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Subject: Looking Back: World in Conflict

The Spartan Special Ops - Now with more LOLgasms!

Posted by: EnragedElite67
"The problem with quotes on the internet is 95% are made up." - Socrates

A little Ambiance

World in Conflict is an Real Time strategy for PC that released in 2007. It featured a alternate history where NATO and Warsaw Pact forces go to war in the year 1989. The USSR, facing economic turmoil blames all of their problems on the west and then launches an attack across the Iron Curtain into Western Europe, all culminating in the invasion of Mainland US through Seattle.

The story follows a young Lieutenant from France to a deep strike into Soviet Territory then eventually into Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. The climax of the story occurs at Fort Teller, the location of our fictional Star Wars program, which was a missile defense shield that never really existed.

To prevent the Russians from learning about the ruse that is Star Wars, a Tactical Nuclear warhead is dropped on a small town a few miles from Fort Teller to keep the secret and prevent all out Nuclear War.

This crushes Russian momentum and the game ends after you drive them back into the sea at Seattle.



The game featured very impressive graphics, as well as a powerful engine, and real time environmental damage.

The gameplay focuses around capturing strategic locations on the map and whittling down the enemies ability to fight. You had a set number of deployment points, and once you use them up you can no longer deploy units. Of course these points were given back to you once you lost a unit.

There are 4 classes you can play. Infantry, Armor, Air Cav, and Support. Each had a use, and each was countered by another. The roles were balanced, and effective at the same time.

By killing enemy units you would get points in your fire support menu where you can call in devastating or helpful support in the form of additional units, air strikes, artillery strikes, and ultimately Tactical nukes.

By the end of a game, the landscape is utterly destroyed. Fires have burned, bombs have gone off, buildings reduced to rubble.

Video of a Multiplayer game from Armored perspective
nuke

Now for my Opinion on the game.

Honestly, it is one of my favorite games of all time and easily my favorite RTSs of all time. It has faced paced action, beautiful graphics, amazing destruction, and a rather good story if a bit cliche at times. By the end of the campaign I was just about cheering once the reds were driven out of Seattle.

If you ever get the chance, play this gem of a game. It is a fantastic addition to any PC gamer's collection, it may be older now, but even now, it looks great, and is a helluva' lot of fun.

It's a damn shame that it never got a sequel. It sort of left you hanging at the end. I wanted to know how the war was resolved, I wanted to know how things went with the Characters I got attached to. Sadly, it never will, the developer that made it, Sierra, is long gone.


So flood, out of those who have played it, how did you feel about it? Where would you put it on your list of RTS games?

  • 12.20.2012 7:21 PM PDT

That game is awesome.

Wish it had a bigger following, I'd love to see a sequel.

  • 12.20.2012 7:23 PM PDT

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  • 12.20.2012 7:24 PM PDT

The Spartan Special Ops - Now with more LOLgasms!

Posted by: EnragedElite67
"The problem with quotes on the internet is 95% are made up." - Socrates


Posted by: TedToaster22
That game is awesome.

Wish it had a bigger following, I'd love to see a sequel.


It desperately needs one. It's seriously one of the best RTS games of the last decade. I'd go so far to say of all time. It ranks up there with Age of Empires, Empire Earth, and Medieval II: Total War for me.

  • 12.20.2012 7:24 PM PDT

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Fairness is only possible within the limited powers of man. Elsewhere, there is only chance.

Thus I refute thee.

Does it have good graphics? Hard to tell from that video.

  • 12.20.2012 7:26 PM PDT

"Halo! Its divine wind will rush through the stars, propelling all who are worthy along the path to salvation."

I thought that thy meant about thy world's conflicts, as in wars. Nonetheless, The Mighty Thor cares little about these petty conflicts.

That game does sound intriguing.

  • 12.20.2012 7:28 PM PDT


Posted by: ElementalRunner
Does it have good graphics? Hard to tell from that video.

Depends on your rig (it resembles a PS1 game on my laptop) but at Max it looks great.

  • 12.20.2012 7:28 PM PDT

The Spartan Special Ops - Now with more LOLgasms!

Posted by: EnragedElite67
"The problem with quotes on the internet is 95% are made up." - Socrates


Posted by: ElementalRunner
Does it have good graphics? Hard to tell from that video.


it was one of the first running Direct X 10 back in the day.

For it's time, it was one of the gold standards along with Crysis. Not so much for Graphical fidelity, which it had, but for particle effects.

The Nukes were kinda a way for them to toot their own horn. Nukes really showcased what their engine could do.

  • 12.20.2012 7:28 PM PDT

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It was a great game.

  • 12.20.2012 7:28 PM PDT


Posted by: greatestSheriff
I thought that thy meant about thy world's conflicts, as in wars. Nonetheless, The Mighty Thor cares little about these petty conflicts.

That game does sound intriguing.

You should totes buy it.

Only around $7 on Steam right now.

  • 12.21.2012 6:55 PM PDT