Post by Bison on Sept 9, 2015 18:25:50 GMT
Here is a rather unique game in my opinion that i use to play at the same time as Fallout Tactics. Original War was released in 2000.
I have this and i was wanting to play a few games now and again because i simply love it... here's some info about the game.
1. STORY
Near future:
An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.
American scientists working for Department of Defense find out that this mineral is in fact identical to the substance used to power an extraterrestrial artefact in their possession. This object is called the EON (Extraterrestrial Object Nexus).
It was found in 1919 by Colonel Emerson near the site of the Tunguska explosion. Emerson was the commander of a US military unit in charge of transporting US war supplies from the city of Vladivostok to the Eastern front during World War I.
DoD Experiments have shown that items placed in the capsule are transported hundreds of thousands of years back in time. The American scientists were not able to understand its construction, nor could they manage to synthesise its fuel. Eventually, the machine - classified Top Secret - was stored, pending further advances in human science.
The experiments carried out with the new mineral, called siberite, discovered that in addition to its being the fuel for the EON, that it catalysed cold fusion.
As the Russian Federation itself was in a state of turmoil (which the original expedition was there trying to ease in the first place), there could be no guarantee that the leaders in Moscow would not use siberite to enslave other European nations, as well as their own scattered state once again.
The Americans therefore decided to act quickly. Using the EON, they began to send special units into the past to mine all of the siberite and transport it to the nearest territory under their control - to Alaska. However, the Russians learn about this plan, and they are not the only ones who don't like it.
Neither the brave and sympathetic John Macmillan, nor the proud and patriotic Yuri Ivanovich "Burlak" Gorky know what they are about to face on this adventure. Shall they follow their orders to the bitter end, or shall they try to find an escape from the vicious circle of destruction?
One thing however remains certain: they are going to change the history of mankind. How?
Well, that depends on you.
The whole story is in section BONUS/VIDEO.
2. NON LINEAR PLOT
All of the missions within the game are bound together by single storyline. This is not just a fancy backdrop for the missions; it is completely integrated and influences the progress and objectives of all of the missions.
You will constantly be making decisions that influence the course of the game. You might, for example, help an enemy in one mission and receive unsolicited and unexpected help several missions later, or you can kill somebody and later meet his avenger - there are many branches to the storyline and we believe that discovering them will be one of the most exciting things about playing Original War.
And it is up to you how to decide how the story is ultimately going to end.
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Online this game is pretty much dead.. but it is a fun game that can have multiple players and you can play it from within game it's self if you download a update provided by a www.owsupport.com
It is a strategy game, you pretty much start with a few guys who have specific roles. you can change all characters in buildings that you build but they aren't all good in each role.. so a builder wouldn't be good at healing but that doesn't mean in a combat situation that it isn't wise to turn all men into soldiers in the armory for defence during attacks. What is the big difference with this game? well.. when your men/women die they do not respawn. So by reserching technology you can create remote controlled tanks and turrets so that you don't have to waste your characters by putting them into these things and that means you can have more guys collecting resources, researching or doing other dutys.
each nation has a difference, You have Arabians, Russians and Americans and they have special characters and or abilitties.. for example as the Arabians you can train ape men and either put explosives on them or make them fight with machine guns!
here's the official site www.original-war.com and i will attach some screenshots.
you can download this game from here store.steampowered.com/app/235320
here's a video that shows some features and stuff, mainly single player.
I have this and i was wanting to play a few games now and again because i simply love it... here's some info about the game.
1. STORY
Near future:
An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.
American scientists working for Department of Defense find out that this mineral is in fact identical to the substance used to power an extraterrestrial artefact in their possession. This object is called the EON (Extraterrestrial Object Nexus).
It was found in 1919 by Colonel Emerson near the site of the Tunguska explosion. Emerson was the commander of a US military unit in charge of transporting US war supplies from the city of Vladivostok to the Eastern front during World War I.
DoD Experiments have shown that items placed in the capsule are transported hundreds of thousands of years back in time. The American scientists were not able to understand its construction, nor could they manage to synthesise its fuel. Eventually, the machine - classified Top Secret - was stored, pending further advances in human science.
The experiments carried out with the new mineral, called siberite, discovered that in addition to its being the fuel for the EON, that it catalysed cold fusion.
As the Russian Federation itself was in a state of turmoil (which the original expedition was there trying to ease in the first place), there could be no guarantee that the leaders in Moscow would not use siberite to enslave other European nations, as well as their own scattered state once again.
The Americans therefore decided to act quickly. Using the EON, they began to send special units into the past to mine all of the siberite and transport it to the nearest territory under their control - to Alaska. However, the Russians learn about this plan, and they are not the only ones who don't like it.
Neither the brave and sympathetic John Macmillan, nor the proud and patriotic Yuri Ivanovich "Burlak" Gorky know what they are about to face on this adventure. Shall they follow their orders to the bitter end, or shall they try to find an escape from the vicious circle of destruction?
One thing however remains certain: they are going to change the history of mankind. How?
Well, that depends on you.
The whole story is in section BONUS/VIDEO.
2. NON LINEAR PLOT
All of the missions within the game are bound together by single storyline. This is not just a fancy backdrop for the missions; it is completely integrated and influences the progress and objectives of all of the missions.
You will constantly be making decisions that influence the course of the game. You might, for example, help an enemy in one mission and receive unsolicited and unexpected help several missions later, or you can kill somebody and later meet his avenger - there are many branches to the storyline and we believe that discovering them will be one of the most exciting things about playing Original War.
And it is up to you how to decide how the story is ultimately going to end.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Online this game is pretty much dead.. but it is a fun game that can have multiple players and you can play it from within game it's self if you download a update provided by a www.owsupport.com
It is a strategy game, you pretty much start with a few guys who have specific roles. you can change all characters in buildings that you build but they aren't all good in each role.. so a builder wouldn't be good at healing but that doesn't mean in a combat situation that it isn't wise to turn all men into soldiers in the armory for defence during attacks. What is the big difference with this game? well.. when your men/women die they do not respawn. So by reserching technology you can create remote controlled tanks and turrets so that you don't have to waste your characters by putting them into these things and that means you can have more guys collecting resources, researching or doing other dutys.
each nation has a difference, You have Arabians, Russians and Americans and they have special characters and or abilitties.. for example as the Arabians you can train ape men and either put explosives on them or make them fight with machine guns!
here's the official site www.original-war.com and i will attach some screenshots.
you can download this game from here store.steampowered.com/app/235320
here's a video that shows some features and stuff, mainly single player.
