E3 2002
Film turns to game once again in
Reign of Fire, Bam’s third-person/third-dragon perspective vehicular fight fest.
Based tightly on the July-release movie starring Christian Bale and Matthew
McConaughey, the story is set in England in the year 2024. After a hibernating
dragon is woken and spawns an entire population of dragons, mankind must fight
to survive.
5 types of dragons, from land-locked
raptor-esque lizards to airborne fire-breathing monsters, viciously attack
humans from every conceivable direction. Your chance for survival? Get them
before they get you. All you have to defend yourself are your wits and
cunning… okay you also have a plethora of vehicles, weapons, and fellow
soldiers to puree the giant reptiles.
Whether you’re piloting a jeep, a
tank, or a fire truck, you can be assured that each mission will be difficult
and unique. The 20 missions vary from putting out fires, to rescuing humans, to
slaughtering dragons.
The game play looks similar to that
of vehicle driving in Halo, with a jeep outfitted with a multi-directional
turret. The dragons will use anything they can to take you out, the simplest
ones ramming your vehicles like reptilian battering rams and the airborne ones
spitting huge fireballs with explosive radii.
After saving humanity, the thought
may cross your mind that you want to wreak havoc on it as well. The solution:
take control of a dragon and scorch, burn, and torch to your heart’s content.
Flying the dragons and terrorizing fleeing humans looks like guilty fun, and
earns reign of fire another plus.
Burn fields, buildings, farms…
heck burn the farmers all with the spectacular new reactive fire-tech engine
created by Bam! Entertainment and Crawfish Interactive specifically for the
game. Fires burn and spread with amazing realism and be strategically set (or
extinguished) for maximum damage.
Look for Reign of Fire for Xbox,
Gamecube, PS2, and Game Boy Advance this October.
