Software:Warno (video game)

Short description: Real-time tactics Cold War video game

Warno
Developer(s)	Eugen Systems
Publisher(s)	Eugen Systems
Director(s)	Alexis Le Dressay
Engine	IRISZOOM
Platform(s)	Windows
Release	January 20, 2022
Genre(s)	Real-time strategy, real-time tactics
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Warno, stylized as WARNO (short for warning order) is a real-time tactics video game created and published by Eugen Systems and released into early access on January 20, 2022. A spiritual successor to the Wargame series also developed by Eugen, it takes place in a fictionalized World War III setting in the Fulda Gap, portraying a conventional conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

Gameplay

Warno's gameplay is best classified as an RTT game. Players control individual units meant to represent historical military vehicles and infantry formations of the late 1980s. There are many game modes in WARNO focusing on various goals, such as conquering a specific area in the Conquest mode or destroying a number of enemy units in Destruction. The game is played by anywhere between 1 and 20 people, with multiplayer games scaling up to 10 versus 10. Singleplayer play takes the form of skirmishes against the AI, battles set in specific places, and (upon release) a full campaign.

In both multiplayer and singleplayer modes, all players receive a ticking income of points to spend on deployable units, such as infantry, artillery, tanks, reconnaissance units, air defense units, attack helicopters, helicopter-born infantry, and aircraft. The units available to the player depend on their chosen battlegroup. Various battlegroups have different specializations, such as a focus on infantry combat or combined arms warfare. Some basic unit functions can be assigned to the AI, but a majority of actions are done by the player. Units are controlled in real time.

The playable formations (known as 'Battlegroups') in game are inspired from the orders of battle of divisions, regiments, and some corps that would have likely engaged each other during the initial stages of war along the German border, such as the American 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment or the Soviet 79th Guards Tank Division. NATO forces are exclusively those based out of CENTAG, the NATO formation which served in Central Europe, especially Germany.

While the tactical gameplay is similar to Wargame, Warno has received considerable quality of life improvements and gameplay changes seen in the Steel Division titles, including allowing the AI to carry out smart orders for player units, the reworked deck system incorporating the orders of battle of in-game divisions, and variants and traits of units in the armory. Warno is also implementing newer single-player content, such as Army General campaigns and Operations taken from Steel Division 2. The game also includes a basic map editor for player use which allows for simple asset manipulation.

Content

Being set in the late Cold War, Warno features many distinct playable formations. Representing NATO, these are as follows:

1. 3rd Armored Division (US)
2. 8th Infantry (mech.) Division (US)
3. 82nd Airborne Division (US)
4. 24th Infantry Division (US)
5. 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (US)
6. 25px1st Armoured Division (UK)
7. 25px 2nd Infantry Division (UK)
8. 25px 5th Armored Division (France)
9. 25px 11th Parachute Brigade (France)
10. 25px 2nd Panzergrenadier Division (Germany)
11. 25px 5th Panzer Division (Germany)
12. 25px Territorialkommando Süd (Germany)
13. 25px Berlin Brigade
    1. 25px French Forces in Berlin
    2. Berlin Infantry Brigade

From the Warsaw Pact:

1. 25px 35th Guards Air Assault Brigade (USSR)
2. 25px 39th Guards Motor Rifle Division (USSR)
3. 25px 79th Guards Tank Division (USSR)
4. 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division(USSR)
5. 119th Independent Tank Regiment (USSR)
6. 25px 4th Motor Rifles Division (East Germany)
7. 25px 7th Panzer Division (East Germany)
8. 25px Erfurt's KdA Detachment (East Germany)
9. Berlin Group (East Germany) (meant to represent forces in defense of Berlin)