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Act of War: Direct Action (DVD)
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| Editorial Reviews: | | |  | | Act of War: Direct Action is a frightening and believable tale of suspense, ripped from today's headlines. A secret cabal of oil company owners have funded terrorist groups to destabilize the world economy, driving oil prices sky-high. As the oil barons make millions, and the energy crisis begins, US military personnel learn the truth behind the terrorism. To fight it, a new team of counter-terrorist warriors are created to face the threat. Begin the worldwide job of tracking down the terrorists and uncovering the international conspiracy before the terrorists can strike in the heart of America itself. | |
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| | Act of War: Direct Action comes out 2 years after C&C: Generals, so I'll make my comparisons to that excellent benchmark game.
There are two major improvements that AoW has over C&C:G. First, the plot is far more immersive. Plenty of live action video (not quite "24" but it works) helps weave an intricate and interesting story line, far preferable to the so-so briefings at the start of C&C missions.
Second, the camera not only zooms in and out, but also pans down for an over-the-shoulder perspective of your forces. That's quite nice, actually - something tried in Star Wars: Empire At War, but it just didn't work well there.
Also, AoW has a much longer storyline (C&C:Generals has 7 or 8 missions for each faction).
Despite the enhancements, AoW is just not as much fun as C&C:Generals. Maybe it's the enhanced realism - taking buildings is something you see from outside with silhouettes, rather than just sending a toxin tank to flush out a building and reoccupy it 10 seconds later. Your units are fairly well-dictated, so while C&C gives you strategic choices mostly in the composition of your forces, AoW picks them mostly for you, and leaves the tactics up to you.
Maybe its the kitsch, or lack thereof. There's something utterly comical about creating a group of GLA rebels in C&C: Generals, and hear them shout "Our courage will be seen by all!" Meanwhile, a GLA peasant simply complains "Can I have some shoes? Are there any better tools? Does it have to be so far?" AoW takes itself seriously - perhaps a little too seriously. More "The Sentinel" than Jack Bauer.
It's also utterly frustrating to have wounded bleed to death on the battlefield, where they are unable to walk the 60 in-game feet to the field hospital. In later missions you have access to a medevac chopper, but early on these poor guys just die in the park.
All in all, not a bad game - something to play when you're tired of C&C: Generals. And all the Generals: Zero Hour mods - so far, I've not found any mods for AoW.
| | One of the great RTS games that you never hear about | |
| | This is one of the best RTS games that I have played. I love the "what if" type of game that applies to current events, such as high gas prices and terrorist attacks. I think the actors were good in their rolls. The graphics of the are stunning. Launching an attack to retake the capital building and then the white white house, thats great. The different units are a good balance as well as the different types of forces you command.
The next game Act of War High Treason is even better but no one ever hears about it. Man, just writing about these game makes me want to play them right now, so get it play it and then play it again.
| | Sweet and does Command and Conquer proud. | |
| | It's a sweet game and nice features and does Command and Conquer proud.
| | Awesome graphics - Lame strategy - No Humour | |
| | I love C&C generals zero hour despite the fact that it is filled with cheaters and have no support anymore (if it ever was any support to speak of)
Reason for this , is not graphics, but gameplay and strategy depth. If you only care about the wrapping and not the inside, then Direct Action is clearly for you. Graphics in Act of war beat generals any day.
Durability on the other hand.... This game is simply to dull to play a lot. There is no humour at all in this game. If you think a strategy game should be all about seriousness- go ahead, dont listen to me.
Me? I am better off playing generals zero hour. It is better weigthed, more fun, and you even find enougfh people online wich you can play it with.
I logged on this weekend with this game, and I saw only two other nicks online, apart from myself.
Guess there are more people than me that values the depth and humour in a rts higher than graphics.
| | Buy it if you can find it. | |
| | I have played both the C&C as well as RA2 and Act of War is as good as it gets. This may be the game that the other RTS games were trying to achieve. The graphics are spectacular, maybe an 8 out 10 (even better if you have a PC that can keep up). San Francisco, London and Moscow are all well done urban centers with lots of structures to capture, hide in or blow up. The enemy can be anywhere. Tanks, Choppers, Roads and Trees all appear to be correctly proportioned (my pet peeve). The people look real enough. The story line is amusing although meaningless. The various scenarios presented in the campaign are, for the most part, simply excuses to build a base, defend it, marshal your forces and then attack. In the solo scenarios you can face off against up to 8 enemies. And the best part; I found it in the discount bin (i.e. $9.99). Biggest drawback is overall gameplay; right and left mouse buttons do just the opposite than they do in C&C, so it's a little confusing at first (especially is you're used to playing C&C). Also, the campaign will fail if Sgt Jefferson dies (harder than you think). Bottom line; buy it if you can find it.
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