
- 50/100
- Players1 rating
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- GameFAQsJust Right
- 3.5/5
- Player reviews
- 85% positive804 reviews
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$14.99
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2016 · Hexage · Indie · Real-time strategy
Redcon
Command your own battle fortress! Assemble the mightiest artillery force and bombard your foes into oblivion! Lead the Empire State offensive against Traitor General and his foul rebellion.
- Released
- 19 April 2016
- Platforms
- AndroidLinuxWindowsiOSmacOS
- Genres
- IndieReal-time strategySimulationStrategy
- Developers
- Hexage
- Publishers
- Hexage
- Modes
- Single-player
- Age ratings
- ESRB T
- Languages
- Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 20hmain story29hcompletionist
About
Redcon - Strike Commander (styled as REDCON) is a 2016 real-time strategy video game developed by Hexage. It is inspired by the Japanese anime film Memories - Episode 3 : "CANNON FODDER".
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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The player controls a fort (later progressing to "Fortress"-type fortifications) armed with cannons. The player's task is to destroy an enemy's fort/fortress without being defeated. Weapons and facilities can be upgraded and configured between battles.
There are numerous weapons and facilities in-game. Most weapons are artillery cannons that fire shells of various sizes and densities, with accuracy based on the accessibility of the target. Some weapons act as launch pads and fire different types of missiles, such as explosive, toxic, and fire, or as silos and fire ICBMs. A few fire energy weapons that use power instead of ammunition, with heightened accuracy. Facilities mainly do passive utility jobs, such as providing defense to the fort/fortress or adding increased accuracy to weapons, although a few do active jobs, such as upgrading soldier weapon type and armor, or activating a sleeper cell in the enemy fortress.
Story
Redcon is set in a world where World War I, referenced to as the "Great Unification War" in-game, never ended and continued for millennia. A dictatoral state simply called the Empire State, led by Fuhrer Adler Grimm, fights a war against a rebel nation named Krux (claimed by the Fuhrer to be the only remaining nation resisting unification), led by the traitorous Master General and former mentor to the player, Franz Erhard Kranz(later into the game, it is revealed that Kranz and Grimm used to be allies, if not close friends). The protagonist of the game is Strike Commander (full name "Strike Commander Triumphant"), who is tasked with leading the offensive against Krux.
Strike Commander is given command over a small fort in a war against Krux. He proves to be a capable tactician and defeats Krux forces in several battles. He eventually defeats Krux units that tried to destroy a dam that would flood the gambling town of Pompey and wipe out the Empire State's General Staff (equivalent of the Cabinet of the United States) along with Fuhrer Adler Grimm, which would effectively end the war. Strike Commander leads an offensive against Krux even though general Kranz warns him that they are not enemies and mocks him for his naivety to trust the Empire State.
Reception
Redcon has received generally positive reviews from Players. Rob Rich of Gamezebo gave Redcon 4 out of 5 in his review. He praised the game for its visual style and gameplay. Rich likened the game to FTL: Faster Than Light.
He criticised lack of tutorial for some features and "lackluster default base layout." Thomas Olson praised the game for its gameplay that gives more challenge than what would be expected from mobile game. He criticised that graphics in Pc version should be more polished. He also praised amount of content that include over 100 missions.
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