Joint Task Force

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Joint Task Force
Joint Task Force PC Box cover
Developer(s) Most Wanted Entertainment
Publisher(s) HD Publishing Sierra Entertainment,
Designer(s) Attila "Maci" Bánki-Horváth
Release date(s) September 12, 2006
Genre(s) Real-Time Tactics
Mode(s) Single Player & Multiplayer
Rating(s) ESRB: Teen
Platform(s) Windows

Joint Task Force is a PC real-time tactics game where players command military forces in combat situations based on modern day conflicts.

The game includes officially licensed vehicles and weapons systems from major defense contractors including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Sikorsky.

Joint Task Force was developed by Most Wanted Entertainment and was co-published by HD Publishing and Sierra Entertainment in September 2006.

Contents

[edit] Setting

Screenshot showing a mission set in the Middle East.
Screenshot showing a mission set in the Middle East.

Joint Task Force is set in the near future. In the single-player campaign, players follow the JTF first battalion and its commander, Major O’Connell, in a fight for order and stability in missions based on actual combat situations. The single player campaign consists of 5 scenarios set in Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Colombia and Iraq.

[edit] Gameplay

The gameplay in Joint Task Force is focused around tactical decision making.

Instead of resource collection, players get money to spend per mission and per objective. Troopers and equipment are assigned at the beginning of each mission, and more may be ordered by helicopter and trooper transport.

Troopers also gain experience and can be promoted to officer status. Officers have a skill tree that can be improved over time, similar to popular role-playing games.

The singleplayer campaign can be played cooperatively with another player; but reports are that this suffers heavily from desync (the message displayed is INCONSISTENCY WITH OTHER PLAYER) which also plagues multiplayer in general.

[edit] List of Equipment and Vehicles

JTF

Aircraft:

  • Apache Longbow Attack Chopper
  • AH-6 Little Bird
  • AV-8B Harrier II

The following are called in by designating a target (area) and are not controlable.

  • F-117 Stealth Fighter
  • A-10 Warthog
  • Tomahawk Cruise Missile
  • Predator UAV
  • UH-60 Blackhawk (Only used for transporting troops and light vehicals)
  • C-130 Hercules (Only for transporting armored units)

Ground Vehicles:

  • HMMWV (Humvee) (M2 .50 caliber Machine Gun, TOW Missles , 40mm Grenade Launcher)
  • M2A3 IFV
  • Bandkanon 1
  • M1A2 Abrams
  • Recon buggy

Infantry Weapons/Equipment

  • AT-4
  • C4
  • Grenade Launcher
  • Hand grenades
  • Night vision goggles
  • Gas mask
  • Mine Detector
  • Portable AA Missles
  • Camouflage


OPFOR

Aircraft:

  • Mi-35 Hind
  • Mi-17 (For infantry transport only)
  • Kamov Ka-50

Vehicles:

  • T-72
  • ZSU-23-4
  • T-55
  • T-90
  • BMP
  • Zodiac inflatable boat
  • Technical

Weapons:

  • RPG
  • SA-7 Grail AA Launcher
  • Mortar

Other

  • ATV - Four-wheeled 1-man motorcycle.

This list is incomplete.

[edit] Officer Classes

  • Engineer
  • Pilot
  • Sniper
  • Commando
  • Medic
  • Ranger
  • Armored Commander

[edit] Mission list

  • Operation Swift Phoenix
  • Operation Garden Light
  • Operation Distant Sweep
  • Operation Crimson Harvest
  • Operation Decisive Shield
  • Operation Noble Horizon
  • Operation Infinite Response
  • Operation Eternal Guard
  • Operation Intense Harvest
  • Operation Urgent Arms
  • Operation Ghost Promise
  • Operation Enduring Forge
  • Operation Vigilant Arms
  • Operation Fiery Star
  • Operation Green Anvil
  • Operation Quick Wind
  • Operation United Thunder
  • Operation Silent Hope
  • Operation Golden Obelisk
  • Operation Red Sentinel

[edit] Minimum System Specifications

  • Windows 2000/XP Home or Professional/x64
  • Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+
  • NVIDIA GeForce 4 (non-MX) or ATI Radeon 9500, DirectX 9.0c compliant videocard with 128 MB RAM
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 3 GB of uncompressed hard drive space
  • DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
  • DirectX 9.0c (included)
  • 4x CD/DVD-ROM drive
  • Microsoft-compatible mouse and keyboard
  • 56 Kbps dial-up modem for online play; 10 Mbps for LAN play

[edit] Recommended System Requirements

[edit] External links

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