Cold War Crisis
Encyclopedia
Cold War Crisis is a real-time strategy
computer game modification for Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour. It is based on Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, using realistic units from that time period. Cold War Crisis is a Total Conversion, replacing all of the units from the original game with NATO and Soviet units made by the development team.
Cold War Crisis has been awarded 2 ModDb
Awards, one "Mod Of The Moment" and the other being a ModDb Model Texture Design Award. It has been shown at the Electronic Arts
's booth at the Leipzig Games Convention 2005
. The closed Beta was started as May 2007 and the finished version was made public on July 27, 2008.
game. It will be ground and air based gameplay, with no naval units and no super-weapons like in the original game. Cold War Crisis will, despite its setting, not feature any nuclear weapons except the SS-20 theater ballistic missile as a campaign-only weapon.
, PCGames Magazine, PCAction Magazine, as well as coverage on various gaming websites, such as GameSpy, Macologist and Games4Mac.de. Staff Interviews or Previews have taken place for cnc-inside.de, and cnchq.de.
And official recognition from EA in one of their battlecast primetime episodes for CnCTV.
Real-time strategy
Real-time strategy is a sub-genre of strategy video game which does not progress incrementally in turns. Brett Sperry is credited with coining the term to market Dune II....
computer game modification for Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour. It is based on Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, using realistic units from that time period. Cold War Crisis is a Total Conversion, replacing all of the units from the original game with NATO and Soviet units made by the development team.
Cold War Crisis has been awarded 2 ModDb
Mod DB
Player's Choice*Best Indie Game: Tremulous*Best Released Mod: Point of Existence 2*Best Unreleased Mod: Black Mesa*By genre-2005:*-2004:*-2003:*-2002:*- External links :* *...
Awards, one "Mod Of The Moment" and the other being a ModDb Model Texture Design Award. It has been shown at the Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
's booth at the Leipzig Games Convention 2005
Games Convention
The Games Convention, sometimes called the Leipzig Games Convention and abbreviated as GC, was an annual video game event held in Leipzig, Germany, first held in 2002. Besides video games, the event also covers Infotainment, Hardware, and Edutainment...
. The closed Beta was started as May 2007 and the finished version was made public on July 27, 2008.
Gameplay
Gameplay centers around the traditional RTS multiplayer skirmish mode, but a single player campaign is available. Cold War Crisis is not a completely realistic interpretation of a potential Third World War, but it features more realistic units than the original Command & Conquer: GeneralsCommand & Conquer: Generals
Command & Conquer: Generals is a real-time strategy game in the Command & Conquer series. Generals utilizes SAGE...
game. It will be ground and air based gameplay, with no naval units and no super-weapons like in the original game. Cold War Crisis will, despite its setting, not feature any nuclear weapons except the SS-20 theater ballistic missile as a campaign-only weapon.
Fuel System
Instead of building power plants in the middle of a warzone, the production-cap is made up in terms of fuel. Every vehicle and aircraft needs fuel. Planes use more fuel than vehicles, and tanks more than trucks. First of all, the command center grants a player some fuel at the start of the game. Secondly, a player can build a limited number of fuel depots. The third possibility is to capture fuel depots spread around a map. If fuel demand is more than the fuel available to a player, their vehicles become unusable, and buildings which require fuel are unable to function. A barracks, for example, does not require fuel to function and so infantry become a very valuable resource after a player runs low on fuel.Units
- Soviet Units - Soviet players have an advantage in armor and artillery.
- T-80T-80The T-80 is a main battle tank designed and manufactured in the former Soviet Union. A development of the T-64, it entered service in 1976 and was the first production tank to be equipped with a gas turbine engine for main propulsion.the Swedish Stridsvagn 103 of 1971 used a gas turbine alongside...
and T-72T-72The T-72 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1970. It is developed directly from Obyekt-172, and shares parallel features with the T-64A...
Main Battle Tanks and their variants, as well as the BMP-2 and various other armored vehicles. - MiG-29 Fulcrum, Su-27 Flanker air superiority fighters, Su-25 ground attack aircraft and the MiG-25 interceptor as a reconnaissance plane.
- Tu-95 and Tu-160 bomber strikes.
- Mi-24 Hind helicopter gunship, Mi-8Mil Mi-8The Mil Mi-8 is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. The Mi-8 is the world's most-produced helicopter, and is used by over 50 countries. Russia is the largest operator of the Mi-8/Mi-17 helicopter....
transport helicopter, and Mi-26 heavy lift helicopters. - 2S12S1The 2S1 Gvozdika, ; is a Soviet 122-mm self-propelled howitzer that resembles the PT-76 but is essentially a version of the MT-LB APC, mounting the 2A18 howitzer. "2S1" is its GRAU designation. An alternative Russian designation is SAU-122 but in the Russian Army it is commonly known as Gvozdika...
and BM-21BM-21The BM-21 launch vehicle , a Soviet truck-mounted 122 mm multiple rocket launcher, and a M-21OF rocket were developed in the early 1960s. BM stands for boyevaya mashina, ‘combat vehicle’, and the nickname means ‘hail’. The complete system with the BM-21 launch vehicle and the M-21OF rocket...
artillery systems. - Su-24 napalm bomb strike.
