IronStorm

by DreamCatcher

Product Details

• ASIN: B000922BOM
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,334 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

The Last Great War Still RagesOn...                Product InformationWestern Germany March 1964The last Great War continues to rage on. All you have ever known is the madnessof the front lines and of men butchering each other. War-torn Europe standsripped apart by a front line that runs straight through the heart of Germanywhere American and Western European troops battle against enemy forces. In aneternal war that seems to have no end in sight opposing forces mercilesslyattack each other with unrelenting force claiming small victories one day onlyto lose them the next.As Lieutenant James Anderson you must infiltrate and destroy key enemy positionsdeep behind enemy lines using your sharpened combat skills and stealth wherenecessary. If successful your mission could finally put a stop to thecarnage and restore what everybody has long since forgotten about: peace.Alternative history: between reality and fiction Iron Storm takes placein an imaginary environment which has been inspired by real events. Iron Stormtakes real elements from the First World War;trenches barbed wire fences mines gas warfare snipers…and combines themwith more modern elements from the Second World War;automatic weapons radar tanks flame throwers… as well as elements inspiredby modern warfare; helicopters lasers electronics and more.Levels Include:The Western front lineWhen you arrive in the trenches you will be informed of your mission and givena short training session in shooting skills. And then you're off… fired on bythe enemy but guided by allied soldiers you must head for the no man's landseparating the two sides.The Russo-Mongol front lineHaving infiltrated the enemy camp you must now go on alone through theirtrenches. Your C.O. Cecile Newcastle and Colonel Mitchell will use theinformation they receive in real time to guide you. Reassuring

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A SERIOUS FPS FOR SERIOUS GAMERS., December 23, 2007

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NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: IronStorm (CD-ROM)

The people who actually lived through it called it not WWII but "The War". What if The War had never ended; what if it kept going on its youth grinding path for decades, absorbing lives and destroying dreams, and, eventually, becoming an economic entity of its own? Well, that would have been an alternative world in great need of heroes.

You will be fitting the well-used boots of James Anderson, an officer on the Allied side, sent deep behind enemy lines with the core objective of disrupting and disabling the Russian weapons program. Things, of course, do no go as planed. They rarely do in games with good stories.

The atmosphere is bleak and grey and the level design is exceptional. The environments clearly depict a grim world where the shadow of war has set in the land and in deep the hearts of people. Shell-torn houses, muddy ditches and endless trenches are all that is left of Europe after 2 generations of endless warfare. Alternating between drab outdoor vistas, claustrophobic trenches and war-delapitaded buildings helps submerge the player in the game world, and makes him feel like he's the one creating the story.

The set of weapons is excellently balanced, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. A lot of FPS games get ruined by badly designed, ineffective or overly-effective weapons. IRON STORM's weapons should be taught in game-designer seminars! Sniping is highly encouraged, however, when in close and confided spaces nothing beats a shotgun's deadly spread.

Where it looses the 5th star: for starters, the controls are not remapable! I prefer using the arrow-keys (instead of the WASD-configuration), and customizing the keyboard controls to conform with my habits. However, whenever this was attempted the game...crashed - unacceptable for a game of this caliber.
Moreover, the game setting just begs for a multiplayer. However, the lag is totally atrocious and renders the multiplayer practically useless.

Now, this is a beautiful but in no way an easy game. There are snipers everywhere and you are all alone (frankly though, this not as bad as it sounds given that the quality of squads' AI has not improved over the years). On top of that, there is an endless number of nerve-racking German K9 units, tough enemy infantry, hidden bunkers, elite gunmen and ever-changing objectives from headquarters: all will stand in your way to victory. Bravery is rewarded - but, sometimes, a full frontal attack will only make sure you will be reloading again and again. Sneaking your way through heavily guarded areas is, in many instances, the only way to stay alive and fight another day...

All in all, although not perfect, it does come close. This is a serious FPS game for serious gamers.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than most, March 29, 2008

By 

Carl Sumner "Tinker" (Amherst, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IronStorm (CD-ROM)

If you are tired of WWII, then this is definatly a different feel. Not for the "run and gun" types, this requires some tactics and thought. And then some running and gunning!

I liked it enough, I played it through again later.

I have not tried the multiplayer mode, though.

3.0 out of 5 stars okay FPS old school, July 11, 2011

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psycho - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: IronStorm (CD-ROM)

If you get this game for 5 bucks or less it will be worth it, not the best game but its easily playable and the controls will be familiar to all its something i would play in between the next big title