ActionFit check
Is Act of War: Direct Action worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Real-time strategy players interested in modern military conflict
- Players seeking operations involving hostage rescues, espionage, and prisoner captures
- Groups of up to eight players looking for multiplayer military operations
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking turn-based strategy rather than real-time command
- Players who prefer fantasy or historical settings over contemporary geopolitical military conflict
Our take on Act of War: Direct Action
Its defining detail is Task Force TALON: a counterterrorist operation handling hostage rescues, covert missions, prisoner captures, and military assaults during a global crisis.
What is Act of War: Direct Action?
Act of War: Direct Action is a real-time strategy game about an energy crisis, terrorist attacks, military strikes, and global instability.
Players control Task Force TALON, a counterterrorist operation confronting a hidden Consortium that uses widespread terror to destabilize governments. Operations include responding to military assaults, rescuing hostages, conducting classified spy missions, taking prisoners, and stopping an unpredictable enemy. The game features modern military units, urban combat, prisoner-of-war captures, and destructible landscapes. Its presentation combines cinematic footage, video effects, and live action. Multiplayer operations support up to eight players. The storyline was written by Dale Brown, a New York Times bestselling author.
How Act of War: Direct Action plays
- 01Modern military units
- Players command contemporary armed forces during counterterrorist operations.
- 02Task Force TALON
- This counterterrorist operation conducts assaults, hostage rescues, classified spy missions, and prisoner captures.
- 03Destructible urban combat
- Urban battles include terrain destruction and prisoner-of-war captures.
- 04Eight-player multiplayer
- Multiplayer operations support up to eight players.
- 05Cinematic presentation
- The game combines cinema, video effects, and live-action footage.
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Act of War: Direct Action: platforms & release
Is Act of War: Direct Action worth it?
It is worth it if: real-time strategy players interested in modern military conflict. Skip it if: players seeking turn-based strategy rather than real-time command.
Where can I download Act of War: Direct Action?
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What platforms is Act of War: Direct Action on?
Windows only.
