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'''Echelon''' is a [[3D computer graphics|3-D]] [[science fiction]] [[flight simulator]] [[video game]] developed by Russian developers [[MADIA]] and published in Russia by [[Buka Entertainment]] and in all other territories by [[Bethesda Softworks]]. |
'''Echelon''' is a [[3D computer graphics|3-D]] [[science fiction]] [[flight simulator]] [[video game]] developed by Russian developers [[MADIA]] and published in Russia by [[Buka Entertainment]] and in all other territories by [[Bethesda Softworks]]. |
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==Gameplay== |
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| ⚫ | Echelon was nominated as "Sci-Fi Simulation Game of the Year" by [[GameSpot]], 2001.<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/pc/bestof_2001_rc/p9_01.html GameSpot Readers' Choice: The Best and Worst of 2001] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407122253/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/pc/bestof_2001_rc/p9_01.html |date=April 7, 2010 }}</ref> |
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It involves flying futuristic [[fighter aircraft|fighter]]s in combat scenarios. The game can be played locally or on a [[local area network]] with up to 32 players. The Russian version of the game is called "Шторм" ("Storm"). ''[[Operation: Matriarchy]]'' (also developed by MADIA) takes place in the same continuity as ''Echelon''. |
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A sequel, ''Echelon: Wind Warriors'', was released in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/08/02/echelon-wind-warriors-in-development|title=Echelon: Wind Warriors In Development|date=August 2, 2001|accessdate=May 11, 2019}}</ref> |
A sequel, ''Echelon: Wind Warriors'', was released in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/08/02/echelon-wind-warriors-in-development|title=Echelon: Wind Warriors In Development|date=August 2, 2001|accessdate=May 11, 2019}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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Jim Preston reviewed the PC version of the game for ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'', rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "Credit to Buka for trying to combined two genres, but predictably it neither soars nor crashes."<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine|last=Preston|first=Jim|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|volume=4|issue=8|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=August 2001|page=90}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Echelon was nominated as "Sci-Fi Simulation Game of the Year" by [[GameSpot]], 2001.<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/pc/bestof_2001_rc/p9_01.html GameSpot Readers' Choice: The Best and Worst of 2001] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407122253/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/pc/bestof_2001_rc/p9_01.html |date=April 7, 2010 }}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 15:20, 10 April 2020
| Echelon | |
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| Developer(s) | MADia Entertainment |
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| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | March 2001 3 July 2014 |
| Genre(s) | Action, simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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Echelon is a 3-D science fiction flight simulator video game developed by Russian developers MADIA and published in Russia by Buka Entertainment and in all other territories by Bethesda Softworks.
Gameplay
It involves flying futuristic fighters in combat scenarios. The game can be played locally or on a local area network with up to 32 players. The Russian version of the game is called "Шторм" ("Storm"). Operation: Matriarchy (also developed by MADIA) takes place in the same continuity as Echelon.
A sequel, Echelon: Wind Warriors, was released in 2002.[1]
Reception
Jim Preston reviewed the PC version of the game for Next Generation, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "Credit to Buka for trying to combined two genres, but predictably it neither soars nor crashes."[2]
Echelon was nominated as "Sci-Fi Simulation Game of the Year" by GameSpot, 2001.[3]
References
- ^ "Echelon: Wind Warriors In Development". August 2, 2001. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
- ^ Preston, Jim (August 2001). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 4, no. 8. Imagine Media. p. 90.
- ^ GameSpot Readers' Choice: The Best and Worst of 2001 Archived April 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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