Tom Clancy's EndWar

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Product Features

• Deeply customizable armies featuring unit ranks and hundreds of upgrades add up to endless replay value.
• Can be played almost entirely via the revolutionary voice command system.
• Experience a chillingly realistic vision of World War III in the fashion of the best techno-thrillers.
• Explore 40 stunningly realistic real-world battlefields set in Europe and the United States, including Washington D.C., Paris, and Moscow.
• Go to war online in a persistent multiplayer campaign allowing hundreds of player matchups in battles that can last for months at a time.

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• ASIN: B000X25GX6
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 5.3 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 4, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #902 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

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Platform: Xbox 360

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Nobody thought humanity could possibly let it really come to this, but in 2016, the unthinkable happens… The first nuclear exchange occurred over Middle Eastern soil. It lasted only 5 hours and resulted in the launch of the world’s first joint missile defense system to ensure peace, that is, until now. With the United States, the European Federation and Russia at odds a final war is inevitable. Although intercontinental ballistic missiles have been rendered obsolete, command technology has evolved. Battles will be fought from war rooms, by the sound of human voice. Leaders will rise and countries will fall. Experience World War III in your living room with Tom Clancy's EndWar, a revolutionary new war game built to maximize next-generation gaming consoles and completely controllable by voice.

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The Storyline
The horrific nuclear conflict in the Middle East not only killed millions, it also crippled the world's fuel supply. With oil from that part of the world no longer available, crude oil prices skyrocket to $800 a barrel. The vast Russian landmass now holds the largest accessible reserves of fossil fuels, making Russia the world's primary supplier of energy virtually overnight. With the massive economic boom it receives, Russia quickly re-establishes itself as a superpower and restores her military might. In response most of Western Europe unifies to create the European Federation, a new nation destined to be a formidable 21st-century superpower. But things are also changing across the pond. In 2020, the United States is on the verge of finishing construction on the Freedom Star, a controversial orbital military platform that will upset the balance of world power. The European Federation withdraws from NATO in protest. Tensions between the European Federation, the United States, and Russia are building and will soon reach the breaking point. The EndWar is about to begin. Which side will you fight on?

The European Enforcer Corp
The European Federation is a new superpower, founded in 2018 to consolidate political and economic power in the face of the world energy crisis and accelerating security and environmental concerns around the globe. Though publicized as an evolution of the European Union, demanding admission criteria disenfranchised all but the wealthiest nations of Europe. The UK and Ireland declined membership (instead joining the New Commonwealth), as did Switzerland (fiercely neutral as always).Consummate professionals, the European Federation Enforcer Corps is made up of veteran elite counter-terrorist and peacekeeping forces from throughout Europe. Calm and precise, these highly-trained and experienced soldiers are especially skilled in urban warfare. They excel in electronic warfare as well as advanced directed energy weapons technology, and have the fastest battlefield vehicles. The Enforcer Corps also have access to the world's best "less than lethal" weaponry.

The United States Joint Strike Force
Once strong allies with Europe, the U.S. has broken ranks following the dissolution of NATO and the formation of the European Federation. The two superpowers are now locked in a costly and controversial military space race. This rivalry builds to a crescendo when the U.S. prepares to launch the Freedom Star, a huge military space station that Europe suspects could be used to neutralize its missile shield satellites. An evolution of today's Marine Expeditionary Units, the Joint Strike Force is known for their integration of air and ground combat capabilities. Epitomizing the saying, 'high speed, low drag,' these elite soldiers excel in precision firepower and can rapidly deploy anywhere in the world. Moreover, their stealth technology and the accuracy of their weapons are second-to-none.

The Russian Spetsnaz Guard Brigades
The world's number one supplier of oil and natural gas since the 2016 nuclear war in the Middle East, Russia has experienced an economic boom of epic proportions. It has used its newfound riches to build up its military to levels beyond the Cold War and is once again a true superpower in the world arena. Soldier for soldier, no force on the planet can match the Spetsnaz Guard Brigades in terms of raw, brute force. Hardened veterans of Russia's many regional conflicts, these troopers are a highly effective, determined, and deadly force. The Spetsnaz tend to focus on heavy weapons and heavy armor, and often ingeniously modify standard-issue equipment to suit their needs, resulting in vehicles bristling with bolted-on weaponry the original designer never dreamed of including.

Key Game Features:

• Wage war without ever picking up a controller with the revolutionary voice command system.
• Experience a chillingly realistic vision of World War III in the fashion of the best techno-thrillers.
• Explore 40 stunningly realistic real-world battlefields set in Europe and the United States, including Washington D.C., Paris, and Moscow.
• Deeply customizable armies featuring unit ranks and hundreds of upgrades add up to endless replay value.
• Go to war online in a persistent multiplayer campaign with fully-customizable battalions and units.
• Watch the destruction unfold in spectacular detail in massive battles featuring hundreds of units and fully destructible environments.

Join in a Battle Armed for the Future
Instead of the traditional top-down view, EndWar uses a unique third-person camera that puts you in the heart of the battle. This means that you get a bird’s-eye view of the devastation that unfold as hundreds of units engage the enemy on fully destructible battlefields. Also, true to the Tom Clancy legacy, EndWar deals with fictional, but strikingly true to life situations and scenarios and features a wide range of vehicles, weapons, and equipment based on real-world military research. The result is a frighteningly realistic and relevant war-game experience that provides players with unprecedented access to the cutting-edge technology of tomorrow’s wars and the combatants that may faceoff in them.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game, November 6, 2008

By	Joshua D. Hawkins (Mishawaka, IN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

EndWar is an excellent game. I've never been into RTS games. I've always thought they were kind of boring. But this one has me hooked. I played for about 4 hours last night, and I enjoyed every minute.

