Frontline: War on Terror

NOTE: PAGE IS INCOMPLETEFrontline: War on Terror is a first-person shooter video game developed by Guardian Studios and published by Guardian Publishing. It is the first video game in the Frontline video game series. It was released on June 13, 2020, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X. The game takes place a decade after a horrible terrorist attack which shook the whole world. The player primarily follows David Wilson, a soldier enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, as he and his team go on a campaign to defeat terrorists who are threatening the safety of humanity. Throughout the game, players also take control of various other soldiers from other countries.

Plot
It's May 5th, 2005. The game begins with a bird's-eye view of New York City, with thick black smoke coming out of the Empire State Building and numerous rescue helicopters flying to and around the building, while a lot of sirens can be heard wailing in the distance. The game then switches to the persepective of an unnamed NYPD officer rushing to the scene, almost getting involved in a car accident in the process. The dispatcher notifies him that a plane has crashed into the Empire State Building. He arrives and gets out of the car and then looks at the building, which is burning violently. There is burning debris lying around everywhere and a lot of people can be seen running away, screaming and crying. Multiple police cars, ambulances and fire engines are present. Then the game switches to the perspective of a fire fighter who rappels from a helicopter into the building. Once he's in the building, he notices a group of people who are trapped in a cubicle. He pulls aside some debris and frees them. At this moment, the floor above them starts to collapse, but they manage to run to the door before it crashes down on them. They continue to go down each floor as the building is slowly starting to collapse. After a while they arrive on the 85th floor, which is engulfed in a raging fire. They also see people that jump down the building in order to not perish in the fire. The fire fighter tries to look for a way out, but every possible exit is blocked by fire and debris. Then, as they look outside, they see another plane heading towards the building. They all watch in horror as the second plane crashes into the building. The building collapses and kills everyone in the building and in the immediate radius of the building. The game then shows the Empire State Building from above, which is now leveled to the ground and all the streets nearby are covered in debris. A week later, a news report states that two planes were captured by terrorists. The first plane was captured on Stewart International Airport at 8:08 a.m. and was flown into the Empire State Building at 8:55 a.m. The second place was captured on Philadelphia International Airport at 9:15 a.m. and was flown into the building at 10:02 a.m. Two men tried to capture a third plane, but were stopped by security and got arrested. The attack killed a total of 3,101 people: 3,097 victims, which included 152 on the two planes, 2,945 in the building itself and in the surrounding area and 4 hijackers. More than 65,000 people were injured and some died later in the hospital. The two men who tried to capture the third plane told police that they were from the Iraqi terrorist group Al Muqatil and they claim responsibility for the attack.

Fast forward a couple years, in 2008, Sergeant David Wilson and his squad, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, also known as Geronimo, are being flown to Iraq for Operation Wipeout. They are being accompanied by United States Navy SEALs. The squad consists of Sergeant David Wilson himself, Captain Rick "Scarface" Harris, Lance Corporal Tyron Jackson, Corporal Jeffrey Cody and Sergeant Daniel Morgan. Military intel has found out that Khalil Omran Asghari, the leader of the Iraqi terrorist group Al Muqatil, is hiding in his safe house in Tal Afar, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. They were able to track him down by following his right-hand man Abdel-Wali Rahman Al-Ghazzawi. Scarface's squad and the SEALs rappel down from two helicopters and Daniel goes to the front door and stands next to it. They count down from 3 and then Daniel breaches the door. At first it seems quiet, but when they turn around the corner, a man bursts through the first door to the right, but he gets killed. David and Scarface breach the second door to the right, while Jeff and Daniel breach the first door to the left and two SEALs operators breach the second door to the left. David kills two terrorists in his room, the SEAL operators kill one terrorist in their room and Jeff kills one terrorist and, after inspecting the body, he identifies it as Abdel-Wali. They continue to the first floor. A SEALs operator moves to the first door on the right and opens it, but then a terrorist with a bomb strapped to his body runs towards him. He immediately closes the door and keeps it shut and then the terrorist blows up, killing himself and the SEALs operator. After this, David and Scarface take the first door on the left, Jeff and Daniel take the second door to the left and two SEALs operators take the second door on the right. In David's room, a terrorist tries to shoot David but he kills him. There is also a woman holding her child. She grabs a pistol lying on a table and tries to shoot David, but she gets shot and killed by Scarface. Her child bursts into tears and tries to "wake up" her dead mother. Scarface tries to talk to the kid and get him out of the house, but he screams at him and runs out of the house. Jeff and Daniel clear their room and the SEALs operators try to go into their room, but a man bursts through the door and runs upstairs. Scarface shoots at him, but he misses. Believing that that was Khalil, they rush upstairs to the second floor. This time, there's a door at the end of the hallway. David and Scarface take the first door to the right as usual, two SEALs operators take the first door to the left, Jeff and Daniel take the second door to the left and Tyron and a SEALs operator take the second door to the right. David kills a terrorist in his room, Tyron kills another one in his room, Jeff kills two in his room and the SEALs operator's room is empty. They then proceed to the last door at the end of the room. Suddenly, someone shoots through the door, hitting Tyron in the process. But he survives and Jeff tends to him. Scarface gives David a C-4 bomb. He opens the door slightly, throws the C-4 into the room, shuts the door immediately and blows up the bomb. They kick down the door and go into the room and they think that they killed Khalil. However, a SEALs operator inspects the dead body and identifies it as Muhammed Omran Asghari, Khalil's brother. Khalil apparently escaped through the window and now he's gone. Scarface, in disappointment, reports through his radio that Khalil has escaped and that they killed his brother instead. David and his squad get picked by up by a helicopter while the SEALs team stay on the scene.

