In-game footage of EndWar: For once, it's perfectly normal to yell at your TV

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2:01 PM on 03.21.2008, Jordan Grim Devore

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I'm still not entirely sold on the concept of real time strategy games appearing on consoles, but Tom Clancy's EndWar could be just the game to change my mind. Unlike previous RTS titles that have used gamepads exclusively, EndWar allows you to use voice commands to order your troops around.

As the above clip reveals, EndWar is essentially Clancy's vision of World War III in videogame form. As far as I'm concerned, there have been more than enough games surrounding past wars, and it's about time we see some new material.

Hit the jump for a demonstration of EndWar, if you can stomach listening to the Frag Dolls for about 5 minutes or so.

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vexed alex at 03/21/2008 14:11

I am interested.

I'm also interested in gagging those Frag Dolls. They scream midnight infomercial.

Darkknight37 at 03/21/2008 14:17

This is one of those things where we need to all collectively pray that this is not a FAIL.

Teta at 03/21/2008 14:21

I am now interested.
I really am.

Twosixteen at 03/21/2008 14:26

I like the persistent online component. If done right this will be a day one purchase for me.

DynamicSheep at 03/21/2008 14:28

Klytus at 03/21/2008 14:29

no. no. yes. no.

DynamicSheep at 03/21/2008 14:29

Wow... that was a lot bigger than it looked... damn terrible break room computers.

HawtPawkitHero at 03/21/2008 14:40

Gawsh they're ugly.

3r0t1c n3rd at 03/21/2008 14:48

Ok, before I judge this, I need to see some real ingame footage. Not something that was cut together.

Abd man do these gerlies get on my nerves!

Vesty at 03/21/2008 14:51

While I like that they're doing a new story that is more relevant to how the world is at the moment, I really would've liked it to be a game based on Red Storm Rising

Cheeburga at 03/21/2008 14:52

I wonder if they have ever been teabagged.

Rainbowblack at 03/21/2008 14:54

way to fail tom clancy, WWIII will not be fought with troops or tanks, but wish bush playing a SHMUP with a single button

Log1c at 03/21/2008 15:00

This video taught me one thing, women are bad at talking shit.

Professor Pew at 03/21/2008 15:01

This is the one time I'm glad Flash won't let me hear audio in videos. The game looks like a lite version of World In Conflict, which was already a lite RTS... Maybe a rental.

Rainbowblack at 03/21/2008 15:03

@hero
When you called them ugly, I thought you were trolling

one of them are hot though, imo

that blond is an unholy beast

Zeag at 03/21/2008 15:34

Isn't Ubi Shangai the ones who made that Conan game? Or was it Beowulf? Eitherway this has big chances of being ubber poop...

king3vbo at 03/21/2008 15:42

I hope its good, the idea is awesome

Holyetheline at 03/21/2008 15:44

Voice commands for troops... should make having phone conversations while playing games a bit awkward... just one more way for gamers to be disconnected from the world... I like it.

mistic at 03/21/2008 16:15

Player 1:"All Units attack Foxtrot"
Player 2:"All Units attack Foxtrot"
Player 3:"All Units attack Foxtrot"
Player 4:"All Units attack Foxtrot"
Player 5:"All Units attack Foxtrot"

then wait... MP-match completed...

damn I was really exited about this game, but this just seems what these wars are gonna go to... have to say this is a bit of a dissapointment, I hope it gets deeper, but we'll have to wait the demo/review for that...

FPSLabs at 03/21/2008 16:45

Not a big fan of the fragdolls. Met them on a number of occasions. They aren't very good, but EndWar looks awesome. I agree with the fact that I hate RTS on console so this better be good.

Spykron at 03/21/2008 17:15

fap fap fap

Timmeh at 03/21/2008 17:30

Jesus fucking Christ, after watching that I feel like pulling my ears off.

Did they say "Hey, we've got this feature to do on a game that primarily uses voice command - let's get THE ABSOLUTELY MOST irritating people we can think of to report on it"?

This game just keeps on disappointing, guess when you implement voice comms you can't get too complex though, wouldn't wanna be sat there with the manual memorising 500 different commands before being able to go online. Or maybe it's just that the bimbos could only remember 2 commands.

Boolean at 03/21/2008 19:10

"wouldn't wanna be sat there with the manual memorising 500 different commands before being able to go online"

When you speak, new commands pop up. You can see the menus dropping down in the video as you say key words.

The game seemed to have a lot of
"All Units attack Foxtrot"
"All Units attack Foxtrot"
"All Units attack Foxtrot"
"All Units attack Foxtrot"
"All Units attack Foxtrot"

benben at 03/21/2008 20:10

Right, I get it now - there's still quite a few glitches with the voice command aspect so they had to choose the fragdolls because everyone knows they would only ever bark simple commands at the game and never anything smart, right?

Sam Spectre at 03/21/2008 21:36

Please don't suck!

stevesan at 03/21/2008 22:00

well, i guess this is innovation for ya. let's hope it don't suck balls.

SolidRay at 03/22/2008 02:02

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=five_shitty_movies

Communists devise a scheme to take over a generic industrial compound for ransom. The movie ends with a mildly comical and/or ironic scene in which the Communists blow up or go to prison.

Rucksack at 03/22/2008 13:24

Wow the Frag Dolls are perhaps the most annoying group of gamers I've ever seen.

PLEASE never use them again.

Eschatos at 03/23/2008 12:49

I'll stick with my keyboard and mouse, thank you very much.

sexycommando at 03/23/2008 13:59

I was interested in this game until I saw this. "All units attack Foxtrot"? Yeah, seems like this RTS involves a lot of STRATEGY. -__-;;

HarassmentPanda at 03/23/2008 22:08

This game could end up being fun, but, please, no more frag dolls!

Necros at 03/24/2008 22:56

I just hope it controls well enough.

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