Savage: The Battle for Newerth

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Description

As the name implies, 'Newerth' is the New Earth some long time in the future after man has managed to destroy all that has been created and are not in a time period of magical and technological conflict.

The game is a Real Time Strategy Shooter (RTSS) as the designers call it. One player acts as the commander and builds a base, controls workers, researches, gives orders, etc. The difference is that the battle units are all player controlled up to a maximum of 31 per team (64 players/server max).

The game itself is a battle between man and evolved beast lead by a sorceress. It is a completely different experience from any other game on the market but is similar to CounterStrike and Warcraft III mixed together. For the full story in a handy comic book format visit the website.

As a side note, the game has no monthly charge and is online only. The game comes in one disc or the player may download it and purchase a CD-Key online.

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Alternate Titles

• "野人：纽沃斯之战" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Savage: Битва за новую землю" -- Russian spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Middleware: SDL
• Savage series

User Reviews

Savage is fun at best, and just plain aggravating at worst.

Windows

WJAndrews (35)

Critic Reviews

Abandonia Reloaded	Windows	Dec 28, 2006	4.7 out of 5	94
Worth Playing	Windows	Sep 19, 2003	9 out of 10	90
Game Shark	Windows	Nov 13, 2003	B+	83
Fragland.net	Windows	Mar 31, 2004	81 out of 100	81
Games4Mac	Macintosh	2005	79 out of 100	79
Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Mar 31, 2004	79 out of 100	79
Inside Mac Games (IMG)	Macintosh	Jun 21, 2005	7.5 out of 10	75
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Nov 01, 2004	14 out of 20	70
Joystick (French)	Windows	May, 2004	7 out of 10	70
Game Watcher	Windows	Oct 24, 2003	6.3 out of 10	63

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Trivia

Despite being a retail game, Savage won the 2004 Independent Game of the Year at the Independent Games Festival.

Related Web Sites

• Savage (European site)
• Savage: The Battle for Newerth (Official website)