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[[File:rsz_instructions_4417.jpg|frame|Simple instructions]]
{{quote|''Mine precious gold from the deformable pixel terrain in order to buy more and better ships, soldiers, weapons, digging tools, and deployable defenses. Use these assets to defend your disembodied brain and bankrupt your opponent! Old-school 2D sidescroller pixel graphics coupled with an extremely detailed physics simulation makes for a mix of nostalgia and surprising gameplay.''
So in the future, you're a [[Brain In a Jar]], on a ''[[Worms]]''-like 2D battlefield controlling [[Mooks]]. You're competing with other factions on a new, Earth-like planet to find resources and ship them back to civilization, or at least whatever you have left, since you spend pretty much all your money on weaponry. Notable for having an impressively advanced physics and destruction engine, which can allow for a variety of emergent gameplay.
The game isn't actually finished yet. Created by Data Realms, the [[Retraux]] game currently is a demo with several test levels, some of which have a [[Allegedly Free Game|six minute time limit]], making it in essence a sophisticated toy. Regardless, Data Realm is encouraging players to buy the game now, for $18 instead of the $38 they're planning to charge when the game is complete, a model also used successfully by ''[[Mount
The game features a slowly growing single player campaign with five scenarios currently available. There are several levels available for skirmish mode, and the game features splitscreen multiplayer but no online element. The creator is currently focusing on expanding the campaigns and code for the game while having additional staff work on [http://androidarts.com/cortexcommand/ content] as the code rolls out. The game also has a very active modding community and a wide variety of mods that add or change many features in the game as well as adding campaign missions and skirmish areas.
[http://www.datarealms.com Cortex Command Main Site Link]
The link for the fan forums which also houses the mod community [http://www.datarealms.com/forum/index.php Forums & Mod Community]
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* [[Colony Drop]]: The delivery vehicles that your stuff comes in make remarkably good disposable weapons. It's possible to simply order an empty dropship or rocket and smash it into the enemy.
** Or better, order one full of crab bodies and bombs. Then drop it on the enemy base.
* [[Death From Above]]: The above mentioned crates make a very cheap delivery system for high explosive ordnance, and with the self destruct option can be easily detonated above groups to rain shrapnel on their heads.
** Also, dropships can be used to drop bombs on your enemies, which come in Standard (frag) and Napalm variants. For a cheaper option, you can also load them up with stick grenades, since they have an impact fuse.
* [[Disability Superpower]]: A character's jetpack flight time is directly correlated with how much it weighs. Losing both legs can actually ''improve'' your mobility.
* [[Dronejam]]: The 2Dness of the game even extends to the point of making your own units solid to each other, meaning that it's impossible for them to get by or shoot past each other in tight spaces. Units can crouch and go prone to make room, but spraying allies with your jetpack or stepping on them can do a lot of damage.
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* [[Epic Fail]]: Dropship accidents and explosives backfiring can make your failure so spectacular it becomes hilarious.
* [[Everything Breaks]]: As a matter of fact, this is the only way to dig up more resources.
* [[Game Mod|Game Mods]]: One of the main selling points is the game's mod community, which has produced many different armies (including the [[Warhammer
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: The Laser Rifle.
* [[Gatling Good]]: The Coalition faction seems to like them--they have sentry gun and drone varieties, as well as a handheld version.
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* [[Gorn]]: You can blow off arms, legs, heads, or splatter entire characters into a spray of blood and gibs.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Several [[Game Mod|Game Mods]].
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Almost anything. Shovels, digging tools, Dropships, [[The Door Slams You|Automatic Doors]] (Which you can time to crush enemies, though it requires some skill), Jetpacks.
* [[Implacable Man]]: Dreadnoughts or certain heavy units can take serious damage and will continue to try and kill you character even if it is by just stepping on them.
** However like all units, they will quickly die when being shot with any diggers.
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