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Total War

Outline:
Players: 2
Observers: 4
Computers: 2
Terrian: Jungle
Map Size: 192x96
File Size: +600Kbs
Creator: KhaosKreator

Objectives:
The objective of this game is to defeat the other player, on the opposing island. To do so, you must build Factory's, Missile Depot's, and Resource Plant's to advance your army.

To defend yourself from the opposing menace, contruction of Ground Turrets and AA Turrets are mandatory.

Construction of Science Facility's will help you in other ways that will be described later on.

Each building you build will cost you Minerals, that you will gain over time, as long as your Headquarters are online (Land your Headquarters to turn them online).

Attacking:
The targeting system used in Metal Marines is unique in it's own way, in that it allows you to directly control exactly where everything you launch at your opponent will land or explode.

To fire Missiles, it is required that you have at least 1 Vespene Gas. You will gain Vespene Gas over time for each Missile Depot you command. First, select how many Missiles you wish to fire at the bottom of the map, 1 or 2. You will be able to fire more at a time when you build a Science Facility or an Advanced Science Facility. Then unload units from your Controls right above this area, to move your target. Crosshairs will appear, that will designate the area of effect of each missile, and where exactly they will land. When you are ready to attack, simply click Fire Missile.



To launch Marines, it is almost identical, only that you will need Factory's to produce Metal Marines, and Advanced Factory's to produce Gold Marines. But be warned, attacking Marines will die after time, on the enemy island, unless you have a Marine Laboratory.



Defending:
Your opponent starts with the exactly the same things as you, and they will attempt to attack you as soon as possible. To defend from these attacks, you will need 2 buildings.

AA Turrets, to stop incoming Missiles,
And Ground Turrets to take out attacking Marines.

Another way to defend yourself is to build Decoy Headquarters, to fool your opponent, or to assign Marines to defend your island instead of attacking.

What exactly are you defending? Well, there are two ways to lose the game.
1. By having your Headquarters get killed twice.
2. By having all 3 of your Base Builders die.

These are important points as you will need to kill your opponent using these methods.

Extra Information:
- Never lift-off buildings.
- Always land your Headquarters.
- Try not to build over the maximum displayed amount of each building (Science Facility's and Advanced Science Facility's have a maximum of 1).
- Never land your Marines on unpassable terrian.
- When launching a ICBM, first target something with your missile aimer, then psi storm yourself to declare a launch.
- If you do not know what a specific building does, in-game there is an information section you can use to tell you.
- Yes, this map is based on the SNES game.



Metal Marines is 100% completed, but I submitted it to the DLDB on 01/14/05, so it should be less than a week before it's available!

Good Luck and Have Fun!

It sounds really neat, great idea Khaos.  I will play when I can find it the dldb.  How long were you working or planning on the map, it sounds great.
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I really didn't like it. Although the triggering was pretty nice the gameplay is horrible.
The game is way too slow and mins should eb gained a little bit faster to make the game faster paced.
Instead of having all those observers that do nothing but watch a slow game why not remove observers and make the game a 3v3?
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]The game is way too slow and mins should eb gained a little bit faster to make the game faster paced.

Also, the gameplay isn't supposed to be fast paced, it is meant to be chess-like.

add super nukes! (takes like 1hr+ to make) that like pwn the whoal side of the map thus they take a long time and a lot of money

stuff to look forward too ":p
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