<s>
KKnD	B-Application
,	O
or	O
Krush	B-Application
,	I-Application
Kill	I-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Destroy	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
three	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
KKnD	B-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
1997	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Australia	O
and	O
March	O
21	O
,	O
1997	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KKnD	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
post-apocalyptic	O
setting	O
,	O
where	O
two	O
factions	O
are	O
fighting	O
for	O
control	O
over	O
the	O
few	O
natural	O
resources	O
left	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KKnD	B-Application
also	O
features	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
which	O
allows	O
up	O
to	O
6	O
people	O
to	O
play	O
via	O
LAN	O
or	O
modem/serial	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KKnD	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Australia	O
on	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
March	O
21	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KKnD	B-Application
met	O
considerable	O
success	O
in	O
international	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
reviewers	O
were	O
less	O
positive	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
recently-released	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Key	O
of	O
Computer	O
&	O
Video	O
Games	O
Magazine	O
dismissed	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
blatant	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
rip	O
off	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
identical	O
variations	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whilst	O
positive	O
in	O
his	O
review	O
,	O
Andy	O
Mitchell	O
of	O
PC	O
Zone	O
noted	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
begs	O
every	O
comparison	O
to	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
"	O
given	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
basic	O
game	O
structure	O
is	O
almost	O
identical	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tim	O
Ansell	O
of	O
The	O
Creative	O
Assembly	O
remarked	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
an	O
"	O
absolute	O
piece	O
of	O
crap	O
"	O
and	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
low-quality	O
clones	O
of	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
that	O
were	O
outperforming	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
trend	O
influenced	O
Ansell	O
to	O
enter	O
the	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
genre	O
and	O
develop	O
Shogun	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Alex	O
Walker	O
for	O
Kotaku	O
Australia	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
strategy	O
games	O
to	O
come	O
from	O
Australia	O
and	O
"	O
maybe	O
even	O
a	O
little	O
better	O
than	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
:	I-Application
Red	I-Application
Alert	I-Application
,	O
singling	O
out	O
its	O
sense	O
of	O
humour	O
,	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
mission	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KKnD	B-Application
:	I-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
was	O
a	O
revised	O
version	O
of	O
KKnD	B-Application
released	O
on	O
October	O
14	O
,	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
KKND2	B-Application
:	I-Application
Krossfire	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fan	O
project	O
aims	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
originals	O
compatible	O
with	O
modern	O
systems	O
while	O
improving	O
online	O
functionality	O
,	O
modding	O
capabilities	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
broader	O
range	O
of	O
resolutions	O
and	O
operating	O
systems	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
OpenRA	B-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
openly	O
developed	O
at	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
