Abomination (Windows)

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Description

A real-time strategy/action game from Hothouse Creations which put you into a post-apocalyptic world plagued by a deadly virus and an even more deadly alien threat, The Brood. You will take command of an elite squad of eight bio-mechanically enhanced super agents with other more "earthly" comrades to battle The Brood and their followers, The Faithful, to save the world from a dreadful future...

The main goal of the game is to defend the most important areas of the world. A map gives an overview and shows every part of the world which is endangered - clicking on such a point starts the mission. This part of the game is in real-time which means you sometimes have to wait until something happens. These are randomly generated which includes the goals, e.g. killing all enemies, defusing bombs or evacuating humans. For every mission you choose four of your team members which have special abilities, e.g. healing or invisibility. You also choose weapons and other gear for every team member.

The gameplay of the missions itself is very similar to X-COM: UFO Defensive, just in real-time. You indirectly move your team over the map, give them tactical orders, e.g. to knee, to use barrage or to pursue enemies. The game can also be paused at any time to give orders. After a mission is completed you receive experience points which can be used to improve your team member's stats. All new weapons found during the mission are automatically researched by the lab.

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Alternate Titles

• "Abomination: The Nemesis Project" -- European title
• "Abomination: O Projeto Nêmesis" -- Brazilian title
• "Abomination: Action Strategy Mayhem" -- Tag-lined title
• "Abomination: Ação, Estratégia e Medo" -- Alternate Brazilian title

Part of the Following Groups

• Games with randomly generated environments
• Theme: Zombies

User Reviews

Some great ideas, realized very very poorly - not even counting going "realtime"	weregamer (169)
Another victim of the real-time mania.	-Chris (7586)
It's great fun to fight the Brood, in a fast-paced, engaging game, right from the beginning to the end!	DarkTalon (162)
Man, I'm not even gonna MENTION Xcom...	Kristoff Jean-Paul (2)	unrated

Critic Reviews

Svenska PC Gamer	Nov, 1999	89 out of 100	89
PC Zone	Aug 13, 2001	8 out of 10	80
Power Play	Oct, 1999	76 out of 100	76
PC Player (Germany)	Nov, 1999	75 out of 100	75
Gameplay (Benelux)	Nov 29, 1999	75 out of 100	75
PC Joker	Oct, 1999	70 out of 100	70
JeuxVideoPC.com	Apr 16, 2005	13 out of 20	65
GameStar (Germany)	Oct, 1999	63 out of 100	63
ESC Magazine	Dec 15, 1999	6 out of 10	60
Gamer's Pulse	1999	41 out of 100	41

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Related Web Sites

• Abomination (official website)
• Abominable Horizon (The first and foremost unofficial fan site dedicated to the absolutely brilliant computer real-time strategy/action game, Abomination : The Nemesis Project. Lots of infos, tactics, and more...)
• Wikipedia: Abomination (Article about the game in the open encyclopedia)