93
The best thing to come out of Sweden since meatballs and tall, big busted, long legged blondes wearing high heels.
90
The addition of the 3D camera and terrain gives it an edge over other titles in the area.
86
Great gameplay, great graphics, and great sound make a great game.
6
A good game long ago. But aged badly. Boring gameplay, no match to C&C. But some ideas were developed later in Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War. The story though it great.
8
As an RTS/RTT its a great simple game. The story is ok but forgetable. The gameplay is simple and enjoyable. The graphics are good for the year 2000. There is a nice difficulty curve as you get more units and the enemy starts to be more of a danger. The A.I. can be a bit stupid and friendly fire is always on. The special abilities for you units will not fire directly towards the enemy sometimes which can be frustrating. Overall a game i would recommend to anyone
9
Good game.
Big scenarios. Correct scale
Balance of units
Interesting story
Good graphics (for it time)
Ground Control
Released On:
Jun 1, 2000
Metascore
Generally Favorable
86
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Generally Favorable
7.8
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93
The best thing to come out of Sweden since meatballs and tall, big busted, long legged blondes wearing high heels.
90
An outstanding game, both for its graphics and its gameplay, but it is not for everyone. Ground Control glaringly omits some standard genre features: there is no in-mission save, no speed control, no skirmish mode, and the AI is hit or miss. Yet this is truly a case of a game being greater than the sum of its parts.
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63% Positive
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Feb 28, 2012
10
Best graphics strategy series.
Always in my memory. I don't think about gameplay because of its really stunning graphics (good optimised either).
Graphic measure. Iconic.
I regret this game series died.
Dec 11, 2019
9
Good game.
Big scenarios. Correct scale
Balance of units
Interesting story
Good graphics (for it time)
90
Start with an intense action/strategy game, add a remarkably easy-to-use interface, and wrap it in one of the most impressive 3D engines ever seen in a computer game, and you've got "Ground Control."
88
A fine game from most perspectives, it's also excellent in ways that will raise the bar a little higher for others making the attempt in this genre.
85
One of the best looking, and surely the smoothest-playing 3D RTS (actually, RTT) games currently available for the PC.
80
Well equipped to attract a large following among network players with its elegant controls and dazzling graphics.
71
A difficult game to control as you try and keep the camera and all your units going in the right directions with the mouse and keyboard.
Sep 15, 2015
9
For a game released in march 2000!!! yes 2-0-0-0 (it means it was DEVELOPED IN 1999!) this game is amazing... really... handsdown amazing... try to compare it to the competition up to that date... you simply can't... but it was linear and simple and that makes it a 9/10. Please disregard infants who can't elaborate a contextual, logical review like CarcerC or Pandarve... seriously guys... pre 2000 NOTHING was this hot
Apr 22, 2021
8
As an RTS/RTT its a great simple game. The story is ok but forgetable. The gameplay is simple and enjoyable. The graphics are good for the year 2000. There is a nice difficulty curve as you get more units and the enemy starts to be more of a danger. The A.I. can be a bit stupid and friendly fire is always on. The special abilities for you units will not fire directly towards the enemy sometimes which can be frustrating. Overall a game i would recommend to anyone
Jul 29, 2017
8
It was a fine game at that time. Graphics weren't the best ones but it was a cheap game so it was ok. Missions were not very difficult. It's an strategy game placed in the future. To sum up it was an enterteining game.
Jul 5, 2013
8
Talk about revolutionary... some half a year after the release of another "best selling" C&C clone we get this game. While the image quality is dated, this game is by no means revolting to play even 13 years later AND it beats many of the more modern genre options in the way it implements combat and accounts for relevant combat variables such as lighting, visibility and terrain elevation AND features plausibly looking aircraft (all the modeling work errs on the side of realism). Great game.
Jun 21, 2025
6
A good game long ago. But aged badly. Boring gameplay, no match to C&C. But some ideas were developed later in Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War. The story though it great.
SummaryTwo political factions have gone to war over a distant world and the secrets it holds in Ground Control, a visually stunning and frenetically paced action/real-time strategy game from Sierra Studios and Massive Entertainment. [Sierra Studios]
Rated Tfor Teen
Platforms:
- PlayStation 2
- PC
Initial Release Date:Jun 1, 2000
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