Honest Abe

1. Gameplay

This is third person action game with a steam punk art style. The game takes place during the American Civil War in an alternate history of that nation. Well alternate technology similar history. In the game the player takes control of Abraham Lincoln who personally must destroy the seceding South. How can one small and frail man defeat the entire Southern Army? With the help of an armored steam powered mechanical suit. OH and he has a chain gun too. Disclaimer: this is not meant to be insulting to American History this is tongue and cheek and is supposed to be over the top like Metal Wolf Chaos.

1.1 Inventory of game parts

Honest Abe: (Player Pawn) The player takes control of Abraham Lincoln and his armored suit of freedom! Using his trusty chain gun Abe must kill all southern opposition and free any slaves that he comes across. Abe’s chain gun can fire rapidly but it is subject to overheating so the player will have to still their trigger finger some times. Abe’s chain gun can also be modified to shoot larger explosive rounds to deal with heaver units and bunkers. The chain can also be modified to fire mortar rounds to destroy large groups of approaching enemies before they ever get into range.

Union Repair Crew: (Friendly NPCs) These guys only job is to keep Abe’s suit in optimum repair. The player can call on them to repair your suit at any time but if helps if the player is not moving or under fire. If moving they will have to chase you down and if under fire they can die. The max number of Repair Crew you can have with you at any one time is 5. The more you have the faster your repairs will be completed. If the player frees some slaves and is short repair crew the slaves can be drafted into the Repair Crew.

Rebels: (Enemy NPCs) The grey uniformed opposition of freedom. These foot soldiers may not do a lot of damage but they attack in large groups and they say that enough Ants can kill a Spider. They are the fodder enemies.

Yanks: (Friendly NPCs) Sometimes the player will come upon friendly ground troops in their travels. These troops are more often than not pined down and need your support to break the southern lines to advance.

Secret Service Agent: (CO-OP) A friend who also owns this game can join the player at any time as a Secret Service Agent is a similar Mechanical Suit as Abe’s.

Slaves: (Friendly NPCs) There are Slaves who are being held captive by Rebel forces and Abe can free them by taking out the Rebels who guard them. Slaves will not fight but can be drafted into your repair crew if needed.

Artillery Battery: (Enemy NPCs) At times the player will find that the union troops are pinned down due to Artillery fire and they have to destroy the cannon battery or those that operate it. The Artillery Battery is best destroyed with explosive rounds.

Steam Tanks: (Heavy Enemy NPCs) The South has developed Trains that can go any where with out the need for tracks. It has given them a large tactical advantage and allowed them to break the union lines and start to win the war. These are the most difficult enemies that the player must face. They are basically mobile cannons that can destroy union fortifications.

Game Board

The Game board is a serious of battle fields. On each battle field are both Union and Rebel troops. The player must eliminate Rebel fortifications to allow Union troops to advance. However it would help the troops if Abe supported them once the fortifications are removed. Often there are multiple groups of Union and Rebel troops and if Union troops advance too quickly they can be flanked by another Rebel group. The game is over when Abe takes out Jefferson Davis at the Southern Capital in a President vs. President no holds barred battle. After that time for dinner and a show at the theater.