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Today’s Spotlight is Radio General, a voice-controlled RTS by Foolish Mortals.
Lead your troops through WWII as a field general with a stack of maps, charts, and a radio. Issue orders over your radio, and make decisions based on the information you receive from your troops in the field.
Play through a campaign with persistent units as the 1st Canadian Army, or bring along a friend for online co-op. Radio General also includes a map editor with full Steam Workshop support.
You can find the gameplay trailer below.
Radio General is available on Windows PC, Linux, and Mac (all via Steam) for $19.99.
You can find a rundown of the game (via Steam) below:
Radio General is a real-time strategy game where you can’t see your units. Instead you talk with them over the radio. You receive verbal reports, and then issue orders back. Unfortunately for you, war is confusing. Your units won’t always know what’s going on, and you must make tough decisions based on these incomplete (and often confused) reports. All of this is done from a detailed command tent, as it would have been during WWII.
VOICE CONTROLLED
Clear your throat, and show us your best commanding voice. By combining speech recognition with full voice-acting, you’ll feel like you’re a general on the horn with your troops. (Speech recognition only available in English and on Windows).
DETAILED SIMULATION
Morale, elevation, camouflage, and terrain all contribute to battles.
Behind the scenes, ammunition, morale, camouflage, sight and stamina are all being modelled. Elevation and terrain type will heavily influence battles. A smaller force will be more successful in launching ambushes in a forest than a larger force. Being on a road drastically improves movement speed, however affords little cover and camouflage. Being on a hill will drastically increase your spotting distance, whilst also increasing your range and damage. Study the map carefully, and identify how best to use your units.
MANAGE YOUR ARMY
Carefully choose which companies to deploy – each company has unique strengths and weakness. Learn the quirks and personalities of your companies: zealous officers may refuse to retreat. Veteran companies will gain specializations, with each unit type having unique abilities.
Everyone needs a break, and your companies must rest and replenish between missions. Exhausted units perform poorly, so watch your unit rotations.
RELIVE HISTORY
100’s OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
Play from the under-represented perspective of the 1st Canadian Army. Take part in the disastrous Dieppe Raid, crack the Hitler and Gothic Lines in Italy, land upon the Normandy beaches and close the Falaise Gap.
Review 100’s of historical photos, documents and video. Learn how soldiers lived throughout the war, and gain a better understanding of their experiences.
MAP EDITOR
Create and share your own missions
Recreate history’s most famous battles of the war using an easy to use map editor. Share your creations using Steam workshop. Create challenging scenarios for others to try to beat!
ONLINE COOP
Two heads are better than one – bring a comrade to fight at your side. Play the entire campaign cooperatively, or try custom missions from the Steam Workshop.
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