Oil Rush Review (PC/Mac/Linux)

Oil Rush is a counter-argument to the idea that real-time strategy games don’t have enough strategy. It attempts to simplify the style by slightly relaxing player control and adding in tower defense components. Combined with an interesting premise – a water-flooded future earth has factions squabbling over oil – and delightful graphics for an indie game, it has a lot to recommend it at first glance. But it has problems, too, largely resulting from over-simplification. By only trying to simplify some of the tactics used in the game without balancing other components, Oil Rush consigns itself to be known as...  read more