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Weapons
Frontline: War on Terror features a wide variety of weapons, ranging from assault rifles to melee weapons. There are over 50 weapons in the game. There is also a huge variety of attachments, which affect your gun in various ways. The guns in this game use projectiles instead of hitscan, meaning that if you want to take out enemies at longer ranges you'll have to lead your shots. Factors that influence bullets are bullet velocity and bullet drop and other factors from outside such as wind, temperature etc. A unique thing about the weapons in this game is that they're faction specific. This means that Russians can only use Russian-made weapons etc. However, you can still pick up weapons from soldiers from a different faction when they're dead.

Gear
You can customize your character with gear. Different items give you different abilities i.e. Tactical Gloves allow you to reload faster, Lightweight Boots allow you to run faster etc. However, these items have pros and cons. So choose your gear wisely and according to your playstyle.

Factions
The game features different military organisations and terrorist groups from several countries, ranging from US Marines to Afghan soldiers.

Roles
Roles is a class system in Frontline: War on Terror. There are 5 roles and every role has special abilities that make them unique. Different roles can only use specific weapon classes.

Support
Support is a feature in Frontline: War on Terror that rewards players who play good. They come in the form of air support and ground support. By playing you get Support Points and by reaching a certain amount of Support Points you can call in for example a M1151 military truck or a T-72 battle tank, and you can control most of these vehicles yourself. Like weapons, these vehicles are faction specific. You can choose 3 support vehicles when making your class and each of these vehicles have a certain amount of points that need to be earned before you can use them.

Things that award you Support Points:

- Staying alive for 30 seconds (1 point)

- Getting an assist (10 points)

- Deploying Ammo Box w/ Assualt Kit (20 points)

- Constructing forts, fighting positions etc. or destroying those of the enemies w/ Engineer (20 points)

- Disabling or blowing up enemy equipment w/ Demolitions (20 points)

- Healing or reviving a player w/ Medic (20 points)

- Marking 5 enemies w/ Sniper (20 points)

- Capturing an objective (50 points)

- Saving a teammate (50 points)

- Killing an enemy player (100 points)

- Destroying enemy vehicles (150 points)

- Getting a kill with a support vehicle (200 points)

Ranks
Frontline: War on Terror features a total of 105 ranks. Players rank up by playing and by leveling up you will unlock new weapons, gear etc.

Survival
Survival Mode is the third game mode of Frontline: War on Terror. In this mode, players have to survive a forever growing wave of enemies. The game mode has 20 maps that players can play on. More maps will be added with updates.

Perks
Perks are a feature in the Survival Mode of Frontline: War on Terror. They are similar to Gear in Multiplayer in that they give the player different abilites. However, unlike Gear, they only benefit the player. Below is a list of all the perks.