Some of you might know Savage. Well, meet the Empires mod. Empires is a revolutionary mod currently in development for Half-Life 2. It'll be combining the genres of first-person shooter and real-time strategy.

Each side has a commander, who has a top-down view of the battlefield. He gives orders to the players, builds constructions,...
As a normal player, it is up to you to follow your commander's orders and do the grunt work of piloting tanks and bombers in order to destroy the enemy team.

Maps will consist of large roaming areas like those common in Battlefield 1942, with plenty of room for aircraft to maneuver and smaller maps which mainly focus on infantry combat.

Check the screenshots of the vehicles and buildings, this could be a very interesting mod. The developers are currently at version 0.25a, a release date is not yet set.

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