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T-bone

30-12-2004, 20:22

yes good one too lol !!:D

i try another: (red alert 2 yuri's revenge)

- allied - USA - USA - USA.
- Comunist - China - China - Task Force Talon.
- Yuri - MEC - GLA - Consortium.

next one :biggringr :tup:

Eltaco

31-12-2004, 05:29

Thx guys. Actually when I first looked at this game I thought it was a mod for Generals. It looks much better though

I am a little bit confused on why they would bother splitting up the US side into two factions. I would rather see another nation like Russia, South American state or a Rogue nation (i.e. North Korea). Just not China though cause it seems like every near future game has USA, Terrorists and China.

Draetiss

31-12-2004, 12:05

It's because of the story, maybe ?
Take a closer look to it ;)

phoenixstar

31-12-2004, 20:16

Originally posted by Eltaco
Hi there

I recently was directed to this site and i was wondering what factions are playable in this game?

thx

I believe the terrorist/Consortium factions aren't playable in single-player, but they are in skirmish and multiplayer.

Here's an enemy RPG trooper.

Eltaco

31-12-2004, 22:17

Looks nice

I was a little dissapointed with the GLA faction in Generals. They seemed too much like an actual army. I also a drawing of a marine in some kind of exoskeleton. Does anybody have any info on him?

phoenixstar

01-01-2005, 04:55

Originally posted by Eltaco
Looks nice

I was a little dissapointed with the GLA faction in Generals. They seemed too much like an actual army. I also a drawing of a marine in some kind of exoskeleton. Does anybody have any info on him?

checkout the hightech weapons thread, I posted a pic there.

Waraddict

01-01-2005, 14:18

Did some digging up for more info on the sides, aparently this is how it goes...

Singleplayer

Task Force Talon = Coalition of USA and EU
Consortium = Terrorists

Multiplayer

USA = USA
Task Force Talon = EU
Consortium = Terrorists

Presumably, you only play as TFT in the campaign, you probably shift between european and american technology throughout the campaign.

5*General

01-01-2005, 14:52

I think Talon is all American, although in the campaign you may be able to control European units. Even if Talon does have European units, most likely they will be used in conjunction with the US ones. By the way, the Consortium is probably going to be more army-like than the GLA just so you know. And would someone please tell me how China=Talon?
Talon= few units, expensive, but powerful
China= lots of units, cheap, weak alone, powerful together

Unless your talking about Lotus and the Hackers, I see no connection.

Edit: Forgot to mention, Talon is most definetly not all Europe. The JSF is a US jet, although the British Royal Navy will also get their hands on it, the British and US armies are practically one anyways, and I don't think you can say Europe just because of Britain.

Waraddict

01-01-2005, 16:52

Of course Talon is not all Europe! I said in singleplayer they are a coalition, its only in multiplayer they are europe.

The Talon that's shown on the main site is probably the singleplayer Talon.

From Gamespy...
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/act-of-war/571909p1.html?fromint=1

The single-player game will put you in the role of the "good guys" -- a coalition comprised of U.S. and European troops called Task Force Talon. Your enemy is The Consortium, which, apart from the fact that it is headed by high-powered energy company execs, remains sufficiently shadowy. It's clear, though, that they aren't playing around. One look at their diverse, powerful (albeit rag-tag) military force makes that fact immediately evident. You won't be able to play them in the single-player game, but when it gets down to multiplayer, all the factions become playable -- the "third" being the European arm of Task Force Talon, treated as a separate group for this purpose.

Waraddict

01-01-2005, 16:54

Thinking about it, they may not name this European Talon in multiplayer TFT, but I'd guess they would be too lazy to create a fourth interface design so I assume TFT is just Europe in multiplayer (we already know the USA isn't TFT in multiplayer with the screenshots of their GUI etc.).

AgmLauncher

01-01-2005, 18:57

Well TFT uses the Comanche which is American. It is a coalition but it wont be purely European in multiplay.

Waraddict

03-01-2005, 14:24

The TFT info on the site, is most likely the singleplayer one, that meaning we have yet to see the multiplayer one and they probably won't have the commanche.

Draetiss

03-01-2005, 15:02

I saw somewhere that TFT's is more likely a special US Force like Delta Force or something like that. Which unit is European in the Talon Force ?

T-bone

03-01-2005, 17:08

hum NONE :lightbulb :lightbulb

5*General

03-01-2005, 23:21

I doubt the units on the site are the single-player ones. The Campaign TFT I believe will have access to Abrahms and stuff, aka, a combination between TFT and the regular US forces. Note how they refer to the US as the REGULAR US forces. The reason for this is that TFT is a branch of the American military. I have seen many conflicting reviews (preivews) about whether TFT is American or European, but I hold firm that it is American entirely. By the way, when units are released on a website, usually they show the multiplayer ones b/c those are the REAL game units, and campaigns are usually special units/forces. For instance, before The Frozen Throne came out, Blizzard released the units/heroes. Note how they did not show Akamah.

strikedagger

07-01-2005, 02:57

Well, most i believe that these special counter-terrorist forces are consisting in different existed nations to play important roles to combat most dangerous and devious unknown enemy of the state, with U.S armies in support to provide new ability soldiers training and as well new technology to counter enemy in the heat of battles.