First off, although I have never gotten into RTS games before, I have seen them played, and I found that EndWars graphics are as good, if not better, than any RTS I have seen. If you are coming into it expecting it to look like Dead Space or GoW2 or anything like that, you'll be sorely disappointed. That isn't the focus of this game. Regardless, the game is incredibly fun to play.

Secondly, the voice command works great. In the amount that I played last night, I only had one or two problems with it. When I first got R6V and R6V2, I tried the voice command feature, and found that I would have to repeat an order four or five times to get them to do something, and even then the order was usually misunderstood. All I can say is that EndWar has come a long way in terms of voice command, and I find it unlikely that you'll have any of those problems.

The gameplay is fun. I enjoyed the fact that the campaign didn't just throw you into the middle of WWIII. It begins with the "Prelude to War" campaign. During this time, you don't have all the abilities that you have during the WWIII campaign, and it is a great way to get aquatinted to the voice-command system. During this time, you will not be able to select your unit types prior to the mission, which is great because it helps you learn what units work most effectively against others. Also, you will not be able to upgrade your units at this time either. It also allows you to play all of the different modes as well.

After the "Prelude to War" campaign (which, by the way, is around 10+ missions), you get to the WWIII campaign. During this time, all of the limits that were imposed on you in the previous campaign are lifted, and you have full control of the gameplay. I especially like that your units gain experience and are promoted as long as they live. The higher the rank and the more experience they have, the better they play and the more valuable they are. When these units are killed, they are replaced with fresh recruits that have a lower rank and no experience. This puts a tremendous amount of value on the units that you have, and you find that you do whatever you can to see to it that they survive from mission to mission. They aren't expendable, and that has an amazing impact on gameplay. You're not just going to send your units on a suicide mission.

I haven't jumped into the "Theatre of War" campaign yet, which is the online multiplayer campaign. Should be excellent though.

Anyway, incredible and fun game. Can't wait to see more like it.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A New Way to Experience the Charm of RTS-Style Game, November 7, 2008

By	Wenjie Yin "Jay" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

RTS-like games on consoles always have a cumbersome control system when compared to their PC versions, although game-makers are trying everything to simplify the complicated controls into a single controller with about ten buttons to make up for the loss of keyboard and mouse (which might be the biggest invention in the PC input equipment). However, this ends when EndWar comes out.

Features:
No annoying resource-harvesting, only fast-paced actions. That's the Endwar, with the innovative voice command control system. Sit on a couch, trigger RT, speak out your command based on a "Who-What-Where" structure and game is in your hands (voice). RTS games have never been so smoothy on a console. Despite the fast actions it presents, it doesn't mean there's no strategy. You still need to plan well to win every battle.

Voice Control:
Voice control works actually pretty well so far as I have experienced since more than 90% of the time my command is taken into action correctly using the original Xbox 360 headset. Also, button-based control is available, which means you can treat this game like a traditional console RTS game if you like, but it's hard to defeat a human opponent while you are not using voice control, because you need longer time to give your orders.

About the game itself:
The background of the game is set in the near future when the WWIII is set on fire.

In the Solo Campaign mode, You will first get yourself familiar with the game by walking into the Prelude part telling you how the WWIII breaks out. You will be assigned as a commander of one of the three factions, which are Euro, USA, and Russia and play a series of easy battles. That's telling you the basic rules of this game. After these tutorial-like battles, the WWIII begins and you have to choose your faction to continue your fight. You earn money after each battle for upgrades for your units.

Theater of War is one of its multiplay modes and is much like the WWIII solo campaign but with human opponents not AI players. Other multiplayer modes include quick match in which you fight a random players, and private match where you can play with your friends.

Win the battles:
Endwar includes several types of maps. In some you need to defend the enemy's siege, while in others you try to secure the uplink buildings to gain more advantage to crush the enemy. Several types of units are available, including riflemen, engineers (using rocket launchers), tanks, transporters, gunships, artilleries and some others. The basic rule is like a triangle that gunships are effective at beating tanks, which are the killer of transporters, which are in turn gunship-hunters. In solo WWIII or Theater of War, the units survived will be promoted and become much more powerful. If they are defeated but evacuated (retreat), they can still be dispatched in the next battle and their ranks are maintained. However, they will disappear from your dispatch list when they are defeated and killed. So, use your high-ranked units wisely and don't let them attack without proper covers. Unit promotion will not be saved for quick match or private match.

Closing Comments:
Endwar is really an RTS game made for console. It's the start of a new type of RTS on console system that is promising, although we do see some drawbacks such as frame loss when many units are firing at each other on screen at the same time, and no big difference between the three factions except for the looking. I haven't touched any RTS game on any console for like 3 years, and thanks to Endwar that brings me back.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tons of fun, November 7, 2008

By	W. Greene (harrisburg, pa United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

What a fun game. real time strategy (RTS) using voice commands!! it eschews the tired formula of base building and harvesting money to concentrate on battle tactics and strategy. And the voice commands adds a nice touch to it. BTW....you can play it w/o the voice commands just using the controller, but do yourself a favor and get the version with the mic in the package if you dont have one.

The graphics are great and there is a ton of replay in the skirmish mode whether online or off line. It may not be as deep as some other RTS games, but i haven't had as much FUN playing an RTS since Starcraft came out about 15 yrs ago.

Important: the PSP and DS versions are a DIFFERENT game!! there is no voice command in them and they are TURN BASED not RTS! i dont know if they are any good since i haven't played them yet.

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