ECTS: Wanadoo Revelaed Iron Storm - briefly
(hx) 05:33 PM CEST - Sep,03 2001
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   Another surprise showing at ECTS was located on the stand of French newcomers Wanadoo. They revelaed a very early demo of Iron Storm, their upcoming first/third person strategic shooter set in a world where the First World War never ended.
The gameplay in IronStorm combines shoot’em-up, action and reflection.The player undertakes an infiltration mission and must possess combat skills as well as stealth if he is to survive as he penetrates behind enemy lines.Depending on the circumstances, the player can choose between first and third person views.The player must pass through 6 worlds in a Germany ripped apart by the front line: the Friedrich line (the Western front), the Anton Denikin line (the Russo-Mongol front), the “Tzar Ivan” armoured train, Wolfenburg (an enemy-occupied town), the Mad Baron’s heavy water factory and the Reichstag in Berlin.The player must face different types of enemy, all of whom have different fighting styles and AI: Kazakh troops, Sturmpionners (soldiers of the “Deutsche Reichskorps”, Russo-Mongol allies), Siberians, Cadets from Baron Ungern’s bodyguard and, especially, Consortium agents.He must also watch out for all the dangers of a real war: machinegun bunkers, snipers, laser mines, tanks, aerial bombardments, gas attacks, muddy trenches, dogs carrying mines which are trained to attack the enemy, etc.The player’s weapons consist of a Russian short sabre, a Heckler & Koch MP-6 “Wotan“ assault pistol with a silencer fitted, a Remington M910 “Bull’s Eye“ shotgun, a M203 40mm “Clovis“ grenade launcher, fragmentation and smoke grenades, and antipersonnel and magnetic mines.And let’s not forget his best friend, the Simonov K-s 12 “Snayperskaya“ Russian marksman rifle, equipped with a telescopic sight which doubles its range in ‘sniper’ mode.He can also use mounted weapons (for example, heavy machineguns and mortars). The game is due out in Spring, 2002 for PC, XBox, and PS2. [more] |
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