{"id":7704,"date":"2018-08-09T15:47:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T05:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=7704"},"modified":"2018-08-09T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T05:47:12","slug":"review-element","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/reviews\/review-element\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Element"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although some may consider the subject of Chemistry to be Boron, or they hated their science teacher enough to want to Barium, Flightless studio\u2019s real-time strategy game, Element, wants you to value your elements. So much so, in fact, that they want you to mine for lots of them, regardless of whether they occur naturally or not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In Element, Earth has been destroyed, and survival hinges upon being able to exploit the buggery out of other planetary systems. As such, players must mine and accumulate elements on increasingly distant planets to claim dominance over them, whilst contending with an unnamed enemy\u2019s desire to do the same. Accumulating energy to build mines and balance other limited quantities of resource, attack, and defence units is the key to accumulating enough element to destroy the enemy base and claim victory. To help facilitate this, missiles can be deployed to nuke their base, and in case the enemy gets similar ideas, drones can be dispatched to repair or collect resources. Players must also utilise Element\u2019s rock-paper-scissors strategy- earth-based units being stronger over water, water over air, and air over earth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n