Emergency 4

Emergency 4 boasts a rich mix of gripping real-time-strategy games and true-to-life simulations. The player heads up operations in a fictional rescue and catastrophe management organiz ation, commanding a pool of vehicles and staff from the fire department , the police and the emergency and technical services.

For the first time in the Emergency series, all campaign missions are embedded in one continuous game; set in a real town and with an almost infinite number of side operations and challenge s, the various missions are all interlinked. The player has to manage money as well as fix the goalposts for upcoming missions. He or she has to react to a welter of events, developing dynamically 24/7 against a background of continuous day/night changes and constantly altering weather conditions.

New too are the spectacular overseas operations conducted in the Antarctic and Middle East – presenting players with completely novel challenges. The sheer number, and rich scope of the game’s 20 missions post new standards in this genre. The situations range from medical emergencies to road accidents and large-scale fires and even earthquakes and floods.

Whether the job involves rescuing casualties, fighting fires or preventing and solving acts of terror, or initiat ing the right emergency procedures in the event of a catastrophe (with the help of the virtual supervisor, of course) the "Save Lives!" motto is always uppermost in the player’s mind. These elements make Emergency 4 different from almost all other real-time-strategy games. The game also benefits from improved controls and a multiplayer mode.

20 extensive missions with a variety of solutions for the player to choose from . These are dynamically embedded in a looped gamescape set in a real-life town, which serves as permanent base for the player's operational units.
Spectacular overseas operations in the Antarctic and Middle East.
Enhanced intuitive player interface: simplified controls, newly developed micromanagement system, extended user interface and Ingame Help, as well as an extensive tutorial.
The new multiplay co operation mode allows several players to manage an enormous and totally novel operational area.
Greatly extended continuous game and challenge mode in completely new surroundings.
New operational units ranging from specialized SWAT and K-9 units to special helicopters to large-capacity aircraft used in overseas operations.
Dynamic, realistic, and unscripted fire breakouts.
Realistic physical conditions: for instance, collapsing buildings and bridges, people hit by blast waves. Each object in the gamescape possesses its own realistic properties such as weight and material.
Greatly improved 3D graphics with complex effects: for instance, water reflections, glow effects when light reflects from objects, flickering flames, changes in time and weather.
Scenario editor: Create your own mods and missions.