AHD DD1 – A House Divided

[Darkrenown]

Sounds like a dig at Relic's Space Marine, a rather mediocre attempt by a company famous for strategy titles at a FPS.

More a homage than a dig, I enjoyed Space Marine

 

[Carewolf2]

Well, why not?

A House Divided: Union Marine DD 1

For AHD we have decided on a change of pace. Rather than yet another Grand Strategy game, we're taking Victoria 2 in a new direction: FPS.

Using a number of authentic period weaponry ranging from sabre and pistol to a Gatling gun. Abraham Lincoln must carve his way through the rebellious states of the CSA. A little known fact about Lincoln was that he was a remarkably strong man, but this will be fully realised in AHD: Your melee blows will send secessionists flying, and you can execute weaker enemies with a single blow (this causes Lincoln's health to re-generate).

The key concept in AHD is Lincoln's ability to deliver violence upon his enemies. Combat will be fast-paced and brutal, flowing seamlessly between ranged and melee combat. You can even use a one-handed gun and melee weapon at the same time. Every enemy has multiple death animations for each weapon in the game. Rebels will swarm on on from every side and Lincoln must use all his skills, including a range of knock-backs and stuns, in order to survive.

The Campaign will involve Lincoln battling his way though all 11 states of the CSA, with a Confederate general as a boss-monster at the end of each. The game will end in Richmond, Virgina, and will feature a cinematic final battle again both Richard E Lee and Jefferson Davis. Will Lincoln prevail? Only time will tell!

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OMG, that is almost as stupid as making X-COM or Syndicate into FPS, but only almost. Do not joke about stuff like that!

 

[Romtos]

OMG, that is almost as stupid as making X-COM or Syndicate into FPS, but only almost. Do not joke about stuff like that!

I agree. The mere notion of Vicky 3 being FPS is too terrifying to behold.
Luckily, this is hidden on the comments. It's not for the faint-heartened.

 

[Darkrenown]

Strategy games are no longer relevant, FPS is the future!

 

[Orinsul]

I agree. The mere notion of Vicky 3 being FPS is too terrifying to behold.
Luckily, this is hidden on the comments. It's not for the faint-heartened.

if it was serious you wouldnt do it as a sequel but a spin-off. the same wasname, line. [not line but line works] but not the same series.
Probably it could be serious, but for Hearts of Iron or EU3, i dont think Victoria II is a popular enough title to merit it. Probably itd be cooler though, Crusader Kings would be good, as its characters, import your CK2 character into a running round with a sword and fighting crusades game. With the skills, health and everything calculated from traits and attributes. Victoria would probably have the more unique setting cos tons of games have been set in Hearts of Iron or Crusader Kings territory.

 

[Meanmanturbo]

if it was serious you wouldnt do it as a sequel but a spin-off. the same wasname, line. [not line but line works] but not the same series.
Probably it could be serious, but for Hearts of Iron or EU3, i dont think Victoria II is a popular enough title to merit it. Probably itd be cooler though, Crusader Kings would be good, as its characters, import your CK2 character into a running round with a sword and fighting crusades game. With the skills, health and everything calculated from traits and attributes. Victoria would probably have the more unique setting cos tons of games have been set in Hearts of Iron or Crusader Kings territory.

Man, I have said it plenty of time, but Mount and Blade working as a Streets of Sim City for CK2 would be great. If you modded a Ck2 map and a Mount and Blade map to fit with each other save game conversions should work be possible t0 program...(if you know a lot more programing then me, granted)

 

[unmerged(23764)]

Fantastic -- an FPS where it takes a 30 seconds of standing still to reload a single shot in your gun. Can't go wrong there.

 

[podcat]

Fantastic -- an FPS where it takes a 30 seconds of standing still to reload a single shot in your gun. Can't go wrong there.

I dont see how. Lincoln can easily punch out anyone getting close enough to interrupt his reloading

 

[Dewirix]

I note from the picture that Lincoln is without his distinctive stove pipe hat. Is this just a cynical excuse to sell it later as a DLC?

 

[podcat]

I note from the picture that Lincoln is without his distinctive stove pipe hat. Is this just a cynical excuse to sell it later as a DLC?

yes "A House Divided: Union Marine" will include DLC hats! In fact you can even buy DLC hats for your DLC hats creating amazingly high hats!

The game box will also be infused with opium extract effectively turning fans who touch it into addicts and we will later on be selling increasingly more expensive DLC opiate items.

 

[RedRalphWiggum]

I note from the picture that Lincoln is without his distinctive stove pipe hat. Is this just a cynical excuse to sell it later as a DLC?

They did indeed mention hat DLC...

 

[lordreaven448]

More a homage than a dig, I enjoyed Space Marine

I did too, Sadly no dedicated servers really dragged the MP down.

 

[lordreaven448]

yes "A House Divided: Union Marine" will include DLC hats! In fact you can even buy DLC hats for your DLC hats creating amazingly high hats!

The game box will also be infused with opium extract effectively turning fans who touch it into addicts and we will later on be selling increasingly more expensive DLC opiate items.

And you would have just made EA and Activision the happiest companies on earth if you worked for them :rofl:

 

[Mortu]

Is there any chance of getting an OOB, like in HOI3 in this or one of future expansions? Nor so relevant for early-mid 19th century, but surely needed for WW1 ^_^

I would love to see combat slowly morpf from EU style to HOI style... but can't have everything, eh? Still, for one, shortening the occupation time as technology progresses could be a great step in the right direction IMHO.

 

[John Forseti]

Fantastic -- an FPS where it takes a 30 seconds of standing still to reload a single shot in your gun. Can't go wrong there.

In the first level of Call of Juarez you play in a battle in the civil war, not only is it a bloody amazing level, the rest of the game is straight downhill due to the fact none of them match it for sheer awesomeness.

 

[No idea]

Is there any chance of getting an OOB, like in HOI3 in this or one of future expansions? Nor so relevant for early-mid 19th century, but surely needed for WW1 ^_^

I would love to see combat slowly morpf from EU style to HOI style... but can't have everything, eh? Still, for one, shortening the occupation time as technology progresses could be a great step in the right direction IMHO.

Definetely really worth in late game, when you have so many units that is a clicking nightmare.

 

[LYNCHY]

Uh, I think I see a number of new independent german states, some in provinces that did not previously exist.

I looked at both maps in full screen and to me i can only see one german state Missing the one between bavaria main and the broken off bavaria bit to the left and holstein of course

 

[KonradRichtmark]

Is there any chance of getting an OOB, like in HOI3 in this or one of future expansions? Nor so relevant for early-mid 19th century, but surely needed for WW1 ^_^

Well, how would the OOB help? In Victoria 2, every army is its own self-contained unit, rather than part of an HQ structure as in HoI3. An OOB would simply be a list of all the units you have, and that you already have in the ledger.

 

[Secret Master]

Strategy games are no longer relevant, FPS is the future!

As your Union soldier runs around the battlefield at Gettysburg, he gets a minor injury from some shrapnel. After 5 hours of playing, your character gets trench foot or typhus. Soon, your field of vision begins to cloud and your accuracy suffers. The health packs you scrounge from dead Confederate soldiers do nothing to restore your health and you have fired a grant total of 100 shots in a few hours (even after scrounging ammunition from dead comrades). Eventually, you fight your way to a field hospital, and undergo an amputation. Game Over.

Would you like to reload from a save game, or start the Gettysburg scenario from the beginning?

 

[KomodoWaran]

More a homage than a dig, I enjoyed Space Marine

"Burn the Secessionist. Kill the Slaveholder. Purge the Fire-Eater."