Raven Squad to marry RTS, FPS this fall

by Jason Dobson { Jul 4th 2008 at 4:00AM }

Hey, you got real-time strategy in our first-person shooter! That's the mantra we could be chanting this fall when SouthPeak and Evolved Games partner to release Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger, a new RTS/FPS hybrid, for the Xbox 360 and PC.

Developed by Budapest, Hungary outfit, Atomic Motion, the game will allow players to swap between both real-time strategy and first-person shooter gameplay as they take control of two mercenary squads fighting their way out of the Amazon, the first shots of which can be seen below. However, as interesting as the mash-up sounds, there is an old saying about doing one thing, and doing it well, and we can't help but feel that Raven Squad will be a jack of all trades (well, at least two), and a master of none.

Gallery: Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger

Tags: atomic-motion, atomicmotion, evolved-games, evolvedgames, raven-squad, ravensquad, southpeak

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Young_Nastyman @ Jul 4th 2008 4:19AM

i don't have a good feeling about this. Seems cool in theory, but idk how execution would work

Young_Nastyman @ Jul 4th 2008 4:21AM

damn, i didn't read the last line, my post was kinda pointless :P

Ben Reese @ Jul 4th 2008 5:04AM

Sounds like a game I played years ago called natural-selection.

Will @ Jul 4th 2008 5:54AM

There's also Tremulous, which is very similar to natural selection. It's open source, too!

Ihavepants @ Jul 5th 2008 9:31AM

And Savage, and Savage 2

Charlie_Six @ Jul 4th 2008 5:09AM

The Battlezone games did RTS+FPS and I really loved them, despite the god-awful AI :P

RatBoy @ Jul 4th 2008 8:49AM

Agreed, Battlezone proved that the FPS+RTS mix can be fun, even with some execution flaws.

Shignami @ Jul 4th 2008 9:41AM

Battlezone 2 was one of my favorite PC games a few years back.

Christian @ Jul 4th 2008 6:32AM

This is already done. Savage and Savage2 did the FPS+RTS mixed game twice already.

Shokker @ Jul 4th 2008 7:43PM

That's exactly what I was thinking. Then I wondered to myself what ever happened to Savage 2, I was waiting for that game and it managed to fly completely under my radar. Looking at Gamespot I see it came out on Jan. 16th and they didn't even review it, which is disappointing to say the least. I might still pick it up because I enjoyed the first so much.