Soldner: Secret Wars

by Encore

Product Features

• Super-realistic team-based tactical warfare game
• Over 70 high-tech weapons
• Over 70 military vehicles
• Mission editor tools
• For 1 to 32 players using LAN or internet

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000VMINQ
• Item Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: June 22, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,979 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

"Together we stand divided we fall!"Product InformationHaving proved their knowledge of military gaming with their Panzer Elite gameWings Simulations now leads us headlong into military action in the year 2010: After half a century of military interventions major countries like the USA andRussia are tired of their role as the "World Police".The consequences of their military actions for their economies nationalsecurity and internal ethnic conflicts were becoming too severe and eventuallythe former super-powers tired of war.  Instead more and more countrieschoose increasingly unconventional warfare by using special secret forces.Military success is no longer made by major countries but by small and highlyspecialized mercenary troops.In Soldner - Secret Wars the player takes command of one of these special teams.As Commander he leads the small high tech army consisting of soldiers lightarmored vehicles helicopters and VTOL aircraft to fulfill a wide variety ofmission. The in-game simulation of this world's highly complex political systemcreates a dynamic campaign: each decision you make has a direct impact on theflow of the game.Product Features Earn your stripes and sharpen your abilities in the single-player mode. Choose from more than 60000 possible combinations of clothing camouflage team tags and equipment. Create your own maps using the extensive editors. Fight fierce battles using over 60 high-tech weapons and deploy more than 70 types of squad vehicles from tanks to helicopters and even fighter planes. Tactical military action Realistic virtual battlefield with advanced terrain engine with a new destruction system Simulation of a highly complex diplomatic system which creates the dynamic campaigns and missions Dynamic world generation based on digital satellite data with day and night cycle and changes in weather Designed for team play in a Multiplayer en

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than I expected, July 3, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Soldner: Secret Wars (CD-ROM)

I almost didn't buy this game because of the negative reviews. It seems that either people love the game or hate it. Those who hated it didn't seem to think it was fast-paced enough. This is why I liked it. The vendor has patched the game and corrected the problems other reviewers complained about. The graphics and gameplay were flawless in single mode and online play.

One reviewer complained that the area was too big and combat was to seldom, however, the maps guide your way to the objectives and if you follow the mission there is always action. I have played online popular online war games and this is quite different. One thing is that you can use almost anything. Second, you can destroy almost anything. Third, it has more strategy and offers more options for coordinated efforts among team members.

Some of the other popular games are blood baths where you rush in and try to kill someone before you get killed. You respawn and rush in again. The action is at a blinding speed and a soldier's lifespan is quite short. This game can be fast paced when taking an objective, but there is more time to think, coordinate an attack and set up a defense.

I have to give it 5 stars. It is slower paced than some games, but has many advantages that other games are missing. When I say slower paced I don't mean slow paced. There is plenty of action but you have time to plan your move before going into the action.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Potential? Good game? or a good mess?, June 7, 2004

By 

"valkyrie_44" (Bamberg, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soldner: Secret Wars (CD-ROM)

I used to be one of those rabid fans that awaited for this game release......

Wow was I disappointed! I haven't been this disappointed since I was 7-years-old, and I found out that my beloved Santa Claus wasn't real.

Some of the games largest attractors of the game was supposed to be the effects. Like collasping buildings and the overall environmental carnage that was supposed to be inflicted.

Unfortunately, this portion has fallen short in the way it looks graphically. There is no major smoke or debris from falling buildings or trees. The graphics are lackluster to explain it best in the Euro version. If my Geforce FX 5600XT can really bring out great effects from games like UT2004, Splinter Cell 2, Thief 3 and a freebie like Americas Army. Then I know my videocard isnt a problem.

Sounds, they are ok nothing really to swoon about. For a FPS set near a few year future of present time, I could care less about the sound effects.The only time I care about the sound effects is if it is in Star Wars or Star Trek.

Gameplay, well it could be better. At times the game was very sluggish and the vehicular controls are jerky and overeactive, and yes I know how a jeep and HMMWV, and M1A2 tank is supposed to respond, and no they dont turn that quick even at high speeds.The vehicular movement is jerky and incomplete overall.

Loading times are comparison slower to that of Battlefield: Vietnam, and UT2004. Where it takes less than 38 seconds to load up a game of BF:V and 21 Seconds to load up an onslaught match on UT2004. On Soldner, it took a whopping 1 minute 49 seconds on my 2.8E GHz Pentium 4 with over 1024MB of RAM!

Game and server stability are mediocre at best. I would hope this issue would be resolved since the demo had a likewise issue. But, apparently with this games euro rush it wasn't a factor that many quality control issues werent taken care of.

This review may be different with the release of the USA version, but as it stands the Euro version is incomplete. With any retail game you would hope that any game released is a finished product. We paid the money, it is the least of what those guys could do for us.

Yea, Yea, Yea make promises to me that you guys will complete the game after you release it. But, why? I am not allowed at work to only complete half of what my boss told me to do so. In college, I wasn't allowed only to hand in half a report and expect full credit for it.

Yes, it was stated that there will be later patches to fix the slew of bugs they never fixed. I heard the same thing from other devlopers from games like Starfleet Command 3, and after over 18 months still no "official" patch has been released to fix that attrocity.

My suggestion? Wait until the US Version, and some reviews and judge for yourself, but right now as the game stands...Don't waste your time, or hard earned cash, the concept is there unfortunately all it is right now is just that a concept. Soldner may try to be a goundbreaking game, but you may also have a groundbreaking headache to go with it.

I just hope these Encore and Wings can pull off the impossible and get this game working right before it hits the rest of the guys in the USA. If not, those devlopers and the game itself could find themselves deported to locations unknown.

I wish I could give these guys a good review, but as it is right now I am highly disappointed with how incomplete this game current stands in it's Euro state.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the games works fine after the patches have been installed, February 10, 2006

By 

Robert L. Christlieb (fort wayne ,indiana) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Soldner: Secret Wars (CD-ROM)

thier are alot of bad reviews of this game, i can only say they never updated thier games to the latests patch...soldier has gone though alot of patches to reach a point to were i think its a far better game than Battlefield 2 . the secound addon was free on thier web site...this allowed one to pick up the weapons used on the (expansion pack released in europe..aka soldner marine corps). now solder is next patch which is free will have a bunch of new weapons free....and maps ..THE ONLY PC GAME WITH ***THE B-2 BOMBER**** ...soo get a copy of this game before there gone...there going fast ..you have to play this game on online to enjoy it....the training missions are crap because soldner doesn't have good AI...its is osome online with real people as targets