Basiclly the US would play small minor role in AOW in order to keep many countries in peace and stability.Just think of them some sort like world police or global interpol.

MetalPhoenix

07-01-2005, 15:18

I think that TFT will be mostly American, with some European units attached.

Waraddict

07-01-2005, 19:26

Who knows, one things for sure, the TFT in multiplayer will be different then the one in singleplayer, which will be sort of confusing...

AgmLauncher

07-01-2005, 19:59

I doubt the units or their names will be that much different though. I have a feeling that TFT will probably just be American in single player/multiplayer, and we'll see an expansion pack that introduces one or two European factions into the game, which would be totally sweet.

Waraddict

07-01-2005, 21:09

Well, in the preview I linked to on the first page, there will definetly be three sides in multiplayer, USA, TFT and the Consortium.

You see, my guess, and I could well be wrong, is that in the singleplayer you only play as TFT, which will have USA and EU units, in multiplayer however it will become split up into USA and EU (still named TFT for some reason). That's only my guess though.

AgmLauncher

07-01-2005, 21:20

I dont see why they would split it up. You should have access to all the same stuff and it wont matter who it belongs to really. I noticed the Consortium actually has some American stuff so I dont know exactly how consistent they are trying to be.

phoenixstar

08-01-2005, 00:24

Originally posted by AgmLauncher
I dont see why they would split it up. You should have access to all the same stuff and it wont matter who it belongs to really. I noticed the Consortium actually has some American stuff so I dont know exactly how consistent they are trying to be.

This is one of my few areas of complaint. I can see the enemy being equipped with Stinger missiles, we flooded Afghanistan with them, so there's your black market haven. M16's are next to AK47's when talking about the most popular assualt rifles all over the globe, but the YF-23, Northrop Grumman would never sell this even to allies, how the heck is the Consortium going to get them?

Waraddict

08-01-2005, 02:39

Originally posted by AgmLauncher
I dont see why they would split it up. You should have access to all the same stuff and it wont matter who it belongs to really. I noticed the Consortium actually has some American stuff so I dont know exactly how consistent they are trying to be.

Well, they mentioned it in the preview article I gave a link to, I figure if they ARE splitting them up they're going to expand a little more on the seperated TFT sides, that is TFT may not get some USA or TFT-Multiplayer units.

Second, I think you may be looking at TFT not the Consortium in those screenies, I think TFT are red, while Consortium are green.

AgmLauncher

08-01-2005, 07:58

I've seen a ss where the Consortium gets use of the V22 Osprey, a US Marine Corps unit. I doubt very much the reality of something like this.

Waraddict

08-01-2005, 12:40

Well, if the Consortium do have a few odd American units, I'd say its quite possible they got them off countries which America traded military hardware with.

AgmLauncher

08-01-2005, 19:51

Well in RTS games you generally build your units out of a production facility. It's doubtful the consortium got the plans to build these things.

MetalPhoenix

09-01-2005, 06:30

It could be like a GLA Arms Dealer (the dealer basically resells arms obtained elswhere).

Then again, they didn't sell stuff like Avengers... :lightbulb

Waraddict

09-01-2005, 12:06

Who knows, it might be an original C&C Nod Airstrip type job, vehicles get flown in.

Though I doubt it, still though, there is much unknown about the game yet, hopefully the demo will answer alot.

5*General

09-01-2005, 15:23

TFT in the campaign will be a mix between 2 American forces: TFT and US. In multiplayer, TFT will be American, but with a more technologically advanced set of units geared more towards quick strikes and recon. From what I've seen, they don't seem like the kinda ones who are going to be in giant battles and win. Their strategy probably ends up being a cross between what you would use for the US and the Consortium.

STCAB

09-01-2005, 17:29

I thought the US were supposed to be very "specialized."

Instead of having few units that can handle all kinds of situations.. they have one type of unit for each situation.

For example:

A group of marines is caught in a trap, tanks approach from all around. There is NO WAY they can handle this, and they die.

Now:

A group of Marines is cought in a trap, INFANTRY close in from all directions. Now they have a good chance to survive.

AgmLauncher

09-01-2005, 21:52

Task for Talon is supposed to be the specialized faction. The US Army has more general purpose units, and Im sure the Consortium will have the most flexibility with their units.

strikedagger

10-01-2005, 02:40

Consortium got loads of money in their bag, why pay more just to get some new military hardware and mercenaries, besides they are the one who started out devastating war against world countries.