  battlezone is a critically acclaimedbattlezone - pc. game rankings. remake (for microsoft windows) of an arcade game of the same name. it was released by activision in 1998. aside from the name and presence of tanks, this game bears little resemblance to the original. activision remade it into a hybrid of a tank simulation game, a first-person shooter and a real-time strategy game. battlezone is played like any other real time strategy, but the main difference is that in battlezone the player is controlling everything on the battlefield from the first person view.calvin hubble. (06-05-2004). battlezone review. game revolution. the primary resource in battlezone is bio-metal scrap which is used to produce new units and construct new buildings. building and directing units is done via interface either by selecting onscreen object with the mouse or by using number keys on keyboard.battlezone overview. gamespy. starting with a bio-metal recycler (the most basic construction unit), the player constructs vehicles to scavenge scraps of bio-metal, build base defenses, and construct new base vehicles capable of building more advanced structures and vehicles. ==background and storyline== battlezone is set during the 1960s with an alternative history plot, in which the space race is used to cover up the deployment of the united states and soviet militaries into space. both sides have used scraps of extraterrestrial "bio-metal", which have fallen to earth as meteors, to build vehicles with amazing properties such as hover capability. both nations deploy into space and are fighting across the solar system to control other deposits of the bio-metal. gameplay is divided up into two campaigns; one following the american national space defense force (nsdf), the other with the soviet cosmos colonist army (cca, also referred to as the communist cosmonaut army in early game manuals).gamespot's guide to battlezone. gamespot. battlezone overview. allgame. the american campaign starts on the
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