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War World: Tactical Combat

War World is a 3D mech combat simulator game developed and published by Australian company Third Wave Games (who are made up of former Rare alumni who have been involved in the development of such games as…

30 2 August 2005

War World: Tactical Combat is a shooter developed by Third Wave Games, released 2 August 2005 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What War World: Tactical Combat is

War World: Tactical Combat is a shooter game developed by Third Wave Games and released in 2005. It was published by Lighthouse Interactive. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Planet WarWorld has been under perpetual conflict throughout its known history over various reasons (ranging from religious differences to territorial disputes to blood feuds between different sects of the inhabitants). Eventually, the largest groups of these people would form into corporate entities and would establish several neutral cities on the planet in the hopes of establishing commerce with the outside galaxy.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction.

How it was received

War World: Tactical Combat holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 37 points below the year average.

What it launched against

War World: Tactical Combat launched on 2 August 2005, within three weeks of Dungeon Siege 2, Dungeon Siege II, Fatal Frame III: The Tormented and The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dungeon Siege 2, Dungeon Siege II, Fatal Frame III: The Tormented, The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.

Official trailer

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When did War World: Tactical Combat come out?
War World: Tactical Combat was released on 2 August 2005 for Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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