Incubation è la quarta incarnazione del celebre brand Battle Isle , una famosa serie di wargame sviluppata dalla Blue Byte a partire dai primi anni '90. Questa realizzazione, però, prende le distanze dai tradizionali tratti che hanno caratterizzato i titoli precedenti, se nei primi giochi supervisionavamo, infatti, il dispiegamento bellico del nostro esercito in scenari prettamente bidimensionali, in Incubation comandiamo una singola squadra di soldati attraverso una serie a fully three-dimensional environments. The game, although unusual in the context of the saga, it still takes up some elements. The story spread, in fact, Scayra on a distant world colonized by the same civilization that originated on the well-known Chromos, the planetary system are centered on which the earlier conflicts. The background shows the failure of the energy barrier that separates the settlements from the rest of the world, especially from Scay'Ger: the peaceful natives of the place. The problem was not so bad if only one virus did not mutate into a multitude of facts to be super aggressive, capable, among other things, to put on fire even Scay Hallwa, the capital. The game is set right between the buildings and structures and the latter is divided into something like thirty-five missions divided into five "theaters" of war different. The goal of missions is variable, as an example, we do not only clean up a given location by enemy presence, but on the contrary, there will often and always enjoy having to reach a particular position, to survive for a certain number of rounds, to take out specific enemies and so on. Each mission also has clauses that survive usually require us to keep alive some members of the team or limit the number of shifts to which we can use. Each scenario must be selected from a screen that shows the different buildings of the capital, as they will continue with the game, there will be offers of different locations. Also from this kind of map, choosing the appropriate places, as well as attend the briefing information that clarifies the matter further, we can also buy weapons and equipment more efficient.
Incubation, in addition to tactical aspects, including many elements from the universe of mutual role-playing games, especially with regard to the management of individual Marines. Each character is characterized by several parameters that describe both the skills physical condition. At the beginning of each mission properly settle our men on possible areas of deployment. The game is developed in a long series of shifts that we see contrapporci units managed by the computer. In each round we have to handle every character of our team, in general this is reflected in him to do various actions that, for the most part, are to move from one location to another, using any object, interacting with some elements of the stage, opening fire on an enemy or providing aid to a wounded comrade. Our every action consumes a certain amount of "Action Points", each soldier has a population of a certain amount for each shift, the amount depends on the experience gained in the field, this device binds us to having to consider carefully all of our tactical decision. To protect our men during the turn of the enemy we can activate, in addition, a special defensive mode which will give them a minimum of self-preservation instinct. To complete the objectives of each mission, we also often have to resolve some "puzzles" which generally is to use ports, switches, lifts and levers so as to provide a way to cross a particular scenario. The three-dimensional game engine allows us to rotate the view as we please in order to observe the action from different angles, in so doing we will light the most hidden areas. For the firefights we can use a large arsenal of weapons, each requiring a certain level of competence, also to be increased as they will continue to accumulate experience. Each weapon is characterized by some parameters that describe the performance: the precision, power, the amount of ammunition and range, not forgetting, then, the possibility of using a mo 'with bayonets. In practice we do out of the aliens using something like twenty-four different weapons, among which: pistols, rifles, machine guns, lasers, particle guns, grenade launchers and flamethrowers. With regard to the "bestiary" Incubation, has eleven different monsters, the most "stupid" to the more lethal requiring the involvement of more soldiers.
The game does not have a proper inventory, the few usable items are handled with the appropriate icons on the control panel. During the game we can use a wide range of objects, the most useful are without any doubt: the inevitable medical kits that allow us to replenish health, explosives to blow up the access points where they exit from the Scay'Ger , the electrodes to effectively protect our men, the different types of scanners that ferret out hidden enemies, the jetpack to climb over the barriers, stimulants temporarily increase the points for action and finally some systems and some aim to improve the ability of our Marines. Again, the use of some objects require a particular level of experience and also a certain amount of points "equipment", the latter briefly summarize the weight and bulk in your backpack. At the time of the exit, Incubation offered a graphic industry certainly impressive, featuring, among other things, a fully three-dimensional scenario. The latter enjoyed a high degree of detail, the models of the soldiers, as well as other objects in the game, they were fully polygonal and effectively exploited the use of texture-mapping. Among the features inedite va segnalato che supportava anche i primi acceleratori 3D, in particolare i prodotti della 3DFX, sebbene funzionasse degnamente anche col solo rendering via software, seppur con richieste hardware decisamente più elevate. Il comparto audio si difendeva bene, l'atmosfera generale traeva sicuramente beneficio dalla presenza delle tracce audio. Tirando le somme, Incubation, è un titolo sicuramente coinvolgente, soprattutto per via dell'ottima atmosfera sci-fi che lo caratterizza, in alcuni frangenti riesce persino ad intimorire. Consigliato, agli amanti del genere. Il link:
Download Incubation CD (English version)
N.B.: Il gioco gira sia con Windows XP and Virtual PC, the latter by means of virtual machines based on Windows 98/95. Before playing I suggest you also install the two patches included in the archive.
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