Nuclear Dawn
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| Studio | InterWave Studio | ||
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PC / Mac September 26, 2011 Xbox 360 not yet known |
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| platform | Windows , Mac , Xbox 360 | ||
| Game engine | Source Engine | ||
| genre | First person shooter , real-time strategy game | ||
| Subject | End time scenario | ||
| Game mode | Multiplayer | ||
| control | Mouse , keyboard | ||
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| medium | Download | ||
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The computer game Nuclear Dawn combines the first person shooter - and the real-time strategy game - genre (RTS / FPS). In February 2006 it was announced as an amateur modification for the Source Engine . In April 2009, however, it was announced that they wanted to develop it further as a commercial project. It was released on September 26, 2011 for Windows and Mac . A beta for Linux was released at the end of 2013 .
Gameplay
At the beginning of each round, one player from each team (empire or consortium) is elected as the commander, who gives his team orders from above and builds buildings. The other players are soldiers with normal first-person shooter characteristics.
The primary goal is to destroy the enemy team's command bunker. The commander can construct buildings using resources obtained from his team's soldiers.
The descriptions of the different classes and the commander according to the developer InterWave:
On the field
- Four individual classes, which are dependent on each other due to their strengths and weaknesses, which should improve cooperative teamwork, tactics and strategy.
- A large number of weapons to survive on the battlefield. These include a. Machine guns, shotguns, miniguns, and explosives.
- Terrain with lots of details. It can e.g. For example, fighting on the streets of a demolished Japanese city or being penetrated into a Russian nuclear facility.
As a commander
- It can u. a. Bottlenecks and defensive positions are built.
- The area can be expanded with a variety of buildings so that the respective team can cope with the task. From supply buildings to self-firing systems that corner opponents.
- New technologies need to be unlocked in order to get stronger.
development
Nuclear Dawn was considered a vaporware for a long time because there wasn't much information in its development as a modification.
As a reason for switching to the commercial project, InterWave stated that more was possible with financial help.
reception
The reviews for Nuclear Dawn have been mostly positive. The game achieved a Metascore of 71 on the Metacritic side .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ IGN: Nuclear Dawn . Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ↑ Hello Nuclear Dawn Community! ( English ) May 26, 2009. Archived from the original on July 5, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ↑ Nuclear Dawn Linux Beta is Live! ( English ) November 19, 2013. Accessed July 4, 2014.
- ↑ An analysis of vaporware. ( English ) June 1, 2006. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ↑ InterWave Studios starts on Nuclear Dawn ( English ) InterWave. April 13, 2009. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
