History VideoGame / UniverseAtWar

* TeleportGun: How the Heirarchy gathers resources. They use a tripod-mounted DesintergratorRay to reduce things to atoms, and beam it back to the Mothership for processing.

* TeleportGun: How the Heirarchy gathers resources. They use a tripod-mounted DisintergratorRay to reduce things to atoms, and beam it back to the Mothership for processing.

* DefconOne: Used realistically, counting down from 4. Defcon is a game mode where research happens automatically. In normal mode, you can research 3 army-wide upgrades. Defcon researches all 3 trees untill you have all 9 upgrades.

* AmericaSavesTheDay: [[AvertedTrope Nope.]] Although the good old USA is the last nation standing, and the main human resistance you see is American, the US military barely lasts hours against the Hierarchy.

* GatlingGood: General Moore carries a minigun. Sergeant Woolard has a tank with a gatling ''cannon''.

* RegeneratingHealth: All heroes regenerate health.

* GoingCritical: The destruction of a Matter Engine results in a colossal explosion capable of destroying virtually anything within its radius.
* TheGreys: A Lost One is basicallly one of these with a plasma pistol.

* XMeetsY: ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' meets ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' meets ''Film/{{Stargate}}'', all in a ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer''-ish package.[[note]]The game would have sold a lot more copies if someone at Sega had thought to put ''that'' on the box.[[/note]]

** For the Habitant Walker: Destroy two of its four crown hardpoints to reveal two coolant nodes. Destroying these overheats and destroys the walker.

* DropShip: All Hierarchy structures are dropped from orbit and are ordered by setting up CropCircles!
** Some missions feature regularly-arriving reinforcements, friendly and enemy, via troop transports.

* TheGreys: The Heirarchy's basic trooper is basicallly one of these with a plasma pistol.

* HoverTank: The Novus Antimatter Tank is mounted on a mobile, hovering platform.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl Mirabel is the small girl to Viktor's big guy (he is a HumongousMecha after all).

* 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, armor up some walkers and just walk past the human army. The silos go down as soon as you step on them.

* SeeminglyHopelessBossFight: Humans vs. Habitat Walker in the second Prelude mission. You play as the humans, and none of your units is able to scratch the Walker before the arrival of the Novus, at which point you'll take control of them to destroy the Walker.

* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Nufai]] who [[DoubleAgent sold out]] Orlok to [[KlingonPromotion get his rank]].

** Hierarchy Glyph Carvers 'etch' glyphs on the ground, which are then 'scanned' and then the Walker or building is dropped in. Reaper Drones collect resources by gathering objects and breaking them down for materials. Neither can repair other units, leaving that job to the Defiler and Saucer, for infantry and vehicles respectively.

''Universe At War: Earth Assault'', is a [[RealTimeStrategy RTS]] made by Petroglyph Games.

* ACommanderIsYou:
** Hierarchy: ''Brute Force'', their Walkers provide a ton of firepower and their ability to crush buildings means they can easily make short work of bases if they can get close enough, and much of their research focuses on giving their units an extra punch. Most strategies with them involve getting a Walker into an enemy base, and then producing tons of units once inside. Also has elements of ''Technical'', with MindControl and machine magnet devices that be put on Science Walkers. They also have the best healing abilities, since Saucers and Defilers can heal vehicles and infantry, respectively, for free.
** Novus: ''Spammer'' and ''Technical'', as their units are generally cheap, but fragile, and they can also MindControl enemy vehicles and probably have the best artillery.
** 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. Their units have dual abilities that can be activated by switching to light and dark modes. Has elements of ''Economist'', since they don't need to collect resources on the map.

* AlienInvasion: In both classic and modern forms. The whole game is like a celebration of the AlienInvasion genre.
** It should be noted that the Hierarchy units are nods to various alien craft seen over the years, from {{Flying Saucer}}s to cigar-shaped [=UFOs=] and "foo fighters".

