The techniques of story-telling in Starcraft or Warcraft 3 resumed to some exquisite 3D rendered movies and a few lines changed between the main characters. Some could say the Blizzard's RTS games have shown some well-drawn plots as well. Moreover, many of the live action scenes have been shot outside, with a reasonable number of figurants.
And this is something that has never been done in a RTS game before. As soon as the story catches you, you will feel as if watching a war/techno-thriller movie. Leaving aside the somewhat loose acting, - ok, I admit the actors have no talent whatsoever -, it is admirable how well was the cinematic footage interlaced with the game itself. Well, it didn't really succeed in brainwashing any of the RTS fans, but by carefully mixing some excellent aspects from many different such games this project managed to revive a dying genre and set new grounds for its future.Īlso notable is the care invested in the single player campaign. With brands like Total War, Sudden Strike or Nexus the classical real time strategy has miraculously survived thanks to both the zeal of Starcraft fans and the ingenuity of the men behind the Command and Conquer games (the most recent, Generals and Zero Hour).Īct of War: Direct Action remains true to the good ol' genre and, unlike many of its predecessors, it plays its card right.Įach and every one of the Eugen Systems' bad-ass programmers and artists deserve a five second French kiss for their evil scheme to take over our lives through computer games. War related games of today provoke gamers to an increasing gameplay complexity. Without games like Act of War, the traditional RTS genre may have been good as dead.
0 kommentar(er)
