Joint Task Force
Joint Task Force
Joint Task Force, développé par Most Wanted Entertainment et édité par HD Publishing, est un jeu de stratégie en temps réel sorti le 27 mars 2007 sur PC (Microsoft Windows). Le joueur y commande les forces en première ligne dans des conflits dangereux à travers vingt missions situées dans des zones de guerre comme le Moyen-Orient, l'Asie centrale et les Balkans. Le titre s'appuie sur le moteur Gepard et utilise la protection DRM SafeDisc 4, et il est proposé au prix de 6,59 euros.
Le jeu propose un scénario élaboré divisé en cinq campagnes et un didacticiel, permettant de manipuler les médias et les civils ainsi que d'investir dans des héros menés de mission en mission. Une chaîne d'actualités offre des informations de fond et une couverture en direct de la bataille, tandis que la reconnaissance satellite est disponible. Plusieurs types de terrains sont présents, incluant désert, vallée hivernale, montagnes rocheuses, jungle et grottes, avec une physique réaliste pour les unités et les bâtiments, une météo dynamique influençant le déroulement et des objets de terrain destructibles. Les modes multijoueurs incluent domination, deathmatch et coopération, la campagne étant jouable à plusieurs jusqu'à huit joueurs en réseau local et via Internet.
L'accueil critique est mitigé avec un score Metacritic de 68 et une note agrégée de 67,75. La presse a salué des mécaniques simples et accessibles, Gaming Age évoquant le fait que les actions militaires se déroulent enfin là où cela compte vraiment, et GameZone qualifiant le jeu de plaisant pour des sessions courtes ou longues sans manquer de profondeur. Certains joueurs regrettent toutefois des configurations PC exigeantes, comme le relève un avis Metacritic, tandis que d'autres, sur Steam, recommandent le titre découvert par hasard et y rejouent des années plus tard avec le même plaisir, jugeant ce jeu injustement inconnu.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Military actions will no longer be made from the other side of the ocean, but where it really matters. Responsibility will be put into the hands of the men who represent our great country. »
« It boasts simplistic, pick-up-and-play mechanics that make this one an absolute blast for short or even long gaming spurts. It doesn’t skimp on depth despite its simplicity, either. »
« The game’s campaign mode is very engaging and fun, with a reliance of strategy the key factor in winning. While the other modes aren’t quite as enjoyable, they do enough to offer a different perspective to the game, especially the co-op mode. »
« It’s rare that a strategy game should possess so many levels of complexity and that they should all be so rewarding...Variety is JTF’s strength and it flows to every corner of the game. [Nov 2006, p.122] »
« A decent enough, varied and often fun game that could and should have been more, but as it stands, while it strived for more ambitious goals, in the end it's just your typical RTS with killer looks and some nice, underdeveloped ideas. »
« With graphics almost fit for an FPS and lots of "shiny", plus real military hardware recreated in great detail, it's also a title to get the gaming enthusiasts rig warmed up as it draws them steadily into addiction. »
« The ability to drive everything and anything combined with the detailed levels and highly flexible units makes it a very realistic experience for an RTS and it's not far off being the modern-warfare version of "Company of Heroes." »
« Has moments of greatness but is ultimately a disappointment. Most of the problems can be attributed to incompleteness: there are some serious scripting issues, the game crashes regularly and the vehicle AI is laughable. When everything works, the game is quite enjoyable. [Dec 2006] »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Ever since its release, I haven't seen any modern-combat strategy game that got close to Joint Task Force (I didn't like the modern mod for Company of Heroes). The game looks surprisingly detailed after all these years and run always fine. The campaign is mostly bug-free, although the music goes away if I fail a mission and I have to restart the game. The other thing, which might be an exploit or a deliberate design choice are the civilian cars: usually there are plenty of them to block off paths so the AI gets stuck behind them and I can effortlessly win the map. This is most apparent on the final map where the enemy vehicles are so numerous that I don't know how to win without this strategy. The music tracks are aming my all-time favorite game music tracks, I like the music of the main menu and the credits. »
« Wonderful game, wonderful game world. High PC requirements. You better play on desktop. I recommend it so much if you have good PC. Attention war is coming »
« I give this a 1 the single player is good for an old game how ever if you are wanting it for MULTIPLAYER there is none. The company no longer exists if you try to get help from them the web site shuts down I thought it was a problem with my internet. When i determined that was not the case i contacted valve about the problem they said I had to contact the orignal company. That is how i found out there is no company its just false advertising if you want it for single player good for you multiplayer look some where else. »
