History VideoGame / UrbanAssault

** The Taerkasten Bomber Zeppelin. It has the most powerful bomb in the game, is the most durable vehicle in the game (It takes multiple hits from an non-upgraded Resistance Rhino to kill it at full-health), and peels back the fog of war better than a regular scout vehicle does. However, it is also one of the slowest air units, so slow that some heavy tanks - a vehicle class the Zeppelin is designed to defeat, actually outspeed it. It is also too slow and too big to play the role of a scout. They are really only somewhat useful as predeployed units for distraction purposes.

** The Taerkasten Bomber Zeppelin. It has the most powerful bomb in the game, is the most durable vehicle in the game (It takes multiple hits from the Resistance Rhino to kill it at full-health), and peels back the fog of war better than a regular scout vehicle does. However, it is also one of the slowest air units, so slow that some heavy tanks - a vehicle class the Zeppelin is designed to defeat, actually outspeed it. It is also too slow and too big to play the role of a scout. They are really only somewhat useful as predeployed units for distraction purposes.

** What you did in each mission has absolutely NO bearing on what happens in the next mission despite what the mission briefings says, with the exception of the selection of armies you choose to bring with you via the beam gate. And even those are only meant to help you during the game-play itself.

** In a specific instance, the mission Dark Zone requests for you to bring in any surviving Gigants (Which were stolen for your purpose) over to the next mission. Whether you do it or not is of no consequence to the storyline.

** From a faction-perspective, the Taerkastens fall into this category. Worst of all is the Taerkasten Leonid tank, which hits hard and is also capable of absorbing massive amounts of punishment before going down. In the unreleased Metropolis Dawn campaign, where you get to play as the Taerkastens, a fully upgraded Leonid at full-health is even capable of surviving a non-upgraded shot from the Resistance Rhino.

** Taerkasten Serp is a suicide air unit with weak shielding and fast speed.

* HoldTheLine: There's a few missions where the objective is to control all the Stoudson bomb trigger points until it detonates. The Hamburger Hill mission has you hold a hill against 5-6 Host Stations until the timer runs out. For an added challenge, go on offense.

** The human-controlled Resistance Rhino is the best example of this trope in the game. Its rockets can travel several sectors. This means that the Rhino can snipe an enemy while the latter is unable to directly attack it.

* StoneWall: Host Stations, at full power, take several hits from the most powerful vehicles in the game to fall. Their weapons systems are not nearly as impressive, serving more as a last line of defense. They are generally capable of engaging multiple targets though. Flak Stations count too. Their attacks actually range from laughable (The Resistance model) to fairly powerful (Mykonian and Black Sect variants), but their main advantage is being hard to destroy, and almost impossible for planes to even damage, because each shell knocks them further away. They also have impressive range, which lets them whittle down approaching tanks before they can attack.

While the player can construct units, as in any RealTimeStrategy, the player can take control of any constructed unit at any point, granting it improved shielding and weapons in the process. These vehicles are always controlled from a first person view.

** The Taerkasten Bomber Zeppelin. It has the most powerful bomb in the game, is the most durable vehicle in the game (It takes multiple hits from the Resistance Rhino to kill it at full-health), and peels back the fog of war better than a regular scout vehicle does. However, it is also one of the slowest air units, so slow that some heavy tanks - a vehicle class the Zeppelin is designed to defeat, actually outspeed it. It is also too slow and too big to play the role of a scout.
** The Taerkasten Thor's Hammer, a heavy tank only available in the unreleased Metropolis Dawn expansion. It is the equivalent of the Resistance Rhino, but with much heavier armor and a faster weapon reload rate (Both positives). Negatives? Everything else. Too slow to attack a host station, weaker firepower, and shorter range of projectile - Which is practically everything that the Rhino needs to differentiate itself from other ground units. It is also a bit too expensive to take the role of an anti-tank ground unit, something which Leonid tanks would be more cost-efficient at.

