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It’s time to build a little ‘army of me’ in Conflict Zoneas the Command and Conquer-style game reaches the Dreamcast, albeitrather belatedly.
Set in 2010, the government probably still haven’t turned off the UK’sanalogue TV signal, but in more pressing matters the world’s countries havebeen split into those ruled either by the ICP (International Corps forPeace), or the renegade outlets known as GHOST, a secret organisation whowant it all and they want it now, except for their morals.
Choose to be an ICP member and you’ll have the better technology, but berestricted by what the media thinks of you, whereas being part of the GHOSTmovement will play down your weaponry allocations but you could convert a largerpercentage of the population over to your cause. That’s obviously becausebeing bad can feel pretty good 🙂
Like a violent version of Little Computer People, the idea is to buildup your arsenal of tanks, infantry as well as building bases for your men. Assoon as you do this, so do the enemies move in.
The graphics are actually quite sparsely done, in one sense, since they’requite simple and don’t have a great deal of definition to them unless youzoom in closely (which also increases the sound FX volume), but it’s a gameof two halves. There’s a huge expanse of terrain upon which to lay youroutposts and begin the melee, while at the same time if there’s too muchon screen at once then it can slow down considerably and when tanks aredefeated, they don’t appear to be blasted into smithereens, but spin aroundand shrink into the ground like Fenella, the wicked witch from Spout HallinChorlton and the Wheelies.
Those who know me will know that I’m not the world’s greatest C&C-style game fanand Conflict Zone won’t change my opinion on that, but for thestrategy-obsessed amongst you the 32 missions may take your mind off thefact that it’s summer outdoors and that girls exist.
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Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.