''Armored Warfare'' (sometimes referred to as AW) is a
free-to-play vehicular combat
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video game developed by
Mail.ru
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and published by
My.Games
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for
Microsoft Windows
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,
PlayStation 4
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,
PlayStation 5
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,
Xbox One
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,
Xbox Series S
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and
Xbox Series X. The game features combat vehicles from the 1950s through modern day and includes destructible environments as well as
player vs. environment and
player vs. player
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gameplay. The game was originally in development by
Obsidian Entertainment, who worked on the game until being dropped in 2017.
''Armored Warfare'' is built on the free-to-play business model with in-game
micro-transactions
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available for certain features and upgrades. The game also has the option of signing up for premium account time, which allows bonuses to progression. ''Armored Warfare'' launched into
open beta
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in October 2015.
Plot
In the late 2010s, Europe has suffered a severe economic and political crisis. When two dirty nuclear bombs are detonated outside the cities of Paris and Berlin, a revolution is started that forced the world into chaos. When the crisis ends, the largest of the corporations rise to power.
The story starts with the world in the late 2030's, and many hate the state of the world that it is now, and many have created or migrated into the "Badlands," areas where the corporations have no interest or are unable to control. The world is only growing more unstable, and it is only a question of time before the world is plunged into the chaos of war once more.
Gameplay
''Armored Warfare'' is set in a modern virtual world where the player takes on the role of a mercenary employed by a
private military company. The game offers players the opportunity to participate in battles across co-op
player versus environment campaigns and team-based
player versus player matches in a variety of armored vehicles, main battle tanks, and long-range artillery. Players can customize their vehicles with upgrades and retrofits that affect the way the vehicles perform in-game.
Player versus player
In
player versus player (PvP) gameplay, the players take control of an armored vehicle and participate in 15 vs. 15 team battles across 13 different maps. In order to secure the win, a team must either eliminate all the opponents in the enemy team or successfully capture the opponent's base (standard PvP mode) or the neutral base (encounter PvP mode). The duration of the battle for both 'Standard' and 'Encounter' modes is up to 15 minutes, nevertheless, it can be shorter if any of the aforementioned team goals are achieved earlier.
Player versus environment
Player versus environment (PvE) missions are designed for a group of five players to fight against
artificial intelligence
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(AI) controlled
bots
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. Players can queue for missions individually or grouped with up to four other players in a platoon. Missions can be selected from several difficulty levels up to insane, where success depends on the vehicles the players bring, coordination between the team members and skill in the PvE arena.
Global Operations
''Global Operations'' (also ''Global Ops'' or ''Glops'') is the newest game mode, introduced in update 0.18. It features expanded, specially designed maps with special features not found in the other modes. At its core, it is a PvP mode but when dying, players can respawn. This, however, makes your team's ticket counter go down. The main objective of this mode is to get the enemy team's tickets to 0 before yours do. The main way of accomplishing this is by capturing objectives which dynamically change over time on the map. In addition to these primary objectives, there are also secondary objectives in the form of "wildcards". These range from a bomber strike that a player can call in, a UAV drone to spot the enemy, or even an AC-130 gunship.
Customization
''Armored Warfare'' offers players a wide array of vehicle and base customization options. It is possible to unlock additional vehicles and equipment as players progress through the game as well as visually customize their vehicles with camouflage patterns and paints, as well as emblems on the side of vehicles.
Progression
Unlike other games such as
War Thunder and
World of Tanks, vehicles are not separated in a tech tree by countries, instead, they are separated by dealers, all who specialize in a specific advantage that their vehicles provide. For example, Sophie Wölfli, one of the dealers available, focuses on more of a passive/defensive posture, hence why she offers a variety of American and German main battle tanks, many of which are heavily armored, and very mobile, such as the
M1 Abrams
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.
Reception
Awards
The game received the "Best Multiplayer" award from TenTonHammer's Best of E3 Awards 2014.
References
External links
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{{Obsidian Entertainment
2015 video games
Free-to-play video games
PlayStation 4 games
Shooter games
Tank simulation video games
Video games developed in Russia
Video games developed in the United States
Windows games
Xbox One games