![]() will not stand idly by while Red Army forces invade Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, the Soviets decide to neutralize NATO by invading West Germany. ![]() Faced with a failing economy and crippling fuel shortages, the Communist Party leadership in the Kremlin decides to seize the oil fields of the Persian Gulf region. Personally designed by MicroProse’s legendary co-founder Sid Meier, Red Storm Rising kept the basic concept of the novel: Some time in the late 1980s, the USSR’s oil supplies are drastically cut when Islamic terrorists destroy an oil refinery in Siberia. Putnam’s Sons and Jack Ryan Enterprises, Ltd. Inspired by the 1988 classic “Red Storm Rising”, command a nuclear submarine in a desperate attempt to prevent “mutually assured destruction” when the Cold War gets hot and WWIII begins. This isn’t just my personal opinion Killerfish Games’ own product description for Cold Waters says it outright: One of the main reasons that I bought Cold Waters from Steam is that the game’s developers were clearly influenced by one of my favorite PC-based games from the late 1980s, Red Storm Rising. Actual gameplay screenshot from a Training mission in Cold Waters. Published three years ago by the Australian game studio Killerfish Games ( Atlantic Fleet), Cold Waters boasts state-of-the-art graphics, immersive sound effects, and intense submarine combat action that pits you against either Soviet or Chinese Communist enemies in an alternate history where the Cold War turns hot and the Navy calls on its nuclear boats to keep the Allied sea lines of communication open and destroy the enemy’s naval forces. Navy nuclear-powered fast attack sub during a hypothetical Third World War. It’s called Cold Waters, a game that puts you in command of a U.S. ![]() If you’re a regular visitor to A Certain Point of View, Too, you might have read my posts about a new computer game that I’ve been playing over the past few days. ![]()
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