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same as movie, at least there was naked chicks in the movie

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 73 / 96
Date: June 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Based on the 1960 Hugo-winning book of the same name by Robert Heinlein and the 1997 movie, also of the same name, the game Starship Troopers will combine elements of both. The 3D realtime strategy game is squad-based, allowing the player to control varying sizes of bug-killing teams. "People who read the book are book fans, and those who saw the movie are movie fans," said Thomas Zahorik, senior producer for the game. "We've tried to identify the best of both worlds and merge that together [in this game]. There's a lightheartedness in the movie that you won't find here," he continues. "This is more of a serious game. After all, it's a war game. Also, the book had several elements that the movie didn't have. The biggest one, which carries over very well to the game industry, is power suits, which is basically mechanized armor, and there will be 12 different types." There's good variety in the 20 or so missions. For example, one of the missions takes place on a populated beachfront, meaning that civilians will have to be saved while the insects are exterminated. For each mission, the player will have full control over loadout, including weapons and specialized abilities such as stealth infiltrator and combat engineer. "You've got a pool of troopers, and it's not a pool that's constantly refreshed; once they're gone, they're gone, so you need to do some thinking as you pack them out," Thomas said. "You really don't want to loose a trooper because the more missions they go on, the better they get."

Each trooper also has various stats and characteristics that are affected by their performance in the field. Attributes include strength, accuracy, telepathy, medical knowledge and speed. "There's a little bit of role playing involved, and it ties you to the characters involved, [especially] since you cannot just manufacture new troopers," he says. Once the troopers are ready for battle, each weapon comes into play differently. "Some bugs are susceptible to flames, for example. You would learn this by capturing a bug, bringing it back to your base and studying it. In this way, you slowly build a better arsenal."

We watched the game in motion for the next 15-20 minutes or so, and it definitely looks nice. The 3D engine, created by Australian developer BlueTongue, has respectable draw distances and can handle a lot of action at once. In the particular build we watched, Thomas was able to instantly beam in different bugs and troopers (which is basically a debug tool), and at one point the screen was full of troopers and insects, some ground-based and some airborne, all moving fluidly. Control of the game seemed relatively simple as well, with the mouse controlling the fully rotatable map and many of the other functions, such as troop formation and movement.

The game, set to ship in late August or early September, is another entry into the quickly growing world of 3D RTS games. What sets Starship Troopers apart is its license and unique mix of RPG and RTS gameplay. Without being able to manufacture new troopers on a whim, players will be forced to think on their feet or become insect fodder. The sheer number of insects and their different forms and abilities (some fly, some cloak, etc.) should make for some frantic RTS fun, just in time for school.

Starship Troopers is #1

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 21
Date: November 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is great. I love how it is a combination of the book and the movie. The movie was good, but I was disappointed that it didn't have the jump suits; but this game does. The game is great because it starts before the movie took place and it goes on after the movie ended. The game has great graphics and an excellent storyline. I thought that this game would be like most other strategy games, short, easy to beat, and hard to play. But this game is long, really hard to beat, and really easy to play. This game will be the next Half-Life.

troop it up

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: November 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a directive game in which you play head honcho, kinda like "Warcraft". You can choose from many permutations of weapons, troopers, and the skills they possess. The bugs are pretty fun to kill as well as difficult. Great graphics is an added plus. I played the demo then bought the game within the same hour. This game gives you hours of fun then makes you feel like you want to go squish some bugs of your own. If you liked "warcraft," or "starcraft," or both, then this is one that you can't pass up.

You've been warned.

The Greatest Infantry Simulation I've Found

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: January 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The 1997 movie Starship Troopers was pretty good. The 1956 book by Robert Heinlein was great. This game, which combines the best of both movie and book, is spectacular. The gameplay is easy to pick up, the graphics and sound are as real as computer simulation can get, and the missions are wonderfully challenging. I've been a fan of combat simulation for years, but I've never found anything that matched the completeness of this program. From the variety of weapons at your disposal to the variance and challenge of the missions at hand, Starship Troopers is a must have for any combat simulation enthusiast as well as any fans of the book or movie!

How worst can the word "bad" get

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: February 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm a grand fan of all sci-fi games, so of course when I seen starship trooper I was ecstatic! Usually, even when it says "operating system etc etc....." as usual I picked it up knowing or hoping that XP would take the game and run it. don't make the same mistake I did folks read what I got from the support at Atari inc.:

"Unfortunately, this game is not compatible on Windows 2000 or Windows XP as they are NT systems built on a different architecture that does not allow access the hardware in the manner that previous operating system had."

Sorry for the inconvenience.

So buyer beware and lover of the games!

BUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game has some of the best graphics I've every seen. Just about everything is good about the game. Like you can choose who you want in your platton and equip them all with different weapons. From the SOLARIS Lightcannon (Gattling gun) to the Nuke. The animations of the characters is great. The bugs look just as if they were pulled straight from the movie. Graphics are a +10 in a 1 to 10 scale. You can interact with other troopers and save them or you can just let them die. It's up to you. The only problem I can see with this game is that when a person in your platton dies the camera angles get screwy but they can be agusted to fit your needs. I recommend this game to everyone. I also like the fact that it take thing from the book. Like the pwoer suit and other things fromthe movie. An all round grreat game. So go buy it now!

Love the Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Started playing the game when my son borrowed it from a friend. I was rather frustrated when it had to be returned prior to my completing the campaign. I enjoy how it plays and find it a good combination of graphics and challenge. It's a well designed game for my tastes which makes it a shame that the company no longer supports it.

Excellent game, but unfortunately Hasbro was involved

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game if you like squad level military action and the Starship Troopers book/movie. It's fun, the graphics are good, and the ambiance is just right. The developer Blue Tongue did a great job. Unfortunately Hasbro Interactive was the publisher. In my experience, which proved true for Starship Troopers as well, this means that the installer is flaky, the manual is a joke, support is non-existent etc. I _really_ recommend this great game, but make sure you get the FAQ on the web! Oh, and make sure you're connected to the Internet when installing, or you'll have problems. In typical Hasbro style, this is written in almost unreadable microprint on the box.

Great game but needs lots of ram

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: November 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Ok, i bought that game after i had downloaded the demo. THe demo was great and i thought that STTA would be a great game. I was right and the game is excellent except for some minor things that Hasbro might have fixed. First, you start out as a Green trooper in the MI and you land on the bugs main planet in the first wave. This goes on and on and you kill a bunch of bugs with alot of different and cool weapons, upgrades, and so forth. This is a great game if you want to try out with real time stradgity games or if your an old vet. If you have less that 96 megs of ram, then this game will not run very snmoothly when there is alot of bug activity such as the whiskey outpost scene or some of the other big battles. If you dont run into those aot then this game is good but you must have alot of ram just o be surte that that game will run alright. Thta is why i down graded it from 5 stars to 4 stars because of the ram part. other than that this is an excellent game and i reccomend buying it if you are at least a little interested in RTS games. Good luck!

great game!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: November 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This i great game.this game has great graphics and you can control about 12 people at the same time. The weapons are really cool you can see the bullet holes in the bugs.The only bd prt about the gme is in the biggining.it takes a really long time to install about 10 mins. So buy this game it is really good

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