Warzone2100 a real-time strategy and tactics game

If you are one of those who they like challenge games, strategy and tactics games I invite you to take a look at the following game that we are going to share with you. Today we are going to talk about Warzone 2100 which is a free and open source video game.

Warzone 2100 is a multiplatform video game which can be run on Windows, Linux and PlayStationWarzone 2100 in its beginnings was a game that was only available for Windows and PlayStation, but years later the game was released along with its source code.

In this way, Warzone 2100 became free and its code was released through the GNU general public license.

In 2085 the system designed by the United States to prevent nuclear activities failed, and instead of defending against an attack, the NASDA system was confused and launched missiles against the largest cities in the world. As this happens, the targeted countries soon retaliate against North America with their own game of missiles.

The different civilizations of the world disappear after a series of battles with nuclear weapons. While the majority of the survivors form organized gangs (scavenger bands) to survive, a group of people, calling themselves "The Project", looks for a way to rebuild civilization using prewar technology.

About Warzone 2100

This it's a game it's fully 3D and it has a mapping on a grid. In this video game the vehicles move around the map adapting to the irregularities of the terrain, and the projectiles can be realistically blocked by mounds and hills.

In the objective of the missions the RTT aspect of the game is manifested, each of the levels of the game, excluding the first and the last, have a maximum time within which the player must complete their mission.

Among the latests Moravia's compositions Warzone 2100 main features can include:

• Units (vehicles) can be customized regarding: chassis (which, for example, takes into account weight and power); traction system (wheels, crawler chains or hovercraft); and added items (such as weapons or tools).
• Warzone 2100 places a special emphasis on sensors and radars to detect units and coordinate ground attacks.
• The Anti-battery sensors detect enemy artillery by tracking their shells and their firing arcs to calculate their location to coordinate an artillery attack against the enemy. VTOL sensors function as basic sensors, only coordinating VTOL attacks to find and destroy enemy batteries.
• Great emphasis is placed on artillery: Although many direct and proximity combat weapons and antiaircraft weapons can be researched and developed, artillery is a key element for the assault on enemy bases and their outposts.
• Technology can be acquired by collecting artifacts left behind by destroyed enemy units.
• The research consists of a long series of small, incremental upgrades to existing weapons, fenders, and chassis.
• Units can move up their ranks from Rookie to Trained and Professional.

The game offers campaign, multiplayer and single player battle modes. An extensive technology tree with over 400 different technologies, in combination with the unit design system, allows for a wide variety of possible units and tactics.

How to install Warzone 2100 on Linux?

Si do you want to install this game on your system, we can do it in a simple way by relying on the game package that we can get through Snap.

Only we must have the support for this technology in our system. To install the game we are going to open a terminal on our system and type the following command:

sudo snap install warzone2100

At the end of the installation we proceed to look for the game in our application menu to verify that it was correctly installed and we can run it to start enjoying this great game.

In case of not finding access to the game, you can run it from the terminal by typing:

warzone2100