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
• "Savage: La Lotta per Newerth" -- Italian title

Part of the Following Groups

• Asymmetrical multiplayer games
• Middleware: SDL
• Savage series

User Reviews

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

Windows

WJAndrews (35)

Critic Reviews

GameHippo.com	Windows	Oct 03, 2006	10 out of 10	100
Abandonia Reloaded	Windows	Dec 28, 2006	4.7 out of 5	94
Worth Playing	Windows	Sep 19, 2003	9 out of 10	90
Netjak	Windows	Oct 29, 2003	8.3 out of 10	83
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Windows	Nov 13, 2003		80
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Windows	Feb 17, 2004	8 out of 10	80
GameZone	Windows	Sep 16, 2003	7.8 out of 10	78
Armchair Empire, The	Windows	Nov 09, 2003	7.5 out of 10	75
Inside Mac Games (IMG)	Macintosh	Jun 21, 2005	7.5 out of 10	75
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Jan, 2004		70

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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)