C&C 4 Unit Profile - GDI Orca

[Sonic 296]

The latest Command & Conquer 4 unit profile has been posted on the Official C&C Site. This one gives us a look a the GDI Orca. And as always this profile feature a short in game video, concept art and extra information. Here is a sample....

 

A mainstay on the GDI frontlines since the inception of the First Tiberium War, few would argue that the iconic Orca VTOL has undergone much in the way of evolution over the ensuing years. Yes, there have been minor upgrades to the airframe, armaments and targeting AI over the years, but at its core each "next-generation" Orca rolled off the GDI production line has never been too far removed from its hit-and-run focused, air-to-ground rocket volley oriented predecessors; GDI's tightly knit corps of airmen wouldn't have it any other way.

 

In the aftermath of the Third Tiberium War, however, there were many within the civilian GDI Council who came to see the Orca as an outmoded relic, the aircraft's popularity amongst the ranks more a byproduct of misplaced nostalgia than anything related to its ever more questionable battlefield effectiveness. Even as the military remained loyal to the Orca, they found it increasingly difficult to argue the point, given the aircraft's less than stellar performance when compared to its ever evolving Nod counterpoint, the Venom.

 

Overriding the wishes of their military leadership, the GDI Council instigated the "Orca Innovation Project", a secretive, civilian-led effort to "re-invent" the Orca for the modern battlefield. Several years - and an uncountable number of credits - later, the end result was finally unveiled to a decidedly nonplussed public. The Orca Mk. IV was barely recognizable as a GDI combat vehicle, let alone one that came from such a storied lineage; a massive, ugly, heavily armored flying vehicle packed with unnecessary features, significant ease-of-use missteps and an overall sense of unfocused design. The military, needless to say, was far from pleased, their dissatisfaction growing more pronounced with each costly mechanical breakdown and failed combat exercise.

Click here for the full GDI Orca profile.

[ORCaLoVeR 0]

it looks............................very weird imo

[Silverthorn 0]

Sonic, the link you gave on the "GDI Orca" word there leads to the Crawler. Oops?

 

And by the way, is it just me or was it EA's server has a problem, the Orca video isn't loading.

[ORCaLoVeR 0]

Sonic, the link you gave on the "GDI Orca" word there leads to the Crawler. Oops?

 

And by the way, is it just me or was it EA's server has a problem, the Orca video isn't loading.

seems to be the EA server, i have the same problem

[Sonic 296]

Not their server, probably an error in the coding on that page.

 

Download the video here: http://downloads.cdn.commandandconquer.com...Orca440x247.flv

[Raptor 4000 0]

Goshdarnittoheck EA!

 

- My main gripe for the design - it has a chaingun IT DOESN'T USE?!?!

 

- The reason for my response above - when will we see Nod go up? At the minuite this all looks heavily GDI biased.

[Gben 20]

...double-take...

it looks to me like we got start with the Mk.4 afterall.

 

This thing seems to be 4 engines and a chain gun???

[ORCaLoVeR 0]

Goshdarnittoheck EA!

 

- My main gripe for the design - it has a chaingun IT DOESN'T USE?!?!

 

- The reason for my response above - when will we see Nod go up? At the minuite this all looks heavily GDI biased.

about time a game is GDI biased :lol:

[Guest Stevie_K]

I like the design. The missiles are probably the standard weaponry while the chaingun at the tip is just an upgrade.

 

The video still doesn't load

[mirza044 4]

I'm not going to complain about the design of the orca, because it's one of the rare decent designed units.

[Raptor 4000 0]

about time a game is GDI biased :lol:

 

Actually, it's a bad thing *Points at C&C 3*.

 

I like the design. The missiles are probably the standard weaponry while the chaingun at the tip is just an upgrade.

 

The video still doesn't load

 

Well lets hope it is. Otherwise it might as well be the MMII's front mounted chaingun.

[Malevolence 6]

It doesn't look very streamlined to me IMO, it looks like a heavy armored variant of the orca.

[Luk3us 63]

It looks ugly to me, like every other unit in this godforsaken game...

 

 

 

about time a game is GDI biased :lol:

 

All games are GDI biased....

 

Actually, it's a bad thing *Points at C&C 3*.

 

Thank you.

[Sonic 296]

You guys are to fussy about stuff.... stressing out over a video game. Its a world of make believe, and everyone bitches about things being ugly and unrealistic.

 

Anyway. If you still have seen the 18 second Orca video here it is.

 

[Gben 20]

Thanks for the vid - still hadn't seen it.

 

(Still don't like the design... it looks like a bomber when it should be a fighter.)

[Malevolence 6]

(Still don't like the design... it looks like a bomber when it should be a fighter.)

 

Yup thats the right statement there.

[Raptor 4000 0]

You guys are to fussy about stuff.... stressing out over a video game. Its a world of make believe, and everyone bitches about things being ugly and unrealistic.

 

Anyway. If you still have seen the 18 second Orca video here it is.

 

How many rockets does that thing shoot?!?!

 

It seems C&C 4 is headed for a Macross Missile Massacare.

Edited November 10, 2009 by Raptor 4000