Dirty Bomb (game)

The Dirty Bomb mutilated London, and the Central Disaster Authority was responsible for rebuilding it. When the crime syndicate Jackal decided to stop and began to steal technology, the capital plunged into chaos. Now both warring parties convene mercenaries from all over the world under their flags.

The game combines tactics, quick skirmishes and many game characters, which gives great scope for team play. Before each match, a player can assemble a squad of 3 characters. During the game, you can switch between the characters of your squad. The number of mercenaries is constantly growing and at the moment you can choose from 23 characters. Each of them has a unique skill and its own characteristics. On the battlefield, they perform one of five main roles - Sturmovik , Saboteur , Engineer , Medic and Scout .

Attack

These are hardy mercenaries specializing in the use of heavy weapons and various types of grenades. As the main weapon, they use machine guns, grenade launchers, and other large-caliber weapons, which makes them excellent fighters for short distances and indoors. This class includes characters such as Fragger, armed with fragmentation grenades, Rihno, armed with a minigun, Nader, armed with a grenade launcher, and Thunder, which carries stunning grenades.

Saboteurs

These are mercenaries specializing in mid-range fighting and providing fire support to a team. They can distribute ammunition to themselves and other players, and the ability to deliver a pinpoint strike on enemy positions can fundamentally turn the tide of the battle. These include Skyhammer, capable of causing a bomber, Arty, causing an artillery strike, Kira, controlling an orbital laser, Stoker, armed with incendiary grenades and Javelin, armed with a rocket launcher.

Engineers

The main feature of mercenaries capable of fulfilling this role on the battlefield is that they are able to fix anything, and do it as quickly as possible. This class includes Proxy, capable of installing anti-personnel mines, Bushwhacker, installing turrets, Fletcher, armed with Velcro bombs and Turtle, which can install an energy shield.

Doctors

Recognizing a mercenary who can fulfill this role on the battlefield is not difficult. He always has a first aid kit and a defibrillator or a medical gun with which he can put a wounded ally on his feet at any moment. But in view of the weak fighting power, such mercenaries must always be protected and assisted in battles. Doctors include Aura, which is able to establish a treatment station, Phoenix, which has the ability to be reborn when it is disabled, Sawbonez, Sparks, which has a healing gun with it instead of a defibrillator, and Guardian, which can install a sky shield that destroys enemy explosives.

Scouts

If a mercenary is able to expertly track all the movements of the enemy, then he will play the role of a scout on the battlefield. Many of them prefer powerful sniper rifles as their main weapon, which allows them to deal with the enemy at long distances. Such mercenaries include Vassili, capable of installing a heartbeat sensor, Aimee, which installs a tracking device that weakens the enemy within its radius of action, Redeye, who carries a smoke grenade and IR glasses, allowing him to see through the smoke and track the enemy and Phantom wearing armor with active camouflage, allowing it to become invisible for a while and turning off enemy equipment that is nearby.

In the game you can find a very diverse set of cards and modes. Often, the same card looks different depending on the mode selected.

At the moment, there are 3 game modes in Dirty Bomb : Confrontation , Combat Operation and Destruction .

Confrontation

This game mode consists of two rounds. In one round, the player stands for the attackers, in the other for the defenders. To win, you must complete a certain range of tasks faster than the enemy.

Combat Operation

One team is attacking, and the second is defending. To win, the attacking side needs to have time to complete the mission objectives for a certain time. In turn, the defenders should stop them.

Destruction (not used)

This mode is a team battle in which a player in the squad needs to destroy all the players in the enemy squad.

In September 2013, the game received the PAX PRIME'13: Best playable award for best gameplay. The award was presented by the Internet portal FPS Guru

The WARP ZONE Internet portal has also included Dirty Bomb (aka Extraction) in the list of the best products shown at PAX'13

• The official foreign site of the game (English)
• Splash Damage Studio Website