Damage Incorporated

Damage Incorporated
Developer(s) Paranoid Productions
Publisher(s) WizardWorks (PC)
MacSoft (Mac)
Engine Marathon 2 Engine
Platform(s) Windows 95
System 7
Release 1997
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single player, online multiplayer

Damage Incorporated is a computer game for Mac and Windows made by Paranoid Productions (ported to Windows via MacSoft) in 1997 that uses the Marathon 2 engine.

Gameplay

The player commands a squad of four marines in counter-terrorism operations. The game features network deathmatch, but not co-operative multiplayer.

While mostly a first-person shooter, it included elements of squad planning reminiscent of real-time strategy games. Graphics and animations are displayed using the Marathon engine's multi-floor 2.5D system.

Legacy

Richard Rouse, one of its creators went on to work on the 2004 game The Suffering as well as the 2005 The Suffering: Ties That Bind.

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
MacUser[1]
Macworld[2]
MacAddict"Spiffy"[3]
Award
PublicationAward
MacHome JournalBest Action Game[4]

The editors of MacHome Journal presented Damage Incorporated with their "Best Action Game" award. They wrote, "With the incorporation of the teamwork concept into a 3-D shooter, Damage Incorporated provides additional strategy and immersiveness in an exhilarating marine strike force game for a mere $30."[4]

Trivia

The title of this game was taken from a song named "Damage, Inc.", a thrash metal song by Metallica off from their 1986 album Master of Puppets.

The opening song is Death's 'Cosmic Sea' from the album Human.

References

  1. ↑ Loyola, Roman (August 1997). "The Game Room". MacUser. Archived from the original on July 28, 2001.
  2. ↑ Madar, Daniel (August 1997). "Game Shoots Itself in the Foot". Macworld. Archived from the original on March 8, 2003.
  3. ↑ Albright, Wade (September 1997). "Damage Inc.". MacAddict. Archived from the original on October 13, 1997.
  4. 1 2 Worthington, Paul. "MacHome Journal's Home Choice Awards". MacHome Journal. Archived from the original on February 15, 1998.


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