EON Digital Entertainment today confirmed it will be publishing Mission: Humanity, a real time strategy title for PC-CD ROM. Developed by Polish developer Techland, Mission: Humanity promises to deliver innovative gameplay and tactics to the strategy genre when it is released this autumn.
Following an attack by an alien race Earth is in turmoil, left with barely enough resources to satisfy its beleaguered population. A new home is needed. Utilising alien technology from a captured spacecraft, a mother ship is constructed and sent in search of the aliens' home planet with the aim of extermination and subsequent colonisation.
You are the commander of the human or alien forces, and must lead your army in an interplanetary conflict between races. There are a number of planetary systems ahead, each containing many planets to be either colonised or defended. As neither side will cede every planet will soon turn into an arena of the cruel conflict.
Unlike other games in the genre, once a map has been won it still plays an active and important part in the game. The immediate action may move onto another planet in the system but players will always need to keep a watchful eye on their past successes. Committing resources to a particular planet takes time and could potentially leave another base exposed, giving the enemy a perfect opportunity to attack. This need to co-ordinate both forces and resources on multiple fronts adds an extra dimension to the real time strategy genre.
In another first, Mission: Humanity features circular maps allowing bases to be attacked from any angle and puts an end to the establishment of bases in one corner of the map making its defence easier. Players will have to think extremely carefully about the placement of strategic buildings and defence systems if they are to thwart attacks.
When an enemy base is infiltrated in Mission: Humanity the game will switch to the first person with the player taking control of a group of soldiers and will track the enemy through the key building in the base until they are all eliminated and the base is overthrown.
With it's mix of classic and innovative gameplay mechanics, Mission: Humanity is sure to appeal to both seasoned strategists and newcomers alike when it is released in October 2000.
Following an attack by an alien race Earth is in turmoil, left with barely enough resources to satisfy its beleaguered population. A new home is needed. Utilising alien technology from a captured spacecraft, a mother ship is constructed and sent in search of the aliens' home planet with the aim of extermination and subsequent colonisation.
You are the commander of the human or alien forces, and must lead your army in an interplanetary conflict between races. There are a number of planetary systems ahead, each containing many planets to be either colonised or defended. As neither side will cede every planet will soon turn into an arena of the cruel conflict.
Unlike other games in the genre, once a map has been won it still plays an active and important part in the game. The immediate action may move onto another planet in the system but players will always need to keep a watchful eye on their past successes. Committing resources to a particular planet takes time and could potentially leave another base exposed, giving the enemy a perfect opportunity to attack. This need to co-ordinate both forces and resources on multiple fronts adds an extra dimension to the real time strategy genre.
In another first, Mission: Humanity features circular maps allowing bases to be attacked from any angle and puts an end to the establishment of bases in one corner of the map making its defence easier. Players will have to think extremely carefully about the placement of strategic buildings and defence systems if they are to thwart attacks.
When an enemy base is infiltrated in Mission: Humanity the game will switch to the first person with the player taking control of a group of soldiers and will track the enemy through the key building in the base until they are all eliminated and the base is overthrown.
With it's mix of classic and innovative gameplay mechanics, Mission: Humanity is sure to appeal to both seasoned strategists and newcomers alike when it is released in October 2000.