For the purposes of this entry it is assumed that Starsiege is correct. While the Timeline tells what's happened, the Scannex is very much an important tool to know what's happen ing, and works alongside mission briefings, debriefings, and occasional cutscenes to keep the plot flowing and add more depth to the universe.īackground The background information in Starsiege diverges in some ways from the information provided in previous games. Finally, the Scannex, or Omni-Web, is a sort of public chatroom in which various individuals or groups post messages, providing updates and opinions on various events after each mission. The War Timeline is a running timeline in the game that starts with important events as far back as 2422 and extends all the way to the present time in the game, with updates after each completed mission.
The Compendium contains all of the necessary backstory to understand the plot, as well as copious information on the various sides and characters involved in the story. The first source is the Compendium, a 150-page booklet which came in the box. Starsiege contains a rich backstory and plot, which are conveyed to the player via three main sources. The human campaign places the player as a member of the Martian rebellion, detailed later. There are two campaigns, human and Cybrid. Starsiege takes place across a number of planets and moons in the solar system, offering a range of different locations throughout the game and in multiplayer battles.
Set in 2829, Starsiege contains an array of advanced technology, and numerous upgrades are available for each vehicle. Īs a simulation, Starsiege offers players the ability to pilot a wide variety of massive bipedal war machines known as HERCULANs (Humaniform-Emulation Roboticized Combat Unit with Leg-Articulated Navigation) (or 'Hercs' for short), as well as several tanks. Starsiege is set in the Earthsiege universe, which contains its predecessors Earthsiege ( 1994), Battledrome ( 1995), and Earthsiege 2 ( 1995), as well as action game Hunter-Hunted ( 1996), strategy games Cyberstorm ( 1997) and Cyberstorm 2 ( 1998) and first-person shooters Starsiege: Tribes, Tribes 2, and Tribes: Vengeance. Starsiege is a mecha-style simulation game developed by Dynamix and released in 1999.
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