Damage Incorporated

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{{Infobox video game

| title = Damage Incorporated

| image = Damage Incorporated cover.jpg

| caption = Cover art by Glenn Fabry

| developer = Paranoid Productions

| publisher = MacSoft
WizardWorks (PC)

| designer =

| engine = Marathon 2

| released = 1997

| genre = First-person shooter

| modes = Single player, online multiplayer

| platforms = Mac OS, Microsoft Windows

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Damage Incorporated is a first-person shooter for Mac OS using the Marathon 2 engine and published by MacSoft in 1997. It was ported to Microsoft Windows.

Gameplay

The player commands a squad of four marines in counter-terrorism operations. Visuals are displayed using the Marathon engine's multi-floor 2.5D system. It includes a networked deathmatch mode.

Reception

{{Video game reviews

| rev1 = MacUser

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010728230437/http://www.macuser.com/mu_0897/maxuser/game_room.html | url=http://www.macuser.com:80/mu_0897/maxuser/game_room.html | title=The Game Room | date=August 1997 | archive-date=July 28, 2001 | author=Loyola, Roman | work=MacUser | url-status=dead | access-date=July 15, 2019 }}

| rev2 = Macworld

| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030308024652/http://www.macworld.com/1997/08/reviews/3842.html | url=http://www.macworld.com/1997/08/reviews/3842.html | title=Game Shoots Itself in the Foot | date=August 1997 | archive-date=March 8, 2003 | work=Macworld | author=Madar, Daniel | url-status=dead }}

| rev3 = MacAddict

| rev3Score = "Spiffy"{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971013184005/http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0997/rev.damageinc.html | url=http://www.macaddict.com:80/issues/0997/rev.damageinc.html | title=Damage Inc. | date=September 1997 | archive-date=October 13, 1997 | work=MacAddict | author=Albright, Wade | url-status=dead | access-date=July 15, 2019 }}

| NGen = {{rating|4|5}}

| award1 = Best Action Game

| award1Pub = MacHome Journal

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Next Generation reviewed the Macintosh version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "If you enjoy first-person shooters, you're going to find a lot to like about this."{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=Next Generation|issue=31|publisher=Imagine Media|date=July 1997|page=170}}

MacHome Journal chose Damage Incorporated for the "Best Action Game" category in their "Home Choice Awards." They wrote, "With the incorporation of the teamwork concept into a 3-D shooter, Damage Incorporated provides additional strategy and immersiveness in an exhilarating marine strike force game for a mere $30."{{cite journal | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980215035135/http://www.machome.com/Features/HomeChoice.html | url=http://www.machome.com:80/Features/HomeChoice.html | title=MacHome Journal{{'}}s Home Choice Awards | author=Worthington, Paul | archive-date=February 15, 1998 | journal=MacHome Journal | url-status=dead | access-date=July 15, 2019 }}

MacWorld wrote, "Damage Incorporated's creator admits he has no real military knowledge, and it shows." The reviewer concluded, "It's a valiant attempt to advance the first-person shooter genre by incorporating a strategic element, but poor design and uneven implementation sabotage it."