* AliensStealCattle: The Hierarchy steals anything, but they really like cattle. So much so, you can get an achievement, Bovine Defender, if you abduct 200 in Conquer the World, and it is illegal for their [[{{Mooks}} Grunts]] to use plasma grenades on "indigenous bovines".
** The Hierarchy collects resources in two ways; gradually, by slowly sapping raw materials from large targets, such as buildings, or quickly by instantly absorbing small targets, like humans. Cows can be collected instantly and give a considerable resource pay off, arguably making them the best source of resources for a Hierarchy player.

** The Science Walker on the other hand is a giant DamageSponge, utilizing RegeneratingShieldStaticHealth instead. It still has three crown hardpoints that can be destroyed. Destroying these will decrease its shield's regenerating rate, allowing you to land more hits to its core and hopefully destroy it quicker.
*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the massive [[ApocalypseWow Purifier]], which is a DamageSponge.

* CannonFodder: How Kamal sees his troops as. Keep in mind that the basic Grunt is still a lot stronger than it's counterparts.
** Also the Novus' Ohm Robots; they understand that they are meant to be cannon fodder and see no problem with filling that role.

%% This is the wrong trope for it, but it's a decent character summary if someone knows the right one.
%%
%%* 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]].

* GunshipRescue: Subverted in the first human mission in which some Apache gunships wipe out the Hierarchy forces attacking you, but are then wiped out in short order by flying saucers. The gunships are one of the few human units that are any good at all against walkers, though.
** In fact, the gunships are probably the best human unit in the game, other than heroes.

* HumanAliens: Mirabel and probably the others of her race, before the Hierarchy killed them all.
** The Masari too, though they're generally taller and have brown-ish hair. Prince Zessus is an exception, since he's half-human, and is therefore shorter and blond.
** Technically, in the case of the Masari, we were created (or, more accurately, "uplifted") by them and given their powers for some unmentioned purpose (most likely another attempt like the one they tried with the Hierarchy). [[InvertedTrope Alien Humans]], maybe?

* HumongousMecha: Hierarchy Walkers. All of them. Also, Viktor, Mirabel's "powered armor". Commander Orlok to, he's ''bigger'' than Viktor is.
* ILoveNuclearPower: The Hierarchy in general, but especially the Defiler. Turning random humans [[spoiler:and cows]] into zombified mutants, while dealing damage to enemy units and healing your own. Geez, what can't Nuclear Power do?
** Win the campaign for them.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: Viktor's Missile Barrage ability, in true mecha anime style, fires a swarm of missiles at the target area.

* MechaMooks: Novus, especially the Ohm robots, who are ''programmed'' to be expendable, ''and are absolutely fine with it''.
** The Hierarchy has a few with its Glyph Carvers, Reaper and Detection Drones, Defilers, and Saucers. Not sure about the Phase Tanks and Walkers.

** The Hierarchy are pretty much an entire faction of these. Their units tend to be the slowest, but also the strongest. Special mention goes to their Walkers, which move even more slowly, but depending how they are built and upgraded, will be armed to the teeth and are so big that they can crush buildings. The biggest of the Hierarchy's Walkers are terrifyingly huge and powerful.

* RegeneratingShieldStaticHealth: Masari units in dark mode gain "dark matter armor" which is basically a regenerating shield that absorbs damage. Also, the Hierarchy's Science Walker has a regenerating energy shield that protects its core.

** The Novus are a collective reference to Isaac Assimov; their Ohm robots are clearly reminiscent of the robots in the film ''Film/IRobot'', and are [[ThreeLawsCompliant very protective of their creators and vengeful over their extermination]]. WordOfGod has it that the design of Novus units and structures was inspired by the iPod.
*** The one exception to the iPod aesthetic is the Founder; as the original precursor all the other robots are descended from he looks like a masculine [[Film/{{Metropolis}} robot-Maria]] instead.

