Introduction
Publisher: Rage Software PLC
Demo Download Site: http://www.3dfiles.com/games/expendable.shtml
The year: 2463
![Expendable Preview [ Fire in the hole! @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/a-s.JPG) Fire in the hole!
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![Expendable Preview [ That's one ugly robot @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/b-s.JPG) That's one ugly robot
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Imagine, if you will, a future where mankind has broken free of Earth's confines, and ventured out into the far reaches of the galaxy. Terraforming worlds as they went, humans left a trail of habitable planets where before existed only barren wastelands. The air was now breathable. Unfortunately, this new, oxygenated air was breathable by another species: the Charva. Using human worlds as stepping stones across the river of space, the Charva are working their way towards Earth. Along the way, they snuff out the lives mankind worked so hard to create.
![Expendable Preview [ Take that, copper! @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/c-s.JPG) Take that, copper!
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![Expendable Preview [ My kind of billboard @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/d-s.JPG) My kind of billboard
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Expendable, released in Europe on May 7th, throws you alone in the way of the Charva. You are an "Expendable," a space marine bred for one purpose: to kill. You are brought in by ship, transported onto the planet's surface, and sent to destroy the aliens threatening mankind.
![Expendable Preview [ Nervous in the alley @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/e-s.JPG) Nervous in the alley
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![Expendable Preview [ Attacking inanimate objects @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/f-s.JPG) Attacking inanimate objects
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The game is a linear one or two player 3/4 overhead view shooter, somewhat like an overhead-view Contra in 3D. As you're a pure killing machine, this is a pure action game, reminiscent of a console / arcade game in this regard.