History YMMV / IronStorm

* DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound: The LocomotiveLevel has an alarm that doesn't stop for a long while.

** [[spoiler:[[InsaneAdmiral Colonel Mitchell]] is a seemingly friendly officer of the United States of Western Europe's army, who in reality is the chief enforcer of "The Consortium", a [[WarForFunAndProfit corrupt corporation that profits from war]]. Assisting Baron Ugenberg in keeping the devastating world war going, Mitchell was displeased when he heard that the Baron planned to backstab him by creating his own WeaponsOfMassDestruction to win the war. Using [[PlayerCharacter Lieutenant James Anderson]] to destroy the Baron's weapons of mass destruction and kill his best soldiers, Mitchell invaded the Baron's base, killing a defenseless reporter and gleefully mocking the Baron for failing in his scheme. Killing the Baron and [[FrameUp framing the United States of Western Europe]], Mitchell ensured that the war would never end and millions would die, solely so he could profit from it.]]

* DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound: The LocomotiveLevel has an alarm that never stops and it can be heard in every compartment in every wagon of the train.

* SpiritualLicensee : Probably the closest you'll ever get to a game adaptation of Orwell's ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' -- general JustBeforeTheEnd / RuinsOfTheModernAge grimness, a ForeverWar between twentieth century superpowers fueled by fanatical propaganda, etc.

* SoOkayItsAverage: ''World War Zero'' ditches the original ''Iron Storm'''s more experimental and unique gameplay for a more mainstream shooter experience, and essentially looks and plays like a completely standard typical Playstation 2 FPS game, being remarkably similar in look and feel to games like ''[[VideoGame/RedFaction Red Faction 2]]'', ''VideoGame/JudgeDreddDreddVsDeath'', or ''[[VideoGame/FireWarrior Warhammer 40k: Fire Warrior]]''. About the only thing that makes it stand out is the dieselpunk alternate history setting. On the other hand, it's at least not as frustratingly NintendoHard as the original game and is a much more mainstream experience.

* SoOkayItsAverage: ''World War Zero'' ditches the original ''Iron Storm'''s more experimental and unique gameplay for a more mainstream shooter experience, and essentially looks and plays like a completely standard typical Playstation 2 FPS game, being remarkably similar in look and feel to games like ''[[VideoGame/RedFaction Red Faction 2]]'', ''VideoGame/JudgeDreddDreddVsDeath'', or ''VideoGame/Warhammer40kFireWarrior''. About the only thing that makes it stand out is the dieselpunk alternate history setting. On the other hand, it's at least not as frustratingly NintendoHard as the original game and is a much more mainstream experience.

** [[spoiler:[[InsaneAdmiral Colonel Mitchell]] is a seemingly friendly officer of the United States of Western Europe's army, who in reality is the chief enforcer of "The Consortium", a [[WarForFunAndProfit corrupt corporation that profits from war]]. Assisting Baron Ugenberg in keeping the devastating world war going, Mitchell was displeased when he heard that the Baron planned to backstab him and end the war by [[PragmaticVillainy ending it and calling for peace]]. Using [[PlayerCharacter Lieutenant James Anderson]] to destroy Baron's weapons of mass destruction and kill his best soldiers, Mitchell invaded the Baron's base, killing the defenseless reporter and gleefully mocking the Baron for failing in his scheme. Killing the Baron and [[FrameUp framing the United States of Western Europe]], Mitchell ensured that the war would never end and millions would die, solely so he could profit from it.]]

* ''VideoGame/IronStorm'':

** [[spoiler:[[InsaneAdmiral Colonel Mitchell]] is a seemingly friendly officer of the United States of Western Europe's army, who in reality is the chief enforcer of "The Consortium", a [[WarForFunAndProfit corrupt corporation that profits from war]]. Assisting Baron Ugenberg in keeping the devastating world war going, Mitchell was displeased when he heard that the Baron planned to backstab him and end the war by [[PragmaticVillainy ending it and calling for peace]]. Using [[PlayerCharacter Lieutenant James Anderson]] to destroy Baron's weapons of mass dstruction and kill his best soldiers, Mitchell invaded the Baron's base, killing the defenseless reporter and gleefully mocking the Baron for failing in his scheme. Killing the Baron and [[FrameUp framing the United States of Western Europe]], Mitchell ensured that the war would never end and millions would die, solely so he could profit from it.]]

* GeniusBonus : This game has plenty of interesting tidbits for the European history buff. The actual European front line of the war is the IronCurtain made literal, and there are multiple allusions to the [[UsefulNotes/RedOctober Russian Civil War]]. Even the town of Wolfenburg seems to be [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed an alternate version of the German city]] of Wolfsburg, at least if the factory that [[LawyerFriendlyCameo looks suspiciously like the Volkswagen plant]] is anything to go by. Even some of the Russo-Mongol equipment obliquely references actual Soviet weaponry from the 1950s.

* DemonicSpiders: The Siberian brothers, those GasmaskMooks wearing body armours. Not only they can take more damages than their regular counterparts, but they are usually equipped with VIVDA KSK, a kind of automatic rifle firing explosive slugs which can OneHitKill Anderson even in Easy mode! Oh, and they are often met in corridors or closed areas, which make them even more lethal. Their dangerousity is actually a (tiny) bit reduced compared to what you expect: first, their gasmasks is only cosmetical and doesn't protect from mustard gas and LSD grenades; second, a VIVDA KSK magazine only holds five rounds so then must reload often.

* SpiritualLicensee : Probably the closest you'll ever get to a game adaptation of Orwell's ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' -- general JustBeforeTheEnd / RuinsOfTheModernAge grimness, a ForeverWar between twentieth century superpowers fuelled by fanatical propaganda, etc.

* DemonicSpiders: The Siberian brothers, those GasmaskMooks wearing body armours. Not only they can take more damages than their regular counterparts, but they are usually equipped with VIVDA KSK, a kind of automaticac rifle firing explosive slugs which can OneHitKill Anderson even in Easy mode! Oh, and they are often met in corridors or closed areas, which make them even more lethal. Their dangerousity is actually a (tiny) bit reduced compared to what you expect: first, their gasmasks is only cosmetical and doesn't protect from mustard gas and LSD grenades; second, a VIVDA KSK magazine only holds five rounds so then must reload often.

* GeniusBonus : This game has plenty of interesting tidbits for the European history buff. The actual European front line of the war is the IronCurtain made literal, and there are multiple allusions to the [[RedOctober Russian Civil War]]. Even the town of Wolfenburg seems to be [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed an alternate version of the German city]] of Wolfsburg, at least if the factory that [[LawyerFriendlyCameo looks suspiciously like the Volkswagen plant]] is anything to go by. Even some of the Russo-Mongol equipment obliquely references actual Soviet weaponry from the 1950s.
** There's really way too many historical {{Homage}}s and {{Shout Out}}s to count...

* SpiritualLicensee : Probably the closest you'll ever get to a game adaptation of Orwell's ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' (general JustBeforeTheEnd / RuinsOfTheModernAge grimness, a ForeverWar between 20. century megaempires fueled by fanatical propaganda, etc.).

** There's really way too many historical {{Homage}}s and {{Shout Out}}s to count...

* SpiritualLicensee : Probably the closest you'll ever get to a game adaptation of Orwell's ''[[NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' (general JustBeforeTheEnd / RuinsOfTheModernAge grimness, a ForeverWar between 20. century megaempires fueled by fanatical propaganda, etc.).