Universal Combat

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Universal Combat

Developer(s)	Derek Smart
Publisher(s)	DreamCatcher Interactive Inc.
Release date(s)	2004
Genre(s)	Space/Combat Simulation
Mode(s)	MMO
Platform(s)	Windows 2K/XP
Media	Retail
System requirements	CPU: Pentium III, Graphic Card: 128MB

Universal Combat (sometimes abbreviated to UC) is a computer game developed by Derek Smart. Released February 5, 2004 as a budget release, it is a sequel in the Battlecruiser 3000AD series of games.

Universal Combat is a gameplay hybrid across the genres of flight simulator, space simulator, and shooter. Universal Combat offers the player a very large game world to play in using varying forms of transport and combat. The player can pilot spaceships of varying sizes, land on and explore planets where they can then drive varying land craft, where more than 21,000 areas of interest are available to explore. The size of the playing area is seen as one of the games main points, where traveling from place to place can take considerable quantities of time, as there is no time compression. The game has a high learning curve that is daunting for newer players.

Universal Combat has also been criticized for an unfamiliar interface and voluminous documentation (a manual of over 100 pages, 200-page downloadable appendix, and 80-page downloadable tutorial).^[1]

[edit] Games in the series

Title	Released	Publisher
Universal Combat	2004	Dreamcatcher Games
Universal Combat Gold	2005	3000AD
Universal Combat: A World Apart	2005	3000AD
Universal Combat: Special Edition	2006	3000AD