Set in an alternate history shortly after the end of World War I, a strange radio communication known as "the Broadcast" is sent across the world and caused many people who listened to it to die. Two war veterans, Frank Woodruff and Vladimir Farnsworth, survive the attack and gain super-intelligence and a knowledge of advanced technology. Frank, having previously lost his legs in the war, uses his knowledge to design and build mechanical walking platforms called "mobile trenches," giving other disabled soldiers the ability to move again. Vladimir on the other hand creates the Monovision, allowing people to experience the world from the comfort and isolation of their homes. Vladimir is driven insane by his own invention; bent on global conquest, he constructs Monovision-based robotic creatures, derogatorily called "Tubes", and lays Monovision cables across the world.

Iron Brigade is considered to be a hybrid game, mixing the gameplay of tower defense games with third-person shooters and incorporating role-playing video game elements. Players control a "trench", a giant war machine that can move about the battlefield as needed. The player's goal is to protect their base, the ship U.S.S. McKinley from increasingly difficult waves of Monovisions. Though a player's trench may be disabled by enemy attacks, the player can spend time to repair the machine and continue on; the game is only lost when the base is overrun by the Monovisions. During the attacks, the player has the ability to ground its trench at a fixed spot, or move about the field to fire on foes.

Source.

Alternative Titles

Trenched

Platform

Xbox 360

Developer(s)

Double Fine Productions

Publishers(s)

Microsoft Studios

Genres(s)

Shooter, Tower Defense

NA Release Date

June 22, 2011

EU Release Date

November 30, 2011

AUS Release Date

June 22, 2011

ESRB Rating

Teen

PEGI Rating

PEGI 12

ACB Rating

M

MVGL User Score

6.1 by 22 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

3.0000

Composer(s)

Peter McConnell

Website

Official Website

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30 User(s)

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