Let's make a game out of a broken-down America, hot damn!!

[Deja Q]

:woohoo: (:sarcasm:)

http://www.2kgames.com/shatteredunion/

Following a great increase in terrorism, internal strife, and ultimately, the nuclear destruction of Washington, D.C., the United States shatters into a half-dozen nation-states that descend into war. Take the helm of one of these newfound sovereignties (or the "peacekeeping" European Expeditionary Force) and struggle to reunify America�by any means necessary!

* Modern 3D tactical war game viewed from a "bird's-eye" overhead camera.
* Non-linear mission progression with changes based on player-made decisions.
* Real-time resolution of turned-based moves. Take your time while you decide your move, but once you have selected your action, see the results all play out in full animation models, exploding vehicles, and burning cities and forests!
* Fully destructible terrain/environment. As the battle proceeds, everything from explosions and destroyed buildings permanently mark the terrain. Moving tanks will leave tread marks that stay for the duration of the mission. At the end, very little will look the same.
* Fight your way across the United States! Had enough of the windy city? Then go ahead and bomb Chicago! Invade across the Rockies into California, capture the tank factories in Ohio, and lay siege to New York City! You decide - the fate of the nation is in your hands!
* Choose to play as one of seven different factions: California Commonwealth, Pacifica, Republic of Texas, Great Plains Federation, The Confederacy, New England Alliance and the European Union.
* Call up National Guard forces equipped with M1 Abrams battle tanks, Apache helicopters and stealth bombers. Or make a deal with the Russians and equip your boys with MiG fighters and T-95 Heavy Tanks.
* Online and offline multiplayer on all platforms.




:puke:

[jsamuel]

1. I saw a preview for this game. I don't like it at all.

But we don't censor in America.

[Deja Q]

2. Amazing... Everybody whines over G.T.A. 3... few have heard of this.

Still, most people will be appalled by it, because it breaks their cozy little consumer mindset.

[skids]

3. I'm guessing the game probably sucks...

...but as for the plot, it's just bargain bin dystopian military fiction. Nothing to get all in a huff about.

[ContraBass Black]

4. It looks turn and points based.

Ho hum.

[Deja Q]

6. Then you don't want to read this:

The Shattered Union plot begins in 2008 with a virtually tied US presidential election. The man who makes it in to the White House, by virtue of a Congressional decision, goes on to polarize the nation. Public protests lead to riots, which grow in to domestic terrorism. The president then declares martial law and establishes the Homeland Security Act; a Supreme Court ruling hands the unpopular incumbent the 2012 elections; and the 2013 inauguration party is certifiably pooped by a nuclear bomb detonating in Washington, DC. With the president and most of Congress dead, the country sinks in to chaos, and Texas and California secede. European peacekeepers sent to DC become embroiled in the fiasco, and the next thing you know, seven different factions are fighting for control of the United States.

http://www.gamespot.com/cgi/game_score_piechart.php?id=928045

From http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/shatteredunion/news.html?sid=6136038


User reviews are varied; but a common theme is that the premise doesn't match the gameplay. It also depends on the veracity of the reviewer...

[baldguy]

5. Lets bomb those damn liberal cities!

[Selatius]

7. That looks like Chicago by the lakeshore, no?

Seems the countryside folks have taken to hating their city-dwelling neighbors. :sarcasm:

Look at them taking LA: