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World In Conflict | 
| From: Sierra
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 961
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
ESRB: Teen
Media: DVD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: WIC
Model: 72582
UPC: 020626725828
EAN: 3348542211674
ASIN: B000Q8XK30
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Unleash the arsenals of the great military superpowers in the gripping single-player story created by best-selling author and Cold War authority, Larry Bond. | | • | The latest version of Massive's proprietary engine allows for a full 360 range of camera control, allowing you to get right down into the midst of battle. | | • | Destroy every object in the game - crush cars, destroy buildings, burn forests! | | • | Join on-going games and immediately help your team take control of the map. | | • | Master four different battlefield roles; Air, Armor, Infantry and Support, in the ultimate online teamplay experience. |
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Product Description
West Germany, 1988. To avoid certain collapse, the Soviet army boldly advances into Europe. NATO responds only to be met on a second front -- a diversionary attack on the American homeland. You are a field commander, leading the era's most powerful military machines in the campaign to retake America's cities and suburbs. Unleash ground-shaking artillery barrages, napalm strikes, and awesome tactical nukes that turn the tide of battle. ESRB Rated T for Teen.
From the Manufacturer
On November 9th, 1989 the Cold War was supposed to end…it didn't. World in Conflict is the action strategy game where players defend their country, their hometown, and their families in the face of Soviet-led World War III, delivering an epic struggle of courage and retribution. You are a field commander leading the era's most powerful military machines in the heroic effort to turn back the invasion…one city and suburb at a time. This war isn't on television. It's on our soil and in our backyards. Prepare yourself for the most intense strategy game ever created. Features: - War is Coming Home
- Fight in towns, suburbs, and cities based on real-life locations in America, Western Europe, and the USSR.
- Experience a chillingly plausible single player campaign crafted by Red Storm Rising co-author and Tom Clancy collaborator Larry Bond. - Unmatched Visual Payoff
- The battlefield explodes in a fury of cinematic action with World in Conflict's ground breaking graphics technology that supports DirectX 10 and DirectX 9.
- Permanently destroy the environment - beautiful, yet deadly artillery, air, and nuclear strikes lay waste to the landscape.
- View the conflict from every angle with amazing 360 camera control that can effortlessly get right down in the midst of combat or view the entire battlefield.
- The Most Intense Strategy Game Ever Created
- Choose the units you want right away and join the fight in seconds - its all about explosive action.
- Employ breathtaking super weapons like ground-shaking artillery barrages, napalm strikes, and awesome tactical nukes. - Fast Paced Teamplay
- Battle online with up to 16 players. Coordinate your attacks with VOIP support.
- You'll master four different player roles; Air, Armor, Infantry and Support, in the ultimate online teamplay experience.
- Drop in multiplayer allows you to join on-going games and immediately help your team take control of the map.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Red Dawn: The Video Game October 13, 2008
Thought on an invasion on home soil has been gaining more thought over the past couple years, and World In Conflict brings this Red Dawn-type scenario into the RTS computer game format. And even though the game looks rather shallow from afar, or at first, this game has a surprising amount of depth, and emotion. The surprise game of 2007 officially goes to World In Conflict.
In the late 80s, when "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" is ruling the radio, a war is going on in Europe, and when this volatile pot starts boiling, it somehow moves to America. At first, in only starts on Ellis, Governor's, and Liberty Island, but it then those sneaky Reds come ashore in Seattle and start wreaking havoc. Unfortunately, the only ones who are there to defend the area just got back from a tiring tenure in Europe. What follows is a desperate attempt to keep those pesky Commies at bay, and protect the homeland. Story-wise, I have no problems except for the fact that the game doesn't present it in chronological order, leaving you to only know the backstory halfway through the game.
To keep the story going are a series of animated movies in-between the missions to give the character an effective sense of realness, which they succeed at, and the excellent narrative provided by the best Baldwin Brother, Alec. The result are characters and a story that you care about, and voice work that is by no-means shoddy. I would have rather had the animation for the movies and characters a little less hand-drawn, but they serve their purpose.
The gameplay itself is interesting, with missions taking 40-70 minutes per mission, which I would have liked shortened, and during the course of each mission, you're given objectives like 'defend the gas station,' or 'take the fort.' This mostly results in your ragtag group of soldiers taking and defending circles. Simple yes, but what did you expect?
During offence objectives, you'll travel to circles infested with Commie soldiers and tanks, and you'll wipe them out. In defence objectives, you go to the circle, and wait 5-10 minutes till your men have wiped out the oncoming force, or you retreat, which you seem to do alot. Defence provides the most interesting action, because you mostly sit back and watch your men impressively take out the hardened Commie force. While on offence, you'll be so busy plotting your best course of action, you'll mostly miss the action. You also tend to stay rather busy, moving and telling troops to attack, gathering reinforcements, and directing your aerosol of air force, creating an impressive array of destruction of every sort.
The graphics also never fail to impress. You can take the omniscient point of view over the whole battlefield, or you can zoom in to see the details on your soldier's faces, and the detail in your tanks. The only problem is that with all this action happening, and rather large maps on top of that, my computer had a very hard time keeping up. The machine is by no means old, with it running perfectly on Call of Duty 4, but this moved painfully slow for me, camera included. Troops took forever to get places, it took forever to get in badly needed air support, and so on. Just be warned, your system better be pretty up to date to handle the magnitude of this game.
Overall, with a well-thought out story, characters you care about, a well-placed soundtrack, interesting gameplay, impressive action and equally impressive graphics, this game has too many a pro for you not to consider adding to your own arsenal. It does have a few cons, but these are mostly minor. World In Conflict is a surprisingly effective game, and I'd recommend it to anybody that loves these types of games. I would love a sequel, and somebody should seriously consider a first-person shooter prospective to this scenario. And don't forget to turn up your speakers during the credits!
Real Score: 4.5
 World of Conflict Does not run September 30, 2008
The web is peppered with users who cannot get this game to run on their computers and tech support is non existent. Both XPP and Vista are having issues with the game and there are many suggestions to fix it on the web none seemed to work. I run and XPS 1710 w/ Vista Business premium and the game would crash any time I picked a menu choice from the main menu. I would get a reloading resource and a stop functioning error. Bad programming and worse support. Demo worked fine.....
This game is simply the BESTTTTTT!! September 21, 2008
Where to begin, this game has all the likes and none of the dislikes of an RTS game. I must admit I was scared at how this game would run on my system but it actually runs really really well. The game has amazing graphics, unreal explosions that look by far the best of any other video game, decent story and not many bugs. I'd highly recommend this game if you're an RTS fanatic like myself. This game and Company of Heroes truly got me into this whole RTS game thing, and this game only revolutionizes what they started with this genre, this game is a must buy! Woops, multi-player is hours of fun too!!
Amazing yet simple to play September 19, 2008
For those who love RTS games but hate overcomplicated controls, this game is for you. I had an excellent time messing around with all the different units, and the action never quit. The game ran silky smooth too, with only a few hickups here and there and overall graphics still hold out today for being very aesthetic. Also the cutscenes were pretty nice and overall I'd recommend this game to those who want a quick real time strategy game with more emphasis on tactics than unit buying and or hording resources.
 World in Conflict September 16, 2008
What a redundant game. Eye candy wears off fast. Unless you are the best, you wind up helping someone else use the coolest feature of the game--thermonuclear weaponry. Got tired of this fast. Only plus was playing with my community, but that did not save this game. I gave it to my history class students; just put it on the counter and said, "it's free!"
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