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REDCON
Developer(s)	Hexage
Platform(s)	Android iOS Windows Phone Microsoft Windows Mac OS X
Release	19 April 2016 (iOS, Android) 23 April 2016 (PC)
Genre(s)	Real-time strategy
Mode(s)	Single-player

Redcon - Strike Commander (styled as REDCON) is a 2016 real-time strategy video game developed by Hexage. It is inspired by the Japanese anime film Memories.^[1]

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The player controls a fort(later progressing to "Fortress"-type fortifications) armed with cannons. Their task to destroy an enemy's fort/fortress. The player controls soldiers, who are the crew of the fort/fortress. The soldiers repair damaged friendly structures, destroy enemy structures with jackhammers, and shoot enemy soldiers in the same structure as them with rifles(later upgraded into machine guns). Weapons and facilities can be upgraded and configured between battles.^[2][1][3]

Redcon is set in a world where World War I, referenced to as the "Great Unification War" in-game, never ended. A dictatoral state simply called The Empire leads a war against a rebel nation named Krux, after their leader, the traitorous Master General and former mentor to the player, Kranz Krux(later into the game, Krux's nemesis, Furher Adler Grimm, calls him "Franz"). The protagonist of the game is Strike Commander(In full named "Strike Commander Triumphant"), who is tasked by leading the offensive against Krux.^[4]

Strike Commander is given command of a small fortress in a war against Krux. He proves to be a capable leader and defeats Krux forces in several battles. He eventually defeats Krux units that tried to destroy a dam that would flood the gambling town of Pompeii and kill The Empire's General Staff(equivalent of the United State's Cabinet) along with Fuhrer Adler Grimm, the dictator of The Empire, which would effectively end the war. Strike Commander leads an offensive against Krux even though general Kranz warns him that they are not enemies and mocks him for his naivity to trust the Empire. After a long campaign, Strike Commander Triumphant defeats the Krux army and kills Kranz. Fuhrer Grimm congratulates him for victory but says that the Empire needs a new enemy, since war is profitable, and labels Strike Commander as a traitor. Strike Commander's executive officer, a Lieutenant Bella, joins Grimm, although Strike Commander's Field Sergeant attempts to join the Strike Commander. Strike Commander succeeds Kranz as leader of the Krux, even adopting his flag(a black "X" on a blue background), and starts an offensive against The Empire. He defeats all Imperial generals in the General Staff. Adler Grimm celebrates the death of his "idiotic generals" and takes Bella to Pompeii. Once he leaves, Bella hints that she left the Strike Commander to spy on the Fuhrer for the Strike Commander. The Strike Commander then prepares to destroy the dam that would flood Pompeii and kill Grimm the same way as Kranz tried in the beginning of the game. The ending of the game suggests that the Strike Commander Triumphant will fail in the same way that Kranz did and the cycle of perpetual war will continue.

Redcon has received generally positive reviews from critics. Rob Rich of Gamezebo gave Redcon 4 out of 5 in his review. He praised the game for its visual style and gameplay. Rich likened the game to FTL: Faster Than Light. He criticised lack of tutorial for some features and "lackluster default base layout."^[5] Thomas Olson praised the game for its gameplay that gives more challenge than what would be expected from mobile game. He criticised that graphics in Pc version should be more polished. He also praised amount of content that include over 100 missions.^[6]

Steve Lichtfield reviewed the Windows Phone version of the game. He praised it, written that he has "never seen such superlative animation and atmosphere in a mobile game." He also praised the gameplay but criticized that "the back story was confusing."^[7]

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