Yager

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Yager
Developer(s)	Yager Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Kemco
Release date(s)	2002 (Europe) 2004 (N. America)
Genre(s)	Shooter
Mode(s)
Platform(s)	Xbox, PC
Media	DVD
Input	Keyboard, Mouse, Joysick/Gamepad

Yager is a video game for the Microsoft Xbox console, later ported to PC. It was released in Europe in 2002, and in North America in September of 2004.

In the game, the player takes on the role of Magnus Tide, a freelance pilot adventurer. Yager, a single-player shooting game, is set over 20 levels in which the player takes possession of various weapons and ships in an effort to accomplish each mission.

Yager was published by Kemco and developed by Yager Entertainment. Although the game was fairly well-received by critics, it ultimately never reached the living rooms of most American gamers. The main reason behind this was that the game was "old" by the time it reached North American store shelves, as it had been released in Europe two years prior and it suffered from a lack of advertising.

[edit] Game environment

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Yager is set in a futuristic world where countries borders no longer exist and the earth is controlled by a number of mega corporations, most notably DST, as well as Proteus and Lobos Robotics. Although the old countries officially do not exist there are tell tale signs identifying each environment.

The Proteus Islands are a tropical paradise and the headquarters of the Proteus Corporation. The Free Trade Zone, a landscape dotted with turbines and palm trees, is the only zone not controlled by any corporation. The DST zone and surrounding fjords are connected to the Free Trade Zone by a system of caves, rivers, and deltas that run deep into DST territory. Bitterfeld is a desolate area littered with disused industrial buildings, crashed ships, abandoned machinery and other debris left behind by the old Progress Company.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Ships

The Saggitarius is the most powerful and deadly ship in existence. It can be armed with missiles, machine guns, a railgun, and napalm basters. The enemies are pirates and the DST. The pirates have a rocket bomber, fighters, a flying AA ship, and in one level an armored freighter. The DST have a heavily armed fighter, a bomber, and Gunter von Berg's personal frigate, the Griefenhorst and the other hull ship Ubermach. In Bitterfeld, there are 2 types of flamethrower drones, a huge battle machine, a drone with seeker missiles, and a drone with a machine gun. Proteus has carriers and fighters.