Frag Maniac
02-21-2008, 08:27 AM
This is made by a new studio called Kaos, which is basically the guys that made the Desert Combat mod for BF2. The story of this game has you 16 years in the future with oil resources dwindling and two global factions fighting for what's left. The Western Coalition of the US and Euro forces against the Red Star Alliance of Russia and China.
It uses Unreal Engine 3, the graphics look great and the gameplay looks like it could be better than that of CoD4. It's way more diverse, open ended and vehicles galore including futuristic helis, tanks, jets and drones, all of which you can pilot. There are also numerous achievements you can go for. If you want a thorough but quick video run down, check out the 4th video down called CES 2008: Battlefield Tactics Interview. http://www.gametrailers.com/game/2833.html (http://www.gametrailers.com/game/2833.html)
The 3rd video on the list, Loadout Tutorial, explains the weapons pretty well. It has some funny frag scenes too including a guy on a crane that gets sniped yelling all the way down as he falls to his death. Makes me wonder if they have a diverse AI damage/hitbox system. The EMP and Air Strike Tutorial videos are also very good. With capability of 64 player mp on the PC version, the lead dev's mention of satisfactory frame rates doesn't sound far fetched. This may be a much better project for THQ than STALKER was.
So far this is my fave video, which showcases the vehicles. It's in 720p though so it's a 165MB download even though it's only about 3 min long. http://www.frontlineswar.com/download.php?file=14 (http://www.frontlineswar.com/download.php?file=14)
It's taken from this long list of videos on their website: http://www.frontlineswar.com/?page=videos (http://www.frontlineswar.com/?page=videos)
BTW, this will ship with the same mod tools used for UT3, so it may be heavily embraced by the modding community. North America preorders will include a bonus sp map. Preorders elsewhere will include Collector's Editions. Available on PC and Xbox 360. The PS3 version was cancelled.
It uses Unreal Engine 3, the graphics look great and the gameplay looks like it could be better than that of CoD4. It's way more diverse, open ended and vehicles galore including futuristic helis, tanks, jets and drones, all of which you can pilot. There are also numerous achievements you can go for. If you want a thorough but quick video run down, check out the 4th video down called CES 2008: Battlefield Tactics Interview. http://www.gametrailers.com/game/2833.html (http://www.gametrailers.com/game/2833.html)
The 3rd video on the list, Loadout Tutorial, explains the weapons pretty well. It has some funny frag scenes too including a guy on a crane that gets sniped yelling all the way down as he falls to his death. Makes me wonder if they have a diverse AI damage/hitbox system. The EMP and Air Strike Tutorial videos are also very good. With capability of 64 player mp on the PC version, the lead dev's mention of satisfactory frame rates doesn't sound far fetched. This may be a much better project for THQ than STALKER was.
So far this is my fave video, which showcases the vehicles. It's in 720p though so it's a 165MB download even though it's only about 3 min long. http://www.frontlineswar.com/download.php?file=14 (http://www.frontlineswar.com/download.php?file=14)
It's taken from this long list of videos on their website: http://www.frontlineswar.com/?page=videos (http://www.frontlineswar.com/?page=videos)
BTW, this will ship with the same mod tools used for UT3, so it may be heavily embraced by the modding community. North America preorders will include a bonus sp map. Preorders elsewhere will include Collector's Editions. Available on PC and Xbox 360. The PS3 version was cancelled.