Ground Control series
Encyclopedia
Ground Control is a series of games of real-time tactical
video games developed for Microsoft Windows
based PCs
by Massive Entertainment
. The series is popular for its focus on strategy and lack of resource management found in most real-time strategy
games. Also the game is unique in having a free-moving camera, allowing the player to see battles from high above units or as close as possible, allowing them to effectively sit in the middle of conflicts.
The series is also revered for its detailed storylines.
Real-time tactics
Real-time tactics or RTT is a subgenre of tactical wargames played in real-time simulating the considerations and circumstances of operational warfare and military tactics...
video games developed 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...
based PCs
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
by Massive Entertainment
Massive Entertainment
Massive - A Ubisoft Studio is a Swedish video game company based in Malmö, Sweden. The company is fully owned by Ubisoft. They are best known for the Ground Control series of real-time tactics video games. They were acquired by Vivendi Universal Games in 2002...
. The series is popular for its focus on strategy and lack of resource management found in most real-time strategy
Real-time strategy
Real-time strategy is a sub-genre of strategy video game which does not progress incrementally in turns. Brett Sperry is credited with coining the term to market Dune II....
games. Also the game is unique in having a free-moving camera, allowing the player to see battles from high above units or as close as possible, allowing them to effectively sit in the middle of conflicts.
The series is also revered for its detailed storylines.
Titles in series
- Ground ControlGround ControlGround Control is a 2000 real-time tactics video game developed by Massive Entertainment. It features 3D graphics and a free-floating camera which allows one to zoom in and out and view the action from any angle, from a bird's-eye view to the perspective of one's own assault units at ground level...
(2000) - Ground Control: Dark ConspiracyGround Control: Dark ConspiracyGround Control: Dark Conspiracy is a 2000 expansion pack to the real-time tactics video game Ground Control. Developed by Massive Entertainment and High Voltage Software, it was first announced in August 2000 by Sierra Studios...
(Expansion pack, 2000) - Ground Control II: Operation ExodusGround Control II: Operation ExodusGround Control II: Operation Exodus is a 2004 computer game developed by Massive Entertainment and by them classified as a real-time tactics game. It is a sequel to Ground Control, the award winning game of the same genre...
(2004)