The Ensemble Studios swansong that wasHalo Wars, an RTS so streamlined it was aerodynamic.
The ballistic ballet ofGears Tactics, which piled extra biceps atop XCOMs shoulders.
Can I get an understanding nod for Command & Conquer: Renegade?
The strangeness ofCrossfire: Legions situation is that you might not recognise it as a spin-off at all.
With 690 million participants across 80 countries, its the biggest online FPS in the world.
Remedy isworking on a campaign FPSin the classic COD style.
And Blackbird Interactive is building an RTS named Legion.
This beautiful dream had only one problem: they were not experts in a very demanding RTS world.
They met Blackbird Interactive, and from that point, things went super fast.
Blackbird is the Canadian outfit to whom Gearbox has entrustedHomeworld 3, and with good reason.
Dont expect the grace and bearing of Homeworld from Legion, however.
That card system promises a high-level metagame for customising your forces.
Even better, theyre stealthed when they emerge, making them untargetable.
But theres not a lot to hold onto.
Legion isnt visually inventive in the way Homeworld typically has been, either.
But that dearth of identity clearly hasnt hurt Crossfire in the past.
I suspect Legion has a similar path laid out for it.
That will include 1v1 and 3v3 modes across two maps, playing as either Global Risk or Black List.
Ultimately, Legion will encompass a single-player campaign, co-op scenarios, and a map editor.