** The Taerkasten Thor's Hammer, a heavy tank only available in the unreleased Metropolis Dawn expansion. It is the equivalent of the Resistance Rhino, but with much heavier armor and a faster weapon reload rate (Both positives). Negatives? Everything else. Too slow to attack a host station, weaker firepower, and shorter range of projectile - Which is practically everything that the Rhino needs to differentiate itself from other ground units. It is also a bit too expensive to take the role of an anti-tank unit, something which Leonid and bombers would be more cost-efficient.

** The Taerkasten Thor's Hammer, a heavy tank only available in the unreleased Metropolis Dawn expansion. It is the equivalent of the Resistance Rhino, but with much heavier armor and a faster weapon reload rate (Both positives). Negatives? Everything else. Too slow to attack a host station, weaker firepower, and shorter range of projectile. It is also a bit too expensive to take the role of an anti-tank unit, something which Leonid and bombers would be more cost-efficient.

** The Resistance Rock Sled is only usable if the player takes direct control of.
** Another extreme example is the Taerkasten Bomber Zeppelin. It has the most powerful bomb in the game, is the most durable vehicle in the game (It takes multiple hits from the Resistance Rhino to kill it at full-health), and even peels back the fog of war better than a regular scout vehicle does. However, it is also one of the slowest air units, so slow that it is practically useless in an attacking role and fares just as badly if taking the role of a scout.

* DittoFigher:

''Urban Assault'' is an RTS/FPS hybrid created by Terratools, published by Microsoft. The planet Earth has been polluted to the point of being almost uninhabitable, the remaining humans have splintered into rivaling factions, and the planet has been invaded by aliens set on claiming the planet for themselves. The player controls a member of the Resistance, who is physically wired into the faction's remaining hardware, creating a factory/floating battleship known as a Host Station. The ultimate goal is to fight from the Resistance's territory, Great Britain, towards the East, where the Mykonian "Parasite Machine" drains energy from the Earth's core, accelerating the deterioration of the planet and attracting even more aliens, the biological Sulgogars. The mission-to-mission goals vary, but generally consist of destroying all hostile host stations to cripple the enemy factions in that region.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: The Mykonians, Sulgogars, and the Black Sect are consistently presented as the bad guys, while for the terran factions Resistance, Ghorkovs and Taerkastens it is somewhat ambiguous. Depending on which campaign you are playing (Resistance, Ghorkovs or Taerkastens), the terran faction you are playing for will demonize the other two terran factions.

** In particular the Resistance heavy helicopter Dragonfly, when controlled by the human player, can obliterate squads of heavy tanks, destroy enemy host stations, take on other helicopters, or even fast planes if the player is particularly good with his First Person Shooter skills.
** The most versatile and arguably the most dangerous faction is the Black Sect. In every mission that the Black Sect appears in, it possesses the capability to create units from the factions that are in the particular area, including that of the player's faction. Making it worse for the player is that the Black Sect cannot be seen on the map, hence the player's Real Time Strategy skills will be greatly hampered.
* MightyGlacier: Heavy tanks are this.

* MasterOfAll: Some units are in this category, especially when directly controlled by the human player.
** The Resistance faction had the most variety of units to choose from (Besides the Black Sect), it has a mix of both heavily-armored and lightly-armored units. It has a good range of tanks, helicopters, and planes, which with the player's guidance, can even be used outside of their intended specialization. When all units for the Resistance are unlocked, the player will usually be able to find a suitable unit to use for any particular task at hand.

** The Parasite machine (Which made an appearance in both the original campaign and the unreleased Ghorkov campaign) plays a big role in the story, where you are requested to destroy it. In actual gameplay it only means that you need to take control of a Stoudson bomb before its countdown reaches 0, eliminating everyone in the region.
** In a specific instance, the mission Dark Zone requests for you to bring in any surviving Gigants (Which was stolen for your purpose) over to the next mission. Whether you do it or not is of no consequence to the storyline.

* MasterOfAll: Some units are in this category, especially when directly controlled by you, the human player.

** Another extreme example is the Taerkasten Bomber Zeppelin. It has the most powerful bomb in the game, is the most durable vehicle in the game (It takes multiple hits from the Resistance Rhino to kill it at full-health), and even peels back the fog of war better than a regular scout vehicle does. However, it is also one of the slowest air units, so slow that it is practically useless even when attacking tanks.

