Grey Goo Critic Reviews

The production value on the voice acting, during missions and briefings are fantastic, and the game looks beautiful both during missions and during briefings. The story, with the threat of “the silent ones” hanging over all three races, is engaging.

Grey Goo wildly exceeds all expectations for presentation and gameplay. While there are a few issues with cheating and infinite units in single player, the multiplayer is rock solid.

It’s the most purely fun, accessible RTS I’ve played in years.

Grey Goo is an extremely well produced game. Fans of classic RTS games should sample the Goo for themselves because it's the best RTS released for quite some time.

Grey Goo is, frankly, fantastic. From the opening scenes through the entire narrative thread of the campaign, you'll want to improve your game if only so you can see what happens next as quickly as possible.

Grey Goo is a successful reconstruction of several classic real-time strategies at once. Is it still quoting the originals or is it already parasiting on them? Little bit of both.

It lacks that final polish games like Starcraft have received where each unit and race has been weighed against every other in terms of cost and utility. Nonetheless, it is a nicely crafted and presented RTS which leans towards the old-school mold.

Grey Goo is a traditional Real Time Strategy game, loyal to the genres’ core gameplay mechanics. Additionally, the production values, graphics and music are first rate. It may have a steep learning curve for newcomers, but the intuitive tutorials and UI will guide those interested in the game smoothly through its multiple assimilation levels.

Two very similar factions dull its edge, but Grey Goo’s old-school take on strategy still makes it one of the most interesting new RTS games in years.

Grey Goo is a symphony of strategy games. The rhythm of base building roots your spine with the amazing soundtrack and visuals providing a solid melody from the wind instruments. Sharp, aggressive strings scream into life with the combat as epic units crescendo in the brass section’s apocalyptic fury.

And even if the development team is not necessarily keen on the comparison with Command & Conquer, they do not shy away from it - Grey Goo can fill the large footsteps easily.

The biggest problem Grey Goo has is that it’s far too hard for what it is, which is a fun Command and Conquer-style RTS.

Perhaps the lack of innovation is disappointing, but the game is so good that it's hard to indifferently pass it by. Grey Goo is the essence of a proper RTS, gathering all the best and recognizable elements from many classic predecessors.

One of the best traditional RTS games to hit the PC in a number of years.

If we ever got the C&C game we so much deserve, Grey Goo would be it. By using its roots as a base to build upon, Petroglyph created a very solid piece of RTS history. A must, especially for fans of Westwood's work.

With a solid multiplayer and an epic campaign, Grey Goo is a great traditional RTS.

Grey Goo is perfect for fans of 90s real-time strategy games and is one of the best RTS games in recent memories not to be called StarCraft II.

By most standards, Grey Goo is an excellent real-time strategy game with fantastically unique factions and stunning graphics. Its campaign undermines some of its positive aspects with a steep difficulty curve, some annoying "gotcha" moments, and maps that can make it difficult for expansion.

It’s a testament to sound design when the worst aspect of a video game is indeed its actual title. Even with it, though, Grey Goo is a stand-out RTS that has found an expert way of blending old with new to create something familiar but fresh.

Grey Goo isn't a paradigm shift but Petroglyph still really know what they're doing when it comes to RTS. They introduce some clever new twists on the formula and tell an intriguing story in the process.