Line #30 VideoGame/NuclearWinter


1	'''''Nuclear Winter''''' is a 2002 ''VideoGame/HalfLifeOpposingForce'' mod by Loki's Missions.
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3	In [[NextSundayAD 2017 AD]], the [[DirtyCommunists Eastern Alliance]] launched an attack of cloaked nuclear missiles upon North America. After doing so, their forces arrive on American shores to occupy all that remains.
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5	Sure enough, the US military refused to give up without a fight, resulting in a battle that raged on for months. This is where you come in, Corporal Adrian Shephard of the United States Marine Corps.
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7	Although the mod requires ''Opposing Force'' at first, its second (and current) version only requires a Steam version of ''Half-Life''.
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9	[[http://www.moddb.com/mods/nuclear-winter-opfor Available online]].
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11	[[SimilarlyNamedWorks No relation to the]] [[TabletopGame/NuclearWinter tabletop game]].
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14	!!''Nuclear Winter'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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16	* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Shephard comes across one. And it's filled with mutants.
17	* AllThereInTheManual: The mod's readme provides an in-depth backstory.
18	* AlternateHistory: As of 2010.
19	* AmericaSavesTheDay: [[spoiler:The GoldenEnding ultimately becomes this]].
20	* ArtisticLicenseMilitary / WeaponsUnderstudies:
21	** The Eastern Alliance using Apache helicopters. And if you count the HD pack, M4 carbines. Can be {{handwaved}} in that the Eastern troops stole American weapons and vehicles during the invasion.
22	** Like ''Opposing Force'', Shephard, a Corporal, is ''still'' referred to as "sir" by his fellow marines.
23	* BadassArmy: Both the Americans and the Easterns.
24	* BigBad: [[spoiler:Vladimir Kosomov[=/=]The G-Man]].
25	* BlackHelicopter: The black Eastern Apaches.
26	* CrapsackWorld: The United States, being a war-torn nuclear wasteland.
27	* CrateExpectations
28	* DarkIsEvil: The Eastern Alliance wear black uniforms and use black vehicles. They're actually Black Ops by any other name.
29	* DeathFromAbove: There are lots ''and lots'' of airstrikes in the city levels.
30	* DirtyCommunists: The Eastern Alliance, [[AllThereInTheManual consisting of]] [[RedChina China]], UsefulNotes/NorthKorea, UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}}, the Middle East, and [[UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia Russia]].
31	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:If Shephard dies, his efforts were AllForNothing; the Eastern Alliance manages to occupy all of the US, and it's implied [[OneWorldOrder they'll move onto the]] [[TakeOverTheWorld rest of the world]].]]
32	* {{Dystopia}}
33	* {{Eagleland}}: Type 1 flavor.
34	* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
35	* FacelessGoons: Again, the Eastern troops.
36	* GoldenEnding: [[spoiler:If Shephard escapes, the US eventually repelled the Eastern forces out of North America, recovering from the economic and ecological disaster decades later.]]
37	* HeroicMime: Shephard
38	* HoistByHisOwnPetard[=/=]KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Towards the end of the mod Shephard destroys Kosomov's facility using one of its own nuclear charges]].
39	* HopelessWar: The invasion is becoming this for the Americans.
40	* InvadedStatesOfAmerica: Overlaps with FallenStatesOfAmerica.
41	* LeaveNoSurvivors:
42	-->'''Marine commander:''' Attention, all units, this is Mother Goose. We must fall back and regroup at the city center. I repeat, fall back and regroup at the city center. Take no prisoners! Over and out.
43	* MoreDakka
44	* MultipleEndings: [[spoiler:Depends on whether Shephard escapes Kosomov's facility after activating the nuke.]]
45	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot
46	* NuclearMutant: Shephard encounters nuclear mutants (actually reused Xen[=/=]Race X critters) in some levels. [[spoiler:Turns out they are created by the Easterns under Kosomov's supervision]].
47	* NukeEm: How the Eastern Alliance occupied most of the States.
48	* OneWorldOrder[=/=]TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler:The Eastern Alliance's goal.]]
49	* PoliceAreUseless: Subverted. The three police officers Shephard encounters in the city are quiet capable of defending themselves from Eastern troops. Doesn't mean they'll always win, though.
50	* RedScare
51	* SceneryGorn
52	* SemperFi
53	* SicklyGreenGlow: From nuclear spills to nuclear energy beams, the list goes on.
54	* SociopathicSoldier: Pretty much any and all Eastern soldiers Shephard encounters throughout the mod.
55	* ShoutOut: Some of the scientists Shephard meets in the mod are apparently ''[[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]]'' fans.
56	* TheStoner: During [[spoiler:the assault on Kosomov's facility]], Shephard's squadmates talk about smoking weed.
57	* TankGoodness: Unless you're American.
58	-->'''Marine:''' I wouldn't go out there if I were you, Shephard. That gook tank's gonna blow your freakin' balls off, man! Charlie's mean, he's really mean he can kick a chicken some serious ass!
59	* TooDumbToLive: The aforementioned Marine above tries to shoot a tank ''with his assault rifle'' after Shephard meets with him. He ends up getting blown to LudicrousGibs afterwards.
60	* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
61	* TheVoiceless: The Eastern soldiers.
62	* WorldWarIII
63	* ZombieGait
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