Söldner: Secret Wars
| Söldner: Secret Wars Semper Fidelis Marine Corps | |
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| Developer(s) | Wings Simulations |
| Publisher(s) | JoWooD Productions (Söldner) Evolved (Semper Fidelis) |
| Platform(s) | Windows 98/2000/ME/XP |
| Release date(s) | 27 May 2004 (Söldner: Secret Wars) 11 November 2004 (Söldner: Reloaded) 17 March 2005 (Marine Corps) May 2006 (Semper Fidelis) |
| Genre(s) | Tactical shooter |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
| Distribution | 1 CD-ROM |
Söldner: Secret Wars - often referred as Soldner, Soeldner, SSW or SMC - is a computer game, developed by Wings Simulations and published in May 2004 by JoWooD Productions. The game can be played in first- or third-person. Players can control ground vehicles, planes, VTOLs and helicopters.
The game is made to be played online, with the single-player campaign used for training.
The game and the expansion set Marine Corps were re-released together in North America by Evolved Games (Take2 Interactive) in May 2006, renamed to Semper Fidelis Marine Corps to avoid previous bad press about Söldner. Marketing text from the original Söldner release was recycled with no effort from JoWooD to promote the new release on its own merits.
History
The game was first published in May 2004. Forced by the publisher Wings Simulations had to publish an unfinished version of the game that contained numerous bugs which made playing the game nearly impossible. This led to negative reviews of the game which resulted in a low number of players although the game has been sold several ten thousand times. In March 2005 the add-on "Marine Corps" was released. After Wings Simulations Studios had been closed by JoWooD, a group of fans, which united under the name "Project Zero" continued improving the game and adding more content. In July 2006 the gEasy Development Team took over the responsibility for the game due to issues with certain members of Project Zero. The gEasy Development Team was also given the responsibility to develop a successor for Söldner: Secret Wars called Soldner 2: Mercenary Wars which never was released, because gEasy Development Team quit the contract with JoWooD. This also was the end of gEasy Development Team. Several members of the old team and some other volunteers continued to further improve and develop the game. This resulted in the release of the Community Edition in 2011.
Game types
- Capture The Flag (CTF)
- Capture The Vehicle (CTV): Similar to CTF, using a vehicle instead of a flag.
- Conquest (CQ)
- Super Conquest (SCQ): Similar to CQ, but capturing of enemy's headquarters is not possible unless controlling all other checkpoints
- Deathmatch (DM)
- Team-Deathmatch (TDM)
- Frontline (FL)
All modes can be played on all maps. They can also be customized, for example you can capture a person or building or particular item instead of a flag.
Söldner: Marine Corps (Add-on/Expansion Set)
Marine Corps adds ships and vessels to the game and new maps for desert combat. It also added new vehicles.
All Marine Corps features are usable without the add-on, but new stuff (weapons, vehicles, vessels) is not accessible, but if a player drops weapon or leaves vehicle it can be used by all players.