Tryst (PC) Hands-On Preview
Sean W. Gibson / Jul 27th, 2012 2 Comments
Tryst Preview – RTS Game Preview
Tryst Game Features
Tryst is an RTS game for Windows PC computers that will offer both a storied campaign mode as well as multiplayer game play. There are two playable races in the game known as the Zali (aliens) and Humans (people). Each side is said to have distinct advantages and styles. The multiplayer aspect supports a maximum of 8 players (any combination, could be 4v4 or an 8-player FFA).
One of the features that BlueGiant Interactive is touting is the Augmented Research Mechanism (ARM) which allows players to equip units with specific load-outs to adapt to their natural advantages and disadvantages.
Other features coming in the game include environmental hazards where maps are filled with dangers that greatly impact strategy, as well as a map editor and a full online matchmaking experience that will allow for clans, ratings, stat tracking, Steam achievements and leaderboards.
Graphics
Tryst Preview
Sound
Really there’s not too much here to go off of at this point other than what looks to be very standard sounds for an RTS game. Again, it’s a beta, so what we can report thus far is that it sounds like most other RTS games at this point. One good point of the preview build was that the game play soundtrack was actually pretty darn good. Think good old fashioned power chords / riffs on a electric hardrock-ian guitar and you’ll get a good idea of what Tryst has to offer so far.
Game Play
Setting Up a Multiplayer Game in Tryst
Overall
At this point it looks like Tryst is still very raw and in the early stages of its beta development. There was no campaign available and all we could do was set up online games and populate them with A.I. opponents. The maps certainly look like they are full of obstacles and hazards that will play into the notion that you have to adapt your strategies to the map if you want to have maximum success in your games.
The graphics don’t look like they are at that “state-of-the-art” claim made at this point and it looks like an RTS game built within the last three years for the most part. The sounds are, again, standard to the genre and don’t stand out as something that’s going to be something amazing to brag home about but the soundtrack does stand out as being potentially awesome.
To conclude, Tryst is shaping up to be a decent RTS game that enthusiasts of the genre will want to keep on their radar because we saw enough to think the game is definitely going to be interesting. Okay graphics, okay sound and very promising game play dynamics should play into Tryst’s appeal as it evolves over the next few months.
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