Разработчик: Web Interactive Solutions.
Описание
The game is based off true stories from the African Anglo Zulu wars of 1879 where each player has a squad of intelligent AI plus reserves at their command.
Command a Squad of AI
There are different classes of player with each having a unique squad of Zulu or British AI to command. The AI can be commanded as a whole unit, smaller groups or individually.The size of a squad and number of reserves depend on the player class and whether they are Zulu or British.
The player can:
- assign rally point destinations, generic target areas or have AI follow you
- command the British AI to form up in battle lines of standing and crouched
- assign British AI target locations and order them to fire on command
- Command each line of AI to fire at once or alternate between standing and crouched soldiers to create a constant hail of bullets
Configurable Options
There are many configurable game options which make each game unique. Adjust realism settings for weapons, AI skill, environment, movement and tiredness during battle:- Tiredness impacting player movement
- Weapons and melee effectiveness, adjust for each player and AI class
- Adjust levels that impact AI tiredness in battle
- Update the speed and frequency that AI move, fight and detect a target
- Adjust Zulu speed and movement based on health
- Command distance: will AI only respond to orders if in hearing range
- Select game objectives like walls to breach, target spawn areas and numbers to escape
- Game timer
- Choose to have weapons smoke linger on the battlefield and create an eerie smoky battlefield
- Iron sight or cross hair
- Re-spawn or have it hardcore and realistic where player death ends game
- Options for AI quick recognition: choose none, name or have symbol tags appear above AI in your squad
- Reload: auto or player initiates
- Spear impalement
- Soldier cowardice: set a level that impacts desertion and AI morale in battle
- Frequency of player requested Zulu charges
- Percentage of Zulus that form an Impi charge
- Number of reserves for a player
- Choose an in game marker cursor
Medals and Rewards
Earn medals (British) or rewards (zulu) in game. Your AI will respect a commander who has earned medals and rewards and will fight harder or trade them in whilst in game for a benefit.Realistic Maps
The maps are realistic and based on the actual battlefields of 1879. They have been scaled to the real world and based off satellite images, old drawings and maps from the period.Relive the Battles
We've based our maps and gameplay off the actual battles or flash points from the war.Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP
- Processor: i3 3250
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GeForce GT 630 / Radeon HD 7660D
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 7 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Visual C++ Redistributable 2010 required, port forwarding, want to host network games
- Processor: Quad Core i7-4820 or better
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 760 / Radeon R9 270X
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 7 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Visual C++ Redistributable 2010 required, port forwarding, want to host network games
Отзывы пользователей
Had high hopes for this game but incridilby buggy, lags even if you play on a nasa computer, and overall underpreforms, This genre of game has such great potential and they could have been rich if they had just made this game right
It is hard as it continues in Rorke's Drift, but that's what a battle is like, one fails. Plus I haven't found any Zulu war related game on here yet, so I take this as a golden ticket to experiencing what it was like.
Great idea for a FPS with some tactical elements but the game play and controls need a lot of work. What happened to the developers and updating the game to make improvements? At this point, I cannot recommend this game regardless of the price. Very disappointing!
Appears abandoned, avoid as no longer updated in past 2 years.
Lacking cohesive game play..
I have no idea why Steam still has it for sale.
Not user friendly controls very confusing to simply set up men in ranks and fire. plays like a half baked INCOMPLETE game NOT SMOOTH. Needs major patching if ever going to be really playable … Its a shame the subject matter is spot on interesting.
Very frustrating as I was really looking forward to this .
If you are looking for call of duty type graphics and combat it is not here .
Function keys did not work , voice acting was poor , combat was slow and clunky .
Tutorials , the instructions said push key etc and nothing happened so it kept repeating the same thing again and again .
There is a demo out so if you are considering it I would urge to try that first before buying .
Shame i had to buy this abomination of a game to give this review...but hopefully ppl will read this and steer well clear. I love the whole Zulu vs British history era and was looking forward to this games release. firstly what it is with devs nowadays releasing a so called game which no where near finished and so bad its not funny. Graphics very poor gameplay very poor not even any great depth to it if i were a dev i would be ashamed to release this what the hells wrong with u ppl. just another poor excuse for a game and charging ppl for the pleasure or not in this case probably another money making scheme like so many of these devs r doing now knowing full well ppl will pay to see what its like. shocking if this is your best attempt at a game please do us all a favor and get another job cos u suck at this.
