What are the different game modes? What will these involve?
Sean Penney: Single Player offers four game modes:
Melee is a Free-for-All verses a wide variety of AI opponents drawn from WC lore - they fight each other and you. It takes place in the very cool Space Station map and is timed. Scores are posted to Xbox Live leader boards so even though it's single player you are still competing online.
Meteor Storm is a fun little mode where you defend up to three satellites from wave after wave of flaming meteors and marauding pirates. If all your satellites are destroyed its game over. High scores are also posted on the Xbox Live leader boards.
Gauntlet places your ship on a Midway class carrier that has seen some interesting action over the years. Your job is to defend the carrier from waves of opponents as they breach the carrier's shields. Each consecutive wave will be tougher in terms of number of opponents, toughness of opponents, skills of opponents and so on. Later levels in this mode result in some pretty spectacular firefights. This mode also has Xbox Live leader boards.
Proving Grounds is a wide open space environment with lots of open space and pickups and obstacles to fly around and plenty targets to shoot at (some of whom will shoot back!). As the name suggests, it's a training mode. consider it a playground in which you can test out your ships and weapons and maneuvers. Proving Ground has no time limit, frag counter or leader board.
Multiplayer offers 16 player Free-for-All play, 8 vs.. 8 Team play and 1-on-1 Duels. Team play is Kilrathi versus Human.
Capital Ship is a clash of titans. Your goal is to destroy the opposition's Battlecruiser while ensuring the safety of your own. Battlecruisers have three levels. Your targets are the specially lit turrets, radar, batteries, missiles and the bridge. If your team destroys all the targets on a level the Battlecruiser will sink down to reveal more targets. Destroy the bridge and the ship breaks up and your team has won the game.
Satellites is classic Capture the Flag in a convoluted space map. Dock with satellites to claim them for your team, but if you leave them undefended the other side can claim them back. A good mix of ships, tactics and team play is needed to be successful here.
Boneyard is a beautiful environment with a derelict ships, amazing crystal formations, dangerous terrain and a unique planetoid in which one might find hidden treasures. Players can play both Free-for-All and Team games in Boneyard.
Space Station is the interior of a massive space station with room enough for all. You can lure your foes into dead ends, spring ambushes from around corners or race for open space. You can blow up fuel tanks to inflict collateral damage. Players can engage in both Free-for-All and Team play in Space Station.
Bearpit is a special Dueling environment where up to 16 players can enter a special map that has an arena within it. All players are in a queue ? it?s basically a hold your ground dueling pit where winning streaks are what counts for the leader board. If you win, you stay, the loser goes back into the queue, and the next fighter in the queue enters the arena. The beauty of it is ? the queue is really the space outside of the arena where you can fly around, play mini-games and dogfight for fun. You can also dock to the outside of the arena and maybe take a few potshots at the two people fighting within!
Duel is a head to head, best 3 out of 5 competition between two users. It takes place in a fantastical smoking crater with pickups and hiding places and some other surprises.
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