Rorke's Drift
Published: February 1, 2009 - Last update: January 18, 2012 - 642 downloads
- Year
- 1990
- Genre
- Strategy
- Theme
- Historical Battle (specific/exact)
- Publisher
- Impressions
- Developer
- Plato
- Perspective
- Top-Down
4 votes
109 KiB
Description of Rorke's Drift
Plato gave birth to Rorke's Drift in 1990, with the help of Impressions as publisher. Cool strategy game, the player evolve in a historical battle (specific/exact) theme with a top-down perspective.
Rorke's Drift was the first game in Impressions' little-known "Micro Miniature" series of games that are based on the same engine. Although it is a worthy attempt to portray the little-known battle of the Anglo-Zulu War, it failed to capture anyone's interest due to very poor user interface, shallow gameplay, and horrendous AI. Good perhaps as a historical lesson in how not to design a wargame, but little else. If you want a good game about the Zulu War, play ISI's Zulu War instead. Fortunately, the updated 1993 version slated for release in the U.S. was never out.
Review by HOTUD
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Comments and reviews
Garcon added this comment :
"Little-known battle"? Only a film made about it with Michael Caine...
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Amen added this comment :
Everyone in the UK knows about this battle (mainly coz of the film). It's a shame Impressions ruined it. Really could have been a good game as many people are interested in this scenario. If anyone ever did get the source and pick up the baton for a "reboot" fix the user interface and awful collision detection which might have been down to low-res issues.