Iron Grip: The Oppression
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Iron Grip: The Oppression is a total conversion mod for Half-Life 2
(HL2). The game is set in the Iron Grip universe and focuses on guerrilla warfare, combining elements from both first-person shooter
(FPS) and real-time strategy
(RTS) games. A player can choose one of two sides in this game — the Rahmos military or the Resistance. The Rahmos side offers a real-time strategy game, usually played by a single person(or a very small number of players in large games). The Resistance side involves cooperation between several players, each playing in first-person shooter style in a very similar manner to HL2.
has prompted the Kathos Chancellor Lossing to issue a Zero Tolerance Act. Since then, more and more Resistance cells and hideouts have been unearthed. When discovered, the partisans are ready to fight for an independent Kathos, and it is these battles which the mod covers.
The Rahmos player builds and commands AI controlled NPC
s to flush out and destroy Resistance cells (played by a larger number of human players who fight from a first person perspective in traditional FPS style).
The troops available to the Rahmos officer are mainly young men who are preparing for front-line duty. Despite their inexperience, the Rahmos City Legion has proven to be extremely versatile in urban combat, due to the strict and thorough training they receive. The objective for this team is straight forward - construct armies to hunt down Resistance players and capture the control points. This side also has one Officer Unit who must survive the assault. This unit provides moral support to the other troops. It is also much more effective in capturing Resistance key location. The player can also switch to a First-Person view in which he or she directly controls the Officer. If the RTS player's officer dies, that player loses the match.
Mercos - a small town map set in the slums of Kathos' largest city.
Vistorg - a large town map in rural Kathos, known to be a Resistance arms trade center.
Ambush - a rural winter map, centered around the downed airship Zyphier.
Dynadares - A nighttime Resistance attack on a Rahmos occupied seaport town.
Locomotive - Resistance members have caught a Rahmos troop train en route to Crescu and are attempting to assassinate the General on board.
Silberstad - A city on a beautiful peninsula, Silberstad was a haven for the aristocracy, until the Rahmos airships came to put an end to their "secret" financial support of the Resistance.
Gameplay variants include:
Assassination - Resistance players have to kill the Rahmos General unit, while the Rahmos player attempts to capture three key locations.
Hold - The Rahmos player has to capture three key locations within a certain time period, and the Resistance must stop them at all costs.
Control - Both sides fight for control of certain key locations on the map.
Since v1.3 mappers have been able to create custom conditions for their maps. This means that different forms of objective could be created.
While the Rahmos soldiers are just generally characterized, each character of the Resistance is listed with his or her own biography and weaponry. The Rahmos soldiers have more reliable weapons and armored vehicles at their disposal, while the resistance use mostly home-made weaponry, although they a larger variety of weapons per character.
simple knives and Molotov cocktail
s, to surplus and stolen military rifles and sophisticated anti-tank weapons.
Iron Grip was released as an open beta on the 25th of September 2006 and is currently at release 1.33.
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 , the sequel to Half-Life, is a first-person shooter video game and a signature title in the Half-Life series. It is singleplayer, story-driven, science fiction, and linear...
(HL2). The game is set in the Iron Grip universe and focuses on guerrilla warfare, combining elements from both 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...
(FPS) and 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....
(RTS) games. A player can choose one of two sides in this game — the Rahmos military or the Resistance. The Rahmos side offers a real-time strategy game, usually played by a single person(or a very small number of players in large games). The Resistance side involves cooperation between several players, each playing in first-person shooter style in a very similar manner to HL2.
Story
The game is set in the country of Kathos, the setting of the Iron Grip series. A foreign power known as the Sovereign Republic of Rahmos had originally invaded Kathos while led by Sovereign Marcus Mirrius, who intended to end a civil war that had been tearing Kathos apart for decades, before withdrawing Rahmos troops when the country was stabilized. However, Mirrius was found dead on his personal airship after the invasion had been declared successful, and the rather less benevolent Praetor Afrecus took over the role of Rahmos Sovereign. Since then, people who are no friends to the collaborationist nobles have started a resistance movement collectively known as the Kathos Resistance Force. The rise of these partisansPartisan (military)
A partisan is a member of an irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation by some kind of insurgent activity...
has prompted the Kathos Chancellor Lossing to issue a Zero Tolerance Act. Since then, more and more Resistance cells and hideouts have been unearthed. When discovered, the partisans are ready to fight for an independent Kathos, and it is these battles which the mod covers.
