Take on ISIS in IS Defense now on Linux & SteamOS

It reminds me of "Moorhuhn" with a terrorists background. I'm not that amused by the game actually. You said one shouldn't take it to serious ... still this kind of demonstrating a war (like shooting Moorhühner) is not a thing I like.

It's actually a pretty fun game. If anyone here is old enough to remember the Beach Head games, it's basically a modern version of that. You're in a motorized turret that can spin 360 degrees and you mow down enemies. Simple as. You have a machine gun and a rocket launcher and can call in infantry, air drops artillery strikes and such. There are only 3 maps, but it's a score attack type game where you play the levels again and again trying to last as long as possible and kill as many enemies as possible, all while earning persistent XP used to skill up perks. It's a simple arcade style game that's executed quite well, looks good, and runs well (at least on my machine). As for killing ISIS, I don't see how it's any different than killing Russians in Tomb Raider or Koreans in Homefront.

My biggest gripe with the game is that it only has 3 maps. If it were a $30 or even a $20 game I would complain about lack of content. At $8 it's not a generous amount of content, but I feel it's reasonable. Anyway, I'm having fun with it. It's good mindless killing fun.

Here's a short clip of me playing the game:
View video on youtube.com


Last edited by Keyrock on 20 Apr 2016 at 9:54 pm UTC

Absolute majority of video games are about killing hundreds or even thousands of enemies, so nothing really different here.

As for choosing an actual terrorist organisation as enemies... well, if there is somenone I don't mind pointing a gun at, then ISIS is definitely on the list.

It seems to be a cool game for blowing off some steam, if nothing else.

NATO? Shooting at ISIS? Kind of unrealistic. Shouldn't it be either the Syrian Army, Russians, or maybe Hezbollah, manning that machine gun?
Maybe there should be a NATO espionage game about carefully siphoning weapons, money and trainers to ISIS.

NATO? Shooting at ISIS? Kind of unrealistic. Shouldn't it be either the Syrian Army, Russians, or maybe Hezbollah, manning that machine gun?

You have forgotten IRGC, Asa’ib Ahl al-Haqq, Sootoro and YPG/YPJ, so there could be a lot of DLC.

Maybe there should be a NATO espionage game about carefully siphoning weapons, money and trainers to ISIS.

For inexplicable reasons I would prefer to name that game "Turkey on the run"!

NATO? Shooting at ISIS? Kind of unrealistic. Shouldn't it be either the Syrian Army, Russians, or maybe Hezbollah, manning that machine gun?
Maybe there should be a NATO espionage game about carefully siphoning weapons, money and trainers to ISIS.

that was hardcore one. and True true USA soldiers are no match to Russian Elite and Iranian guardians squads.
and i would prefer being Chinese soldier that shooting invader USA army in Syria. So lets try to find a way to modify game or lets make some community modes.
;)

NATO? Shooting at ISIS? Kind of unrealistic. Shouldn't it be either the Syrian Army, Russians, or maybe Hezbollah, manning that machine gun?
Maybe there should be a NATO espionage game about carefully siphoning weapons, money and trainers to ISIS.

If IS manages indeed to reach the borders of Europe it means they have already overran the Syrian Army and Hezbollah. So, yes, it would be NATO shooting IS.

And it's called IS, not ISIS, hence the game's title.

Still only second place to Muhammad Sex Simulator 2015.

Sadly it's broken on an AZERTY layout, remapping is possible in the game but it doesn't work right now. I hope they fix it soon, because having to switch the keyboard layout every time I want to play the game is annoying.

Good news the game is going to have mod support, so there will probably be more maps done by the community.

Wow, these developers sure have some balls.

Wow, these developers sure have some balls.

Shame they haven't got the brains to go with them though.

Operation Wolf :)

I'd rather a Linux version of Hatred.

I'd rather a Linux version of Hatred.

It already works on Linux, but they're still working on it. I'm just waiting for the official release before I buy.

Wow, these developers sure have some balls.

Yeah I wonder if it started with you playing as ISIS, before they decided to tone it down :P.

I doubt it, but I'm sure there will be a mod for that...

I don't understand why some people think this game is in any way controversial. Sure it is daring (it wouldn't be the first time terrorists attack content creators), but ISIL is the most hated terrorist group right now. I think it's just that people go "Oh, same creators as Hatred, it must be wrong is some kind of way!"

It's a tame game, but it's fun. It just needs more maps; I've finished the game in 5h (and that includes replaying some of the older maps to try and beat my score). I could get some more fun out of it trying to get the remaining achievements.

IIRC they're going to release the modding tools in a week


Last edited by Ilya on 21 Apr 2016 at 12:05 pm UTC

Destructive Creations seem to have realized that taking advantage of bigots is a good moneymaker. As with Hatred, they're perfecting the art of lightening the wallets of people who mainly buy it because they think they're upsetting someone. Pretty cynical, as marketing strategies go, but you can't deny the effectiveness.

Find something controversial, dash off a quick game and market it to the angry folks. Add a bit of spin, in this case anti-refugee sentiment, to the marketing and watch the rubes line up to throw money at you.


Last edited by Nezchan on 21 Apr 2016 at 1:34 pm UTC

I don't understand why some people think this game is in any way controversial. Sure it is daring (it wouldn't be the first time terrorists attack content creators), but ISIL is the most hated terrorist group right now. I think it's just that people go "Oh, same creators as Hatred, it must be wrong is some kind of way!"

The creator has explicitly said it's got to do with Muslim immigration into Europe and nationalism. Hard to say how much of that is marketing (probably a fair amount) and how much he actually believes in it, but that's how they're selling it in any case. You can certainly see a lot of that sentiment in the Steam reviews.


Last edited by Nezchan on 21 Apr 2016 at 1:26 pm UTC

Destructive Creations seem to have realized that taking advantage of bigots is a good moneymaker. As with Hatred, they're perfecting the art of lightening the wallets of people who mainly buy it because they think they're upsetting someone. Pretty cynical, as marketing strategies go, but you can't deny the effectiveness.

Find something controversial, dash off a quick game and market it to the angry folks. Add a bit of spin, in this case anti-refugee sentiment, to the marketing and watch the rubes line up to throw money at you.

Except, unlike Hatred, this game is actually pretty fun and, IHMO, worth the money.


Last edited by Keyrock on 21 Apr 2016 at 1:55 pm UTC

Wow now that is an enemy I would love to blast to smithereens

Hey guys... dont take it so seriously... it's only a game. Only have fun shooting (put the name you want) terrorists... that's all... :D

And when the modding tools are out.. you can change the objectives to whatever group of hated terrorist of your taste you wish... that's all... :D

I'll buy it very soon

I don't understand why some people think this game is in any way controversial. Sure it is daring (it wouldn't be the first time terrorists attack content creators), but ISIL is the most hated terrorist group right now.

I don't think it's particularly controversial, I mean some of my favourite games involve going on crusades and enacting genocide on indigenous populations. It's more just a deathwish kind of thing.

I can just see this making Fox News or some third-rate UK tabloid and them blowing it out of proportion with it making global news, then some violent religious extremists seeing it and wanting to do to the devs what they did to French magazine creators and Danish cartoonists.

Obviously not a guarantee, but there's a chance, and if you're going to put your life at risk like that then at least make sure it's for a good reason like journalism or making people think, not making a game where you shoot bad guys.