My first and so far only refund... what a piece of rubbish. I soooooooooo wanted to like this. Graphics are a joke, but that I can live with. The controls... seriously... try to invert the mouse. Oh, you can't! Remap the keys... 'key already in use'. Yes, they all are and I want te remap. So you have to remap them to a non-used one, change the one that has the key you want to another unused one, then change the original one to the one you wanted and then the other one... you get the picture. For 30+ keys. F5 actually is needed for in-game action (impalement). I won't dignify this game with mapping it differently on my (programmable) keyboard. This would have been nice back in the ninities. That was another millemium...
absoulutely awful.
fantastic idea that has been milked for money.
feels like something from the late 90s, even the loading screen has stupid gifs playing
the voice acting sounds subpar like a teenager recorded it in his room but couldn't talk too loud or his parents would hear him.
if you wan't to play a Zulu game there is a good mod for mount and blade warband, the graphics are better aswell as the gameplay in every concievable way
Last man standing during flag assault at Rorkes Drift. Zulus swarmed over the walls. Shoot three, bayonet two, impaled by countless asagi spears. Die. Still won the round.
Would win round from beyond the grave again.
The game its self is really fun but the voice acting is pretty bad like everyone else says graphics arnt to big so if thats your thing this games not for you. Some things went wrong such as sometimes the uniform and sometimes the rifle goes black. the zulus ai are some of the dumbist i have every seen. but i have not played the zulus side yet. motian blur for me a least caused lag and sometimes the game freezes then exits out. I found zulu charges scary (manily because of their dumb ai) but also cause all the other solders die almost instanly. But i still really enjoyed my time in the game and i would recomend it to you.
Oh dear, released too early, really buggy game - I don't know where to start - has potential. The game plays really poorly, the units don't always move well, they go in odd places, you can kill loads of English soldiers before one takes you down. The interface is horrible - look at Operation Flashpoint for pointers. REally clunky to play, needs an ability to pause batle and give instructions. Menus are about 20 years old and are not that responsive. The missions are limited and there is no ability to create your own - you can only play a couple of missions on my version - I won one to get another one, I want to play in my order. Besides, the first open nbattle is Rourkes Drift - which happend after some of the others in the game. Really feel I was duped with my hard earned cash. I never usually leave game reviews, but this was poor and way too early. Some folks might come back to you
In short, it definitely needs some work: but it doesn't stop it from being a fantastic game!
Pros:
- Wonderful atmosphere
- Variety of different playstyles
- Difficult and entertaining battles
Cons:
- Voice acting needs work
- I don't really know what's going on sometimes (but that's war isn't it?)
- AI seems a little off sometimes
- Needs a total overhaul of the command system!
First off, do not play this game for the graphics, they're getting there. But overall a great concept and game. I am a history buff and have always wondered when a Zulu War game would come out. This game is great! It has Historical accuracy and it is fun You can mold the settings however you like so you can either breeze through the defence, or be backed against the wall, out of ammo, standing on your comrad's dead bodies with hundreds of Zulus running at you with a one hit kill spear. Once you figure out the game's machanics, it is great. Overall great game, can't wait for the full release.
Tips:
1.) To make your guys go somewhere, Make sure you have selected them (they will appear darker in their picture), then choose the place you want them to attack and click on the name of the place you just selected on the screen. If you still can't get the guys to move, make sure in your settings, you applied the orders to everywhere instead of just the feet around you.
2.) Press 'r' to reload unless you put it on automatic reload.
3.) If you want to throw your spear, you MUST aim first before you throw, or it will just stab.
4.) HOLD THE LINE!!!
I've been waiting for the release of this game and now that I've tried it I'm not really disappointed. You get to be a British soldier or a Zulu warrior and run around and fight Zulu warriors or British soldiers. That's what I expected and that's what I got. The little glitches and drawbacks have been more or less covered by other reviews. I'll just say this; if you're interested in this period of history and this subject, buy this game. Remember, it was just released. There're going to be some problems, but $15 isn't that much for a decent game and if we support the developers now it will make it easier for them to improve the game as time goes on.
Game has much potential but very clunky comand structure poor needs to be improved
very difficult to give orders needs to be smoother
god i wanted this to be great, and i hope it will be. This is released WAAAAAY too early. its barely playable. The audio is massively out of wack (too low sometimes, then WAY too loud), the controls are clunky, more than half the commands do not function, MP doesn't seem to work yet. For $15 dollars no way. Reduce the price and raise it as it gets closer to launch if you want to keep testers. Refund for me. I'll be back on release.
This game has so much potenial, Loved the Zulu movie so thats why i voted for this on greenlight. got a way to go but glad to see the game progress. im ok with the low graphics, for a low spec pc player its nice to have a game that isnt all about graphics for a change. how can anyone give this a negative review when it just came out? like seriously people.. -_- anyways its a cool game, give it a try.
