Red Orchestra: Mare Nostrum
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Mare Nostrum is a multiplayer team-based first-person action
video game, developed as a total conversion modification of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
.
The overall aim of the modification is to incorporate the African, Mediterranean and Middle East theatres of World War II
as a supplement to the Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
title..
battles in an online multiplayer environment. Each team then attempts to accomplish objectives varying by game level.
Most play revolves around an Attack and Defend style, whereby one team has to take objective areas from the opposing team in order to claim victory.
modification teams; Campagna Italiana team and the Burning Sands team .
The Mare Nostrum game project is current subdivided into two phases which reflects the original merger.
The first is titled 'Mare Nostrum: Afrikafeldzug 40-43' which concentrates on the actions during the North African Campaign
. The second, unreleased, phase is titled 'Mare Nostrum: Campagna Italiana 43-45', and will encompass actions in and around Sicily and main land Italy
.
The first public release of the modification was on 1 March 2008 .
Subsequent additional releases quickly came to address software bugs and gameplay issues with the 1.1 release on 8 March 2008
and 1.2 release on 23 March 2008
On October 17, 2008, Mare Nostrum was released on Steam. Due to Steam's automatic update feature, version numbers were dropped and all further versions were released exclusively on Steam.
On December 11, 2009 Mare Nostrum received a large content update through Steam which added Steam Achievements, making it the first Red Orchestra mod to do so.
Although the 1.2 release was considered a playable product, there were issues building an online player base .
for Our Sea) was a Roman
name for the Mediterranean Sea
. In the years following the unification of Italy in 1861, the term was revived by Italian nationalists
who believed that Italy was the successor state to the Roman Empire, and should seek to control ex-Roman territories in the Mediterranean.
First-person shooter
First-person shooter is a video game genre that centers the gameplay on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through first-person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist. Generally speaking, the first-person shooter shares common traits with other...
video game, developed as a total conversion modification of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is a tactical first-person shooter computer game based on its predecessor Red Orchestra Mod. After winning the Make Something Unreal contest, the team behind the original Red Orchestra started the game studio Tripwire Interactive...
.
The overall aim of the modification is to incorporate the African, Mediterranean and Middle East theatres of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
as a supplement to the Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is a tactical first-person shooter computer game based on its predecessor Red Orchestra Mod. After winning the Make Something Unreal contest, the team behind the original Red Orchestra started the game studio Tripwire Interactive...
title..
Gameplay
Mare Nostrum game play is similar to its parent game, in that players assume the role of an individual infantryman or tank crew during World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
battles in an online multiplayer environment. Each team then attempts to accomplish objectives varying by game level.
Most play revolves around an Attack and Defend style, whereby one team has to take objective areas from the opposing team in order to claim victory.
History
The Mare Nostrum team was formed 8 Aug 2006 with the merger of 2 separate Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is a tactical first-person shooter computer game based on its predecessor Red Orchestra Mod. After winning the Make Something Unreal contest, the team behind the original Red Orchestra started the game studio Tripwire Interactive...
modification teams; Campagna Italiana team and the Burning Sands team .
The Mare Nostrum game project is current subdivided into two phases which reflects the original merger.
The first is titled 'Mare Nostrum: Afrikafeldzug 40-43' which concentrates on the actions during the North African Campaign
North African campaign
During the Second World War, the North African Campaign took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts and in Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia .The campaign was fought between the Allies and Axis powers, many of whom had...
. The second, unreleased, phase is titled 'Mare Nostrum: Campagna Italiana 43-45', and will encompass actions in and around Sicily and main land Italy
Italian Campaign (World War II)
The Italian Campaign of World War II was the name of Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe. Joint Allied Forces Headquarters AFHQ was operationally responsible for all Allied land forces in the Mediterranean theatre, and it planned and commanded the...
.
The first public release of the modification was on 1 March 2008 .
Subsequent additional releases quickly came to address software bugs and gameplay issues with the 1.1 release on 8 March 2008
and 1.2 release on 23 March 2008
On October 17, 2008, Mare Nostrum was released on Steam. Due to Steam's automatic update feature, version numbers were dropped and all further versions were released exclusively on Steam.
On December 11, 2009 Mare Nostrum received a large content update through Steam which added Steam Achievements, making it the first Red Orchestra mod to do so.
Reception
Mare Nostrum was named as one of the ModDB top 100 unreleased mods during the 2007 event.Although the 1.2 release was considered a playable product, there were issues building an online player base .
Name Etymology
Mare Nostrum (LatinLatin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
for Our Sea) was a Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
name for the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
. In the years following the unification of Italy in 1861, the term was revived by Italian nationalists
National Fascist Party
The National Fascist Party was an Italian political party, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of fascism...
who believed that Italy was the successor state to the Roman Empire, and should seek to control ex-Roman territories in the Mediterranean.