Tempest Rising tech review: a modern classic RTS built on Unreal Engine 5

Tempest Rising is a polished, performant and brilliant real-time strategy (RTS) game powered by Unreal Engine 5. That's a sentence I never really expected to say just a few years ago, but a whole host of contributing elements here make this game fun to play and, thankfully, technically sound. This is not typical multi-platform game that I'd review for DF, but a PC exclusive in a genre that defined the platform's earliest days. Slipgate Ironworks and 3D Realms have crafted a new entry into that classic genre that lives up to the legacy of its finest works, and I think a big reason for that is due to the incredible single-player focus. Read more

Apr 17, 2025 - 17:28

Tempest Rising tech review: a modern classic RTS built on Unreal Engine 5

Tempest Rising is a polished, performant and brilliant real-time strategy (RTS) game powered by Unreal Engine 5. That's a sentence I never really expected to say just a few years ago, but a whole host of contributing elements here make this game fun to play and, thankfully, technically sound. This is not typical multi-platform game that I'd review for DF, but a PC exclusive in a genre that defined the platform's earliest days. Slipgate Ironworks and 3D Realms have crafted a new entry into that classic genre that lives up to the legacy of its finest works, and I think a big reason for that is due to the incredible single-player focus.