Act of War: High Treason Expansion Pack (DVD ROM) (PC)

Product Details

With the first expansion pack for the critically acclaimed Act of War: Direct Action, are introducing a massive amount of new features and content to enhance and extend the overall experience.
It is the not-so-distant future. The world is facing its worst energy crisis ever, with gas prices above $7 a gallon, a situation caused by drastically reduced production outputs by the oil companies and terrorist attacks against energy holdings around the globe. The situation is disastrous even in Western countries, with massive strikes, protests and calls for the government to act. From anti-globalization protesters to anti-war forces to environmental activists, people across the board are demanding change. The level of activity is creating powerful instability - instability that can be used as a weapon by those who operate in the shadows...

Naval Combat
The new naval combat in provides a fully-fledged modern naval RTS within Act of War. With over a dozen new units designed specifically for naval warfare – from Tarawa class carriers, Typhoon submarines and SH-60 Seahawk anti-sub helicopters, to Harrier attack aircraft and Zubr class amphibious assault hovercraft – this feature alone promises to make this expansion pack one of the most interesting new RTS offerings in 2006.

To support the naval combat feature, Eugen Systems have developed brand new real-time physics technology to simulate waves and the heave of the ships, ballistics code for ASROCs, Tomahawks, Harpoons and Typhoons and other maritime weaponry, and normal mapping and deep parallax water surfaces for the waves.

Mercenaries
Instead of introducing a fourth faction, Eugen Systems have introduced a different kind of feature which promises to mix things up considerably during different phases of the game – mercenary units. The concept is simple: these are units for hire. Only one player at a time can hire each mercenary unit, and to hire a mercenary team you need to pay a hefty insurance policy. If the mercenaries are injured or even killed, you won’t get a full refund of your insurance deposit at the end of the contract.

The nine mercenary units range from close assault troops with Benelli shotguns, to Roland SAM systems, SU-25 Froogfoot CAS aircraft, and even F-117 stealth bombers that can be called into any part of the map.

New Units and Upgrades
For extra variation in the basic game each of the three factions also receives 2-3 new units and as many new upgrades; in some cases they will cover previous holes in the tech tree, in others just reinforce the strength of each side or introduce a new use for existing units and upgrades. Examples are Stinger infantry and Kiowa recon helicopters for the U.S. Army, SCUD launchers and Hind AT-6 Spiral missiles for the Consortium, and GUOS mine upgrades and experimental BLU-144 bombs for the Joint Strike Fighters of the Task Force Talon.

Act of War: High Treason Minimum System Requirements

• Operating System: Windows® 2000/XP
• Processor: Pentium® 4 1.5 GHz or equivalent (2.2 GHz recommended)
• Memory: 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
• Hard Disk Space: 6 GB free
• Video: 64 MB video card supporting shaders (128 MB recommended)*
• Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card recommended
• DirectX®: DirectX® version 9.0c (included) or higher
• Multiplayer: Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported. Broadband Internet connection required for online multiplayer play
• Requires a DVD ROM drive
• Requires original Act of War to run

* Note that GeForce 4 MX does not support shaders.

Features

• Chilling and authentic techno-thriller - Storyline and game universe created in association with Dale Brown
• Military authenticity - The first RTS to combine a real universe with simple, elegant gameplay. Using highly detailed representations of existing and experimental military technology, Act Of War: Direct Action offers an authentic battle experience without the authentic complexity
• Emotional attachment - Zoom down to street level on the urban battlefields of San Francisco, Washington DC, London and Moscow, all highly detailed , realistic and fully destructible. Medevac your own wounded soldiers and take prisoners
• Unique, innovative gameplay - "Human resourcing model" based on prisoners of war, pilots, tank drivers and other non-combatants means that to survive, you really have to care about what matters in war - life and death
• Techonology revolution - Level of detail in character animations, textures and lighting technology only seen in FPS games to date
• Infinite replayability - Extensive multiplayer options and single-player skirmish mode for infinite replayability
• Huge variety - Three different playable sides, over 100 different units and upgrades, over fifteen skirmish maps with terrains from all over the world, over 30 single-player missions.

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