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Ground Control | Discount Price: $9.89
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Platform: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
Brand: Sierra
Binding: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2000-06-08
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Features: - In this game, The Order Of The New Dawn have laid claim to a bare planetoid. Their rivals, the Crayven Corporation, want to know why
- Start out playing for the side of the Crayven Corp., running espionage missions to find out what secrets the planet holds
- With incredible graphics, intense real-time strategy, and over 30 single-player missions, you'll be amazed at this game
- Play with up to 8 people, or play against them in a deathmatch
- Choose and arm your troops, arrange battles, and fight to win --- and uncover the strange and terrifying secret
Underrated, But Awesome [Posted on 2003-05-09]
One of the most underrated PC games there is, Ground Control is the fast-paced strategy game that takes out the focus on managing an economy and defending a base and puts emphasis on organized, squad-based warfare. WarCraft III emulates this game, but fails to do so in many respects. GC had WC3's graphics nearly 3 years before it did, boasted a much better camera control system and combat which outweighs anything in any other strategy game I've ever seen. In reality, comparing GC to most other strategy games is to compare apples with oranges, putting GC in a genre of its own. For the gamer who enjoys non-stop, visually impressive strategy with a unique game dynamic of its own, Ground Control is a must-have.
F- for Amazon service [Posted on 2004-02-11]
I waited 8 weeks for amazon to ship this title, the whole time the web site said 2-3 days - it was never in stock at all. Multiple phone calls multiple email and they still have not updated the web page. amazon gets lowest marks possible. But good game...
Amazaon [Posted on 2004-04-15]
I no this isnt the place but i cant help it. I ordered this game 4 weeks ago, at first they said they lost it in mail, and ten their out of stock. I order it agin last week and it still sint here, but the demo rocks!
Please I Need to know [Posted on 2006-04-10]
well i belive this game is the awesomest game but i want to buy it and well im not sure if ill get the mac version or the windows ver. i need the win. ver. please help how would i know wich im getting
This game is AWSOME [Posted on 2006-11-19]
This game is probably the best RTS game out there. Its got great graphics, an awsome camera and, amazingly, unit speech that ISN'T annoying! Another thing is the level of customization. You can customize what you're bringing on your mission, and what type it is (scout,light,regular, or heavy) and the attributes (recon/speed,offensive,defensive,balanced). You can also customize the special weapons.
The plot is amazing. Just when you think you know where this game is going, *WHAM* it changes course.
The game is very unlike other RTS games of it's time, such as StarCraft and Warcraft 2. Instead of the extroardinary boringness of building up a base, gathering resources, tech tree, etc, you get your units instantly as the dropship comes in and you have no base to defend(except on certain defence missions). The only thing you really have to defend is your units.
The unit experience in this game is excellent. Instead of micromanaging every single unit, you control squads, which levels up your units faster.
Ex. My Light Terradyne Squad leveled up! (Ground Control)
Ex. 2 of my 12 Grizzly tanks got promoted! (Red Alert Two)
Tell me about another game that has all of your units HP, type, how many units left in the squad, KIA or not, whether they are taking damage, and favorite pizza topping in a small transparent tablet smaller than your big toe? Ok, maybe not the pizza topping, but thats beside the point. The "Hide Squad Button" command literally hides them. I mean not "Here is a little thing to show you where they used to be" kind of hiding, i mean GONE kind of hiding.
The in-game sound effects are great. Move the camera to the top of a cliff, you hear the wind (Or is that artillery shots?). Move closer to your Marine squad running from a squad of Attack Aerodynes, you hear their footsteps. Get a close-up on a Light Terradyne, the engine gets louder.
The only only only thing in this game that is needed is the addition of a regular APC's so you don't get your Command APC vaporized by trying to drop troops into battle.
Those who think this game needs water units, you are SO wrong. Water units would not be able to follow your land units to the enemy base. They would be practically worthless. I'm not talking about amphibious units (which actually would be an awsome addition) I'm talking about battleships and so on. And besides, there is no water in any of the maps anyway.
I also like the secret(s). If you find more than this one, please post a review. If you click on the fish in the credits about 25 times (or more, I'm not sure) it explodes and you hear singing.
One thing about this game however, is that it is rather difficult. The easiest missions are the "Seek and Destroy" missions. The hardest one's are escort missions and defence missions.
Overall this game is totally awsome and I hope you buy it so that you can expierience the shocking amazingness of this great game.
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