Warmonger: Operation Downtown Destruction
Encyclopedia
Warmonger: Operation Downtown Destruction is a first-person shooter
video game developed by NetDevil
that uses the Nvidia PhysX
engine. It is available as a free download from the official site and from Nvidia via their free GeForce Power Pack download.
physics engine. This allows for a destructible environment, as well as advanced cloth and water effects. The PhysX engine allows players to block passages and create new ones, allowing for more realistic gameplay. For example, after entering the upper floor of a building, a sniper can blow up the stairs behind them to block access, but conversely a rocket blast to the wall that is providing cover will leave them vulnerable. The only parts of the environment that cannot be destroyed are core gameplay objects and/or objects that line the borders of a map. However, due to the amount of indestructible terrain, many actions which one might expect to be possible are not.
. These once-proud metros have been host to combat operations that have left them abandoned and practically razed. Players play as mercenaries in this war, though there is no storyline to the gameplay.
There are two game modes: "Capture and Hold", where teams vie for control points; and a standard "Team Deathmatch". There are 7 multiplayer maps and a training map.
The game is played online through the GameSpy Comrade
gaming service, which is bundled with the game. The game can also be played over a LAN
.
First-person shooter
First-person shooter is a video game genre that centers the gameplay on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through first-person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist. Generally speaking, the first-person shooter shares common traits with other...
video game developed by NetDevil
NetDevil
NetDevil, owned by Gazillion Entertainment, was an American developer of massively multiplayer online role-playing games in Louisville, Colorado.- Beginnings :...
that uses the Nvidia PhysX
PhysX
PhysX is a proprietary realtime physics engine middleware SDK developed by Ageia with the purchase of ETH Zurich spin-off NovodeX in 2004...
engine. It is available as a free download from the official site and from Nvidia via their free GeForce Power Pack download.
Features
The game, which is built on the Unreal Engine 3, uses the Nvidia PhysXPhysX
PhysX is a proprietary realtime physics engine middleware SDK developed by Ageia with the purchase of ETH Zurich spin-off NovodeX in 2004...
physics engine. This allows for a destructible environment, as well as advanced cloth and water effects. The PhysX engine allows players to block passages and create new ones, allowing for more realistic gameplay. For example, after entering the upper floor of a building, a sniper can blow up the stairs behind them to block access, but conversely a rocket blast to the wall that is providing cover will leave them vulnerable. The only parts of the environment that cannot be destroyed are core gameplay objects and/or objects that line the borders of a map. However, due to the amount of indestructible terrain, many actions which one might expect to be possible are not.
Gameplay
Warmonger is set in an apocalyptic future during full-scale corporate war within the cities of the USUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. These once-proud metros have been host to combat operations that have left them abandoned and practically razed. Players play as mercenaries in this war, though there is no storyline to the gameplay.
There are two game modes: "Capture and Hold", where teams vie for control points; and a standard "Team Deathmatch". There are 7 multiplayer maps and a training map.
The game is played online through the GameSpy Comrade
GameSpy
GameSpy Industries, Inc., known simply as GameSpy, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game websites and provides online video game-related services and software. GameSpy dates back to the 1996 release of an internet Quake server search program named QSpy. The current...
gaming service, which is bundled with the game. The game can also be played over a LAN
Län
Län and lääni refer to the administrative divisions used in Sweden and previously in Finland. The provinces of Finland were abolished on January 1, 2010....
.