![]() A few DS games have tried to make the concept work on a portable but the low resolution of Nintendo’s portable has doomed them all to failure.The iPhone, and particularly iPad, is much better suited though and if Starfront serves no other purpose it’s in definitively proving that fact.In typical Gameloft fashion the presentation, including a nice CGI intro, is excellent. Just as there is not a single good idea that goes un-stolen, there’s also no new ones to make up for the wholesale copycatting.Real-time strategy games have never worked on home consoles for a variety of reasons, the most pressing being the lack of any useful alternative to mouse and keyboard control. Presumably the answer to the second question is the same reason why they keep making so many Asphalt sequels as well: familiarity sells.If you’ve played Starcraft before, or any other similar real-time strategy game, then you have played Starfront too. And they’d probably do a good job of it too, given how impressive a clone this is of Starcraft.The two most confusing things about Gameloft are a) how they’ve ever managed to get this far without being sued off the face of the Earth and b) why they don’t use their considerable creative talents to make something original. The bosses at the mobile developer were clearly born without an ounce a shame and would copy their grandmother’s game design if they thought it would make them money. Playing spot the clone on Gameloft’s website is a peculiarly enjoyable experience. Connect to Gameloft LIVE! 2.0 and compete to rule the leaderboards.Starfront: Collision (iPhone) – industrial strength déjà vu.Enjoy unlimited replayability thanks to Multiplayer mode.Choose between 5 multiplayer maps, each corresponding to one the 5 environments in the game.Confront your friends in epic and challenging Local and Online Multiplayer battles.Gaze upon top-notch 3D-rendered environments, buildings and units.Discover the deep and engaging story of a war for resources, told throughout the solo campaign.Wage war across five gorgeous environments: ice, badlands, a jungle, an underground reactor and a destroyed alien city.Gather resources to build 24 different buildings and recruit 30 different units. ![]()
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