** The mission briefings sometimes asks you to destroy certain buildings/objects. This often translates to you as the player simply capturing them as key sectors so as to be able to complete the mission. There is actually no strict need to destroy anything within the key sectors.

* GlassCannon: The Resistance Rhino and Rock Sled, also the Taerkasten Bronsteijn. Low shielding, but if they hit their targets, they will do impressive amounts of damage. The Bronsteijn can heavily damage a single unit. The Rock Sled is a fragile suicide unit built to destroy squads of tanks or enemy host stations. The Rhino is also meant for destroying enemy host stations with its long-ranged rocket attacks, and its rocket can one-shot-kill almost any vehicle that isn't a host station.

* HoldTheLine: There's a few missions where the objective is to control all the Stoudson bomb trigger points until it detonates. 1 memorable mission has you hold a hill against 5-6 Host Stations until the timer runs out. For an added challenge, go on offense.

** From a faction-perspective, the Taerkastens fall into this category. Worst of all is the Taerkasten Leonid tank, which absorbs massive amounts of punishment before going down. In the unreleased Metropolis Dawn campaign, where you get to play as the Taerkastens, a fully upgraded Leonid at full-health is even capable of surviving a non-upgraded shot from the Resistance Rhino.

* SelfImposedChallenge: On the stoudson bomb missions, some players will instead opt to destroy the enemy the old-fashioned way.

** In some missions, the enemy host stations are programmed to never move at all. This presents an easy opportunity for the player to cripple them by simply destroying their power source. This weakness can be exploited in the Hamburger Hill mission of the original campaign, which is otherwise frustratingly difficult to simply just defend.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Many of the vehicles are subject to this. The worst hit are heavy tanks. They are so slow to maneuver that a single well-controlled helicopter can dismantle an entire formation. Also averted in some cases, such as when the AI defeats your choppers with bombers by flying above them.
** The Sulgogars as an entire faction fall into this category. They have the most powerful units in the game, but they had very little variety (A grand total of 4 different air units to choose from) and they can't create their own power source. They are the least versatile faction.
** The Resistance Rhino applies too. It is pretty useless outside of destroying enemy host stations - Which still requires the player to take direct control of to use effectively.

* GlassCannon: The Resistance Rhino and Rock Sled, also the Taerkasten Bronsteijn. Weak armored, but if they hit their targets, they will do impressive amounts of damage. The Bronsteijn can heavily damage a single unit. The Rock Sled is a fragile suicide unit built to destroy squads of tanks or enemy host stations (It dies in one-shot). The Rhino is also meant for destroying enemy host stations with its long-ranged rocket attacks, and its rocket can one-shot-kill almost any vehicle that isn't a host station.
** The entire faction of Mykonians fall into this category. An attack squad of Myko X01 Quaddas is capable of obliterating a full-health Resistance Host Station in seconds.

** Of note is the Taerkasten's fast plane Phantom, heavy armor, strong weaponry and still possess above average speeds. However, it is slower when comparing with other fast planes.
** The Mykonians' X01 Quadda and Sulgogars' Slime Lord somewhat fulfills this criteria. Both are anti-host station air units with medium speeds, medium shielding, and powerful weaponry, but due to their versatility (They can be used to fight other air units too), they are the most feared units of their respective factions.

** In particular the Resistance heavy helicopter Dragonfly, when controlled by the human player, can obliterate squads of heavy tanks, destroy enemy host stations, take on other helicopters, or even fast planes if the player is skillful enough.

** Factions-wise, the Taerkastens fall into this category. Worst of all is the Taerkasten leonid tank, which absorbs massive amounts of punishment before going down. In the unreleased Metropolis Dawn campaign, where you get to play as the Taerkastens, a fully upgraded Leonid at full-health is even capable of surviving a single-shot from the Resistance Rhino.

* RidiculouslyFastConstruction: The player can build a power plant, or an tank battalion, in seconds. Eventually, the player can combine this with high-output power stations and build a tank battalion every 10 seconds.

