Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath
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Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath, also known as The Day After: Fight for Promised Land and known in Russia as Caribbean Crisis (
Plot
The premise of the game is based on a potential outcome of the
Campaigns
Anglo-American Alliance: This consists of the surviving elements of the United States and the United Kingdom. Retreating from the wasteland of Europe, the alliance invades
European Alliance: Headed primarily by France and a reunited Germany, this campaign revolves around slowing the Soviet invasion of Europe, assisting Sweden and the other Nordic countries as well as Italy, before relocating to the Iberian Peninsula to assist the evacuation of civilians to West Africa, where the Europeans eventually settle, but with the least amount of territory at the end of the game.
China: Arguably the weakest faction in-game, the Chinese initially side with the Soviet Union and conduct air strikes on US bases in the
Gameplay
As with Blitzkrieg, battles take place on a 3D rendered terrain with an isometric viewpoint. Battles feature different seasons, climate zones, and weather conditions, all of which can affect game play.
Players can build and repair bridges, dig trenches and pits, lay mines, resupply and repair units as well as call in air support when needed. Buildings, bridges and other objects can be destroyed. Trees and forests can be flattened by tanks or artillery fire, and the ground can become pockmarked with craters.
Transport helicopters may land, pick up or unload infantry. Soldiers and tank crews can perish from radiation sickness whilst in towns irradiated by nuclear attack, facilitating the use of special NBC troops to sanitise the radiated area. Ground-to-air missiles may also attack aircraft.
Expanding on the single missions of the Blitzkrieg series, The Day After campaigns use a dynamic model, where the player can attack and defend against enemy formations as well as capture strategic economical and military objectives. Each campaign chapter has a special "end" mission, usually a large scale battle with multiple objectives.
Throughout each campaign, the player is given a reserve of standard units which as the campaign progresses per chapter begins to include more modern and state of the art or even experimental units as well.
Sequels
A sequel, Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade, has been released. It is a stand-alone expansion to Cuban Missile Crisis set five years after the war.
References
- ^ "Strategy First - Press - Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath Ships". 2007-07-13. Archived from the original on 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ^ "Карибский кризис - официальный сайт проекта". 2005-02-07. Archived from the original on 2005-02-07. Retrieved 2023-04-23.