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.
Reader Comments (17)
Posted: Jul 4th 2008 4:19AM Freddie Mercury said
i don't have a good feeling about this. Seems cool in theory, but idk how execution would work
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Posted: Jul 4th 2008 4:21AM Freddie Mercury said
damn, i didn't read the last line, my post was kinda pointless :P
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Posted: Jul 4th 2008 5:04AM (Unverified) said
Sounds like a game I played years ago called natural-selection.
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Posted: Jul 4th 2008 5:54AM (Unverified) said
There's also Tremulous, which is very similar to natural selection. It's open source, too!
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Posted: Jul 4th 2008 5:09AM (Unverified) said
The Battlezone games did RTS+FPS and I really loved them, despite the god-awful AI :P
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Posted: Jul 4th 2008 8:49AM (Unverified) said
Agreed, Battlezone proved that the FPS+RTS mix can be fun, even with some execution flaws.
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Posted: Jul 4th 2008 7:43PM (Unverified) said
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.
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Posted: Jul 4th 2008 9:45AM xThePunisherx said
This looks like another horrible game....why do they even bother....
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Posted: Jul 4th 2008 10:28AM (Unverified) said
My god this looks a lot like FarCry, the weapon, the environment, the HUD, but it seems like an interesting concept, I didn't like Savage cuz i want something realistic
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Posted: Jul 4th 2008 11:04AM (Unverified) said
this is a PC title all throughout, especially if they are asking for RTS. The 360 version should help with the bottom line though.
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Posted: Jul 4th 2008 12:58PM Mutagenaric said
Source has a mod call Empires that is basically FPS/RTS. Only it's got buildings and stuff, too.
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Posted: Jul 4th 2008 5:28PM (Unverified) said
I have a bad feeling about this game...Cool idea but it just seems like it would be very hard to pull off
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Posted: Jul 23rd 2008 3:11AM (Unverified) said
Natural Selection, Tremulous, Savage and Empires were all multiplayer games with no AI opponent....
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