* AliensAreBastards: The Mykonians and Sulgogars.

* GlassCannon: The Resistance Rhino and Rock Sled, also the Taerkasten Bronsteijn. Weak armored, but if they hit their targets, they will do impressive amounts of damage. The Bronsteijn can heavily damage a single unit. The Rock Sled is a fragile suicide unit built to destroy squads of tanks or enemy host stations (It dies in one-shot). The Rhino is also meant for destroying enemy host stations with its long-ranged rocket attacks, and its rocket can one-shot-kill almost any vehicle in the game.

** The Resistance faction had the most variety of units to choose from (Outside of the Black Sect), it has a mix of both heavily-armored and lightly-armored units.

** The most versatile faction is

** The Sulgogars as an entire faction fall into this category. They have the most powerful units in the game, but they had very little variety (A grand total of 4 air units) and they can't create their own power source.
** The Resistance Rhino applies too. It is pretty useless outside of destroying enemy host stations - Which requires the player to take direct control of to use effectively.

* MasterOfAll: Some units are in this category, especially when controlled by you, the human player.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: It's either this or ArtificialBrilliance, but I'm guessing that killing air units with bombers wasn't intended by the programmers. They'll generally find any flaws in the TacticalRockPaperScissors scheme and exploit them mercilessly. Their power stations are always at full efficiency, so they'll be throwing waves of units at you even when they shouldn't be able to.

** The entire faction of Mykonians fall into this category. An attack squad of Mykonian X01 Quaddas is capable of obliterating a full-health Resistance Host Station in seconds.

** Of note is the Taerkasten's plane Phantom, heavy armor, strong weaponry and still possess above average speeds. However, it is slower when comparing with other fast planes.

* GlassCannon: The Resistance Rhino and Rock Sled, also the Taerkasten Flying Ion Cannon. If they reach their targets, they will do impressive amounts of damage. The Ion Cannon and Rhino can heavily damage a single unit, while the Rock Sled is wired with explosives.
** This term also applies to the entire Mykonian race.

%%* LightningBruiser: A handful of aircraft fall under this, combining impressive firepower with the ability to cross the battlefield in the span of a few seconds.
%%* MightyGlacier: Heavy tanks are this.

* GlassCannon: The Resistance Rhino and Rock Sled, also the Taerkasten Flying Ion Cannon. If they reach their targets, they will do impressive amounts of damage. The Ion Cannon and Rhino can heavily damage a single unit, while the Rock Sled is wired with explosives. This term also applies to the entire Mykonian race.

%%* MightyGlacier: Heavy tanks and most Taerkasten units are this. Worst of all is the Taerkasten leonid tank, which absorbs stupid amounts of punishment before going down. The Black Sect Host Station applies as well, combining a Host Station's prodigious energy reserves with multiple high power defense cannons.

* LightningBruiser: A handful of aircraft fall under this, combining impressive firepower with the ability to cross the battlefield in the span of a few seconds.
* MightyGlacier: Heavy tanks and most Taerkasten units are this. Worst of all is the Taerkasten leonid tank, which absorbs stupid amounts of punishment before going down. The Black Sect Host Station applies as well, combining a Host Station's prodigious energy reserves with multiple high power defense cannons.

* WeDoTheImpossible: Most of the mission briefings tell you outright that it's a suicide mission. But you're the only one left, so you don't get any choice in the matter.

''Urban Assault'' is an RTS/FPS hybrid created by Terratools, published by Microsoft. The planet Earth has been polluted to the point of being almost uninhabitable, the remaining humans have splintered into rivaling factions, and the planet has been invaded by aliens set on claiming the planet for themselves. The player controls a member of the Resistance, who is physically wired into the faction's remaining hardware, creating a factory/floating battleship known as a Host Station. The ultimate goal is to fight from the Resistance's territory, Great Britain, towards the East, where the Mykonian "Parasite Machine" drains energy from the Earth's core, accelerating the deterioration of the planet and attracking even more aliens, the biological Sulgogars. The mission-to-mission goals vary, but generally consist of destroying all hostile host stations to cripple the enemy factions in that region.