Tempest Rising

1997. In this world, things have gone differently. The Cuban Missile Crisis exploded into a "restrained" World War III, which devastated parts of the world but did not end humanity completely. In some of the more irradiated parts of Earth, a strange substance called Tempest rose to the surface. Incredibly energy-rich and easy to mine, it led to a technological renaissance for the Global Defence Force, a pact between the surviving western nations, and the Tempest Dynasty, an alliance of eastern nations desperate to recover from the depredations of war. The two sides reignite old conflicts whilst both striving to seize full control of Tempest, and unlock its secrets.We are now deep in the era of "spiritual successors," where game franchises which were hugely popular back in the day but left to rot by their official licence-holders are continued through legally-distinct-but-still-pretty-much-direct sequels. Tempest Rising proudly presents itself as the heir to the Command & Conquer…