Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Hehe... haven't blogged in a long time... Been kinda preoccupied with finding work, which hasn't yielded any luck... not many people want a person who can only work for 2 plus months... so I've been occupying my time with reading newspapers... going out... and playing this game called Act Of War...
It's a Real Time Strategy game, the same as Warcraft and Starcraft... just that instead of having to wait bloody long for you to get resources and start building up, it's more faster paced, you can actually send out a team early in the game, and capture POWs... thats Prisoners of War for the uninitiated... each capture nets you $500... and if you have a holding facility ready, each POW you capture gets put inside, maximum of 10... and they give you $50 each for every POW in the facility... cool right? That's kinda different from other games... so even if your oil runs out, you have POWs in the facility and that's another source of income... an infinite source as long as the bulding isn't destroyed... ;)
This game is based on a book by Dale Brown, about industrial espionage in America. When an independant group of terrorists/mercenaries want to keep control on the oil prices of the world and stop others from bringing down the price. They launch attacks on oil refineries of their competitors and end up trying to kill the President.
So this special team is called in, Task Force Talon, a direct action team which can respond to any threats within 24 hours of deployment. This team, along with the US army, defends America against a group known as the Consortium. So you've got a choice of 3 teams, TFT, US army and the Consortium. However, in the campaign mode, you only get to play the TFT and US army side... since this IS, about defending US against the Consortium. The game play is much faster then I imagined... I played a quick game against the Consortium in Easy mode, and within 3 minutes, I've already got a tank and some infantry coming my way... Had to rush my units out to meet them. Plus, there's also urban fighting, you can send your infantry units into the buildings to flush out enemy soldiers... of course, it's not very good against mortars and artillery, but it's good for ambushing other troops...
Rooftop fighting anyone?
This game has the most realistic units around, like the Apache helicopters, ABRAMS tanks, Delta Force infantry and even buggies... Did I mention, you can even use airstrikes from F22s, F15s and even a B2 stealth bomber... hehe... Of course... what's a game without more high tech units? The ultimate weapons of all 3 sides are very comparable... TFT has a super Howitzer, US army has a ballistic missile and the Consortium has the most favoured WMD of all evil game characters... a device that brings orbiting satellites crashing down on earth... called the "Falling Star"... very apt name... hehe...
Self Propelled Howitzers
B2 airstrike
Super Howitzer of the TFT
It doesn't mean you're not defended against them... you've got the appropriate defences to deal with them... it's just whether you get them up in time, as I learnt during the last few missions... hehe.... Got the White House destroyed a few times... hehe...
This plane is going to get it... hehe...
The graphics are superb... I can zoom down to the individual units and can even see them if they're prone or standing... the smoke billowing from burning buildings are so thick, you'll have to rotate the map to see the other side. Music and sounds are realistic and dramatic at times... Just that it gets a bit irritating after a while... Gameplay is really good... except sometimes, there's these little screens that pop up to show movies on what the units are doing, but they'll block you from seeing part of the map... and sometimes, you can't hear what you have to do through the explosions and gunfire... The live action movies are a good touch too... although somewhat draggy and lame at times... hehe.... Overall, a game that can definitely make you addicted. I know I have... hehe... =P
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