Delta Force (game series)

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Delta Force
developer NovaLogic
Publisher NovaLogic
First title Delta Force (1998)
Last title Delta Force: Xtreme 2 (2009)
Platform (s) PC ( Windows , OS X ), PlayStation , PlayStation 2 , Xbox
Genre (s) First person shooter , third person shooter

Delta Force is a computer game series of the first-person shooter genre. Developer and publisher was the American company NovaLogic .

The first part was released for the PC on November 1st, 1998.

Game content

As a member of the Delta Force , the player must carry out military operations in various crisis areas around the world. The player must put a stop to terrorist organizations by attacking training camps and convoys, freeing hostages, helping allied units and arresting leaders.

Most of the game takes place in the open air. On foot, the player hikes mostly hilly landscapes and orientates himself on waypoints displayed via GPS . The player has to take out all kinds of enemy soldiers and vehicles by force of arms. Before the game, the player can put together his own equipment. Occasionally, the player collaborates with allied soldiers.

The player reaches the scene of action by helicopter, parachute or rubber dinghy. In later parts, the player may also operate vehicles and machine gun positions.

The original game from 1998 came with a contact letter with advertising from the US Army. Some wording suggest that the United States Department of Defense is involved . However, this has not been confirmed.

Engine

Delta Force is based on the voxelspace - Engine , which was used in many simulations of Nova Logic since the early 90s. With its voxel display, it offers high visibility and realistic landscape graphics.

Parts of the series

Delta Force (1998)

Part One was released on November 1, 1998 and took the player to Peru , Chad , Indonesia , Uzbekistan and Novaya Zemlya . The then new concept of a tactical shooter was able to inspire the critics, but the voxel engine, which was rather unsuitable for first-person shooters, caused a shake of the head and could not keep up with the top engines of the time ( Quake , Unreal ). As the only title in the series, it received the classification "not suitable under 18 years" from the USK. After the Youth Protection Act came into force on April 1, 2003, the title was given “no mark”, but this applies to all games classified or indexed in this way with a mark. The title was later given the label “No youth release” for the Green Pepper release and later with “16 years and older” for the version that came with the Delta Force 10th Anniversary Edition .

Delta Force 2 (1999)

The second part appeared less than a year after the first and offered certain technical innovations. The graphics could now also be post-processed by the graphics hardware, but this only slightly improved the image quality through bilinear filtering and was even slower.

In terms of play, everything stayed the same with this part. An additional playful component was added by the graphical realization of tall grass.

Delta Force: Land Warrior (2000)

After only two years, the graphics engine had developed so far that it could now be completely calculated using the graphics hardware and thus take account of developments in modern technology.

The concept also changed in terms of play. As part of the then newly introduced Land Warrior concept of the US Army , this game took up more modern developments in terms of weapon technology and game scenarios. So modern weapons ( OICW , HK G11 , MM-1 ) were available, and in addition, the levels were diversified all over the world in order to depict the fight against a fictional global terrorist organization - set in the near future. Stations of the fight were u. a. Egypt , Indonesia , Japan and even Switzerland and New Mexico .

Delta Force: Urban Warfare (2002)

This title by British developer Rebellion was released in 2002 exclusively for PlayStation and PlayStation 2 . As the title suggests, the action takes place mainly in the midst of dense buildings. In contrast to its predecessors, the game embeds its missions in a framework story told via video sequences.

Delta Force: Task Force Dagger (2002)

Task Force Dagger is a technical spin-off from Land Warrior and is often referred to as the weakest part of the series. In addition to the current scenario during the war in Afghanistan , the accompanying unimaginative missions and the sparse equipment of the levels were criticized.

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (2003)

With a completely new engine, Black Hawk Down was able to reconcile the critics a year later. As the title suggests, the game is similar to Ridley Scott 's film of the same name in the Somalia conflict of 1993. As a result, the level selection was limited to the urban area of Mogadishu , but the developers were able to implement the character of the street fights well.

In 2004 an add-on called Team Saber was released . In addition to other weapons, such as the Heckler & Koch G3 and G36 , two other campaigns were added, which are located in Iran and Colombia. In 2005 the title was also implemented for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox .

Delta Force: Xtreme (2005)

After NovaLogic had worked on the multiplayer shooter Joint Operations in the meantime, Delta Force Xtreme was a new edition of the 1998 original game released in 2005. This mainly offered a technical revision and gave the game content of the original by means of Joint Operations and Black Hawk Down used engine again. Although the missions were upgraded with controllable vehicles, the campaigns in Indonesia and Uzbekistan were canceled.

Delta Force: Xtreme 2 (2009)

Delta Force Xtreme 2 is the current part of the Delta Force series. In addition to two single player campaigns, which can also be played in co-op mode, the heart of Delta Force Xtreme 2 is the extensive multiplayer mode. There are 44 multiplayer maps and 5 different multiplayer modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Team King of the Hill, Flagball and Capture the Flag as well as a map editor.

Delta Force: Angel Falls

After a long period of abstinence, NovaLogic reported back to February 10, 2008 on the night of February 9, 2008. When the manufacturer's website was called up, a teaser poster was visible for a few seconds with the typical design of the well-known cover of the Delta Force series. The title could be read as "Delta Force: Black Ops 2008". The title changed to "Delta Force: Angel Falls 2008" in just a few hours. Then on March 6, 2008 a new teaser poster appeared on the manufacturer's website Novalogic.com. This is called "Delta Force: Cuba". The year of the apparition is missing. Only a short time later the old teaser poster "Delta Force: Angel Falls" could be seen again. Apart from this teaser poster and NovaLogic's search for suitable employees, nothing is known. Screenshots of the game appeared in October 2007, but they could not be clearly assigned to NovaLogic.

There were some images with the typical NovaLogic objects from older games, but these do not represent official material. Mike Harding from NovaLogic made it clear in a request that the images were internal research and development material from the new one Title is.

However, the game has not yet been released.

The Delta Force series is very well known among fans of multiplayer shooters and dedicated servers will continue to be offered.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NovaLogic Splash Page News (NovaHQ) . Steve. February 11, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
  2. ^ Delta Force: Angel Falls Teaser on NovaLogic Website . Ross Miller. February 28, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
  3. ↑ Thread with the launched screenshots . Atomic. February 11, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
  4. ↑ Confirmation of the screenshots . Chrispy. February 11, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2008.