History VideoGame / BattleNations

* GasMaskMooks: The enemy Raiders all wear full-face gas masks. As do many of your own troops.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: In Chapter 2, [[spoiler: Morgan and you, the player, if you complete the quest line that unlocks Chem units. Floyd even remarks that it's reprehensible and he only wanted the Chemical Weapons Lab as a way to study how to counter them, since the Rebels have begun fielding Chem Troopers, Grenadiers, and Tanks. Morgan replies by saying that this is a fight for survival now, and you don't have the luxury of doing the right thing; [[RealityEnsues with the Empire gone, there's no one to enforce whatever conventions or international laws that may have been in place preventing the use of chemical weapons]], not using chemical warfare out of morals and ethics would put you at a serious disadvantage.]]

* BiggerBad: [[spoiler: A late-game boss fight with General Ashe reveals that someone from Rebel High Command may be feeding the renegade general some false information about the Empire...]]

''Battle Nations'' is an [[IOSGames iOS Game]] (also recently ported to Mac and Greenlit on Steam) by [=Z2Live=] that gives you the role of [[FeaturelessProtagonist Captain of the 95th Rifle Division]] in the Imperial Army. TheEmpire is caught up in a civil war between loyalist and rebel assets of the army, and the game's first tutorial mission puts you in a major battle in the war under the direct command of General Ashe, top Imperial commander and military genius. Also with you is your Lieutenant Morgan, absolutely ''ecstatic'' to serve under you and declaring you the best boss he's ever had. After the fighting's over, you and Morgan, along with other members of the 95th like Zoey the [[ThePollyanna optimistic]] [[WrenchWench mechanic]], Floyd the [[NatureLover nature-loving]] scientist, and Sargent Ramsey the [[TriggerHappy trigger-happy]] [[MoreDakka heavy machinegunner]], are sent to [[GrimUpNorth The Frontier]] to boost troop numbers at a desolate outpost under constant siege by vicious animals and the local Raider tribes.

** In one of the later missions, a unit that the Silver Wolves field is called [[Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof Lazar Wolf]]. Another unit is called the [[TheMagicSchoolBus Magic Cruel Bus]].

[[https://forums.z2.com/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=72315 The servers have been permanently shut down on September 28, 2016.]]

Battle Nations is an [[IOSGames iOS Game]] (also recently ported to Mac and Greenlit on Steam) by [=Z2Live=] that gives you the role of [[FeaturelessProtagonist Captain of the 95th Rifle Division]] in the Imperial Army. TheEmpire is caught up in a civil war between loyalist and rebel assets of the army, and the game's first tutorial mission puts you in a major battle in the war under the direct command of General Ashe, top Imperial commander and military genius. Also with you is your Lieutenant Morgan, absolutely ''ecstatic'' to serve under you and declaring you the best boss he's ever had. After the fighting's over, you and Morgan, along with other members of the 95th like Zoey the [[ThePollyanna optimistic]] [[WrenchWench mechanic]], Floyd the [[NatureLover nature-loving]] scientist, and Sargent Ramsey the [[TriggerHappy trigger-happy]] [[MoreDakka heavy machinegunner]], are sent to [[GrimUpNorth The Frontier]] to boost troop numbers at a desolate outpost under constant siege by vicious animals and the local Raider tribes.

[[https://forums.z2.com/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=72315 As of July 26, 2016]] the servers will be permanently shut down on September 28, 2016.

** The most powerful tank in the main game is the Mega Tank. It comes with [[BFG a massive cannon that takes up a large portion of its body]], miniguns, and rocket launchers. At Rank 1, it packs a whopping ''625'' combined Health and Armor, and it only gets better as it levels up.

* {{Crossover}}: Update 4.1 introduced [[{{Team Fortress 2}} The Heavy, The Pyro, The Scout, The Soldier and The Demoman]] as usable units.

* BoringButPractical: Units such as the Veteran and the Mega Tank, while not particularly flamboyant, are a good investment in Nanopods. They may not look or act as cool as many of the promo units, but their all-purpose attacks get the job done, and they can be put to a variety of uses. Most importantly: they're always able to be trained.

