly not one of the better ones on Steam.
- The game also sounds excellent. Minimalist, flowing music is punctuated with bursts of loud pumping riffs when First Strikes happen. Missiles launching and detonating sound great and the beeps and boops of the interface really make you feel like you’re hunched over a screen in some bunker somewhere, watching the end of the world happen.First Strike is a fun and super stylish game and should be loads of fun for any fan of strategy.
- 8.0But it’s fascinating seeing all of this at a macro level, and that players are allowed to take this situation, play a game inside of it, and take whatever lessons they may, is an interesting way to approach this topic. And hey, First Strike is a game with a message that doesn’t forget that it’s a game.
- 4.0As creative as First Strike: Final Hour is, it suffers from a lack of necessary strategy, barebones content, and high price tag compared to its iOS counterpart. The RTS elements boil down to clicking "defend" at the right time while leisurely alternating between researching and building missiles, which works for a mobile device, but not a full PC release.
- 8.0There's a maudlin, desperate undercurrent to First Strike. It tells a tale of the inevitability of destruction. Rockets miss their targets, cities are laid waste, and millions fall under the push of a finger on the screen. A thought provoking and fast-paced strategy game, murdering millions with the flick of a finger in First Strike will make you laugh and cry.
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