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Delta Force (computer game)
Encyclopedia
Delta Force is a tactical
first-person shooter
computer game by developer and publisher NovaLogic
. It was released for Microsoft Windows
in 1998. Delta Force was designed to be a military simulation loosely based on the United States' Delta Force
.
based rendering system unlike most other games at the time.
The game features a large set of missions, most of which are set in countryside. The players' objectives differ with each mission. Eliminating all hostile forces is sometimes not the objective, and should the player choose to use up a great deal of his time combating the enemy, he would probably miss his main objective, such as ambushing a convoy. Some objectives which frequently appear are: eliminate all hostile forces, rescue the hostages, intercept an enemy convoy, capture (or kill) an enemy leader, destroy (or recover) certain objects, and ensure the safety of a friendly leader. The player can choose from a variety of weapons. The player's standard loadout is: knife, pistol, main assault weapon, grenades, explosives, detonator and a laser designator to call in airstrikes.
Delta Force was praised for emphasizing "gameplay over graphics" in its time.
Tactical shooter
A tactical shooter is a subgenre of shooter game that includes both first-person shooters and third-person shooters. These games typically simulate realistic combat, thus making tactics and caution more important than quick reflexes in other action games...
first-person shooter
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...
computer game by developer and publisher NovaLogic
NovaLogic
NovaLogic is a software developer and publisher established in 1985 and based in Calabasas, California. The company was founded by current CEO John A. Garcia....
. It was released for Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
in 1998. Delta Force was designed to be a military simulation loosely based on the United States' Delta Force
Delta Force
1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta is one of the United States' secretive Tier One counter-terrorism and Special Mission Units. Commonly known as Delta Force, Delta, or The Unit, it was formed under the designation 1st SFOD-D, and is officially referred to by the Department of Defense...
.
Technical features
Delta Force uses a voxelVoxel
A voxel is a volume element, representing a value on a regular grid in three dimensional space. This is analogous to a pixel, which represents 2D image data in a bitmap...
based rendering system unlike most other games at the time.
The game features a large set of missions, most of which are set in countryside. The players' objectives differ with each mission. Eliminating all hostile forces is sometimes not the objective, and should the player choose to use up a great deal of his time combating the enemy, he would probably miss his main objective, such as ambushing a convoy. Some objectives which frequently appear are: eliminate all hostile forces, rescue the hostages, intercept an enemy convoy, capture (or kill) an enemy leader, destroy (or recover) certain objects, and ensure the safety of a friendly leader. The player can choose from a variety of weapons. The player's standard loadout is: knife, pistol, main assault weapon, grenades, explosives, detonator and a laser designator to call in airstrikes.
Delta Force was praised for emphasizing "gameplay over graphics" in its time.
Sequels
It spawned numerous sequels, including:- Delta Force 2Delta Force 2Delta Force 2 is a tactical first-person shooter video game. It is a member of the Delta Force series of games produced by Novalogic, and a sequel to Delta Force.-Story:...
(1999) - Delta Force: Land WarriorDelta Force: Land WarriorDelta Force: Land Warrior is a tactical first-person shooter video game. It is the third game in the Delta Force series produced by NovaLogic, and is the sequel to Delta Force 2.-Gameplay:...
(2000) - Delta Force: Urban WarfareDelta Force: Urban WarfareDelta Force: Urban Warfare is a first-person shooter by developer and publisher NovaLogic. It was designed to be a military simulation loosely based on the Delta Force special operations force...
(2002) - Delta Force: Task Force DaggerDelta Force: Task Force DaggerDelta Force: Task Force Dagger is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Zombie Studios and published by NovaLogic. It is a “stand-alone mission pack” to the previous installment in the series: Land Warrior....
(2002) - Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (2003)
- Delta Force: Black Hawk Down: Team SabreDelta Force: Black Hawk Down: Team SabreDelta Force: Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre is the expansion pack to Delta Force: Black Hawk Down. Team Sabre adds more weapons, that can be used in servers that only have Delta Force: Black Hawk Down. The Team Sabre expansion gives the player a new character to choose, the British elite commando...
(2004) (requires Delta Force: Black Hawk Down) - Delta Force: Xtreme (2005)
- Delta Force: Xtreme 2Delta Force: Xtreme 2Delta Force: Xtreme 2 is a first-person shooter by NovaLogic.NovaLogic's previous title was Delta Force: Xtreme, which was released in April 2005.- Features :...
(2009) - Delta Force: Angel FallsDelta Force: Angel Falls- Setting :Angel Falls will be set in the north-west region of South America . Angel Falls will take the player to rural and sparsely populated jungle areas of this locale....
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