Modern War: World War 3(long read)

Riddle101

Ok this isn't actually a game, but a game I came up with that I think would be a great RTS game, and i'd like to know what you think. Bear with me here, because some of you may think i'm taking some ideas from Command & Conquer especially Generals. But, the game would be totally different.

So anyway I came up with this game, that is based on todays world. Obviously not exactly like it. Names would be changed, things would be made up but nonetheless it would be based on modern times.

Key notes about the game
There would be 3 armies. (1)North Atlantic Treaty Organisation(NATO), Russian/Chinese Pact(RCP), United Liberation Front(ULF)

The enviornment would play a key element in the game. Ever notice how battles in other RTS games usually tend to played on flat open terrain, with no real consideration for the enviornment. Well in this game, the gameplay would be setup, so that the enviornment can play a part in the battle as well. Things like Forests/Jungles, hills/mountains, lakes/rivers etc, would allow the player to utilise a tactical and stretegic plan of attack. But obviously the enviornmental features would have advanatages and disadvatages for the player.

There would be two resources instead of just the one to have in the game. Food and Money would play a factor for an army. You gather food so that you can train units and sustain an army, and money for building things and research.

The player would have a representative for each side. ever notice that in games like Command & Conquer, you always have the superior talk to the camera as if he/she were talking to you. Well the game you'd have you're very own chracter. Not a very big thing for the game, but I find it a bit annoying how the player tends to be a mute guy who just follows orders. For NATO forces you're character would be a young British Commander who has been taken command of his own unit. For RCP you would be an officer in the Russian army who has been given command of an intergrated unit of both Russian & Chinese soldiers(although this dosen't make much of a big deal in the game it would just be a small storyline for the character) and for ULF you would play a mercenary who has been hired by the leader of the ULF(ayatollah ahmed) to help the cause, but as the game goes on he begins to become fond of the ULF.

There will be 15 missions for each army, with the missions divided into 3 acts. The first act will be a prologue to the impending war in the game, and the other 2 acts tell the story.

There are other things to not but i'll move

Storyline. So the intro to the game would have a montage of news reports talking about different news items, that help tell the story of the game and gives the player information on what's what. It also provides hints for the player for later on. This new reports would consist of things such as Russia and China's relations becoming closer, fighting in Afghanistan and other parts of the middle east, The EU and Russia arguing, Russia and China singing a new pact, and America and China disputing over Korea:D. There's more but i'll go on.

So the story begins in Afghanistan(prologue) after NATO forces have launched a successful attack on the last remaining stronghold of the insurgency(Not the Taliban) that are fighting the NATO forces. The future leader of the ULF Ayatollah Ahmed, You and 15 members of the insurgency are the last remaining survivors of the attack and go into hiding. NATO don't bother pursuing you because they believe the threat to be destroyed and therefore decide to play peacekeepers in Afghanistan. Although some people still believe the remnant are still plotting in the shadows and are antcipating that they will rise again. This is when the game begins.

You first start off as the ULF, who are still not created yet. The last survivors have regrouped in Kuwait and immediately set up a camp which will be the HQ of the ULF. Ahmed who admitterly was never really interested in the last insurgency's motives, decides to create a new organisation that works liberate the world from the global oppressors(NATO, UN, EU, China/Russia etc) He hatches a plan to start a new World War, that would pit the strongest armies against one another while the NLF sneak in a take what is left. The first 5 missions would be part of act 1, and they would basically be used in building up your army and influence (theoretically). These missions would take you to certian hot spots known for being in conflicts, such as North Africa, South America etc. The next 5 missions would be Act 2 and these would be used to start World War 3. One mission has you secretly take over a German(NATO) Air Force base and take control of German fighter jets. Another would have you steal a Scud Missile from the Russian(RCP) and then get it out of the region. Then in cutscenes they would show the German Fighte Jets attack and destory a Russian outpost, while the Scud Missile is launched at a German town. Both countries pointing the finger at each other. Eventually the ULF would instigate more trouble between the Germany and other parts of Eurpe and Russia, which in turn starts a war between the two. With being the America siding NATO joins, China who have remained silent have decided to aid Russia due to their pact, and in turn declare war on NATO. the last 5 mission of ULF would be act 3, and by then, the NLF would have revealed itself and starts a campaign to take over the Middle East, because it would provide the ULF with oil and because Ahmed always wanted a Middle Eastern empire:D with the last mission being in Afghanistan where it all started. This would be the last Middle Eastern country that the ULF would gain control of and in turn the Middle East would belong to the NLF

You then play as NATO, and Act 1(prologue) is based on NATO trying to stablise the Middle East and Eastern Europe, another civil war had broken out in an unamed Eastern European country. The mission in Eastern Europe would basically have NATO(UK, Germany and France) work with Russia(CRP) in peacekeeping, but due to the events that unfold with the scud missile and the attack on the Russian outpost. The enraged Russians, against the order of their superiors attack the German base in the region, provoking the other NATO forces to retaliate but in the end you're forces are destroyed(Out of the players hand as his mission is complete but you get to watch the Russians destory everything:D) Act 2 would basically be the defence of Western Europe. Eastern Europe has been taken by the Russians(CRP) and it is the players job to defend Western Europe from the Russian invasion, by building a defencive line(theoretically) Act 3 will take place in South and Central America. The ULF have secretly built bases in South/Central America and are a threat to America's homeland security. America then spend the last act fighting in those regions, with the last mission being in Brazil which would be the last region the ULF control. If they destroy the the NLF in that region then USA is once again safe from attack or invasion, and the NLF will no longer have any control in South/Central America.

Finally you play as the RCP, where act 1(prologue) will place you in China, where you do missions such as defending a research lab that is working on a joint Russian/Chinese project that is classified. Some mercenaries(paid for by a member fo the ULF) are trying to steal the weapon. By the end of Act 1, War will have already broken out between Russia and NATO, with China siding with Russia. Act 2 would have you fight in central Asia, mostly against the ULF, and Act 3 in the South Pacific where you'll be involved in naval wars with NATO(US). The final mission will be fought in Japan, who although not NATO, have sided with NATO and are believed to be housing a NATO invasion force destined for Korea. If RCP take Japan, then NATO will no longer have a strategic point and NATO will not be able to launch an invasion, and thus China and Russia are safe from invasion.

Anyway that the basic idea for my game. Tell me watch you think, and if the thread dosen't get closed, i'll post my ideas for the units that each army would have:D