Dreadnoughts

Dreadnoughts is a cancelled Xbox and PC game by Xenopi Studios. The game was to be like a Halo/Tribes mix of capture the flag.

Gameplay
It was to be a team-based first-person-shooter with many roles to play. Each team is housed on a big ship: the Dreadnought. The main goal of missions is to destroy enemies Dreadnoughts.

The teams have various roles in them. These are the typical: soldier, sniper, engineer, scout. There is also the Captain class, who must steer the ship.

There was to be many different 'species' to play as. Different species have different Dreadnoughts, which in turn would have different weapons.

Controlling the ship isn't done like in a flight-sim. Instead, the captain can just create a flight path on an interface. There is also a voting system in place to veto orders and demote lackluster captains.

It is the role of the Captain to give orders to the crew. It's a team effort to capture outposts, do repairs, and engage in combat. As such, a single player mode wasn't considered but bots were.

There is also the ground combat aspect too. The lighter classes would have jetpacks that have a short life but quickly recharge. Heavier and slow classes would have grappling hooks.

Outposts can be captured on-foot to outfit them with weapons to attack enemy Dreadnoughts.



Cancellation
Dreadnoughts was cancelled sometime in 2002 for unknown reasons. As it was their first project, perhaps a combination of inexperience, technical issues, and lack of funds killed it.