In many ways, Crusader was ahead of the usual action curve. This was a game that grabbed me the instant the intro video began playing out and the action began. Now that your eyes are opened to the nature of the company you bled for, it’s time to put your deadly skills to a much better use. Your partners are killed and you barely survive. Returning to base, you and two other Silencers are then ambushed by the WEC. That is until you discover that your latest targets were innocent civilians forcing you to refuse carrying your orders to wipe them out. Whenever someone makes trouble, you’re sent to shoot them. And there was even an epic story attached to all of that with live-action cuts that wasn’t half bad.įast forward to the late 22nd century where you work as a red armored Silencer for the WEC – the World Economic Consortium – who rules the Earth with an iron fist. But it was also one of the most storied and action-packed adventures that I had ever played on my PC at the time.ĭestructible environments are found almost everywhere nowadays especially thanks to DICE’s Frostbite engine, but a game like Crusader: No Remorse brought the debris-strewn party pad of smashed glass block walls, blown up office furniture, exploding barrels, blasted computer panels, shattered flatscreens, and screaming soldiers lit up like roman candles home years earlier.
As Tony Zurovec notes in an interview done for Good Old Games where you can get the game today, the decision not to make it an FPS, make it CD-ROM only, and render it in the fairly new SVGA standard of the day at 640×480 made it seem as if he wanted it to fail commercially. Origin’s Crusader: No Remorse hit CD-ROM only shelves in 1995 for PCs and was, in many ways, a bold experiment in pushing the envelope. At least the packaging was a lot more awesome. Simple, to the point, and spartan with everything else such as why you’re killing everything that moves. The missions range from simple sabotage to rescue.The ad cut right to the chase with a nice, huge shot of the action and the effects along with more on the bottom showing a shot of the FMV being used. You can also find recharge stations to replenish your energy and health (you can also find batteries and first aid kits too). It's often a matter of exploring the map to find a switch or a terminal with the code that'll let you access another part or another level of the map.īetween missions you can chat in the Resistance base and/or buy/sell weapons.
The action is intense, and there's usually a bit of puzzle involved. You'll often need to bypass traps, open doors, disable alarms, take out security cameras, and more. You can find supplies and money off of killed enemies (if you left a body, that is, and some of the extreme weapons don't). You're up against the full military might of the WEC, from simple guards to full-fledged Guardmechs and elite forces (though none are quite as good as you).
You get plenty of different weapons, from assault rifles and shotguns to grenade launchers and lasers, to really exotic weapons like microwave cannon, EMP discharger, and even plasma cannons. Your silencer can roll left, roll right, kneel, jump, run, and perform other acrobatic moves. and the only place to turn is the Resistance.Ĭrusader: No Remorse is the first in the series, which is best described as a 2D isometric shooter. It is clear that the Silencer is being silenced. then one day you and two other Silencers, your best buddies, were ambushed by a WEC mech patrol when it was supposed to be a routine mission. You are used to orders of hunting down the Resistance, a ragtag band of rebels committing sabotage and other acts of terrorism against the WEC, but slowly, you realized the WEC is not quite what it appears to be. You are a silencer, the elite of the elite soldiers of World Economic Consortium.
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