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2006 · Inspired Media Entertainment · Christian · Real-time strategy

Left Behind: Tribulation Forces

Wage a war of apocalyptic proportions in Left Behind: Eternal Forces, a real time strategy game based upon the best-selling book series created by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. Conduct physical and spiritual warfare, recover ancient scriptures and command your forces through intense battles. You will also have the opportunity to play multi-player games with up to 8 players via LAN or over the internet.

Released
7 November 2006
Platforms
Windows
Genres
ChristianReal-time strategyStrategy
Developers
Inspired Media Entertainment
Publishers
Inspired Media Entertainment
Series
Left Behind
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Country
United States
Age ratings
ESRB T
Entry
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About

Left Behind: Eternal Forces is a Christian real-time strategy game developed and published by Inspired Media Entertainment (formerly Left Behind Games) for Microsoft Windows. It was released on November 7, 2006. The game is based on the evangelical Christian Left Behind series of novels.

Keywords

  • post-apocalyptic
  • religion
  • based on - book
  • racism
  • christian themes
  • atheism
  • controversy

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game features a single-player campaign and an online multiplayer mode.

In the single-player campaign, the player controls the Tribulation Force, a Christian group in a post-Rapture New York City, who are combating the influence of the Global Community Peacekeepers, the world government led by the Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia. The player directs the actions of the main characters (Rayford Steele, Cameron "Buck" Williams, Chloe Steele, and Bruce Barnes) and the Tribulation Force's units in an effort to defeat the Global Community Peacekeepers by converting neutral and Global Community-allied civilians to their side and only using lethal force against the Antichrist's army forces when necessary. But the player's main goal is to use conversion rather than violence, only resorting to combat when necessary, since killing causes the "spirit level" of the player's units to drop. If the "spirit level" of a player's unit drops too low, the unit will turn neutral or defect to the GCP (Global Community Peacekeepers), which can cause the player to lose the game.

Reception

Eternal Forces received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

Though some reviewers praised the game for originality, many panned it claiming it had a ridiculous plot, mediocre gameplay, poor graphics and sound, and technical problems with the user interface, pathfinding, and A.I. In addition, many reviews criticized the game for allegedly promoting sexism, bigotry, and religious warfare, and the option to play on the side of the Antichrist in a Christian video game.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows7 November 2006North America

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