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 Come in fast,
'cos this LZ is hot!
While the first military application of a helicopter took place in 1942, when the German Kriegsmarine
began to use Flettner FL-282s as anti-submarine warfare platforms, the helicopter truly came of age as a
battlefield weapon during the Vietnam War. Unlike the Second World War, which saw many battles in or
near heavily urbanized areas, with easy access, the war in Vietnam was one of often remote jungle battles.
Men could slog through the dense terrain, but it was a grueling process, and with few exceptions, vehicles
would simply not be
able to navigate many of the engagement zones. Enter the helicopter.
Able to transport ground troops, heavy equipment, and even provide fire support to even the remotest of the
hinterlands, helicopters changed the nature of ground conflict. Now,
hunters from the sky did not have to be dropped from huge aircraft, scattered all over the countryside, but instead could be inserted precisely
where they were needed. Likewise, if need be they could be extracted just as easily.
Air Assault Task Force by ProSIM Company firmly places you in the boots and
saddles of the air cavalry, commanding forces across decades of helicopter operations. From battling Charlie in Vietnam, to skinnies
in Somalia, to Islamfascism in Afghanistan, Air Assault Task Force covers the spectrum of heliborne
operations of recent times.
ProSIM is already known for their ultra-realistic modern
"command-time" simulations (so known that they are used as a basis for real-world training sims!), and
Air Assault Task Force continues the fine tradition as an evolution of past projects. Raising the bar even higher for how a real-time strategy game can actually
have real strategy and not just a lot of mouse clicking, Air Assault Task Force is a highly playable, highly
realistic simulation of the vertical battlefield.
More than just helicopters, players will coordinate infantry, artillery, armor, attack aviation, and more using
equipment databases of utmost accuracy and detail. These forces are commanded in real-time, using a
traditional "select-unit, select-order" paradigm, that allow users to quickly jump into the action on digital
elevation maps that accurately mimic the real terrain the battles were fought over. Unlike most wargames
with hexes, and the abstractions that brings, Air Assault Task Force maps make the player think like a real
commander would, and not as a gamer.
Of course ultimately Air Assault Task Force is a game, and ProSIM has once again crafted a computer
opponent that will mercilessly hammer the unprepared. When you're ready for another challenge you can
move on to playing other live opponents, or craft your own scenarios. Owners of any (or all) of the ATF
family of games will also be thrilled to know that Air Assault Task Force is fully compatible with previous
titles, meaning that you could load up a scenario from The Falklands War: 1982 and have it instantly
upgraded to the new standards that Air Assault Task Force brings!
Helicopters changed the way war was fought, and so what better way to herald in the new era of the most
realistic commercial modern warfare simulations from ProSIM Company than by introducing the airmobile
with Air Assault Task Force! So check your fields of fire, blast a little Wagner, and come in fast, 'cos this
LZ is hot!
ProSIM has once again crafted a computer
opponent that will
mercilessly hammer the unprepared. |