* WeHaveReserves: Both the Hierarchy and the Novus use this. Novus troops, being MechaMooks, actually support this.
** Kamal Re'x of the Hierarchy; his solution to any problem is 'throw more men at it,' and he's willing to sacrifice massive amounts of resources, including command vessels and senior generals, [[GloryHound if he thinks he'll look good doing it]].

* BadAss: [[WorldOfBadass Practically everyone]].

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

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. Since it never got very far in terms of sales, support from the developers has long since ceased. That, combined with the GFWL shutdown and the game getting removed from the {{Steam}} store means it's becoming a rare game. KeepCirculatingTheTapes.

* MightyGlacier: The Hierarchy are pretty much an entire faction of these. Their units tend to be the slowest, but also the strongest. Special mention goes to their Walkers, which move even more slowly, but are extremely tough, and depending how they are built and upgraded, will be armed to the teeth and are so big that they can crush buildings.
** The biggest of the Hierarchy's Walkers are terrifyingly huge and powerful, and can take absurd amounts of punishment before going down with a ''very'' satisfying '''BOOM'''.
** Orlok is noticeably the slowest assault hero but is also the toughest. He can enter an Endure mode which effectively gives him StoneWall defence and [[DeathFromAbove launch artillery barrages]] from clear across the map to compensate for this lack of speed.
** The Masari have the Peacebringer. Possibly a reference to the [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer Mammoth Tank]], it's slow, but can crush smaller vehicles, is extremely powerful and durable, and its main gun can fire at air units, pretty much making it an anti everything that moves unit. It can get an extra bit of firepower if its tractor beam, which normally just slows units down, gets upgraded to a disintegrator, which deals damage to a target every second.

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

* DropShip: All Hierarchy structures are dropped from orbit and are ordered by setting up Crop Circles!

** Sergeant Wollard is a reference to Martin Sheen's character in Film/ApocalypseNow.
** The crop circles created by the Hierarchy Glyph Carvers are used to call in Hierarchy structures in a manner reminiscent of M. Night Shyamalan's ''Film/{{Signs}}''.
** The Novus Dervish aircraft has an ability called Death Bloom, a reference to TheLastStarfighter.

** The Novus are a collective reference to Isaac Assimov; their Ohm robots are clearly reminiscent of the robots in the film Film/IRobot, and are [[ThreeLawsCompliant very protective of their creators and vengeful over their extermination]]. WordOfGod has it that the design of Novus units and structures was inspired by the iPod.

** While the entire concept of PlanetLooters is [[OlderThanYouThink dated]], it's likely that the Hierarchy was inspired by Film/IndependenceDay.

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. Since it never got very far in terms of sales, support from the developers has long since ceased. That, combined with the GFWL shutdown and the game getting removed from the {{Steam}} store means it's becoming a rare game. KeepCirculatingTheTapes.

** One response made by the Novus Hackers is ''[[WarGames "Would you like to play a game?]]''. Another is ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer "No system is safe"]]''.

** A good number of units in the game are clear references to units from the older VideoGame/CommandAndConquer games in terms of names and how they function, such as the Hierarchy Brute (Yuri's Brutes), the Novus Variant (able to disguise itself as environmental objects just like the Allied Mirage Tank) and the Masari Peacebringer (commonly compared to the Mammoth Tank).

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

*** The one exception to the iPod aesthetic is the Founder; as the original precursor all the other robots are descended from he looks like a masculine [[Film/Metropolis robot-Maria]] instead.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: [[BaseOnWheels The Walkers]] have hardpoints that must be destroyed in order to reveal their true weak point which, if destroyed, destroys them too. These hardpoints can be strengthen with addons to make them less vulnerable to destruction.
** For the Habitant Walker: destroy two of its four crown hardpoints to reveal two coolant nodes. Destroying these destroys the walker.
** For the Assembly Walker: you'll have to virtually destroy ALL of its hardpoints. Only then will it's core be exposed and you can destroy it.

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.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Subverted with Novus. They speak English in game, but it's shown to a TranslationConvetion and it actually takes them some time to understand English. Played straight with the Masari.