Yes that’s right, the Half Life 2 total conversion Iron Grip: The Oppression first Beta will be releasing this September!!
For several weeks we’ve been doing full beta testing, and the mod is almost ready to give it a go in public.
Some of the features for the first release will include:
*Unique guerilla warfare gameplay!
*Fully functional 1 RTS player versus a group of FPS players.
*Full RTS and FPS working GUI elements including minimap.
*Command and construct a selection of infantry and tanks.
*FPS players choose between 10 unique Resistance Characters.
*A variety of arms available to the Resistance Team.
*3 maps including a forest, urban and village setting.
*Iron Grip sound track and game music.
*Dynamic switching RTS-FPS for better unit control.
*Tons of custom map models, and textures.
And much more!
Iron Grip: The Oppression is aimed at smaller groups of people ranging from 2 – maximum of 11.
Recommended are battles with around 5-7 players. This because there will be mass armies of tanks and infantry pouring through the city.
After the first release, our goal is to update frequently not only with fixes, but also new game-types, units, weapon, characters, maps, items etc.
We will also be setting up game manuals and mapping guide documents soon.
That’s it for now, stay tuned since before the end of the month we will release…
On another note: we are actively searching for game servers, if you have ability to help out in this area, please email: vvg [at] isotx.com
Thats great news!
I cant wait to play this!
I'm very interested to see how the gameplay concept will turn out. Great job :)
I can't wait to playtest this mod. The flaw of Empires for HL2 is that you got a comm and a team - which can be nice if everything's working - but too often people just run by their own free will instead of letting the Comm boss them around. Here in Iron Grip this problem is resolved and there can be no more blameshifting and bad blood at the end of a round, since either the entire team played badly, or the commander made some mistakes. This is a good concept of a new style of game and I do like it alot.
Great work, fast work, too!
I played the lottery last week, but I didn't win a mod at all.
Cool :)
Get it out asap. I need a good HL2 mod to play. :)
Really good news guys :) I hope it really is released and not being a fake announcement like some other mods ( that I wont mention of there names :P )
nice nice nice
yo soy muy divertido
(i am very happy)
(I live in Texas)
First Eternal Silence, now Iron Grip?
September looks to be a good month for the HL2 Mod community :D
This game looks very promising. An extremely original and good idea. To be honest the only thing I'm not a fan of is the setting. It's ok and all, but I like modern warfare or historical warfar (WW2, Vietnam, ect.) settings better. I like games to have real weapons. But the idea makes this mod definetely worth checking out.
I got a new gfx card just in time for this game.
Wait... sorry for double post but does this mean that a new closed beta will come out by the end of September, or a public beta/release???
Public release. :)
looks good. a bit of polish and we have us a winner.
Niiiice :D
I can't wait!!
Callu-Callay! What a merry day!
yay!! :D
awesome...possum.
WOOO! Cant wait till its released i liked Empires but hated the load times and some other things.
I'm with SinKing. This mod should avoid the major flaw of the other RTS/FPS mod. Who wants to play online as a pawn for a poor leader? I have high hopes for this mod. I also think the setting is original and interesting!
Awesome! Can't wait for it.