Act Of War :- High Treason

[WhiteKnight]

Act of War: High Treason

 

Home Site :- http://www.atari.com/actofwar/addon/index.html

 

With the first expansion pack for the critically acclaimed Act of War: Direct Action, Eugen Systems and Atari are introducing a massive amount of new features and content to enhance and extend the overall experience.

 

Naval Combat

 

The new naval combat in provides a fully-fledged modern naval RTS within Act of War. With over a dozen new units designed specifically for naval warfare – from Tarawa class carriers, Typhoon submarines and SH-60 Seahawk anti-sub helicopters, to Harrier attack aircraft and Zubr class amphibious assault hovercraft – this feature alone promises to make this expansion pack one of the most interesting new RTS offerings in 2006.

 

To support the naval combat feature, Eugen Systems have developed brand new real-time physics technology to simulate waves and the heave of the ships, ballistics code for ASROCs, Tomahawks, Harpoons and Typhoons and other maritime weaponry, and normal mapping and deep parallax water surfaces for the waves.

 

Mercenaries

 

Instead of introducing a fourth faction, Eugen Systems have introduced a different kind of feature which promises to mix things up considerably during different phases of the game – mercenary units. The concept is simple: these are units for hire. Only one player at a time can hire each mercenary unit, and to hire a mercenary team you need to pay a hefty insurance policy. If the mercenaries are injured or even killed, you won't get a full refund of your insurance deposit at the end of the contract.

 

The nine mercenary units range from close assault troops with Benelli shotguns, to Roland SAM systems, SU-25 Froogfoot CAS aircraft, and even F-117 stealth bombers that can be called into any part of the map.

 

New Units and Upgrades

 

For extra variation in the basic game each of the three factions also receives 2-3 new units and as many new upgrades; in some cases they will cover previous holes in the tech tree, in others just reinforce the strength of each side or introduce a new use for existing units and upgrades. Examples are Stinger infantry and Kiowa recon helicopters for the U.S. Army, SCUD launchers and Hind AT-6 Spiral missiles for the Consortium, and GUOS mine upgrades and experimental BLU-144 bombs for the Joint Strike Fighters of the Task Force Talon.

 

Unconventional French developer Eugen System's third RTS game and their biggest success to date, Act of War: Direct Action, was one of the big PC surprise newcomers of 2005 with unanimous critical acclaim and reviews consistently in the eighties and nineties in both U.S. and Europe. Gamerankings.com rates the game second in the chart of best new RTS games of 2005.

 

Act of War is an example of the emerging "Action RTS" subgenre – light on resource management, more focused on unit construction and troop movement, and with the kind of amazing graphics and technology more usually seen in shooters. It also featured live action cinematics to support a storyline written in cooperation with New York Times bestselling techno-thriller author Dale Brown.

 

The fast "pick-up-and-play" game mechanics made Act of War very popular in the online multiplayer community, with over 10 million online games completed in less than six months. There are many user-created maps available to the community of at least as high quality as Eugen Systems's own creations; a tell-tale sign of a healthy and thriving audience of fans.

 

Innovation was found in game pace, game mechanics details and visuals, the possibility to play around with real weapons – such as Abrams tanks, A-10 Thunderbolt close air support aircraft, Apache attack helicopters and U.S. Marines – in real-world locations such as Washington D.C. or San Francisco under very authentic "rules of engagement", was something that appealed to many fans of modern combat, techno-thrillers and RTS games.

 

 

 

Source :- http://www.atari.com.au/games/info.do?id=460

              http://www.gamereplays.org/aow/?nameid=aowht

              http://www.gameinfowire.com/news.asp?nid=7880

[CommandoGamer]

Demo is out  ;D

http://www.fileplanet.com/161521/160000/fileinfo/Act-of-War:-High-Treason-Demo

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/actofwarhightreason/download.html?sid=6145668

[Garbageben]

sweet thanks for the heads up man.

[kingdark]

i'm downloading now

curious

[Ghostly_Substance]

I"m downloading it just because Commando has been buggin me about it and since I bugged everybody about SH3  ;D

 

Curiosity killed the cat.

 

edit: Damn the game is nuts lol.

Edited March 11, 2006 by Ghostly_Substance

[Garbageben]

I can't find a way to try the naval stuff.  Since I have Act of War I had been wondering if this was worth the $40 and had wanted to try out the naval combat.

[Ghostly_Substance]

Tried the naval part out with Commando and well..........I cant figure out the flippin counter. I tried both types of Destroyers on the submarine and wouldn't sink it. I then tried a sub to sink a boat but it sunk a submarine instead    Well I got bored of that since doing that for what? 50 min got boring so I decided to try my luck against an easy AI. Yes an easy AI since I have never played that game before. Well apperently both me and Commando nearly got owned by the AI's weird combos. I noticed a mech in that game for the 4 player land map and I tried both out and well they get easily pwned by the anti tank/infantry trooper. Well I could just switch it with a mech of my own  ;D Well its a great game but from my point of view it nearly mirrors Generals engine or C&C Westwood engine. Look carefully at how the bars look over units.