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This [[Real Time Strategy]] game was released in September 2007 to favourable reviews. Set during a fictional World War III between the Warsaw Pact and NATO in the year 1989, the game eschews base building in favour of having units delivered onto the battlefield by airdrop. Also notable for the single-player campaign, which has the forces under the player's command playing a small but pivotal role in a larger battle raging all around.

 

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* [[Alternate History]]: A late 1980s World War in which the Soviet Union manages to launch amphibious invasions in both southern France and the northwest United States without being swiftly annihilated by air and naval forces.

** The game ''does'' attempt to justify the implausibility as far as the American invasion goes, first with the subterfuge involved in the launch of the invasion and by outright stating that the homefront lacks defense capability because of the operations in Europe. These are still handwaves in the strictest sense, however, and the Soviet capability of launching these offensives is best considered itself a part of the [[Alternate History]]. ''Soviet Assault'' subtly lampshades it; the Russians certainly feel like they're having more trouble than it looks like from the original American point of view, and their propaganda at home shows them halfway to the Mississippi when they never move beyond the Washington State border.

** Captain Vance, an Army [[Ranger]] CO helping out in that mission, actually lampshades this, saying that the local base was undermanned and over-supplied.

** Another mission has the player take over a lot of left-behind vehicles starting with nothing but 3 vehicles. Although it should be noted that this only happens in the singleplayer mode.

** Indeed, most of Malashenko's berating of the player specifically refers to the men of his command being sacrificed because you did something wrong.

*** When you do keep his men alive, particularly in the first Soviet mission, Malashenko praises you for it.

** To be fair, that's only when they address the player. Their idle chatter is in their original languages (the same applies for the Russians in multiplayer).

** Justified, they are addressing an American officer. (And the words are often exclamations that make sense in context)

* [[Kinda Busy Here]]: A response that comes from infantry units if you select them while engaging in combat.

** [[Karmic Death]]: It's strongly suggested that {{spoiler|he gets killed by Parker and Co. in Seattle while the rest of his battlegroup survives by disobeying that order}}.

* [[Mauve Shirt]]: A CGI scene shows many American soldiers in transport helicopters gearing up and readying themselves to fight. A bunch of those choppers then get shredded by anti-air guns.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|he doesn't say it but when Bannon kills a bunch of surrendering soldiers/Civlians accidentally, he does not take it well.}}

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Arguably what prompts the above sentiment for Colonel Sawyer, and unlike other examples it's not part of the backstory, but part of the plot. He sees having to use the tactical nuclear weapon at Cascade Falls to be his own horrific failure (over the objections of Captain Webb--see the Mission 12 introduction movie) and will do anything--even sacrifice American lives in high-casualty, head-on attacks--to stop another nuke from being used.

* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: Subverted somewhat in the opening cinematic when Soviet armored vehicles are shown being directed off their transports by safety-conscious personnel.

* [[Poirot Speak]]: In the Soviet missions, characters will often speak a single phrase in Russian (''"Govorit Lebedjev"'' = "Lebedjev speaking") before delivering the rest of their statement in English.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: See [[Heroic Sacrifice]] example above;

* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: Surprisingly averted with the already angry Malashenko, when he learns his wife was killed by NATO back home, swallows his considerable anger and continues.

* [[RPG Elements]]: Like in other recent RTS, units gain experience and may "level up" 4 times. The effects of this are reduced ability and fire cooldowns aswell as increased sight and accuracy. However, defense isn't affected in any way.

* [[Running Gag]]: Mike's CD player and the (missing) batteries for it. Mind you, it's 1989.

** Potentially played straight by Bannon--the description of the men he opens fire, and the fact that the battle was happening outside a major population center, suggests that he fired not at surrendering soldiers, but Soviet civil defense workers.

* [[You Are in Command Now]]: Happens to Bannon in the open cinema of the first mission.

* [[Zerg Rush]]: [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|The computer will be trying to do this all the time]]. ''All the time''. Use your artillery and tactical aid ''constantly''.

 

 

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