About WiC

Heh, first post here and the game ships September 18th...here's a quick rundown based on the demo I played:

The Cold War turns into a shooting war in 1989. The Soviets invade Europe and decide that to keep the US military from reinforcing NATO from across the Atlantic, they need to invade the US to preoccupy it. Soviet troops invade Seattle and the Pacific Northwest in commercial transports and run riot for a few days before the US military can get organized.

WiC is real-time-tactics, which is like RTS but without base building or resource gathering. You have a pool of reinforcement points from which you can select units to be brought to the battle area. If they are destroyed, the points are filtered back into the pool to be used again. You get points by capturing important tactical locations on the map. Additionally, you have Tactical Aids, which is all kinds of off-screen support like artillery, air strikes, napalm, and even a battleship.

The demo mission takes place in the fictional town of Pine Valley. You're LT Parker and your mission is to support 5th Battalion's liberation of the town and defense against further attack. You command roughly a company of tanks, APCs and infantry while the computer handles the rest of the friendly forces for you. The action is fast and furious...the town is fully destructible and zoomable down to ground level. Graphics and effects are great. Voice talent includes Alec Baldwin and Star Trek/A-Team's Dwight Schultz.

I intend to buy it as the demo was very impressive. Figured I'd post what I knew (despite not being in on the open beta a few months ago) in case anybody stumbled around here and wanted to read a bit about it.