76
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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.8
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Description

Perimeter is the self-appointed rebirth of the Real Time Strategy genre. It employs three innovations to the genre to set it apart from all other RTS games.

For one, you will only be able to command five squads of three types of 'specialists' - Soldiers, Officers and Technicians - which are able to morph into different units, if the squad composition matches the requirements for that type of unit.

You also have the ability to terraform the landscape around you, raising hills or excavating valleys to zero level, where you may then build structures.

Finally, the feature that gives the game its title, you are able to set up an impenetrable shield - perimeter - that renders anything in its radius invulnerable as long as that shield is up. It will drain your energy (the game's only resource) very quickly, so you must use it sparingly if you wish to survive.

Perimeter is an RTS game that redefines the formula, with more emphasis on Strategy than Micromanagement.

Alternate Titles

  • "太空堡垒" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
  • "Периметр" -- Russian title

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Perimeter Windows $4.69  
GOG
Perimeter $9.99  
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The Press Says

PC Gamer UK May 26, 2004 9 out of 10 90
ActionTrip Jun 18, 2004 80 out of 100 80
IGN Jun 29, 2004 8 out of 10 80
Joystick Jun, 2004 8 out of 10 80
Strategy Informer Sep 15, 2004 7.7 out of 10 77
JeuxVideoPC.com Nov 21, 2006 14 out of 20 70
PC Games (Germany) Jun 26, 2004 70 out of 100 70
Jeuxvideo.com May 17, 2004 13 out of 20 65
Digital Entertainment News (den) Sep 23, 2004 6 out of 10 60
Game Shark Jun 10, 2004 D+ 33

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Trivia

On the first international Russian Computer Game Developers Conference KRI 2003 project, Perimeter won the Best technology award. On the KRI 2004, that took place in Moskow on 20-22th Februar 2004, the game got two prestigious awards. Perimeter became the Best PC Game from dozens of game projects, developed in Russia and CIS for PC, and also got the award in the nomination Best Game Design. After release the game also received some awards from Russian and western computer game magazines and sites.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by PhoenixFire (83) on Jun 02, 2004.
 

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