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Joint Task Force

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Release date
March 22nd, 2007
Developer
Most Wanted Entertainment
Publisher
Vivendi
Media Format
PC CD-ROM
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Description

Since the end of the Cold War, the world has dramatically changed. The threats our military is asked to confront are vastly different from the past. We must not only prepare for the perils of today, but also develop capabilities that will ensure a robust capacity to deter and defeat future threats. Indeed, the dangers that confront us today were, in many cases, secondary yesterday.

"It is indeed tragic that diplomacy has failed, but there are times when the use of force may be legitimate in the pursuit of peace."

Kofi Annan, U.N. secretary-general, March 24, 1999.

Joint Task Force™ is the real-time strategy (RTS) game where you command the frontline forces in tomorrow’s most hazardous conflicts.

Lead twenty dramatic missions in explosive war-zones including the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Balkans.

Experience the evolution of warfare firsthand as you bring superior tactics and military technology to bear against dangerous and unconventional forces. No game has been so gritty or immediate.

Use the principle of combined arms to your maximum advantage. All battlefield units - including infantry, tanks, artillery, reconnaissance and helicopters - are strongest when used together. Your men’s lives depend on your level-headed strategy.

Features:
  • Elaborate story line, 5 campaigns and 1 tutorial
  • Manipulate media and civilians
  • Invest in your heroes; take them to the next mission
  • News channel which provides background information and live coverage of battle
  • Satellite recon at your disposal
  • Several terrain types: Desert, Winter Valley, Rocky Mountain, Jungle and Cave
  • Realistic physics for units and buildings
  • Dynamic weather with effect on game flow
  • Destructable terrain objects
  • Multiplayer modes include: Domination, Deathmatch and Cooperative mode
  • Campaign playable in multiplayer
  • Multiplayer modes will be able to handle 8 players over LAN and internet. With a brand new multiplayer mode.
 

System Requirements:

- Processor
> AMD Athlon XP 1500+
> Intel Pentium IV 1,5GHz

- GPU
> Nvidia GeForce 4 64Mb (4MX excluded)
> ATI Radeon 8500 64Mb
+ minimum resolution 800x600, optimal resolution 1280x1024

- Memory
> 512Mb

- Sound
> Any 100% Direct Sound Compatible soundcard

- Network
> 10Mb LAN
> broadband internet

- OS
> Windows 2000
> Windows XP
> Windows XP 64

- Software
> DirectX 9.0c

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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful:
Review by Mike on 16th April, 2008
"A darn good game"
I think this game came at a really unfortunate time. Overshadowed by Company of Heroes, JTF is actually a pretty darn good game. At first you might not get used to not having to build a base. Units are airdropped in in exchange for resources you earn by completing objectives. However where the game really shines is the micromanagement. Sure 'micro' is not for everyone, but I personally loved driving individual units (which you can do by alt-clicking a unit) and nothing beats annihilating other units, buildings and other structures with the beefy units like the M1A1 tank or the apache gunship.

Sure you don't get massive battles with thousands of units, but skimishes are the way of the future battlefield.

Highly recommended!
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Review by Lawrence on 1st December, 2007
"MEH"
Take one pile of resources turn it into units and send it against another pile of resources
turned units and watch the spreadsheet / ms excel fight it out , and its about as exciting
as that. If you have advanced stratagy including pincer and flanking manovers forgetit
the ai plays like a hyper active 2 year old just mashing all the build buttons at once
to swamp you. I remember when rts stood for real time , and get this crazy notion
stratagy. The sound and graphics are nice however. The ablity to sit back and plan a really
good victory is all thats missing, i dont feel like i have won much of anything when it seems
to revolve around how fast you can click the "build button"
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful:
Review by Wesley on 24th August, 2007
"Pretty Good"
JTF - Joint Task Force
Very well constructed game, easy to learn in 30 minutes and brilliant graphics and details. Maps are also well designed and thought out but 2 points did stand out for me which really made it more a chore to replay a mission if you failed than just carrry on. The first is the infantry movements and health dont do well against the tanks - not that they are ment to but just a slight tweeking would probably give better playability. It caused me 4hours extra than id have liked and lots of saving games midway.
The second factor was the terrian and the use of Cover & Concealment: Their just seems to be a lack of initiative on the designers when it comes to cover and objects that can be physically used for cover, id like to have seen tank wrecks and vehicle wrecks used better as well as debris from the destructable environement being used in that way aswell.
Otherwise its very enjoyable and a good break from the far too many WWII stategy games on the market.
Nothing like Infantry LAW or RPG hitting a tank broadside!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful:
Review by Nicholas on 27th December, 2006
"Excellent."
This is a game that I believe has the potential to redefine modern-warfare RTT games.

I say RTT because it's a realtime tactical; there is no base building involved. Instead you rely on your ability to control what you have.

Yes, there are resources, the only kind being money, which you get via media sponsorship, completing objectives or holding strategic points. This can be used to call in reinforcements.

Where I beleive that this game really shines is in its realism and in its RPG elements: a tank will die if sent into an nest of infantry with RPG launchers. The RPG elements I speak of are this: if a unit fills up his veternacy meter, he becomes a hero for the next mission. Then, the more actoin they see, they will receive abilities that you choose, like instant kills for the sniper.

Anyway, 5/5 for this excellent game, be warned, I do get framing in game with my Athlon64 FX-55, geforce 8800GTX and 1GB of RAM. THIS IS A VERY DEMANDING GAME.
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Review by justin on 11th October, 2006
"disappointed!!!"
i have a hp media center pc ,when I installed the game and started it.
I couldnt see a thing! specs said for it 256 ram graphics card which i have.
i cant understand why i would not work!
anyway i gave up on it.
one thing i aways learnt in buying pc games is you can never refund them.
some stores likes of harvey norman wont accept returns.
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