3D Scorch 0.3

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• Price: Free to try
• Operating system: Windows 95, Windows 98
• Date added: December 09, 1999
• Total Downloads: 859,026
• Downloads last week: 361
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

This venerable artillery-style slug-match gets a 3D update with Scorched3D, an addictive and nicely rendered turn-based game. Installation runs smoothly, letting you quickly get to the action. The main interface screen works as a launchpad where you can choose which type of game you want to play, from single- to multiplayer. It also lets you run the game as a server, hosting a game. With a couple more screens, you can actually start playing, an issue that could be resolved with better integration in the launch interface. Just before starting a game, you get to choose an avatar, and Scorched3D comes with everything from a World War II howitzer to Kenny from South Park.

Initially, the interface can be very confusing, as the mouse only controls camera angles. You will need to refer to the documentation to learn which keys to press to destroy the other players. Unfortunately, the documentation exists outside the game as text files. However, once you learn the commands, the joy of lobbing missiles at other players by choosing elevation, power, and rotation makes the game hard to put down. The graphics are amazing for a free game with a relatively small download. Camera angles include a follow-the-projectile shot worthy of movie special effects. Scorched3D offers good variety in the types of projectiles you can lob and in defensive measures that can be deployed. Also, player turns can be set to occur simultaneously, relieving the annoyance of having to wait for your turn. Although it lacks inline help and onscreen controls, Scorched3D is hugely fun.

Publisher's description

From the developer: "We are working on a 3D version of the classic game 'Scorched Earth' created by Wendell Hicken. In case you don't know, Scorched Earth is an artillery game, in which you try to annihilate your opponent using projectiles. The game will play in a similar fashion to the original, you get two or more tanks, each tank will have to destroy the other tanks first. The more tanks you destroy, the more money you get. The more money you get, the better and more powerful weapons you buy. The more powerful the weapons, the more fun the game is."

Note: This demo of the game is not playable, but it should give you an idea of what the final game will look like. See screen shots here.

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