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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
2
platforms

Alternate names: Direct fire control, Direct command

Soldiers: Heroes of World War II (Windows)
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II
WIN 2004-06
Men of War: Vietnam (Windows)
Men of War: Vietnam
WIN 2011-09
Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs (Nintendo 64)
Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs
N64 2000-03-01
Battlezone II: Forgotten Enemies (Windows)
Battlezone II: Forgotten Enemies
WIN 2001-11
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor (Windows)
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
WIN 2009-04-08
Battlezone II: FleshStorm (Windows)
Battlezone II: FleshStorm
WIN 2006? *
Men of War: Condemned Heroes (Windows)
Men of War: Condemned Heroes
WIN 2012-04
Men of War: Red Tide (Windows)
Men of War: Red Tide
WIN 2009-10-31
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission (Windows)
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission
WIN 2012-10-02
Urban Assault (Windows)
Urban Assault
WIN 1998
Men of War (Windows)
Men of War
WIN 2009-02-27
East India Company (Windows)
East India Company
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.

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Games by year

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The first Direct control video game was released in 1998.

1C Company and Activision published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 18
N64 1