http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/rts/multiplayer/FPS/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'rts, multiplayer, FPS' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/rts/multiplayer/FPS/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us Taking place in an alternate 1960's Battlezone features 2 campaigns, with the USA and the Soviet Union battling across the solar system over alien technology and bio-metal.

1998 Activision 3d remake of the arcade game of the same name, but remade into a hybrid of a tank sim, fps and rts. Also features multiplayer modes including death match and strat.

Features include

• Innovative Command System menu that integrates troop and resource management for full control from within your vehicle.
  
• 3-D topographical radar displays your base location, unit placement, field of vision and enemy position.
  
• Nav Beacon Cameras that can be set up for for surveilance purposes or to stage attacks.
  
• Scrap scavengers, Unit-building factories, Tanks, Solar arrays, gun towers, resource meters, numerous weaponry options that can be balanced according to your resources.
  

There are updated texture/asset files available, and due to continued fan devotion an alternate server.dat, as well as numerous community made maps.

Still a good looking and immersive game!

]]> 06 Dec 2006 08:19:51 Savage was a massive undertaking as an indie game. It had a budget of approximately $1 million and was an innovative look on two genres. It mixed RTS and FPS elements together and created a multiplayer hybrid.
Developed by: S2 Games

]]> 07 Dec 2006 08:16:07 The war over bio-metal continues in this sequel to the 1998 "Battlezone", which itself was a remake of the much earlier arcade game. Like it's predecessor, it's a 3d hybrid of a tank sim, fps and rts.

Whereas the former game took place in an "alternate 1960's" in which the Soviets and Americans were rivals over the newly discovered alien technologies, Battlezone II takes place in an "alternate 1990's" in which humans have joined forces to combat the gathering threat of the alien race of "Scions".

Additional features of Battlezone II: Combat Commander

• Challenging campaigns as well as varied multiplayer modes.
  


• 3-D topographical radar system which, as in Battlezone, is linked to the Command Interface system.
  


• The HUD displays icons that further simplify the tasks of monitoring units and resources.
  


• Meters allow you to observe resource and unit development progress at a glance.
  


• Units under your command can be tasked individually or linked together into groups that can be hot-keyed for quick response.
  


• Units can be assigned to the control of allied players in multiplayer!
  

System Requirements
200 MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 4MB video card RAM, DirectX 7.0, 600 MB available hard disk space, Windows 95 (and above. Can reportedly be played on 2000 using "compatibility mode")

Developed by Pandemic Studios, and published by Activision in 2000.

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