Close Combat: First to Fight

Release Date: April 18, 2005

Action, FPP, World War II, shooters, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet, LAN

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A tactical action game (FPS) set in the present day, somewhere in the Middle East. The player has the opportunity to command a four-person marines unit in numerous combat tasks.

Lead a four-man fireteam of US Marines through the perils of authentic, modern urban combat in a Middle-Eastern urban battleground. First to Fight is an action-oriented, first-person 3D shooter that is being developed under the direction of the US Marine Corps as a training simulation for use by the Marine Corps.

Close Combat: First to Fight is as close as you can get on a computer or Xbox to being a Marine fireteam leader in modern urban combat!

- Cutting-edge graphics engine delivers amazingly realistic graphics, facial animations, volumetric real-time shadows, dynamic lighting and more

- In-game psychology model makes AIs behave as though they were humans with wills of their own

- Developed in conjunction with the US Marine Corps

- Use authentic Marine urban military doctrine (Ready-Team-Fire-Assist): governs how marines maneuver through urban environments

- Use the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) to destroy enemies: call for fire and support from Cobra helicopters, mortar, other fireteams, tanks, AAVs

- Use true military tactics to defeat enemies: lay suppressing fire, flank enemies, separate leaders from enemies, etc.

Last updated on August 14, 2015

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