Wednesday, February 26, 2014

KANE LIVES

"Hey man where have you be-"
OH GOD THAT DOESN'T MATTER
"W-wha-"
SHUT UP THAT DOESN'T MATTER EITHER. NONE OF IT MATTERS, BECAUSE SOMETHING AWESOME WAS JUST RELEASED AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
"Fine, stop yelling, God"
The game today? Renegade X. TIME FOR BACKSTORY. Way back in 2002, February 26th to be specific, Westwood Studios, spurned on by their slave masters at EA games released Command and Conquer: Renegade, a first person shooter, and the only C&C game that's played from the first person perspective (so far, lets hope EA doesn't get any ideas). What was the best part of C&C: Renegade was the multiplayer. "Command and Conquer mode" pitted a GDI team and a Brotherhood of Nod team against each other in a hybrid of FPS/RTS combat. Both sides had unique weaponry, from the RTS games, and each had their respective SUPERWEAPON which in some cases they could use to win a match instantly if they could pull it off.
Big difference ten years makes
 Then, in 2006, the team that would put together the updated remake Renegade X was assembled. Going by the name Totem Arts, they've put together Renegade X over years of work, and they've clearly put a lot of love and effort into this. But what IS Renegade X exactly? Lets see what the developers themselves have to say!
"Renegade X is a free Tactical Shooter that aims to brings the Command and Conquer FPS experience to the Unreal Engine 3. Players will be able to join up to 64-players and fight for two unique teams - the Global Defense Initiative (GDI), a UN international military force committed to world order and peacekeeping, and the Brotherhood of Nod, a messianic international terrorist network that aims to push humanity into the next stage of human evolution."
Wow, sound neat! BUT WAIT. DO MY EYES DECEIVE ME?
LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT IT.
64 PLAYER MATCHES. 32 on 32 multiplayer! With team specific weapons and vehicles! There are fully priced games made by AAA publishers and development studios with multimillion dollar budgets coming out today that couldn't pull that off if their lives depended on it! AND THIS IS FOR FREE. Lets take a closer look at the game using this tutorial video with a voice over by someone who sounds like they're on Valium.

Base defense, resource management, multiple maps, side specific vehicles and weapons, multiple infantry classes. ALL FOR FREE? YES. WHAT ARE YOU EVEN WAITING FOR? GET OUT THERE SOLDIER THAT WAR WONT WIN ITSELF!
YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHH

You can get Renegade X from here, SO GET TO IT

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