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Act of War Preview

Joe "OuTkAsT-1" Topolnisky

2004-12-10 00:04:00.0


Rolling right along, PC.IGN has thrown up a preview on Eugen Systems' upcoming strategy title, Act of War. Here's a bit on the games engine:

One of the most impressive aspects of the game is easily the engine running it. It's capable of some truly impressive environments and detailed units at the same time. Urban areas such as the very familiar territory of a San Francisco-like environment make for tactically interesting fighting ground full of objects and structures. Nearly every object that you see in these city zones are destructable as well. Lamp posts can be knocked over as can street signs. Parked cars are used as baracades and can all be destroyed. Even buildings can suffer severe damage from the tender ministrations of a rocket or two. None of the structures will actually be fully destroyed, but will suffer enough damage that they can no longer be used for cover by infantry hoping to stage some sort of ambush.

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