
Braddock orders the troops, including Lieutenant John Cooke and Commander Yelena Shabayev, to investigate the call, which had reported that the base came under attack from an unknown group of vehicles. General Braddock, head of the ISDF, orders troops to be sent to Pluto, after the AAN are alerted to the presence of an unknown outpost on the planet designated Cerberus Base after a distress call is sent out by its base commander, Major Henry Manson. Both sides eventually form a truce in order to combat the threat before it could destroy humanity.ģ0 years later, the advancement of science and technology through bio-metal led to the formation of two separate organisations to ensure that that Earth's countries are kept in relative peace and harmony with one another - the International Space Defense Force (ISDF), an international peacekeeping force that secures bio-metal for Earth and the Alliance of Awakened Nations (AAN), who oversee the distribution of resources between countries. During this time, both sides came to learn that bio-metal was developed by an extinct alien civilization called the Cthonians, who maintained a vast empire that stretched across the system, before being undone by a new form of technology - a highly advanced vehicle called a Fury - that became sentient and aggressive. The resource heightened tensions between the nations of the United States and the Soviet Union, as both formed their own space forces and eventually engaged with each on across several planets and moons in the Solar System. In the 1960s, humanity came across a rare resource that landed on Earth via meteor shower called "bio-metal". īattlezone II takes place within the same alternative history universe as Battlezone. Although met with great enthusiasm, the game generated negative reviews due to bugs and other complaints by players, though retrospective reviews were more positive.Ī remastered version was released in March 2018 under the title Battlezone: Combat Commander on the gaming platforms GOG.com and Steam. The game's story focuses on a conflict during an alternative 1990s period, in which humanity explores space for resources only to encounter an alien race in the process that they become locked in combat with. It is the sequel to the 1998 game Battlezone, in which players pilot various futuristic vehicles across different planets, along with building and managing additional units and structures. Great thanks and admiration to the original series developers, without whose work first, this mod would have never been possible.Battlezone II: Combat Commander is a hybrid tank shooter, first-person shooter and real-time strategy video game, developed by Pandemic Studios, and published by Activision in 1999-2000.

Vehicle loadouts can be modified at a factory blast-cannon-armed Grizzlies "right off the assembly line." Old prop-only buildings redone as fully featured buildable structures for each race. New units for each race added to their default list service trucks and added versions of Special Ops and Heavy Tanks.

Numerous UI and HUD tweaks and enhancements for easier interaction. All scripts created new, and SP maps completely rebuilt for a new experience. All models redone for design improvements and a more realistic appearance with greater detail and hi-res textures. CCA special operations Crimson Bears Battalion added as a full race. Furies are now a fleshed out and playable race with many new structures and vehicles. Stock IA, MPI, and MP maps are playable with the new races. As well as several enhanced BZCC maps put into the BZ1 era. New BZ1 era maps created, and playable in IA, MPI, and MP. Enhanced single-player campaign, with all 58 story-based missions in a new chronological order that tells the story of the Bio-metal War like never before. Battlezone (1998) races fully integrated with BZCC gameplay mechanics and economy. Play as the NSDF, Black Dogs, CCA, CRA, and now as a fully playable race, the Furies, and introducing the CCA Crimson Bears Battalion.Įnter familiar battlezones in a whole new way and take Total Command.

Inspired by the original games, all models, maps, and scripts have been recreated and redesigned to take advantage of BZCC's game engine's abilities for a new version of the original Battlezone saga. Battlezone TOTAL COMMAND (BZTC) is a new version of Battlezone (1998), The Red Odyssey, and Rise of the Black Dogs, constructed around BZCC gameplay mechanics.Įngage in combat with 6 playable races, in a 58-mission single-player campaign, built from the original campaign stories, and presented in a new chronological order with many enhancements for a new experience.
