History VideoGame / UniverseAtWar

The game begins when in [[NextSundayAD 2012]], humans notice something alien and really big on a collision course with Earth. They prepare for a heroic defense but are [[CurbStompBattle beaten to a pulp by the]] [[TheEmpire Hierarchy]], a race of PlanetLooters who have consumed thousands of worlds before Earth. Just when it seemed like all was over, the Novus, a race of [[MechaMooks machines]] straight out of a Manga, [[BigDamnHeroes appear.]] These guys have a grudge against the Hierarchy, who destroyed their creators, and will take any chance they can get to [[{{Revenge}} avenge them.]]

The game begins when in [[NextSundayAD 2012]], humans notice something alien and really big on a collision course with Earth. They prepare for a heroic defense but are [[CurbStompBattle beaten to a pulp by the]] [[BigBad Hierarchy]], a race of PlanetLooters who have consumed thousands of worlds before Earth. Just when it seemed like all was over, the Novus, a race of [[MechaMooks machines]] straight out of a Manga, [[BigDamnHeroes appear.]] These guys have a grudge against the Hierarchy, who destroyed their creators, and will take any chance they can get to [[{{Revenge}} avenge them.]]

The game was created by the same minds that put together the first VideoGame/CommandAndConquer games, and while it's rather buggy (unless patched), relatively unknown, and uses that bane of gaming known as Windows LIVE, it's still an enjoyable, hammy and {{Troperiffic}} little game. NeedsMoreLove.

** Actually, that is ''exactly'' what this game needs! That and [[NeedsMoreLove more love]].
*** Subverted by the game's narrative: Earth is the center of the universe only by coincidence. The Hierarchy has been strip-mining planets for 10,000 years and only recently showed up at Earth; the Novus arrived because they were ''following'' the Hierarchy; and the Masari are on Earth because the last surviving Masari city-ship sought refuge on Earth precisely because Earth was out-of-the-way at the time.

* HumongousMecha: Hierarchy Walkers. All of them. Also, Viktor, Mirabel's "powered armor". Commander Orlok too, he's ''bigger'' than Viktor is.

* PunyEarthlings: The tutorial mission is the only time you play humans, and its {{Unwinnable}}. For added puniness, when attacking the nuclear missile silos as the Hierarchy, armour up some walkers and just walk past the human army. The silos go down as soon as you step on them.

** [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn Orlok's]]]] rebellion is just as violent, [[spoiler: eventhough it doesn't last long]].

* EvilForeigner: Nufai is the only non-Hierarchy, coming from a race which the Hierarchy has exterminated. [[ItsAllAboutMe He traded his entire race for his own safety by the way]], and is quite the [[PsychopathicManchild creepy]] [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder double-crosser]].

* Evil Foreigner: Nufai is the only non-Hierarchy, coming from a race which the Hierarchy has exterminated. [[ItsAllAboutMe He traded his entire race for his own safety by the way]], and is quite the [[PsychopathicManchild creepy]] [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder double-crosser]].

* RegeneratingShieldStaticHealth: Masari units in dark mode gain "dark matter armor" which is basically a regenerating shield that absorbs damage.

* EvilForeigner: Nufai is the only non-Hierarchy, coming from a race which the Hierarchy has exterminated. [[ItsAllAboutMe He traded his entire race for his own safety by the way]], and is quite the [[PsychopathicManchild creepy]] [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder double-crosser]].

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: As the name implies, the track [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Hgx0D4NmA Act on Invasion]] bears more than a little similarity to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVNubbPiZAU Act on Instinct]] from [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer the original Command & Conquer]]. Of course, both tracks were made by the brilliant Frank Klepacki.
** Here's a fun little minigame: play both songs at the same time and see how well you can get them to fit together. It actually works pretty well.

** [[HeelFaceTurn Orlok's]] rebellion is just as violent, [[spoiler: eventhough it doesn't last long]].

This work contains examples of the following tropes:

* HumanityOnTrial: The Masari woke up and noticed humans haven't been cleaning regularly. The Hierarchy invasion was a bigger problem though, so they let it slide this time. Kamal Re'x does mention that they fought the Novus before Mirabel could clear things up.
** While the intro states that the Masari didn't like what humanity was doing to the planet, they don't want to wipe us out and state they would prefer for us to stay alive. Hell, they're the only race that doesn't use human homes for resources. It's made pretty clear that, whatever purpose they had in mind for the Hierarchy, they've decided ''we'' will fulfill.
** Ask them why they decided not to leave plans for their free energy generators lying around. Seriously, if we had their technology we wouldn't pollute a square inch of the Earth. Kill each other and wipe cities off the map? [[HumansAreBastards Probably.]] Pollute? No.
*** Well, given that when they tried to similarly uplift the Hierarchy, they got pissed off at not getting ''everything'' and tried to wipe the Masari out, so they have good reasons for that.
*** It's implied they did do some uplifting, probably back when copper was new and innovative. Free energy would be jumping the gun a little.
*** Not forgetting those energy reactors had a tenancy to explode. Would you give a caveman a nuclear reactor?
* HumanityIsSuperior: Averted.

* BadAss: A lot of plot-important characters, but especially [[FourStarBadAss General Moore]] and [[BadAssGrandpa Sergeant Woolard]]. These two PunyEarthlings are quite capable of going toe to toe with advanced alien technology and winning.

* SmallGirlBigGuy: Mirabe is the small girl to Viktor's big guy (he is a HumongousMecha after all).

** Masari: ''Elitist'' and ''Technical'', as they tend to rely on defensive strategies till they can bring out their tanks and air/artillery units in the late game. Has elements of ''Economist'', since they don't need to collect resources on the map.

* XMeetsY: ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' meets ''{{Gundam}}'' meets ''StarGate'', all in a ''CommandAndConquer''-ish package.

** The Hierarchy Defilers (tripods with a radiation gun) are a direct reference to the tripods in WarOfTheWorlds.

* XMeetsY: ''WarOfTheWorlds'' meets ''{{Gundam}}'' meets ''StarGate'', all in a ''CommandAndConquer''-ish package.

* LastOfHisKind: Mirabel is the sole survivor of her race, being the only one Novus managed to save from the Hierarchy. [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Nufai]] too had his race completely wiped out by the Hierarchy, but [[CompleteMonster he doesn't give a shit about them]] since he got a nice position in the Hierarchy's ranks in exchange for his [[AMillionIsAStatistic entire race]].

* HumanityIsSuperior: Averted hard.

* TheStarscream: Nufai, [[spoiler: who betrayed Orlok and replaced him as the Hierarchy's new commander]].

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