Gameplay
Iron Grip: The Oppression is known for its combination of Real-Time-Strategy and First-Person-Shooter elements.The Rahmos Military
The RTS player or (few) players play the role of a Rahmos City Legion Officer, burdened with the task to crush an Insurgency which has started in one of the Rahmos cities.The Rahmos player builds and commands AI controlled NPC
Non-player character
A non-player character , sometimes known as a non-person character or non-playable character, in a game is any fictional character not controlled by a player. In electronic games, this usually means a character controlled by the computer through artificial intelligence...
s to flush out and destroy Resistance cells (played by a larger number of human players who fight from a first person perspective in traditional FPS style).
The troops available to the Rahmos officer are mainly young men who are preparing for front-line duty. Despite their inexperience, the Rahmos City Legion has proven to be extremely versatile in urban combat, due to the strict and thorough training they receive. The objective for this team is straight forward - construct armies to hunt down Resistance players and capture the control points. This side also has one Officer Unit who must survive the assault. This unit provides moral support to the other troops. It is also much more effective in capturing Resistance key location. The player can also switch to a First-Person view in which he or she directly controls the Officer. If the RTS player's officer dies, that player loses the match.
The Resistance
The Opposing Team, called “The Resistance”, consists of a group of human players. Each player chooses a unique hero character with diverse personalities, weapons, and abilities to match. This team plays a full FPS game. It usually uses hit-and-run tactics to create anarchy amongst the Rahmos forces. The goal is to kill the Rahmos officer leading the attack before the Rahmos officer manages to conquer all resistance key locations.Maps
As of version 1.3 there are six official maps with various variants.Mercos - a small town map set in the slums of Kathos' largest city.
Vistorg - a large town map in rural Kathos, known to be a Resistance arms trade center.
Ambush - a rural winter map, centered around the downed airship Zyphier.
Dynadares - A nighttime Resistance attack on a Rahmos occupied seaport town.
Locomotive - Resistance members have caught a Rahmos troop train en route to Crescu and are attempting to assassinate the General on board.
Silberstad - A city on a beautiful peninsula, Silberstad was a haven for the aristocracy, until the Rahmos airships came to put an end to their "secret" financial support of the Resistance.
Gameplay variants include:
Assassination - Resistance players have to kill the Rahmos General unit, while the Rahmos player attempts to capture three key locations.
Hold - The Rahmos player has to capture three key locations within a certain time period, and the Resistance must stop them at all costs.
Control - Both sides fight for control of certain key locations on the map.
Since v1.3 mappers have been able to create custom conditions for their maps. This means that different forms of objective could be created.
Characters
The game's site details ten characters on the resistance side and three infantry unit types to the Rahmos side.While the Rahmos soldiers are just generally characterized, each character of the Resistance is listed with his or her own biography and weaponry. The Rahmos soldiers have more reliable weapons and armored vehicles at their disposal, while the resistance use mostly home-made weaponry, although they a larger variety of weapons per character.
Weapons
While the Rahmos soldiers usually use different kinds of automatic weapons or grenades, the Resistance rely on many kinds of home-made and stolen weapons that range fromsimple knives and Molotov cocktail
Molotov cocktail
The Molotov cocktail, also known as the petrol bomb, gasoline bomb, Molotov bomb, fire bottle, fire bomb, or simply Molotov, is a generic name used for a variety of improvised incendiary weapons...
s, to surplus and stolen military rifles and sophisticated anti-tank weapons.
Development
The game is developed by ISOTX, previously known for their “Mideast Crisis” mod for C&C Generals, and CrosuS, the mod-management software, created by them. Both are still available on the developers' site at www.isotx.com.Iron Grip was released as an open beta on the 25th of September 2006 and is currently at release 1.33.