* InTheBack: Certain units in the game, allied and enemy, attack from the back row going forward, e.g. a high-level Scout Bike with Backshot. An especially [[DemonicSpiders annoying]] example are Raider Dustwalkers, who go behind front defenses, can do 80+ or 90+ damage an attack, are usually in the back two rows of the enemy formation, and are usually backed up and protected by [[DemonicSpiders Brawlers, Champions, Mammoth Riders, War Mammoths, and Skirmishers]]. [[spoiler: Used to your advantage when you unlock them with the Prestigious Academy. Even better, you can unlock special attacks for them at higher levels, a weaker frontal stab and a poisonous backstab.]]

** In one of the later missions, a unit that the Silver Wolves field is called [[Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof Lazar Wolf]].

* LetsGetDangerous: Surprisingly, [[spoiler: everyone.]] Especially apparent during the [[spoiler: Siege of Gantas' Fortress, the last set of quests for Chapter 1. Morgan instantly becomes serious and actually sounds like a respectable military leader, Ramsey and Zoey work together to stop the supply flow of ammo to Gantas' ''very powerful'' artillery to render them vulnerable, Floyd frees Gantas' war mammoths to cause a stampede in his base, and even Perkins leads the front assault to act as a diversion and manages to take out Gantas' front defenses and artillery.]]

* TheEmpire: [[CaptainObvious The Empire, which you work for.]] Interestingly, the Empire (or at least you) are the ''heroes'' of the game, protecting allies and defenseless towns from Raiders, Rebels, Silver Wolves, and the occasional animal or zombie attack.

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: After 40 levels, they FINALLY bring up that the place was originally SUPPOSED to be a Uranium mine. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, with the fall of the Empire, you currently have no access to any facility that can even process the stuff into something useful.]]

Battle Nations is an [[IOSGames iOS Game]] (also recently ported to Mac and Greenlit on Steam) by Z2Live that gives you the role of [[FeaturelessProtagonist Captain of the 95th Rifle Division]] in the Imperial Army. TheEmpire is caught up in a civil war between loyalist and rebel assets of the army, and the game's first tutorial mission puts you in a major battle in the war under the direct command of General Ashe, top Imperial commander and military genius. Also with you is your Lieutenant Morgan, absolutely ''ecstatic'' to serve under you and declaring you the best boss he's ever had. After the fighting's over, you and Morgan, along with other members of the 95th like Zoey the [[ThePollyanna optimistic]] [[WrenchWench mechanic]], Floyd the [[NatureLover nature-loving]] scientist, and Sargent Ramsey the [[TriggerHappy trigger-happy]] [[MoreDakka heavy machinegunner]], are sent to [[GrimUpNorth The Frontier]] to boost troop numbers at a desolate outpost under constant siege by vicious animals and the local Raider tribes.

* SlidingScaleofSillinessVersusSeriousness: The game manages to go all across the scale and back: for example, one minute you're [[spoiler: ordering [[ButtMonkey Pvt. Perkins]] to carry around some lethal chemical weapons you just stole from the Rebels ''by hand'']], the next minute you're [[spoiler: treating chemical warfare as a serious war crime, even acknowledging the dire circumstances you're in that are forcing you to resort to it in the first place]], and after that you're [[spoiler: having a nice chat about improvising a method of spreading the dangerous, lethal chemicals by modifying Flame Trooper gear with Zoey, who's feeling like she's going crazy thinking about the recent Rebel assault and destruction of an Imperial town and that she can't do anything about it.]]

* [[spoiler: BiggerBad]]: [[spoiler: A late-game boss fight with General Ashe reveals that someone from Rebel High Command may be feeding the renegade general some false information about the Empire...]]

