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- Platform: PlayStation2
- Media: Video Game
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- The level of difficulty of the game is determined by the way you play the game
- Full 3D game with great detailed graphics
- Like in today's conflict you cannot win without the media's support
- Military victory isn't always sufficient to earn you mission success
- First RTS where military power is only a part of the equation
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Enter the world of real modern warfare, where the manipulation of media and civilians leads to military victory. As the commander of peacekeepers against terrorist armies, you must build a campaign using strategic brilliance and spin control. Rescue hostages with news cameras rolling and gain public support to upgrade your units. Harm innocents and your popularity and power will plummet. Take control of terrorist factions, and resort to more vicious techniques like brainwashing, media manipulation, and human shields to further your cause. Test your strategic mettle against the Direct AI engine used by today's defense forces.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
good idea but ...,
By Matthew McRobie (Buckingham, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Conflict Zone (Video Game)
Strategy games are good and always will be because they give you almost unlimited control. This is why games like "The Sims", "Command and Conquer", and fottball management games are such good fun. It is obvious that MASA group have realised this and decide to take a new slant on the genre.The idea in conflict zone is not just to have military strength, but to have the media and public on your side. This can sometimes take control away from the player and forces you into desperation sometimes and forces you to try and be careful about civilians etc. The idea sounds very clever and adds an extra dimension to the strategy element. But when executed didn't work that well, read on. Like Command and Conquer this game has two factions. A "good and evil" type scenario, and of course each side has its own strengths and weaknesses. It also has stolen the combat and construction ideas from command and conquer. But all of these are not done as well as Westwood did because they concentrated on other things as well. The control system definitely needs work too. Most control panels are only accessible by pressing at least two buttons simultaneously. this can make life difficult to the point of total fustration whilst under heavy fire from the enemy. Also the idea of media control may be revolutionary but not done very well as only one or two things are needed to be kept under survailance to win the media over. Graphically the game isn't bad but there are far better graphics on other games on the PS2. Sound wise the game however could be far better. The voices are good but the sound effects are very unrealistic and the music just gets annoying. The main redeeming feature of this game is its life span. The campaign is pretty big and with two different sides to choose from with different objectives, plus a skirmish mode for one off fights. In conclusion this game is solid with some clever ideas but in the end it just wasn't executed very well. Great for fans of the genre but not for many other people. Try renting it first just to make sure its your cup of tea.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Conflict Zone... Love it or Hate it.,
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Conflict Zone (Video Game)
Ok, so... the game has had a lot of bad reviews, and for a good reason
I got this game because RTS strategy games are on my top favourites. I read some of the reviews, and that really put me off the game. However, I decided to give it a go anyway, since there aren't a lot of RTS games out there for the playstation 2. So, i didn't really like it. I tried to re-sell it, and exchange it... but no one will have this game. I got back home, and I thought: The game doesn't seem that bad. So I decided to give it another go, since I'm stuck with it, I might aswell play it. So, I played the game again, and nothing really changed. 1- Controls: The controls are complicated at first, yes that's true. However you needn't get all anoyed, because you only need to learn the basic controls to enjoy the game. The other button combinations are just there for when you progress in the game, and have gotten used to the basic ones. I was playing the game, and I wasn't put off by the controls... I can play the game, just with the basic ones, and I have learned now how to use the advanced controls. So, don't get put off by that. It becames really easy, once you get used to them. Besides you get... One: a tutorial in how to use them, and Two: if you forget them, you can bring up the layout by pressing select while you are playing. 2- Graphycs: The Graphycs are very good, but I must say that they don't work well with this type of game. I prefer the old C&C graphycs. There is a lot going on the screen, you can't define the units, even at later missions, you still don't know what's a med tank and what artilary. You can't even see the infantry, when the camera zoom it's at birds-eye view... and if there's civilians around, you can't even tell the difference bettwen your units and civilians. 3- Storyline This is nothing we haven't seen before. There is a good side and a bad side, so to speak, depending of who you may think are the bad guys. Different Legions fighting for different ideals. However, there are funny parts in the video intermitions. To be honest, I had to edit this review, because after playing the game a few times, I got so bored with it that I just had to dispose of it. There is nothing new and fresh to the table. If you are into Strategy War Games, You are going to find this a disapointment. If you are not into War games that much, then just don't bother at all. So, It's your money, your time, therefore your decision.
26 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Another attempt to outsmart command and conquer,
By Pierz54@hotmail.com (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Conflict Zone (Video Game)
Mistake number one was going through the games' tutorial section, which starts off by issuing such simple and remedial instructions as "Use the left stick to move the camera around", before moving on to explaina totally bewildering set of button combinations that become exponentially more complex as each new task is taught. L2 and triangle, R2 and square, R1 and X - you've got more of a chance of winning the lottery while being struck by lightning for the fourth time then correctly guessing how to active the damn map display.At least it's voicedby a woman who sounds nice, but all she really needs to say is "Conflict Zone is a bit like Command + Conquer" and any gamer worth his or her entrance feewould understand and use their initiative to figure things out. Although, if she was being really honest she'd say, "Its a bit slow, stuttering and less well presented than C + C" to give a more accurate description of conflict zone, seeing as a rather duff clone is what you're dissapointingly lumbered here. You construct buildings, train people, transport troops,fend off attacks and launch you're own counter strikes, all on a variety of grassy green, whitey snow and yellowy desert battle locations. The best parts of it look well below average, the worst parts are truly appaling. Square soldiers moonwalk over terrible terrain, none of the machines or buildings look remotely solid or convincing, and theres not much of a horizon, which is curious seeing as how little is being demanded by your PS2. The landscape blends in and out of a thick white fog, looking laughably bad when viewing the game from a low camera angle. It gets very jerky too, especially when 20 tanks are descending on your base to capture you're arseand transport it to a nearby toture facility And should you be so bold as to rotate the camera while said tanks are on the screen it gets jerkier still. So, it's jerky. The underlying game experience is just plain old fashioned and slow. More importantly, this type of strategic warefare thang has been done so well in the past that it's puzzling to see it being done so badly and ineffectively here. It's a strategic rarity on Ps2 but sadly one not worth bothering with.Even hardcore stastic fans will be disappointed at how poorly Conflict Zone accounts for itself. There are better things (such as Red Faction)to spend money ..on.
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