Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy (2000)
Genres:Strategy
Themes:Action, Science fiction
Game modes:Single player
Story:Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy is a real time strategy game with a common misunderstanding. This game is not based on the movie Starship Troopers. Both, the game and the movie, are based upon the novel by Robert A. Heinlein.
This is one of the few strategy games where you cannot build a base and recruit units. Instead you lead up to three squads into combat. Each squad contains a leader, five soldiers and one specialist (medic, engineer, PSI for detecting hidden bugs, MIST-Trooper as a sniper). During a mission there is no reinforcement and you are outnumbered by the bugs. The enemy units are not very intelligent, but they use their own special abilities like splitting acid and are very powerful. There is a wide range of enemies, from simple close-range fighters to suicide units, artillery bugs and even human soldiers. The mission objectives are also different. From simple hunting missions up to escorts or the capturing of bugs.
The game also have a RPG part. Surviving soldiers gain experience points for each killed bug / destroyed bug holes. By and by the soldiers increase their states and acquire higher ranks. Better battle suits (armor) and stronger weapons are only available for soldiers with high ranks. The basic soldier (called Cat Trooper) have no armor and is an easy prey for the bugs. Besides the experience points you gather upgrade points for your equipment for e.g. increase the damage of the weapons. Another aspect of the RPG part is that you can equip each of your soldiers individual with up to two different weapons and two tech-items (like bombs or toxic gas).
The graphic of the landscape is low on details, everything looks post apocalyptic. Much better is the combat graphic and the explosions. The cutscenes are made with the in-game graphic. Besides the sound effects your soldiers all have a voice to confirm your orders.Show more
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This game really makes you feel like you are in the thick of battle! Sure you got put in command of a few squads, but can you keep them alive?! My dad and I always loved this game because it felt like everything you wanted from Starship troopers.
So many fond memories of this one.
Unable to find it and play it on modern systems. Most PC these days don't have a disk drive and the game is nearly impossible to find online.
Makes you feel like you're really in the universe. The newer ones don't have nearly as much customization as well.
this is the starship troopers game i have all was wanted to play as a kid since i was to young to play it back then now as an adult i would love to be able to play this amazing starship troopers game that should have gotten a sequle
The best starshiptroopers pc game.Great gameplay,great squad experience.Hard to play in modern systems.Good mix of game modes,good missions.Make you feel a good experience as leading a squad.
Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy is one of the most underrated strategy games from the early 2000s. I first experienced it through the demo, and it instantly stood out as the best adaptation of the Starship Troopers universe outside the film itself. The game perfectly captured the gritty, militaristic atmosphere and sense of desperation that fans loved from the movie. What made it truly special was its gameplay and tactical depth. Each mission felt like a proper military campaign, requiring careful unit management, squad positioning, and strategic thinking against overwhelming odds. The Arachnid swarms were relentless, and the satisfaction of completing a tough mission with your troops intact was unmatched.
Back when i was 12, the dad of a classmate gave us some of his game disks and i got this. It's one of the games of my childhood that stuck with me. I probably spent my entire summer playing it. Gearing up my squad with the mech suits and min-maxxing their weapons and trying different strats was the best part of this game.
Now years later, I haven't managed to make it work on my modern PC, even after trying the several patches you can find. I hope the wizards at GOG manage to gift me and many others a part of our childhood back. Anyways,
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