Anomaly: Warzone Earth
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Anomaly: Warzone Earth is a real time strategy video game by 11 bit studios. The game was announced in late 2010 as a fast-paced strategy game, and released on April 8, 2011.
The player assumes the role of the commander of an armor battalion (referred to as "14th Platoon" in the story) sent to investigate anomalies that have occurred in the vicinity of the wreckage and gather information on what is happening in the affected areas, as the anomalies are interfering with radar and satellite imagery - and to neutralize any threats that may exist within the anomalies' field of influence.
", "tower attack", and "tower offense".
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on April 8, 2011; and was released on iOS August 11, 2011 as separate apps for iPhone and iPad.
with a score of 95.
Plot
The game is set in the near future, where sections of an alien spacecraft have crash-landed in several major cities around the world, including Baghdad and Tokyo.The player assumes the role of the commander of an armor battalion (referred to as "14th Platoon" in the story) sent to investigate anomalies that have occurred in the vicinity of the wreckage and gather information on what is happening in the affected areas, as the anomalies are interfering with radar and satellite imagery - and to neutralize any threats that may exist within the anomalies' field of influence.
Gameplay
Players control a convoy of vehicles investigating anomalies around sections of a downed alien spacecraft, which are protected by various types of defensive towers that have to be destroyed. The style of the gameplay has been described as "reverse tower defenseTower defense
Tower defense is a subgenre of real-time strategy computer games.The goal of tower defense games is to try to stop enemies from crossing a map by building towers which shoot at them as they pass. Enemies and towers usually have varied abilities, costs, and ability costs...
", "tower attack", and "tower offense".
Release
Anomaly Warzone Earth was released on PCPersonal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
and Mac
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
on April 8, 2011; and was released on iOS August 11, 2011 as separate apps for iPhone and iPad.
Critical reception
Anomaly Warzone Earth received universal acclaim from critics. As of November 14, 2011, the iOS version is one of the highest rated iOS games of all time on MetacriticMetacritic
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with a score of 95.