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In 2015, [[Creator/{{Rebellion}} Rebellion Developments]] announced a [[VideoGame/Battlezone2016 re-imagining of the classic arcade game]] and a remaster of ''Battlezone 1998'', titled ''Battlezone 98 Redux'' which released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on April 18th 2016. [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/301650/ Get it here.]] It has support for [[AchievementSystem achievements]], trading cards, [[GameMod workshop addons]] and [[SceneryPorn overhauled graphics with detailed units, smoother terrain, lighting, etc]]. The ''Red Odyssey'' expansion was given this treatment too.

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In 2015, [[Creator/{{Rebellion}} Rebellion Developments]] announced a [[VideoGame/Battlezone2016 re-imagining of the classic arcade game]] and a remaster of ''Battlezone 1998'', titled ''Battlezone 98 Redux'' which released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Platform/{{Steam}} on April 18th 2016. [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/301650/ Get it here.]] It has support for [[AchievementSystem achievements]], trading cards, [[GameMod workshop addons]] and [[SceneryPorn overhauled graphics with detailed units, smoother terrain, lighting, etc]]. The ''Red Odyssey'' expansion was given this treatment too.
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* ObviousBeta: Shipped with a completely broken multiplayer component and a plethora of glitches. Most glitches were fixed quickly, but some weren't fixed until the unofficial patches (by the original programmer) started coming out.
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* UniquenessRule: The game only allows one copy of the factory, and a few other buildings (such as the bomber bay). If they get knocked down, they need to be rebuilt.
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* ConvectionSchmonvection: Averted, [[ArtisticLicensePhysics though it brings up another issue entirely]] - The lava on Io will damage your tank as you hover over it (and kills you near-instantly if you go near it outside your tank), but heat convection requires a medium - and Io has only a trace atmosphere. It could be argued that the heat is ''radiating'' off of the lava but your equipment would have to be radiation proof already to survive being so close to Jupiter and it's also implied your units and structures can survive the 872 °F ambient temperature on Venus.

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* ConvectionSchmonvection: Averted, [[ArtisticLicensePhysics though it brings up another issue entirely]] - The lava on Io will damage your tank as you hover over it (and kills you near-instantly if you go near it outside your tank), but heat convection requires a medium - and Io has only a trace atmosphere. It could be argued that the heat is ''radiating'' off of the lava but your equipment would have to be radiation proof already pretty well shielded to survive being so close to Jupiter and it's also implied your units and structures can survive the 872 °F ambient temperature on Venus.
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* DeflectorShields: Many Scion units have a passive Shield slot that is empty by default but can be fitted with Stasis (moderately reduces damage), Deflection (reduces projectile damage significantly but doesn't affect beam weapons), and Absorption (vice versa of Deflection).

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* DeflectorShields: Many Scion units have a passive Shield slot that is empty by default but can be fitted with Stasis (moderately reduces damage), Deflection (reduces projectile damage significantly but doesn't affect beam weapons), and or Absorption (vice versa of Deflection).

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* CivilWarcraft: [[spoiler:Happens with both sides over the course of the campaign. Once Cooke joins Braddock against the Scions, the ISDF splinters into Braddock's New Regime and Major Manson's AAN Loyalists which plan on returning to Earth with the news of Braddock's takeover but you're sent in to clean up any resistance and silence any witnesses, further solidifying your MoralEventHorizon. Should you join the Scions however, the Scions have an issue of their own with a clan of Scions not wishing to colonize the Dark Planet into a new Core as that would mean them returning to the Solar System, preferring death over going back from where they fled. You also aid the AAN Loyalists against Braddock's New Regime on the Scion side as well]].

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* CivilWarcraft: [[spoiler:Happens with both sides over the course of the campaign. Once Cooke joins Braddock against the Scions, the ISDF splinters into Braddock's New Regime and Major Manson's AAN Loyalists which plan on returning to Earth with the news of Braddock's takeover but you're sent in to clean up any resistance and silence any witnesses, further solidifying your MoralEventHorizon.loyalty. Should you join the Scions however, the Scions have an issue of their own with a clan of Scions not wishing to colonize the Dark Planet into a new Core as that would mean them returning to the Solar System, preferring death over going back from where they fled. You also aid the AAN Loyalists against Braddock's New Regime on the Scion side as well]].


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* DeflectorShields: Many Scion units have a passive Shield slot that is empty by default but can be fitted with Stasis (moderately reduces damage), Deflection (reduces projectile damage significantly but doesn't affect beam weapons), and Absorption (vice versa of Deflection).

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* DualModeUnit: All Scion {{Hover Tank}}s can morph between a combat and assault form. Their combat form is faster and can regenerate ammo while their assault form is tougher and their EDD plating slowly regenerates. Most weapons generally fire faster with longer range in their combat variant while weapons in assault form are more damaging, shorter range, and ammo hungry, meant to [[SiegeEngines damage structures]].



* LatexSpaceSuit: ISDF troops have form-fitting space suits, with a built-in armored chest-piece, the form fitting part may be so they can fit into their vehicles easily.

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* LatexSpaceSuit: ISDF troops have form-fitting space suits, with a built-in armored chest-piece, the form fitting part may be so they can fit into their vehicles easily. Their new models in ''Combat Commander'' Downplay this somewhat.



* ShoutOut: In the UpdatedReRelease, the AI picks a random taunt from a bevy of pop-culture references, such as [[Film/TheTwoTowers "Open war is upon you, wether you'd risk it or not,"]] and [[Film/{{Aliens}} "What the hell are we supposed to use, man? Harsh language?"]]

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* ShoutOut: In the UpdatedReRelease, the AI picks a random taunt from a bevy of pop-culture references, such as [[Film/TheTwoTowers "Open war is upon you, wether whether you'd risk it or not,"]] and [[Film/{{Aliens}} "What the hell are we supposed to use, man? Harsh language?"]]language?"]]
* SiegeEngines: The ISDF Bulldog assault tank, Griffon rocket tank, and the Attila walker, whose weapons are equipped in their assault variants to outrange static defenses and tear down structures. The Griffon can use both variants of any rocket weapon it picks up but it can also be modified to be produced with two different rocket weapons at the factory. The Scions, meanwhile, have the Archer that acts like the howitzers of the first game, able to fly in the air and then deploy to fire mortars, Scion hovercraft [[DualModeUnit can morph]] between a combat and assault form, and the Titan assault tank is their equivalent to the Attila walker but instead use weapons in their combat variant.
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* DifficultySpike: After the Furies are introduced, losing your tank changes from a minor inconvenience into a death sentence.

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