게임 시간은 꼴랑 5분이지만, 이 게임을 중학교 시절 데모로 살짝 플레이 한 다음 재밌어서 잊지 못해 대학 들어와 어째저째 토렌트로 구한 사운드도 개떡같은 이상한 버전으로 열심히 플레이하다 gog.com에 정식으로 나오자마자 환장해서 곧바로 지른 다음 플레이하고, 플레이하고, 플레이한 사람이니 평가에 대해 걱정은 말도록.

정말 다른 외국인들 리뷰가 딱 맞다. 이 게임, 지를 가치가 충분하다. 과거 스타크래프트와 재기드 얼라이언스 시절에 나온 이 게임은 마케팅의 실패와 너무 엄청난 경쟁작들 때문에 '쩔어주는' 게임임에도 그대로 묻혀 버린 비운의 수작이다.

스토리도 그럭저럭 흥미롭고 - 원시시대에서 다른 세계의 미국과 소련이 충돌한다 -, 그래픽도 그때 당시 시절로 생각해봐도 상당히 괜찮은 편에 속한다. 무엇보다 돋보이는건 이 작품의 게임성이다. 이 게임은 절대로 스타크래프트같은 평범한 RTS 가 아니다. RTS와 RPG의 만남이라는 절대로 흔치 않은 조합, 유닛 하나하나가 모두 유니크한, 병사 1이 아닌 고유의 캐릭터 - 물론 정말 비중없는 녀석도 좀 있지만 -, 그냥 건물만 올리면 거기서 유닛이 나오는 단순한 전략 시뮬레이션하곤 완전히 다른 새로운 시스템 등 지금 봐도 감탄사가 터져 나올 요소가 많은 녀석이다.

굳이 단점을 꼽자면 다음 2가지를 꼽을 수 있겠다. 먼저 이 게임은 한판이 30분 내로 끝나는 스피디한 게임이 아니라 시간을 들여 차분히 해 나가는 게임이다. 즉 전체적인 게임의 페이스가 느린 편이다. 이 때문에 빠른 게임 진행을 원하는 사람들에겐 좀 거부감이 생길 수 있겠다. 그리고 이 게임, 한글판이 없다. 즉 어느 정도 영어 실력이 베이스로 깔려 있어야 스토리도 이해하고, 미션마다 생기는 이벤트나 건물이나 차량에 대한 설명도 뭐가 뭔지 알 수 있다.

리그베다 위키에 미완성이긴 하지만 어느 정도 정리된 소개글이 나와 있으니 참고하도록.
http://rigvedawiki.net/r1/wiki.php/%EC%98%A4%EB%A6%AC%EC%A7%80%EB%82%A0%20%EC%9B%8C

아, 그리고 이 게임 웬만해선 토렌트질도 힘들다. 돌아다녀봣자 더빙이 무슨 러시아어로 된 괴상한 버전밖에 없더라. 그냥 여기서 돈 주고 사자(...)

I still have the boxset from this game in my closet since 2002ish. This game is pure awesome. Don't let its retro looks fool you.


Its something along the vibes of jagged alliance. you get character progression and permadeath. Most of the main characters have their own lines and personalities written for throughout the entire campaign; i always tried to keep em alive just for that ;D

other than that, the storyline, while slightly convoluted, simply serves as a backdrop for a great rts/rpg game where you manage not only your resources, but your human resources as well. 4 Character classes where your characters can switch between and gain experience in during missions carry out specific tasks, where soldiers fight, scientists do research and heal people up, engineers start buildings and collect resources, and mechanics drive and build vehicles.

Decisions you make within each mission affect subsequent missions. Somewhere down the line you will be forced to make one which will split your campagin progress into two trees. *spoiler :D*

I really loved the vehicle design in this game, where you slowly overtime research and unlock modules to provide more options for modular vehicle construction. Gun+Chassis+Power source+ wheels/tracks is awesome. I like the really distinctive look of the double gun cars. <3


all in all, this game is worth my 20 bucks then, and the 5 bucks now. buy it. you wont be disappointed.

Two words: BUY IT!

Its old, and forgotten by their developers, but ist great anyway. It has all what good RTS game should have:
- Unique story, never seen anything similar in other RTS games
- Unique resorces gathering system (not seen in any other games, and still fits 100% to the story)
- Unique crew management (loosing man in first mission, can make others harder up to the last one, cause crew advance with you, crew members are limited, no respawn, no training units, permadeath)
- Crew has skills (and they train them on mission, and as reward for good mission score)
- Three factions quite balanced even while having different units, and different technologies
- Modular vehicle construction (you choose vehicle type, engine type, weapon type, and steering type)

I played this game when it came out 13 years ago - still having box version, and playing from time to time. Today I saw it on steam and bought it without even small doubt.

P.S. To STEAM crew. Why its marked as "indie"? Its made by Altair Interactive ( now called Altar Games )-> the same that made UFO;Afterlight, UFO:Aftermatch etc. Its also beeing published by Bohemia Interactive (Arma game series, Operation Flashpoint, Take on Helicopters). Its not indie...

Original War is certainly a product if its time. It was very quietly developed in the waning days of RTS popularity and developers were first trying to do something a little different. It is the quinessential "Gem" for any fans of the genre. The art style is unique and clever, fantastic music and the concept was innovative. You don't train new men in the traditional sense; you have a finite amount of men, and you can build vehicles part by part (chassis, turret, fuel source) and train local fauna (aka cavemen) to join your cause. Each of your men (and women) have a name, and stats, and a specialty. You can change their roles as a match goes on (sniper, infantry, medic etc...) to suit your needs. In campaign mode, survivors of each battle with gain XP and "lvl up". Having an RTS with RPG elements back in 2001 was something special, but I'm not sure this game is for everyone TODAY. I think if you're a die-hard fan of the RTS genre, this is a great pick! Even if you're a fan of retro PC gaming in general, go for it. If you're looking for a Starcraft killer, move right along.

Don't get fooled by the playtime I have in steam.


This is easily one of the best and most innovative RTS games out there.
If you like RTS and Oldschool this is definately something for you.

Thanks to 2D instead of 3D graphics the game look quite okay compared to 3D games at that time.


The music is alright and always nice to listen to.

There is an editor with the ability to script (Pascal-like language) coming with the game and an alive community over at owsupport.com.

The campaign offers for 10-30 hours of time, depending on skill and difficulty setting and offers quite an interesting storyline with not too monotone objectives.

Apart from that, there is the multiplayer which may not have too many players in it, but it is still functioning and offers around 15 maps with different gamemodes ranging for regular 1v1 build base battle each other to 2v2 with a twist of disappearing and respawning units up to 3v3 rampage and 4v4/2v2v2v2 battles. I personally enjoy the way the game handles base building and unit management a lot.

The catch with this RTS is that you can't train units. You need 5 soldiers to attack the enemy? You can't train them like that. You start with a certain amount of people and those you have to stick with. You can't just say "5 soldiers plz" and your barracks will poop out 5 people. That doesn't work here.

Some maps/campaign missions have some sort of unit spawn, but in MP it can be selected and in SP it's doesn't make you OP.
You can train apes or make Computer or remote controlled vehicles to prevent loss of actual soldiers, which adds a really nice touch to the game and is a nice alternative to regular RTS games.



I think everyone should give this game a try, it's one of my most favorite RTS games ever and I can only urge you to consider buying it, especially at such a low price.