Not Just Another Movie Ripoff What! Starship Troopers… another game based on a movie. Oh no! When has such a thing ever been a success? Errr.. never. Well actually, for those of you who didn’t know, the movie Starship Troopers was actually based on a book by Robert Heinlein. Well it turns out that the movie was missing quite a few things that were an important part of the book (namely a decent plot and believable characters).
But beyond the obvious, it was how the MI (Military Infantry) was portrayed in the movie that really ticked off some faithful readers. In the movie they are like a bunch of mindless peons in simple body armor, but in the book, they are more like small combat divisions with their classic combat suits. These combat suits are very important to the infantryman because they multiply every muscle movement he makes, making him far more powerful. This was completely omitted from the movie. Thankfully the game will be more true to the book, and how you control your combat suit will be a big part of the game play.
