Direct control
Video game concept
Strategy games where the player can control singular unit like in a simulator or shooter rather than giving orders which the AI carries out.
19
games
2platforms
Alternate names: Direct fire control, Direct command
WIN 2004-06
WIN 2011-09
N64 2000-03-01
WIN 2001-11
WIN 2009-04-08
WIN 2006? *
WIN 2012-04
WIN 2009-10-31
WIN 2012-10-02
WIN 1998
WIN 2009-02-27
WIN 2009-07-31
See also: possession
This is really just generalization of strategy and shooter genres being present in the game together. Becomes largely pointless when you can search for the two together.
Mostly useful in strategy games or others where player mainly gives things for the units to do than actually controlling them manually.
Mostly useful in strategy games or others where player mainly gives things for the units to do than actually controlling them manually.
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The first Direct control video game was released in 1998.
1C Company and Activision published most of these games.