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Group leader

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Player has direct control of only the leader, with little indirect control of the the others.

72
games
11
platforms

Alternate names: Squad leader, Party leader

ArmA II (Windows)
ArmA II
WIN 2009-06-26
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (Windows)
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
WIN 2005-03-15
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle (Windows)
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle
WIN 1999
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (Windows)
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
WIN 2008-04-15
Ghost Recon (Xbox)
Ghost Recon
XBOX 2002-11-12
Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360)
Mass Effect 2
X360 2010-01-26
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (PlayStation 3)
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
PS3 2008-03
Aqua (Xbox 360)
Aqua
X360 2010-05-19
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (PlayStation 3)
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
PS3 2007-11
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (Xbox 360)
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
X360 2007-03
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (Windows)
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
WIN 2008-10-07
Ghost Recon 2 (Xbox)
Ghost Recon 2
XBOX 2004-11-16
Related:
* Tactics
Commonly the group control is limited to pointing where to move, shoot, what to tamper with, follow/regroup and hold position. Usually accomplished by vocal commands with some basic gesturing. Player can NOT switch to control the other group members in the same manner they control the leader.

This is not applicable to top-down games in most cases as control of the leader and the other group members is identical.

Can be likened to strategic-shooter hybrid, where you have shooter like control of the leader while the others have a strategy game like control.

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Parent group

Group

Games by year

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The first Group leader video game was released on February 29, 1996.

Ubisoft, Ubisoft Entertainment and Ubi Soft published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 35
X360 11
PS3 8
Xbox 5
Linux 4
PS2 3
GameCube 2
MS-DOS 1
N-Gage 1
PSP 1
Mac OS X 1

Most common companies

Ubisoft15
Ubisoft Entertainment6
Ubi Soft5
2K Games5
Eidos Interactive4
Electronic Arts3
Microsoft Game Studios3
Codemasters3
Sierra On-Line2
Modulaatio Games2
Double Fine Productions2
Capcom2