In all seriousness, I’m well aware that we can’t compare the two releases published 20 years apart. Now, the wait is over – the Redux version was released on April 18! Now, we have the chance to compare the two games, and see the improvements. Last year, when I heard the news about the up coming remastered version of Battlezone, I was stoked and couldn’t wait to see one of my favorite childhood titles back, this time in glorious HD. Then, only a couple of years after Ivan Sutherland created the first VR head mounted display system – Battlezone was born. While Morton’s idea failed due to the high costs of filmmaking, people still wanted to experience a simulated reality, and of course, amuse themselves with some games. In the late 50’s, a cinematographer named Morton Heilig started developing Sensorama, a machine that played film, along with aromas, stereo sounds and even wind, in order to simulate the 3D environment. However, our fascination with virtual reality predates not only the Wachowski brothers’ siblings’ sisters’ (oh yeah, you read it right) masterpiece, but also predates computing. And if the technology continues to develop at this pace, it looks like most of us gamers will be living in the Matrix in no time. Hell, even Google is trying to get in on the action by developing its Cardboard VR set which, surprisingly, works really well and may be a low-cost way to experience VR to all of us who still have student loans to pay off. With the likes of Oculus Rift, Hololens, HTC Vive and the Sony PlayStation VR taking the mainstream by storm, 2016 is bound to be the year of Virtual Reality tm.
Not a modder yet? Create your own custom multiplayer arenas with the in-built map editing tool.More than 20 years after the Virtual Boy tried to blind kids all around the world with its blood-red graphics, the virtual reality race is shifting into high gear. Tap into a community nearly two decades in the making, and enjoy near limitless new content with support for mods, such as new singleplayer and multiplayer maps, new vehicles, new HUDs, custom scripts and much more. Play Battlezone 98 as it should have been, in HD with completely remodelled vehicles and buildings, enhanced lighting and shadows, improved particle effects, upgraded animations, upscaled terrain, and more.Įxperience the classic rush of “Deathmatch”, or test your skills in a pulse-pounding battle of wits in “Strategy” mode. Play as American or Soviet forces in two separate singleplayer campaigns, with 29 missions across 7 different planetary environments.
One of the greatest sci-fi strategy games of all time returns with remastered visuals, online multiplayer, and near unlimited mod content from Steam Workshop!Įnter an alternate vision of the 1960s where the “space race” is nothing more than a cover for an interplanetary war between the US and Soviet Russia over mysterious alien bio-metal.
OUT NOW on PC from Steam and GOG.com and expand your Battlezone experience with The Red Odyssey expansion! Scavenge the battlefields for crucial bio-metals, deploy powerful defenses, construct advanced facilities and escalate each battle to an epic confrontation.