Mission: Humanity (PC)

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• CNET editors' rating: 1.0 stars Terrible
  Detailed editors' rating
  Overall score: 2.0 (1.0 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Tim Soete
• Reviewed on: 02/27/2001
• Released on: 02/14/2001
• Originally published on GameSpot: Mission: Humanity (PC) Review

Remember the great real-time strategy gold rush of the late '90s? During this period, games such as Command & Conquer, Total Annihilation, and Starcraft all helped define the conventions of this popular genre. Unfortunately, EON Digital Entertainment's Mission: Humanity is sort of like the three-legged pack mule that arrived embarrassingly late to collect its share of the bullion. The game attempts to capture some of the strategic gameplay and epic sci-fi adventure in which its early predecessors excelled. Instead, because of its ugly graphics, bad sound, faulty artificial intelligence, and extremely dull gameplay, it winds up crashing to the ground like some ill-fated hydrogen blimp. Oh, the humanity!

Mission: Humanity doesn't even offer a decent premise. According to the manual, Mission: Humanity is a real-time strategy game set in the "not-so-distant future." Aliens have plundered Earth, and the human population has somewhat successfully appropriated the alien technology to its own advantage. Haven't you heard this one before? And it's just about all the briefing you get. There are no cutscenes to further the plot during the course of the game.

That's just the tip of the iceberg. Upon first playing, you'll probably notice that by today's standards, the units look about as outdated as those in the first Command & Conquer game--only a lot worse. Of course, when you see the first unit suddenly disappear into thin air after it gets shot, you'll also wish you were playing Command & Conquer instead. The sounds aren't any better than the graphics, either. No matter which unit you select--or even which side you're playing, for that matter--the responding voice is exactly the same, save for a few variations. Furthermore, the bland, techno-inspired music couldn't be more forgettable.

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