9th company ( 9th Company: Roots Of Terror ) is a real-time tactical strategy game created by Lesta Studio based on the film of the same name by Fyodor Bondarchuk and published by Novy Disk on April 30, 2008 in the Russian Federation.
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| Developer | Lesta studio |
| Publishers | New Disc |
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| Genre | strategy |
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| Platform | Windows |
| Game engine | AdicoEngine2 |
| Game mode | single user |
| System requirements | Windows XP / Vista , Pentium IV 2400 MHz, 1024 MB RAM , 3D accelerator with 128 MB video memory, DirectX 9, DVD-ROM |
| Control | keyboard and mouse |
The game is dedicated to the 9th company of the 345th separate guards paratrooper regiment - an elite unit of Soviet airborne troops who fought in Afghanistan for the entire period of the conflict. As in the picture, the main characters of the game, yesterday's recruits selected for service in the 9th company, will go through military training, will perform a number of combat missions, including a large-scale battle at an altitude of 3234 .
Content
Game Features
- Two game levels - an operational map for choosing the location of the next mission and 12 unique tactical maps simulating various regions of Afghanistan;
- Characters of the film that are well familiar to viewers and videos from the film that reveal the plot of the game and create an atmosphere;
- A system of morale and damage to units that makes tactical battles realistic and exciting battles;
- A large selection of carefully detailed large-scale locations, dozens of buildings and hundreds of objects that create an authentic gaming landscape ;
- An unparalleled physical model that makes each destruction of a building, tank or landscape object unique;
- A wide selection of tactics and weapons in battles: artillery shelling, bombing, rounds and flank maneuvers, assault and defense of buildings and fortifications, more than 80 different types of units.
Reliability
- The game was developed in close cooperation with the Airborne Information and Public Relations Service ;
- Of the 12 game missions, 8 are based on real events, 4 on scenes from the film;
- The battle at an altitude of 3234 in the game is being reconstructed according to real events.
See also
- Operation Highway
- Documentary game "The Truth About the Ninth Company"
- The film "9 companies"
Links
- The official website of the game
- Lesta Studio - game developer
- Game page on publisher’s site
- 9 company (game) on the Absolute Games website
- Official game forum (inaccessible link)
- An article about the game on the MO website (47 pages) (The article incorrectly indicates the Genre)
- An article about the game on the portal Mail.ru