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James Boren (jboren@earthlink.net)
Fri, 17 Nov 2000 00:55:47 -0800
This game looks soooo good. The plot is that WWII lasts a few weeks
longer, long enough for Russia to invade northern Japan, the U.S.
take the southern part of Japan and the country is split, like
Germany after WWII. Japan becomes a hot spot in the cold war as each
side stockpile weapons to prepare for WWIII. You as a player command
the native Japanese forces, either slaved to the Americans or the
Russians. Your mission is to kick both sides off Japan and reunite
the country. There was some concern that the game wouldn't be
released in the U.S. as it might be viewed as too nationalistic.
Oh and BTW, the story is very real. If Japan had waited even a few
days to surrender, the Russians would have taken Hokkaido, along with
the Kuriles in their possession to this day. The Atom bomb probably
saved a divided and occupied Japan. Crazy.
-James
>
> >Except that its not on a computer or console. Actually, there are a few new
>table top games coming out that are all about mecha in WWII. Lot's of fun,
>especially when the miniatures come out. I would like to know more about
>Ring
>of Red, though, if you could provide me with some information on in private.
>
> Sorry, since I don't have a scanner, I cannot provide pictures and stuff
>for the game. Besides, my Japanese isn't good enough to translate most of
>the stuff yet. I just know that RoR setting is in WW2, where the Japanese
>hasn't surrender yet. There are a few robots on their side, so does the rest
>of the nations. You can add supporting staff to each robot (some provide
>mines to help disrupt the enemy movements, other increase mobility, etc.),
>and each pilot have different special abilities (like can start to shoot
>without finishing normal reloading process, more close range attack damage,
>etc. Very similar to Front Mission, except that each pilot has a lot of
>abilities they can get). Of course, there are ground troops and there are
>snipers that are actually good against robots, and even some robots that are
>great against ground troops. Look really interesting. Anybody out there on
>the list with more information?
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