Upon reading through Lord Sipia's excellent 'The Town Criers Valient War Against Aliens', I decided to re-create the notion, but with a different game. Then, after trawling through all of my PC games, I chose Rainbow Six 3: Ravenshield. It is an old game, i'll admit, but it features remarkable strategy elements while planning and choosing the team. As well as this, it is incredibly difficult. This is because it features very limited health. I.e. It is pretty much one shot kill, although there is a small chance that you may just get badly injured if shot.
So, therefore I thought that it would be suitable as, while the team limit for a single mission is eight - the high number of deaths means that everyone will get a chance to star.
A few pieces of information about the game:
There are pre-designated characters so I have no control over faces/skin colour/gender. Sorry about that. But all of them wear masks/helmets anyway.
However, once a character has died, a preset 'clone' is added to replace them which, again, always wears a mask.
The game features ragdoll physics, so at the end of each mission I will include a screenshot showing the funniest 'ragdoll'.
There are 15 missions overall, however I have the expansion 'Iron Wrath' which adds more. Not all of the missions are the same format. I.e. Some are simple 'nuetralize all the terrorists' missions, whereas some feature bombs or hostages.
The game is being played on 'Veteran' difficulty, which means that the enemy has faster reaction times and is a little more trigger happy.
I will post screenshots (as my computer is too old to film the gameplay) as well as the mission overview, the team, the plan and the outcome.
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Erskine Ravel (Assault)
Lord Sipia (Assault)
Devestator (Assault)
Major Helper (Demolitions)
Excelsior (Assault)
John the Late (Electronics)
CHUD (Assault)
Moff (Recon)
Mission 1 is Operation: Stolen Flame. It takes place in Amuay (Venezuela) in some kind of oil refinery. Orders are to kill 25 terrorists that are held up there. Mission Successful.
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List of all those that are currently taking part in mission 2;
Lord Sipia (Assault)
Major Helper (Demolitions)
Lurkur (Assault)
Popeychops (Sniper)
Reganknight (Demolitions)
Gastropod (Sniper)
Dead_End (Demolitions)
CarolKarine (Assault)
Mission 2 is Operation: Cold Dagger. It takes place in Lamoura (Jura Canton, Switzerland) in a snowy mountain village. There is an unknown amount of Terrorists holding two people hostage. Orders are to secure the two hostages and escort them to the extraction point. If either hostage dies the mission will automatically fail. Mission Successful.
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List of all those that are currently taking part in mission 3;
Lord Sipia (Assault)
Major Helper (Demolitions)
Lurkur (Assault)
Popeychops (Sniper)
Reganknight (Demolitions)
Gastropod (Sniper)
Dead_End (Demolitions)
CarolKarine (Assault)
Mission 3 is Operation: Mountain Watch. It is in the same area as the last mission, but through a tunnel that is filled with piled up cars. There is an unknown amount of Terrorists holding two people hostage (again). Orders are to secure the two hostages and escort them to the extraction point. If either hostage dies the mission will automatically fail.
If you would like to take part in a future mission,
You can also choose the type of soldier your character is;
Assault (The basic all-rounder. Jack of all trades-master of none. There is up to fifteen of them, however, there can only be a team of eight in each mission. Therefore anyone and everyone can be Assault if they want.)
Recon (Good at sneaking-especially when equipped with silencers and heartbeat sensors. Fairly good assault stats, but bad at almost everything else. Limited to four.)
Electronics (Increases the speed/usefulness of the electronics pack item. They are basically a weaker version of Assault though. Limited to two for some reason.)
Demolition (Best at defusing explosives and handling 'nades/breaching charges. Perfect class for shotgun users, as these guys are usually the 'juggernauts' of the group. However they are limited to three per mission. First come-first serve.)
Sniper (Only really any good when they have a sniper in their hands. Other than that they are pretty weak. Limited to five.)
If there are not enough new signups, then I will cycle back through them all - so if you have died in a mission, do not worry! You may get another chance.
Erskine Ravel
Side swiped while entering a deceptively empty corridor
Excelsior
Gunned down at point blank range in a breach-gone-badly
John the Late
Stopped in his tracks during a valiant last stand
CHUD
Caught unaware and proof that overkill is under-rated
Devestator
Flanked by a strategically superior terrorist force
Moff
*facepalm*
Lord Sipia
Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander
Major Helper
Promoted to the rank of Sergeant
ReganKnight
Promoted to the rank of Corporal
Popeychops
Promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant
Best Noob 2014 AOKH
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