New Theatre of War Unit Gallery
SCREENSHOTS FEATURE posted on 21 SEP 2006 by Sean Drummy
Battlefront has unveiled a new gallery for their upcoming strategy title Theater of War.
Battlefront has today released an all new Theatre of War Unit Gallery on their official website. In this new gallery, players can take a gander at over 200 different tanks, armored cars, anti-tank guns, self propelled guns and more from the 6 different nations featured in the game. In addition to the Unit Gallery, the have also added a dedicated After Action Report area where players can read through 4 hands-on accounts from beta testers and members of the design team as they put the game through the paces.
Theater of war is a fully 3D real time strategy game set during everyone's favorite period, World War II. Theater of War is expected to feature 5 Historical Campaigns, each with unique units and equipment – US, UK, Soviet, German, French and Polish. These immersive campaigns will bring the player to the front lines of over 40 historically accurate missions based on real WWII battles, portrayed with fantastic realism in 30 eclectic maps that will bring a variety of weather conditions and environments.
Additional features include:
- Real Time Combat Simulation – Realistic shell ballistics, armor penetration calculations and damage effects coupled with destructible environments, trenches, fortifications and individually tracked weapons, equipment, ammo and vehicles
- 5 Single (non-campaign) Battles plus 3 Training scenarios
- Unique Role Playing Elements: soldiers gain experience and new skills as they progress though the campaigns
- Soldiers can be Promoted and awarded Medals and Decorations
- Real World Military Tactics: Units fight using authentic tactical formations, realistic battle drills and operating procedures specific to their nationality
- Amazing Freedom of Action: Replace and reinforce gun crews, pick up dropped weapons, capture enemy equipment and even select specific weapons and ammo to use
- Advanced Individual Unit AI: Units intelligently react to changing battle situations and conditions. They will take cover, avoid obstacles and seek to gain the upper hand against their enemies
- Huge assortment of units, uniforms, equipment and vehicles: hundreds of different unit types including Tanks, AT Guns, Support Vehicles, Armored Cars, MG Teams, Anti-Tank Rifles, Aircraft, Artillery, Infantry and more from the major nations of WWII; all based on historical military sources
- Dynamic Battlefields; Wage war in all four seasons over beautifully rendered landscapes. Watch as trees get knocked over by tanks, vehicles crush men and equipment under their treads, tracers stitch across no mans land and high explosive shells leave huge smoking craters
- Devastating Airstrikes and Artillery Barrages
- State of the art 3D character animation and graphics
- Easy to use order system. Command your troops quickly and efficiently and keep tabs on their individual status with the innovate soldier monitor system
- Multiplayer support (Internet/LAN)
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