Starship Troopers: Terran Command

[Anguille]

I would love to be able to control the ships as well...they were cool. I like the movie but some actors were really not that great.

[HoodedHorseJoe]

To come back on topic somewhat, while I'd be very interested in a strategy Starship Troopers game, I'm not sure I'm sold on the idea of "Order of Battle but Starship Troopers" as a concept.

That's not to say that's what Artistocrats is going to be making, but they're a smaller studio who've only really made OOB in recent years. It's a valid question as to whether they're able to make any other kind of game.

Personally I'd love an XCOM game but Starship Troopers. At most, perhaps something like Age of Wonders: Planetfall, but with a space/strategic layer.

[Sir Slash]

And topless women... I mean, Troopers with adjustable... battle gear.  ::)

[JasonPratt]

Paul Verhoeven was genius before his time in the way he could shape fascist worlds.

The CGI hasn't aged well but still a fun movie that was robbed by lack of power suits.

I liked Roughnecks- the animation series. It was pretty good as far as how it dealt with the Bugs and the Skinnies.

Same; I generally like it better than the film. It still incorporates some of the satire from the film, but takes the tactical and strategic situations more seriously. It's kind of hard not to appreciate a series that starts with an episode picking up the plot of THE WAGES OF DEATH and porting it into sci-fi power-suit giant bug action!

[Gusington]

I have only seen Starship Troopers once back when it was released and barely remember it, but this thread is topless historical cinema comedy gold.

[mbar]

I'm still waiting for those gender neutral showers and the blasé attitude.  O0

[CJReich46]

Paul Verhoeven was genius before his time in the way he could shape fascist worlds.

The CGI hasn't aged well but still a fun movie that was robbed by lack of power suits.

I liked Roughnecks- the animation series. It was pretty good as far as how it dealt with the Bugs and the Skinnies.

Same; I generally like it better than the film. It still incorporates some of the satire from the film, but takes the tactical and strategic situations more seriously. It's kind of hard not to appreciate a series that starts with an episode picking up the plot of THE WAGES OF DEATH and porting it into sci-fi power-suit giant bug action!

I remember watching it as far as when Rico was promoted to LT, and the Queen Bugs invaded Earth. The series never finished the story though sad to say.  I wouldn't mind seeing something like the Avalon Hill game (Sadly never played. But heard amazing things about it.) I think Julian Gollop was influenced by it and SPI's  "City Fight" when he made Laser Squad and later X-Com/UFO.

[Pete Dero]

https://www.twitch.tv/slitherinegroup

Game (RTS) announcement is live.

[al_infierno]

Looks like the game is called Starship Troopers: Terran Command.  The little teaser they showed looked cool.

https://www.slitherine.com/game/starship-troopers-terran-command

[al_infierno]

Power armor, baby!!!

[IronX]

"Technical Difficulties..."

Haha!

[Jarhead0331]

Could be fantastic. Could utterly suck. Hopefully, there is a fairly detailed strategic and unit management layer. Units should gain experience and veterancy and level up over time.

[SirAndrewD]

LOL....actually, yes.  I thought it was a ridiculous, poorly acted train-wreck ranking right down there with the first Dune movie with Sting.  But who knows, maybe it will make for a compelling game.

That was sort of the entire point of the film.  Paul Veerhoven was being as brutally insulting to the source material as he possibly could, and turning it into a self aware satire. 

Veerhoven initially threw the script in the trash when he got it, but his wife convinced him to take the film up and utterly eviscerate Heinlein on screen, betting the studio would be too dumb to even get what he was doing.  She was right.

[Huw the Poo]

Units should gain experience and veterancy and level up over time.

Leaders will do this, according to the dev website.

[Jarhead0331]

Units should gain experience and veterancy and level up over time.

Leaders will do this, according to the dev website.

It would be disappointing if this mechanic is limited to leaders. Since mobile infantry units will be heavily outnumbered, they are extremely valuable to begin with. Granting them bonuses and perks due to experience will drastically add to their value and the loss of a particularly experienced unit could be devastating...I remember the good old days with Ground Control. You really got attached to those unique squads.