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Hey, that’s the plot to the game “Battlezone”!

• keepamovin 2y ago
  Really? WOW! After some research: Yes, you're thinking of Battlezone (1998), a sci-fi game developed by Activision that includes a plot about a breakaway civilization. In this first-person shooter/real-time strategy hybrid, a covert space race unfolds between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Cold War. The plot reveals that both superpowers discovered a mysterious bio-metal on the Moon and Mars, which led them to develop advanced technologies far beyond what is available on Earth. This triggers a secret battle for dominance in space, particularly on Mars and other celestial bodies. The story builds up to the idea of hidden, advanced tech and a breakaway society-like structure, with the various factions vying for control of extraterrestrial resources and power. Mars serves as one of the major battlegrounds, and the breakaway civilization theme is interwoven into the covert war that's kept hidden from the general population of Earth. Similar but not exact. So doesn't rise to the level of "must have lifted from the game". However, it's also similar to the plot of DOOM (grunt has to repel demon invasion from secret research outpost on mars), and Bioforge. And a whole bunch of other great 90s sci-fi stuff. Those were the days! Hahaha :)