- S-300, SA-11,and ZSU-23-4ZSU-23-4The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" is a lightly armored, self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system . ZSU stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka , meaning "anti-aircraft self-propelled mount". The "23" signifies the bore diameter in millimeters. The "4" signifies the number of gun barrels. It...
anti-aircraft systems. - BMD-1BMD-1The BMD-1 is a Soviet airborne amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle, which was introduced in 1969 and first seen by the West in 1970. BMD stands for Boyevaya Mashina Desanta . It can be dropped by parachute and although it resembles the BMP-1 it is in fact much smaller...
airborne infantry fighting vehicleInfantry fighting vehicleAn infantry fighting vehicle , also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle , is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide fire support for them...
which can be parachuted from aircraft. - Special forces units including SpetsnazSpetsnazSpetsnaz, Specnaz tr: Voyska specialnogo naznacheniya; ) is an umbrella term for any special forces in Russian, literally "force of special purpose"...
operatives and heavy sniper operatives.
- T-80
- U.S. Units - American players have an advantage in airpower and specialized units.
- M1A1 Abrams and M60 PattonM60 PattonThe 105 mm Gun Full Tracked Combat Tank, M60, also known unofficially as the M60 Patton, is a first-generation main battle tank introduced in December 1960. It was widely used by the U.S. and its Cold War allies, especially those in NATO, and remains in service throughout the world today...
main battle tanks and M2 BradleyM2 BradleyThe Bradley Fighting Vehicle is an American fighting vehicle platform manufactured by BAE Systems Land and Armaments, formerly United Defense.As with other infantry fighting vehicles, the Bradley is designed to transport infantry with armor protection while providing covering fire to suppress enemy...
infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), as well as Humvee transports and M113M113 armored personnel carrierThe M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier that has formed the backbone of the United States Army's mechanized infantry units from the time of its first fielding in Vietnam in April 1962. The M113 was the most widely used armored vehicle of the U.S...
APCs. - F-15 EagleF-15 EagleThe McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter designed by McDonnell Douglas to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. It is considered among the most successful modern fighters with over 100 aerial combat victories with no losses in dogfights...
and F-16 Fighting FalconF-16 Fighting FalconThe General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a multirole jet fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force . Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4,400 aircraft have been built since...
air superiority fighters. - B-1B Lancer carpet bomb strike and B-52 StratofortressB-52 StratofortressThe Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber operated by the United States Air Force since the 1950s. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, who have continued to provide maintainence and upgrades to the aircraft in service...
cruise missile strike - AH-1 CobraAH-1 CobraThe Bell AH-1 Cobra is a two-bladed, single engine attack helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It shares a common engine, transmission and rotor system with the older UH-1 Iroquois...
and AH-64 ApacheAH-64 ApacheThe Boeing AH-64 Apache is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. The Apache was developed as Model 77 by Hughes Helicopters for the United States Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the...
attack helicopters, UH-60 Blackhawk and CH-47 ChinookCH-47 ChinookThe Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its top speed of 170 knots is faster than contemporary utility and attack helicopters of the 1960s...
transport helicopters. - AH-6 Little Bird recon helicopter.
- F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter, F-4 Phantom IIF-4 Phantom IIThe McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. Proving highly adaptable,...
Wild Weasel Attack Aircraft, F-111 Aardvark Attack Aircraft, EF-111 Raven Electronic Warfare Aircraft and A-10 Thunderbolt IIA-10 Thunderbolt IIThe Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is an American single-seat, twin-engine, straight-wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic in the early 1970s. The A-10 was designed for a United States Air Force requirement to provide close air support for ground forces by attacking tanks,...
Ground Attack Aircraft. - E-3 SentryE-3 SentryThe Boeing E-3 Sentry is an airborne warning and control system developed by Boeing as the prime contractor. Derived from the Boeing 707, it provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications, and is used by the United States Air Force , NATO, Royal Air Force , French Air Force...
AWACS Support - AC-130 Spooky gunship strike support.
- M109 Paladin and M270 MLRS Artillery.
- Special forces units including Green Berets, heavy snipers, and Delta ForceDelta Force1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta is one of the United States' secretive Tier One counter-terrorism and Special Mission Units. Commonly known as Delta Force, Delta, or The Unit, it was formed under the designation 1st SFOD-D, and is officially referred to by the Department of Defense...
operatives.
- M1A1 Abrams and M60 Patton
Press
Cold War Crisis has a number of magazine articles written about it, in particular being shown in GameStar MagazineGameStar
GameStar is a monthly released PC computer game magazine, published by the IDG Entertainment Media GmbH in Germany. In 2008 it had an average monthly circulation of 250,000 copies and is therefore the best sold PC computer game magazine in Europe. It is also being published in Hungary, the Czech...
, PCGames Magazine, PCAction Magazine, as well as coverage on various gaming websites, such as GameSpy, Macologist and Games4Mac.de. Staff Interviews or Previews have taken place for cnc-inside.de, and cnchq.de.
And official recognition from EA in one of their battlecast primetime episodes for CnCTV.