What if they gave a war, and everyone came?
One of the defining series of events of the 1960s was the Vietnam War. The experience of soldiers and the widescale protests against it entered the public concious in an unprecedented way. So in our twisted 1969 universe, the Vietnam War is, of course, at it's height. And you just got drafted.
The Vietcong Bulldog
The Minimod
This minimod will pit two of our minor factions, the valient ARVN and the tenacious Vietcong, against each other in desperate jungle warfare. Unlike in regular Red Alert, on the map in this minimod, you are restricted just to the minor factions in questions, no matter which faction you choose.
The map in question is a gametype called Land Grab. Rather than ore nodes and refineries providing you money, you must capture points around the map with your troops, which begins the flow of cash, unlocks new technologies, and grants protocols. Of course, both sides will need to use different methods to accomplish their goals; the Vietcong will have to rapidly dash between their safe zones, hiding their potent infantry in the jungle from the prying eyes of ARVN helicopters until they build the critical mass to launch a rush of NVA regulars, Mammoth tanks, and rocket strikes, while the ARVN must root the Vietcong out with their copters, destroy their cover with fire or defoilant, and grind their tanks over the VC strongholds.
The ARVN "Viper" Cardinal
Features
- A fully realized Minimod; no open beta here! Treads will turn, collapse models will burn, infantry will run, and all units will respond with unique voiceovers.
- A new map, Welcome to 'Nam, playing a modified, Minor Faction-centric version of our Land Grab gametype, with unique props and foilage.
- Around 20 new units and structures, fully realized and detailed, from the bizarre Peacock Tank Destroyer to the terrifying Mammoth Tank.
<3 Welcome to the Jungle.
Fortune's Son! Listening to CCR while burning commies <3
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-knees, knees XD
Welcome to the jungle
We take it day by day
If you want it you're gonna bleed
But it's the price you pay
And you're a very sexy girl
That's very hard to please
You can taste the bright lights
But you won't get them for free
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine
I, I wanna hear you scream
Wow, will the vietcong minor faction make an appearance in the full mod?
Yes both of them shall. A complete list of Minor Factions are on our wiki; Wiki.paradoxmod.com
Wicked! What a great way to show off your mod in a bite-sized (relatively speaking) package!
So that's why you were concentrating effort on ARVN and VC stuff ...
All of this stuff is looking great, good team you guys have, keep up the good work! :)
wow, need to test it today!
So the money system in this minimod is kinda like C&C4?
Peacock tank destroyer.
The name alone is the reason I shall download this.
(if it doesn't look like a peacock I shall be sadface'd)
peacock is actually pretty Much the Ontos tank destroyer from real life. Google it :p
in an abstract way it looks like a peacock if you know what im saying.
replace pride of feathers with pride of guns and you're warm.
Is it a BEAUTIFUL fan of guns? :D
Wiki.paradoxmod.com
Your mileage may vary, but I think it looks completely sweet.
Give it to me. Now.
This is awesome news!
Does this mean that some normal maps might get these minor factions in the beta?
Will every map have a minor faction?
Another thing, will there be new music for the factions, or is that just silly?
I think there was a theme some associated with China in a Paradoxcast that sounded Vietnam-ish.
(I think it had the file name licious, for no reason I know of.)
We have a nice song picked out for the introduction and trailer. We could do new music, I'd have to talk to Chris about it.
Wait, introduction? Like the one with Cherdenko, Krukov, and Zelinsky elimilinating Einstein?
I imagine it will be more like footage from the game itself; that's a good enough introduction for a mod. Worked for CNC3: Forsaken.
This seems to be getting more awesome, somehow.
Its an interesting idea to design minor factions to fight each other.
Well they are the opposing sides in the 'nam war XD so it's pretty obvious they'll have to battle each other in some point
Tonight I dreamt that me and my friends took the metro to Vietnam in order to enlist. THIS IS YOUR FAULT.
any idea when the download will be out for it?
Well then, I'm going to let you in on a secret. The exact date of the release is *Protroid gets shot in the head*.
Why be constrained by deadlines when we can have as much time as we like to make it the best?
I suggest you build a time machine to see with your own eyes when it really is released. Just don't take anything with you or you may change the course of developement.
"Ve musht not disrupt zhee spashe time continuums!"
oh yaaa... ze time machine is dismantled
this might sound dumb. but this mod is gonna have the rest of the stuff for the normal factions that you showed already in this mini mod or is there gonna be a separate release?
It's a separate release of the battle in 'nam with some new dynamics different from the Vanilla RA3 + they released a MOD which includes the (almost done) Confederates faction
Indeed,You gave us war...
*puts sunglasses on*
and we all CAME
YEEEAAAHHH!
its a year ago now since it was announced, so apparently its not that mini at all. that spells bad news for the complete mod...