Recruits 0.5.3

Recruits is a brutal fast paced top down shooter that puts the lives of countless amounts of soldiers in your command. Lead your men to victory and see them progress through the ranks, show them defeat and they will be lost forever.

Your role as a commander puts you in charge of managing a platoon of soldiers during the war. Take men into battle one squad at a time to accomplish your missions, along the way gaining experience and respect that allows you to better equip and customize your soldiers.

Only by keeping your men alive, gaining medals and awards and defeating an overwhelming amount of enemies can you hope to be victorious during this time in history.
Recruits is in ALPHA, meaning that is is currently not finished. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS GAME unless you are happy to contribute to the development and play it with bugs and issues. This game is on Steam so that it can reach a wider audience and players can help contribute to the active development of Recruits.


Current Features

General Gameplay – Full body dismemberment and gore, weather effects, physics and destruction and time of day lighting effects.
Variety of Mission Objectives – Including kill all enemies, destroy all buildings, covert operations and survival situations.
Soldier Progression – Permanent death, enlisted rank progression, personal attributes and customizable nicknames and load outs.
Special Abilities and Weapons – As a Commander, earn respect points to unlock upgraded weaponry and special abilities such as Airstrikes and Cluster Bombs.
Squad Orders – A right click command menu in singleplayer gives you the ability to give basic commands to your squad members.
Game Modes – Singleplayer campaign missions, online multiplayer death match and team death match.
Controllable Vehicles – Helicopters and Tanks with specifically tailored missions and environments for them.
Updates – Updates for fixes and feedback from players to improve the game in all aspects.
Future Features
More Mission Objectives - Rescue prisoners of war, assassinate enemy leaders and base patrols are just a few.
In-depth Soldier Progression – Platoon role stat bonuses, visual soldier customization and more.

Update Log:

Changes:
Squad Command Menu has different options depending if aiming at Enemy or Squad Member
Added super basic Melee
Added Random Delay to when enemies throw grenades so not instant.
Show warning when trying to deploy in MP without recruit selected
show warning when trying to create server without name
Use Progress Bar shows above head when using objectives (planting C4 etc..)
MP Commander XP and Respect points earned and updated per kill instead of per game.
Refactored Use tooltip Code to make MUCH more consistent and accurate
Use key utilizes Priority layering For when multiple usable objects overlapping

Bugs:
Fix next round time on official servers
Fixed Flash grenade selection throwing Molotov
Roofs in Village now have proper Collision.
Swapping Squad mates does not change weapons
Removed BSP from Village Level
Chat Text Field No longer overlaps with chat log
Enemies Should no longer throw grenades after death.
Fixed connecting to Official Server Listings if Steam Server is in list
Pickup Weapon tooltip Hides when weapon despawns
Fixed grenades not getting thrown correctly in multiplayer