* DemonicSpiders: In Chapter 1, you have enemy Duskwalkers, who can who go behind front defenses, can do 80+ or 90+ damage an attack, are usually in the back two rows of the enemy formation, and are usually backed up and protected by [[DemonicSpiders Brawlers, Champions, Mammoth Riders, War Mammoths, and Skirmishers]]. In Chapter 2, you have to deal with the Silver Wolves, who do tremendous damage, have a lot of attacks that outright ''ignore'' Armor, and apparently give their Grenadiers ''nukes'' capable of dealing hundreds of damage to ''[[TotalPartyKill every one of your spaces]]'' at high enough levels.
** And just in case you begin thinking that the Raiders are pushovers at this point, they come back ''[[EliteMooks even stronger]]'' (and dressed in black) later in Ch. 2. And they ''also'' give their grenadiers nukes.
* [[spoiler: EmpireWithADarkSecret: In Chapter 2, you learn that the chemical weapons that the Rebels have begun fielding are coming from an old Imperial chemical weapons lab in the Frontier that they loot. In the 2.3 Zombie Attack patch, the "Zombies" are actually mutants infected by [[ArtifactOfDoom corrupted Black Nanopods]] by a secret Imperial facility, with no cure. Something to note: you can actually build both of these facilities in your own Outpost after completing the quest lines for them.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: It's an Iphone 'Cityville' type game...with a hilarious script, unique characters, actual plot twists, and a fun combat system.

* CrapsackWorld: TheEmpire is the ''good guys''; everyone else that isn't a civilian is a brutal, murderous monster. Even your raider allies creep Morgan out with their fondness for torture as punishment, entertainment, and ''sacrament''. Also, the wilderness is filled with raptors, zombies, bandits, bigfoots, killer insect monsters, rampaging mammoths, and forgotten vaults left from the Ancient civilization filled to the brim with booby traps and mechanical monstrosities.

Battle Nations is an [[IOSGames iOS Game]] (also recently ported to Mac and Greenlit on Steam) by Z2Live that gives you the role of [[{{AFGNCAAP}} Captain of the 95th Rifle Division]] in the Imperial Army. TheEmpire is caught up in a civil war between loyalist and rebel assets of the army, and the game's first tutorial mission puts you in a major battle in the war under the direct command of General Ashe, top Imperial commander and military genius. Also with you is your Lieutenant Morgan, absolutely ''ecstatic'' to serve under you and declaring you the best boss he's ever had. After the fighting's over, you and Morgan, along with other members of the 95th like Zoey the [[ThePollyanna optimistic]] [[WrenchWench mechanic]], Floyd the [[NatureLover nature-loving]] scientist, and Sargent Ramsey the [[TriggerHappy trigger-happy]] [[MoreDakka heavy machinegunner]], are sent to [[GrimUpNorth The Frontier]] to boost troop numbers at a desolate outpost under constant siege by vicious animals and the local Raider tribes.

* IAmAHumanitarian: Implied with [[spoiler: Ramsey's BBQ]]:
-->[[spoiler: When Ramsey was just a wee little warrior, his grandpappy taught him everything he knew about killing a man and making a delicious rack of ribs. Though if you understood the overlap there, you wouldn't eat at Ramsey's BBQ.]]

* MoreDakka: You can unlock Heavy Gunners with [[BribingYourWayToVictory NanoPods]] that can damage two rows in front of them with a flurry of light-damage attacks. Also used with Sgt. Ramsey, who uses an even stronger variant of the minigun named [[ICallHerVera Ol']] [[Film/{{Predator}} Painful]].

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The rebels, in this game, are evil. However, considering your group is made entirely of [[SociopathicHero Sociopathic Heroes]]... this doesn't seem like much of an issue. [[spoiler: Until it's revealed that the rebels are committing war crimes WORSE then the Empire did, including murdering [=POW=]s and destroying entire cities...]]

** In one of the later missions, a unit that the Silver Wolves field is called [[FiddlerOnTheRoof Lazar Wolf]].
** There is a set of missions involving Perkins, Percival, and an Ancient vault that are named after the opening line of {{Nightwish}}'s ''Wishmaster''.

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: After 40 levels, they FINALLY bring up that the place was originally SUPPOSED to be a Uranium mine. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, with the fall of the Empire, you currently have no access to any facility that can even process the stuff into something useful.]]

* MoreDakka: You can unlock Heavy Gunners with [[BribingYourWayToVictory NanoPods]] that can damage two rows in front of them with a flurry of light-damage attacks. Also used with Sgt. Ramsey, who uses an even stronger variant of the minigun named [[ICallHerVera Ol']] [[{{Predator}} Painful]].