Important Notice:
In my first few playthroughs, I found the game difficulty ridiculously easy and it would take about 5 stabs with my bayonet to kill one zulu. Well, I'm pleased to inform you that this game has the option to crank the difficulty of every concievable weapon and unit type right up. In my last playthrough, I actually dreaded the Zulu charge as it now only took one spear to kill me and my men. In feels like a hardcore mode now, which I absolutely love and the objectives to complete are that much more difficult to complete.
Here is what I found and changed: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=780052538
New Update
Devs have fixed 8 bugs since releasee and they keep in regular communication with the community. They also explain what's coming up in future updates before they arrive which I appreciate. They listen to EA ideas and respond with enthusiasm. I certainly trust the devs with sticking with this excellent game.
The Review
I'm going to give this game a tentative thumbs up for now.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=779961514
I've been anticipating the release of Zulu Response for a few months now and now that its released, I have mixed feelings towards the game.
First impressions are not great. The visuals are very outdated with player models looking more like tin soldiers than life like characters. The foliage is quite convincing but again the texture detail is very basic. The animations of the characters fair a little better, with Zulu warriors breaking into tribal dancing and British soldiers stretching their weary legs, unfortunately the animations aren't convincing in the heat of battle. British soldiers don't yet seem to know how to aim down their Martini-Henry rifles yet and the Zulu's who primarily use melee attack with their asagai's don't quite know how to throw them.
Please note, if you have a good PC or laptop and you have Nvidia, then you can up the graphic capabilities in Nvidia control panel and the game in EA can look like this:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=782059458
However, there is something about Zulu Response which gives me optimisim for its future and that's it's completely broken command system. I'm not quite sure why the Developers decided to place the complex command orders for your squad through a hotkey (K) rather than a command wheel as seen in Insurgency, which would feel more intuitive to use and drastically reduce the confusion that players may have, however having said that the commands you can order are historically accurate and quite fleshed out. I think this is where Zulu Dawn's strength lies. If the devs can simplify the command orders using a command wheel, instruct the AI to actually go to the correct position and fire on command then I think this game can go far.
To be sure, the visuals need a complete overhaul to compliment the "realistic gameplay" and the animations need a lot of attention but those are relatively easy to accomplish than if the command system was lacking in historical detail. The small dev team have said the game will be in EA for about 8 months. In those 8 months, I believe they could make the Zulu's Response even louder if they focused on enhancing the realism of the game, fixing the somewhat broken AI and changing their command order system.
One area of the game that does stand out is the audio. Whilst the fighting sounds are rather simple, the music which accompanies the action, with the Men of Harleck and the Zulu's singing is rousing to the soul and does intensify what is rather a bland combat experience as of now.
Oh and please, please devs remove for now the frightened/ suppression system it feels as though I am on the high seas and it could make some people violently ill. A simple grey out would suffice.
For now I'd rate Zulu Response with a decent 7.5/10. Given time, I'm optimistic that Zulu Response will be a "must have" for anyone remotely interested in the Anglo-Zulu war.
Update: I was having issues with performance on my laptop, however I noticed it was running on the integrated graphics card. For those who have Nvidia control panel, Zulu response is under UDK (Unreal Development Kit).
Having almost reached the 2 hour mark now, I can say that I was slightly too harsh on the audio and combat mechanics. I was just in Rorkes Drift defending the farmstead with 30 men and the inevitable Zulu charge really made me see the huge potential in this game. The Zulu amassed on the South wall, but I had placed my men on the North wall. I had to order my men double time to cover the South entrance and as I was doing so three of my men fell to spears. The Zulu war chants and the speed in which the Zulu arrived unnerved me, and I ended up taking out my sword and swinging it wildly at the mass of oncoming Zulu. I was wounded and decided to order my men to form ranks and fire on command. Zulus fell before my eyes as smoke filled the air. The hospital during this assualt was set ablaze, which was a sad sight to behold. As more Zulu's arrived, I ordered an orderly withdrawal to the Kraal Biscuit boxes and it was there we made our last stand. The bugle player sounded his last command, as the Zulus overran our lines.
been exited for this game since i seen it ... and well yeha its good and only a ALPHA but good fun . try yo join someone that has a multiplayer going but couldnt seem to join (no error ) just couldnt join finding the command structure i bit fiaddly but all and all iam enjoying this and cant wait to see how much it will progress e.g gfx controls maps etc
pros
old school guns
diffent kind of war
and british
cons
controls/commands
bit buggy AI
multiplayer issue
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Web Interactive Solutions. |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 22.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 46% положительных (37) |