State Of War (video Game)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

State of War is a
real-time strategy Real-time strategy (RTS) is a Video game genre, subgenre of strategy video games that does not progress incrementally in turn-based game, turns, but allow all players to play simultaneously, in "real time." By contrast, in Turn-based strategy, tur ...
game, developed by Cypron Studios and
Cinemax Cinemax is an American pay television network owned by Home Box Office, Inc., a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched on August 1, 1980, as a "maxi-pay" service to complement the offerings of its sister premium network, HBO (Home Box ...
and published by Crystal Interactive in 2001. Classic versions of State of War and State of War: Warmonger were released in December 2018 on Steam.


Story

This description is told by narrator at the beginning of the game. After centuries of continuous struggles, war and turmoil; humankind finally came together and founded the ''United Federation of Seven Continents (UFSC)''. It was decided that every member of the Federation would provide their armed forces to build a single military unit with the goal to protect the Earth and settle eventual conflicts. Thus it was no longer possible for any individual group to use military force to resolve their personal aim. Within several years, the Federation created a Global Defense Network, known as "Overmind". Actually, it was a super intelligent mainframe computer - a unique work of hundreds of the most gifted scientists on the planet. It was operated by an intelligent software and consisted of 22 military bases worldwide located far from populated areas ready to act in case of the conflict. Since then, no machinery was ever controlled by man. Only the formal approval to activate "Overmind" had to be given by each UFSC representative. Global society, however, carried its burdens. People suffering from spiritual emptiness sought refuge in organizations that offered salvation. The most influential among them was the ''Beho-Sunns''. Charismatic leaders of the cult used their personal charm and rhetorical skills to attract more and more people. Their audience included every social group from workers, scienties, lawyers to elite politicians. Behind it all, there was the wicked plan to get hold of "Overmind". None of the Beho-Sunns followers knew that during their meditation seasons the cult gathered all kinds of information from their minds. Over years, the Beho-Sunns discovered much about Overmind's mechanics and were able to hack the software which controls Overmind. It so happened that the Beho-Sunns leaders tried to hack Overmind, but due to sophisticated
firewall Firewall may refer to: * Firewall (computing), a technological barrier designed to prevent unauthorized or unwanted communications between computer networks or hosts * Firewall (construction), a barrier inside a building, designed to limit the spre ...
protection, they failed. Consequences were fatal. The Global Defense System went out of order and malfunctioned. Members of the Beho-Sunns quickly recovered from their defeat and started occupying defenseless military bases. Their actions must be halted! To do so, the UFSC have declared a
state of war A declaration of war is a formal act by which one state announces existing or impending war activity against another. The declaration is a performative speech act (or the public signing of a document) by an authorized party of a national govern ...
.


Sequels

A sequel titled ''State of War: Warmonger'' was released. Designed as a stand-alone version, the game includes 16 new missions in which 11 are single-player and 5 multiplayer. In 2007 a sequel titled ''State of War 2: Arcon'' was released in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Russia. In 2008 a Nintendo DS game titled ''Command and Destroy'' was released featuring similar visual and real-time strategy design. It was met with mixed reception from critics and ''GameZones review stated that is a "half-decent effort that doesn't live up to the legacy created by the game it mimics",{{Cite web, url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/command_destroy_nds_review, title = Command & Destroy - NDS - Review, date = 4 May 2012 referencing the similarly titled ''
Command & Conquer ''Command & Conquer'' (''C&C'') is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game franchise created and originally developed by Westwood Studios and currently owned by Electronic Arts. The first game was one of the earliest of the RTS genre, itself ba ...
''.


References


External links


About State of War gameState of War in Cypronia official linkState of War Game Theme Website - Chinese Website
2001 video games Cinemax (video game developer) games Cypronia games Multiplayer and single-player video games Real-time strategy video games Science fiction video games Video games about cults Video games developed in Slovakia Video games developed in the Czech Republic Windows games Windows-only games