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Tomorrow's War Is NOW Ripped from today's headlines, Act of War: Direct Action™ is a frightening tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. This real-time strategy experience puts you squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war.

Act of War: Direct Action is a rts, strategy and military game developed by Eugen Systems and published by THQ Nordic.
Released on March 12th 2008 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 566 reviews of which 510 were positive and 56 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
Minimum:
  • Supported OS:Windows 2000/XP
  • Processor: Pentium 4 1.5 GHz or equivalent (3.0 GHz recommended)
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
  • Graphics: 64 MB Hardware T&L-compatible video card (256 MB recommended)
  • Sound: DirectX® version Windows 2000/XP-compatible sound card
  • Hard Drive: 3 GB free HD space
    * Broadband connection required for online multiplayer play

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Dec. 2024
This was one of my favorite games back in the day. I played it for many hours until the point I got sick of it. I played 90% of the time against enemy AI. Really cool and fun game, I would prefer to play it with a like minded human and take it very slowly and in a more milsim way.
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Nov. 2024
An amazing game for its time that still holds up today. Stellar campaign, great music, and tons of live action cut-scenes. Great hyper-focused detail oriented action with tons of cool unit abilities you don't see in other games. They don't make'em like this any more!
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Oct. 2024
Boots up the game and started the campaign, just like that, I spent five hours until the game crash without knowing it.
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Aug. 2024
A great underrated and undervalued game. I played this back when it came out and randomly throughout the years since. It has a very unique play style that gives more modern RTS games a run for their money. Very deserving of a remastered version.
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May 2024
The game is barely working on modern systems yet still enjoyable. If you looking for old-school RTS to play and still haven't try AoW, you may give it a try. You will have 10-12 hours long single player campaign with cheesy live-action cutscenes, over the top holywood-style storyline and questionable acting. Yes, it is typical mid 2000s game and you will enjoy it
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Frequently Asked Questions

Act of War: Direct Action is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.

Act of War: Direct Action is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 2.99€ on Steam.

Act of War: Direct Action received 510 positive votes out of a total of 566 achieving a rating of 8.42.
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Act of War: Direct Action was developed by Eugen Systems and published by THQ Nordic.

Act of War: Direct Action is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Act of War: Direct Action is not playable on MacOS.

Act of War: Direct Action is not playable on Linux.

Act of War: Direct Action offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Act of War: Direct Action offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

Act of War: Direct Action does not currently offer any DLC.

Act of War: Direct Action does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Act of War: Direct Action does not support Steam Remote Play.

Act of War: Direct Action is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Act of War: Direct Action.

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Act of War: Direct Action PEGI 16
8.4
510
56
Game modes
Features
Online players
2
Developer
Eugen Systems
Publisher
THQ Nordic
Release 12 Mar 2008
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