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9th Company: Roots of Terror

Rating: 3.5 (2 votes cast)
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System requirements

  • OS: Windows XP SP2/Vista
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2400 MHz and higher
  • Memory: 1024 Mb (2048 Mb for Windows Vista)
  • Graphics: 3D accelerator with 128Mb video memory (NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon 9800 Rro and higher)
  • DirectX®: DirectX 9.0 or higher
  • Sound: DirectX-compatible sound card
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    FEATURES

    The game is based on actual events that took place during the Soviet military campaign in Afghanistan. 9th Company follows the story of a ragged band of young recruits undergoing brutal training in Uzbekistan’s Fergana Valley and culminates with a bloody stand against the Mujahideen warriors on a nameless mountain top in Afghanistan. It’s the Battle of Thermopylae all over again: one Russian fighter against 10 Afghanis!

    9th Company recreates in detail the events that took place during the last large-scale Soviet military operation. Few know the history: the 9th Company of the 345th Guards Airborne Regiment came under heavy fire on “Hill 3234” on January 7th, 1988. They managed to stop several attacks by an estimated 400 Mujahideen and Pakistani mercenaries and held their position for two gory days. The company lost 6 men, and the remaining 28 of the total 39 were wounded. Two 9th Company soldiers were posthumously awarded the Golden Star medal and the title of Soviet Hero.

    Features:

    • Warfare on two tactical levels: use the area operations map to choose your mission or explore 12 unique and highly detailed tactical maps of Afghanistan.
    • Stunning 3D graphics and a spectacular physics engine guarantee a one-of-a-kind experience in destroying any mechanized unit or building. 
    • Merit reward and in-combat morale system for every character and advanced hit location system for mechanized units make tactical battles even more realistic. 
    • A complex system of tactical behavior and firepower control for mechanized infantry, assault, reconnaissance and special operations units. More than 80 different unit types. 
    • Nonlinear mission structure.

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    CUSTOMER REVIEWS

    18th Dec 2009

    By jaysin_klemer

    Graphics seem ok and works with the game, though there isn't too much color in the setting. But it is pulled off. The destruction animation is so so. About in par with Company of Heroes. Its nice to see the visual effects when you call in a airstrike or artillery. Sounds wise its up to par, firearms sounds could do with a bit of a touch up. They seem medicore compared to the bombs, arty shells and grenades. Music to the game is kinda you like it or you hate it. Personally menu music and combat music is good. Between combat and such the music gets out right annoying. Gameplay feel very smooth, though it takes getting used to panning the view around some. Took me a couple of times to figure out how to make it work fluid for me. Thus losing alot of my men by the time I even got to view my reserve troops to bring them forward and then panning back to the battle scene to call them on line. As well the micro management of weaponry is doesn't work for me. Took me a minute to figure out why my guys weren't shooting the enemy once -because they ran out of AK ammo- thus needing me to manually swith them to either thier pistol or grenades. I for one distain that type of management. Along those lines path finding could use a over haul. Both your men and the AI controlled enemy will move in front of thier own squad mates fire. As well as once a battle starts taking place your men in the other areas will stop moving into position. So you need to re-select them and tell them to move into position again. The cover system is so-so. And sometimes it seems to work as other times it don't. Its kinda wierd when you see bullets go through rock and kill your own men. Basically its an pretty good game given its budget type nature. Needs some improvement. When I think of a game that I purchased and I write about it. I always ask myself "Would I buy this again?" In this case I probably would.
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