History VideoGame / WorldInConflict

* AnAsskickingChristmas: Played straight, and then [[TearJerker painfully subverted]]. Parker and the rest of the U.S. forces successfully drive the Soviets out of the festively-decorated Cascade Falls, only for fresh new Soviet reinforcements to arrive, [[spoiler:necessitating the use of a nuclear strike, and Captain Bannon stays behind to draw the Russians into ground zero. The entire ending cutscene is simply heartwrenching.]]
*** [[spoiler: It also bears mentioning that ''you'' must order the strike itself directly on Bannon's position.]]

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%%* ArtificialBrilliance: The multiplayer bots are programmed to emulate player behaviour as much as possible, and are often capable of sophisticated stratagems.

-->'''Sawyer:''' "This is Eagle Six. I have grave news. our scouts report that Ivan is moving at least three fresh armoured battalions into the area. We cannot hold against that many."

-->'''Sawyer:''' "You're right, captain.

* {{Feelies}}: The collector's edition included a small, authentic piece of the Berlin Wall.

* InferredHolocaust: If you fail to retake Seattle before the nuclear attack is launched, it is implied that this is what befalls the world as the Soviets also resort to nuclear weapons in response to the Americans having resorted to them ''twice'' in repelling the invasion.

* JerkassHasAPoint: After hearing of the US government's willing to use ''another'' nuclear warhead on Seattle if the city isn't liberated by the time the Chinese reinforcement fleet arrives, Colonel Sawyer starts pushing his battalion forward almost recklessly quickly. Despite the casualties this causes, he doesn't deviate from his recklessly aggressive stance even when Webb challenges him on it, insisting that he will ''not'' accept another Cascade Falls. [[spoiler:Considering that, should you lose the final mission, the nuking of Seattle prompts the Soviets to start unleashing ''their'' nuclear arsenal in response to the Americans' willingness to use theirs, destroying all life on Earth in global thermonuclear war, Sawyer's aggression and desperation to retake Seattle in time is '''very''' well justified.]]

The single-player campaign takes place in 1989. The Soviet Union, bankrupt and desperate, launches a surprise attack across its European borders, surprising the rest of the world. The conquest is at first a success, but as the months go by NATO rallies, and it becomes clear that the Soviets are overstretched and out of momentum, causing the conflict to settle into a stalemate. In a massive gamble, the Soviet Union smuggles several battalions into Seattle harbour on freight ships, counting on the fact that most U.S. troops are tied up overseas. The story is told through the eyes of a [[SupportingProtagonist subordinate]] to the legendary Colonel Sawyer, [[PlayerCharacter Lieutenant Parker]], as Sawyer's battalion fights a desperate war to contain the [[RedScare red menace]].