Conflict Zone: Modern War Strategy

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $29.99

Features:

• As a commander of peacekeeping armies, build a campaign, using both strategy against terrorists and spin control with the media
• Gain public support from the media to upgrade your units, harm innocents to weaken your power and popularity
• Test your strategy skills against the same AI engine used among today's defense forces
• Features variable gameplay within repeated missions, offering a unique gaming experience every time you play

Accessories:
PlayStation: The Official Magazine (1-year)	Electronic Gaming Monthly	Play	Tips & Tricks Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Fine if you get it at a bargain price [Posted on 2003-10-11]
In Conflict Zone, it's the year 2010 and the forces of peace (the ICP) are fighting against the forces of chaos (GHOST). Both manipulate the media to tell their story.

On one hand this is your traditional strategy combat game. You control troops, you build barracks and weapons factories, you crank out marines, grenadiers, tanks and jeeps.

On the other hand, the media is always watching. So it's important to build refugee camps, show just how much work you're doing to maintain peace, and get key shots of the enemy and the atrocities they are committing. That media attention - and your subsequent popularity - are just as key to winning the war as actual units and troops are.

The graphics are resonably good, rolling across the meadows and mountains of the Ukraine and other hot-spots. You can zoom in and out and rotate at whim, getting a super-close-up of your units or a far-off view of the field. The AI is also reasonable, with units coordinating attacks on the most important targets first.

What really was annoying, though, was the interface. I've played hundreds of strategy games - it's my favorite type of game to play - and even with the tutorial the unit control in this game was pretty awful. I've heard this from many, many other people, and some simply refused to play after the first few attempts. I don't know I would give up on it quite that quickly, but it definitely makes the game far more frustrating than it should be.

Also, the various cut scenes of talking heads telling you to "save the civilians" or "kill the enemy base" never line up properly with the mouths moving. The mouths sit there yapping for a good 5-10 seconds after the speech is done. There are various little things like that that, while not major when it happens once, get really annoying when they are happening continuously.

It's a very nice attempt at something "different" with the media angle, but it ends up being a not-great strategy game with a PC bent to it. You should be able to find this for half price or less, so it might be a good "in between" game to play while waiting for one of your must-haves to come out.

One tight game !!!!! [Posted on 2003-11-12]
The graphics are a little off but its the best strategy game I've played in years, thats why I rated it five stars!!!

this game is horrible [Posted on 2003-12-09]
I have never played a game worse then this. Don't waste any money on this game

Conflict Zone [Posted on 2004-01-13]
This game stinks. It is the worst game ever it is really hard. It has so many rules and its really confusing. Dont waste ur money.

If you Like Command & Conqeur!!! [Posted on 2004-06-29]
This game is exactly like the Westwood famous Command and Conquer series and can be likened to the Playstation games, retaliation and Command & Conquer except with better graphics. The tanks are good graphics, while the people look like little tips of twigs. The buildings appear exactly like C&C Generals and it reminds me alot about it. The Commanders mouths do keep talking after the voice stops but its not bad. The plotline is good enough and it certainly is a great game to entertain you until the new games you have been waiting for come out.

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