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Warzone 2100 is a free, real-time strategy and real-time tactics hybrid computer game for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX which offers campaign, tutorial, multi-player and single-player skirmish game modes, unit designer, unit experience system, and everything you would expect from a modern RTS game.

Warzone 2100 Features:
  • 400+ Technologies to research
  • 2,000+ different units to design
  • 3 Large campaign maps to conquer
  • 24 Fast play mission maps for extra action
  • Intelligence Display sets objectives dynamically
  • Interactive message system
  • Fast Play Interface graphically Based
  • Quick Screen Navigation
  • Fast Find System for units & structures
  • Set Factories to constant production
  • Automatically send each factory's units to where you want them
  • Cross-Platform internet/intranet multiplayer with up to 8 players
  • Challenging Computer-AI

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Gameplay


The game is fully 3D, based on the iViS games and 3D graphics engine developed by Sam Kerbeck of Eidos. The terrain is mapped by a grid; vehicles tilt to meet hilly terrain, and projectiles can be realistically blocked by steep mountains. The camera is free-moving and can zoom in and out, rotate, and pan up or down while navigating the battlefield.

In the game, units of different factions are painted different colors. The New Paradigm, the Collective, and Nexus are the enemies of the Project in the campaign, and they can be seen attacking Project forces as well as Scavengers, survivors of the nuclear fallout.

Units can all be customized according to: chassis (which, for example, takes weight and power into account); drive system (such as wheels or tracks); and mounted object (such as a weapon, or one of various support tools). Units can level up from ranks such as Rookie to Trained and Professional.

Warzone 2100 is one of the excellent, overlooked RTS games that any fan really must play. It innovates in new and interesting ways that other games, most notably Earth 2150, borrowed. An excellent mix of traditional real-time strategy, grand strategy, and unit design helps elevate it above its peers.


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