Colony Wars

Colony Wars

Released1997
Colony Wars is a combat fighter game set in space. You, as the player, join as a recruit in the League's fleet. Missions take place in various fighters, from a 1st person view inside the cockpit, or a 3rd person view from behind your ship. Ships have separate meters for shields and armor, and the player must cycle between weapons designed specifically to damage each. At the most basic, purple lasers must drain a target's shields, followed by switching to red lasers to destroy them. The game features advanced lighting and particle effects for the Playstation, as well as a basic simulation of Newtonian physics. Thrusters are only active for as long as the accelerate button is held down. The player can burst fire their thrusters and drift, allowing for some advanced maneuvers. The campaign also features multiple endings and branching missions/storylines, based on your performance in the previous operations.
70Wit Score

Details

DeveloperPsygnosis
PublisherArtdink
ReleasedOctober 31, 1997
StatusReleased
GenresSimulator
ThemesActionScience fiction
PlatformsPlayStation PlayStation
ModesSingle player

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About This Game

By the fifth millennium, Earth has consumed everything its home system had to offer and turned to its distant colonies for more. The colonists—stripped of their resources to serve an empire they have never seen—reach their limit. When the Tzar of the Earth Empire personally oversees the destruction of a rebellious planet, the other colonies unite under a man known only as the Father, forming the League of Free Worlds. The turning point comes at the Battle of Bennay, where the League lures the Imperial Navy into an asteroid field and destroys the fleet. The player joins the League in the months following that victory, as the war for humanity's future fully begins.