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Ships Ahoy: Silent Storm

[Jan 20, 2004, 6:14 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Silent Storm Ships To Retail is the press release from Encore, announcing that the World War II strategy/RPG is now available in North America. Here's a bit from their description of what's being offered:

Gamers choose to play on the side of the Axis or Allied forces, select their squad, and customize their characters from over 40 male or female operatives. Each squad member can be created from a variety of nationalities, and will possess a unique personality, background and in-game dialog. Player units will also benefit from a rich character development system, with 9 preset skills for each character, and over 50 skills that can be developed throughout the course of the game. This enables players to use their own game style, from brute force to cunning stealth. With over 75 authentic WWII weapons, the path to victory unfolds through a campaign of 24 non-linear daytime and night missions, and includes randomly generated encounters of varying styles and difficulty.

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STRATEGY GAME OF THE YEAR

Jan 20, 2004, 22:52

Paranoid Jack

I would vote it both Strategy & all around Game Of The Year right now. If they would have released in North America Q4 of 2003 they would have had a few award without a doubt. No telling this early in the year if people will remember this one come December. But I know I will. I have been playing it as much as possible. And it is amazing. http://www.s2hq.com/articles.php?lng=en&pg=201 (Main Page) http://www.s2hq.com/articles.php?lng=en&pg=50 (Camera Config Page) Get the info to reconfig the camera and play with the settings to suit your machine. Being able to zoom in to just above ground level is awesome and helps with LOS decisions. Some of my new favorite moments are using the sniper panzerklien to take out enemies. When hit they usually going flying through the air and hit the wall or ceiling behind them bouncing off before dropping dead. Wait until you see it I would bet fifty bucks that you will catch yourself saying something like... "WOW, that was cool!" I know a lot of people don't like the sci-fi blend but so far I found it the most exciting. I can't tell you anymore without spoiling some of the surprise. So I won't. But I got to say this game is simple amazing as is... this baby will be a classic TBS for years to come. Can't wait for the European release of Sentinels, the add-on. I will pre-order mine from the UK if the NA release is not the same or close.... EDIT: Play by e-mail would be awesome but multiplayer would be even better. Hell why can't we have both in the sequel? This comment was edited on Jan 20, 22:56.

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