Act of War: Direct Action (DVD)

Act of War: Direct Action (DVD) Review

Act of War: Direct Action comes out 2 years after C&C: Generals, so I'll make my comparisons to that excellent benchmark game.

There are two major improvements that AoW has over C&C:G. First, the plot is far more immersive. Plenty of live action video (not quite "24" but it works) helps weave an intricate and interesting story line, far preferable to the so-so briefings at the start of C&C missions.

Second, the camera not only zooms in and out, but also pans down for an over-the-shoulder perspective of your forces. That's quite nice, actually - something tried in Star Wars: Empire At War, but it just didn't work well there.

Also, AoW has a much longer storyline (C&C:Generals has 7 or 8 missions for each faction).

Despite the enhancements, AoW is just not as much fun as C&C:Generals. Maybe it's the enhanced realism - taking buildings is something you see from outside with silhouettes, rather than just sending a toxin tank to flush out a building and reoccupy it 10 seconds later. Your units are fairly well-dictated, so while C&C gives you strategic choices mostly in the composition of your forces, AoW picks them mostly for you, and leaves the tactics up to you.

Maybe its the kitsch, or lack thereof. There's something utterly comical about creating a group of GLA rebels in C&C: Generals, and hear them shout "Our courage will be seen by all!" Meanwhile, a GLA peasant simply complains "Can I have some shoes? Are there any better tools? Does it have to be so far?" AoW takes itself seriously - perhaps a little too seriously. More "The Sentinel" than Jack Bauer.

It's also utterly frustrating to have wounded bleed to death on the battlefield, where they are unable to walk the 60 in-game feet to the field hospital. In later missions you have access to a medevac chopper, but early on these poor guys just die in the park.

All in all, not a bad game - something to play when you're tired of C&C: Generals. And all the Generals: Zero Hour mods - so far, I've not found any mods for AoW.

Act of War: Direct Action (DVD) Feature

• Control counter-terrorist forces in this real-time strategy experience
• Suspense, international intrigue, and geopolitical military conflict
• Command highly realistic modern military units; movie-quality cinematics
• Capture enemy soldiers, rescue hostages, and occupy or destroy buildings
• Skirmish with up to 8 players in a variety of intense multiplayer operations

Act of War: Direct Action (DVD) Overview

Tomorrow's War is Now! Command highly realistic modern military units, and experience unique gameplay through a seamless convergence of movie-quality cinematics, and live action. Face the realities of real urban combat as you defend the streets of London, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., and capture enemy soldiers, rescue hostages, and occupy or destroy buildings.

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