Emergency 3

by Strategy First

Product Features

• Experience fire-fighting, police operations and technical rescue missions
• 20 thrilling missions including disasters, accidents, terror incidents and many more
• Lead more than 35 emergency units
• Realistic day-night effects, weather conditions and spectacular special effects
• Detailed 3D graphics, infinitely variable rotating and zooming

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EPNREC
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: February 27, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,922 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: PC

Featuring new pulse-pounding missions and the latest 3D technology, Emergency 3 also includes real-time physics, a scenario editor and endless mode. Gamers are now held accountable for the safety of an entire town. As the head of all rescue operations - gamers must ensure that the job gets done with all fire and rescue services, police and specialist personel. A huge range of emergency ressources and vehicules are at the gamers disposal. including fire trucks, heavy salvage trucks and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Graphics..... poor AI and Gameplay....., April 30, 2006

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A. Foster "tfcreate" (Chicago, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Emergency 3 (Strategy First) (CD-ROM)

After the first 2 titles of the Emerrgency series, one would have thought that the game's developers would have done more than make the game prettier... but that's exactly what has happened. I reviewed Emergency2 with my chief complaint that the A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) needed major improvement.... well, sadly they have yet to address this issue.

Firefighters will stand around and die rather than fight the fire, they wont advance on a fire... and worst of all, they STILL will crush themselves into a corner rather than go to the places directed... they will even head off in the opposite direction even though it's obvious that there is no path to the destination.... The civilians regurally cross police lines and walk directly into danger...very sad.

Sorry Guys, but adding slow motion flying bodies and nicer graphics does not improve the game.... it only improves the look.

You're charaters and vehicles are still have the I.Q. of a bag of hammers.

The scenarios are good and can be won, but most players will get so frustrated with the A.I., that they will more than likely put the game away. I'll take FireFighter Command over this any day.

TFC

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could of been a hit, October 7, 2007

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Mike "Movie Buff" (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Emergency 3 (Strategy First) (CD-ROM)

It's sad to see a crop of games that come out that seem like a half hearted attempt to make money but arent polished enough to become a hit. Granted there are a few that just are plain awful. Interestingly enough this isnt an awful game but it does need some polish, updated graphics and new interface. Even if you arent a paramedic, police officer, or EMT, this game will tickle your playing-bone. Personally I like doctor, fire, police, and EMT type of games. Lately there hasnt been many in this genre. The Police Quest series sadly has long been retired, the Emergency series has stopped (one of them was really good then got bad), and the Emergency series hasnt been turning out good products. I happen to like Emergency: Fire Response.
In this game you are introduced to an incomplete tutorial and clunky interface. Sometimes you forgot to click on a characte and accidently move your emergency vehicle. It takes a few clicks to click on thecorrect person or vehicle. You would think that when you get a firefighter to click on a hose and click on the hydrant he would immediately start fighting the fire: no. When he does start shooting the water, it looks like a half hearted attempt. Definately not like our brave firefighters as well as other emergency personell as well as the police. Concerning the police, in one of the scenarios, you are directed to stop speeders who get caught in a speedtrap to redirect them to the parking lot. It would of been nice in the tutorial to be shown how to do that. I failed that scenario many times until I finally clicked the police officer correctly. Using the barracades is another story. It's a nice touch that you select which emergency vehicle and which emergency (fire, police, other) to bring in that vehicle. All of this while on a budget. With many games using DVD storage, Strategy First could of added more than one city, each with its own fire and police department. If one city is in need of help, other cities can join in just like in real life situations. As I said before multiple unique cities with its own emergencies can make the game more random and the introduction of a database that people can upload there own scenario to see how others cope with your "disaster" that youve created. The graphics arent horrible but can be better. I like the flashing lights on the emergency vehicles even though it sounds like Im in Paris. I wish the emergency vehicles looked like the real-world vehicles (maybe some in there familar red or green) with flashing lights, strobe lights, and blinkers. It owuld be nice to control the vehicle on the way to the emergency as in driving it. Turning on the emergency lights, going thru traffic lights, avoiding crashes with civilians and pedestrians would be unique and a definate crowd pleasure. The camera zooming needs some work. You cant really zoom to close and the moving of the camera angles is a little clumsy. A budget constraint is a nice touch but is incomplete. Nothing is really said or done about the budget. You see it when you "order" your vehicles and personel. A nice touch would be to order new vehicles, or allow vehicles to be fixed by a mechanic in your firehouse, police station, or garage. When you look at the vehicles to see who to bring, the summary about the vehicle isnt very informative. It would be nice to see real-life firehouses and police stations. Building a new firestation complete with multiple bays and living quarters, police stations which can allow you to bring in more police officers, a jail (to lower the crime in the city, stop speeders, drunk drivers, and drugs) can be a nice addition. Do it by the book and the criminal will go to trial and the mayor wouldnt breath down your neck. If no conviction then yes some breathing, and possible firings or budget contraints, and/or civil lawsuits. Include hospitals (burn units, trauma, ER each with there own life saving techniques that you can control/do combined with police, fire, EMT/EMS can make an interesting never ending blockbuster that could take forever to complete. With a downloading center from people who can create scenarios this game can go even further after you complete the games scenarios.
I do like the scenarios and trial and error isnt all that bad considering our real life heroes only have one shot at it. The introduction movie of the emergency is very nice and is a plus. I like this game however the glaring issues (interface, incomplete tutorial, camera zooming, camera rotation) make it tough to enojoy for a long time. It's not in my just one more scenario pile. It's right in the middle. I enjoy it when Im playing it however, after 2 or 3 scenarios, I quickly shut it off. Again $30 is way too much. More content and polish would justify the $30 tag but it is more like $20. This could of been a real hit.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars emergency 3, May 6, 2007

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R. Mikesell (Ft. Worth, TX) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Emergency 3 (Strategy First) (CD-ROM)

Emergency 3 is a really fun challenge and it requires good thinking skills. The graphics are really good and it has realistic gameplay and scenarios and the price for such a game is great! Overall I think that this game is a real blast. The only problem is the game conrols are really hard to use and sometimes the game freezes up.

Note: this game was purchased for, and reviewed by, my 12-year old boy and he is the one who plays it. The transaction was handled through Pay Pal without any problems and delivery was within an acceptable time.

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