Original War
An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.
American scientists working for Department of Defense find out that this mineral is in fact identical to the substance used to power an extraterrestrial artifact in their possession. This object is called the EON (Extraterrestrial Object Nexus).
It was found in 1919 by Colonel Emerson near the site of the Tunguska explosion. Emerson was the commander of a US military unit in charge of transporting US war supplies from the city of Vladivostok to the Eastern front during World War I.
DoD Experiments have shown that items placed in the capsule are transported hundreds of thousands of years back in time. The American scientists were not able to understand its construction, nor could they manage to synthesize its fuel. Eventually, the machine – classified Top Secret – was stored, pending further advances in human science.
Game Discussion
Steam User 13
Actual peak strategy game that i have been playing since around 2003 and i always return to.
Steam User 10
An old RTS with a unique gameplay style and a great storytelling.
Devs really made things original thus campain logs are not the same.
Enjoyable and worth playing.
Steam User 2
Both GoG and Steam versions are missing the audio files for the original Czech dubbing, even though there's settings for different localisations. You can download the missing files here and just drop them into the install folder.
As for the game itself, it might come off as a Red Alert copycat, but that's way off the mark. With the typical eurojank ambition to outdo every possible competition in gamedesign it ends up being one of the most complex strategy games I've ever played. Over the years the jank parts of it also got ironed out and it's a higly polished, moddable game now (with workshop support!!!), with modernized graphics options, new interface, modern controls...
What makes this one of the most autistic strategy games?
complex damage system instead of just HP for every unit
every unit is a named unique unit with stats for physical and engineering ability
you can level up all of them, making every single soldier like a warcraft 3 hero
highground vision advantage, bushes and crawling like in Commandos
you get RPG choices and branching in the campaign mode
the more soldiers you keep alive the more veterans you'll have for the final mission
1st mission, game is already trying to play mind tricks on you
story is both americans and soviets going back in time 2 million years to cancel the 21st century
Yep, this game is absolute cinema.
Steam User 1
LOVED IT! This game has a great storyline, engaging gameplay, good mechanics and overall is very enjoyable. Finished it a few times (thanks to multiple endings!) and its just one of those games with strong emotional connection even after many years. Totally recommended for anyone who likes tactical strategy games.
Steam User 1
Unique older RTS/ARPG? with unit levels, fun retro story, plot decisions, fun tech progression. Nostalgia goggles maybe, but I enjoyed it as a teen and revisit from time to time.
Steam User 2
It's old school fun. Not amazing but well designed
Steam User 0
Przepotężna gra. Przejść obok niej obojętnie to jak odrzucić brzydką dziewczynę za czasów gimnazjum uznając, że to pasztet, a potem patrząc z żalem jak wyrobiła się z biegiem lat.