Terrawars: New York Invasion
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Terrawars: New York Invasion is a sci-fi first-person shooter computer game developed by Ladyluck Digital Media, first released by Tri Synergy on June 28, 2006. Designed for PCs running on Microsoft Windows, the game uses the Lithtech Jupiter engine used in No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
. The game is widely known as the first ever first person shooter designed by Filipinos
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The player assumes the role of John Armstrong, a medical student with the National Guard who must repel an alien invasion. The development team took about 5000 digital photos of Downtown New York
and used many references about Manhattan
to replicate the real-life locations in-game.
s, platforming, and cutscenes, it also has 14 levels each depicting a part of New York.
Some of the weapons in the game:
Kabar 7.62 combat knife- Combat Knife
M4 assault rifle- Assault rifle
M40A3 sniper rifle- Sniper rifle
M249 Light Machine gun- Machine gun
SMAW missile launcher- Launcher
OICW or Object Individual Combat Weapon
Weapons can be upgraded using biomatter, green goo inside a canister , which is found scattered throughout out the game
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way
-Source code:The source code for the game engine was released by Monolith Productions and Sierra Entertainment as part of the No One Lives Forever 2 Toolkit for "allowing you to create your own levels, models, music, sounds, and more, for MonoLith's FPS." It is available for download...
. The game is widely known as the first ever first person shooter designed by Filipinos
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
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The player assumes the role of John Armstrong, a medical student with the National Guard who must repel an alien invasion. The development team took about 5000 digital photos of Downtown New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and used many references about Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
to replicate the real-life locations in-game.
Gameplay
Terrawars heavily uses scripted sequenceScripted sequence
In video games, a scripted sequence is a pre-defined series of events that occurs when triggered by player location or actions.Some scripted sequences are merely used to play short cut scenes that the player has little control of...
s, platforming, and cutscenes, it also has 14 levels each depicting a part of New York.
Some of the weapons in the game:
Kabar 7.62 combat knife- Combat Knife
M4 assault rifle- Assault rifle
M40A3 sniper rifle- Sniper rifle
M249 Light Machine gun- Machine gun
SMAW missile launcher- Launcher
OICW or Object Individual Combat Weapon
Weapons can be upgraded using biomatter, green goo inside a canister , which is found scattered throughout out the game