<s>
The	B-Application
Dreamland	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
:	I-Application
Freedom	I-Application
Ridge	I-Application
is	O
an	O
unreleased	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
by	O
Mythos	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
the	O
team	O
which	O
produced	O
X-COM	B-Application
:	I-Application
UFO	I-Application
Defense	I-Application
,	O
including	O
lead	O
designer	O
Julian	O
Gollop	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
X-COM	O
with	O
3D	O
graphics	O
,	O
"	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
four	O
games	O
planned	O
in	O
the	O
new	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cancelled	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
unfinished	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
bought	O
and	O
partially	O
turned	O
into	O
UFO	B-Application
:	I-Application
Aftermath	I-Application
by	O
Altar	O
Interactive	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
in	O
turn	O
itself	O
followed	O
by	O
two	O
sequels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
also	O
present	O
in	O
Gollop	O
's	O
own	O
Phoenix	B-Application
Point	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
GameSpot	O
preview	O
,	O
the	O
Freedom	O
Ridge	O
interface	O
followed	O
the	O
three-tiered	O
format	O
of	O
a	O
rotatable	O
and	O
zoomable	O
global	O
strategy	B-Application
view	O
,	O
showing	O
various	O
cities	O
areas	O
of	O
interest	O
spread	O
and	O
an	O
outline	O
of	O
the	O
human	O
(	O
allied	O
)	O
and	O
alien	O
(	O
enemy	O
)	O
zones	O
of	O
control	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Geoscape	O
in	O
the	O
X-COM	B-Application
:	I-Application
UFO	I-Application
Defense	I-Application
and	O
also	O
in	O
accelerated	O
real-time	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
3D	O
isometric	O
view	O
tactical	O
screen	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
squad	O
in	O
turn-based	B-Application
combat	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
first-person	O
view	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
squad	O
's	O
individual	O
units	O
while	O
aiming	O
their	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
leader	O
Julian	O
Gollop	O
later	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
quite	O
an	O
ambitious	O
project	O
"	O
of	O
turn-based	B-Application
tactical	I-Application
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
featuring	O
such	O
innovative	O
elements	O
as	O
a	O
destructible	O
terrain	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
that	O
had	O
it	O
been	O
released	O
,	O
The	O
Dreamland	B-Application
Chronicles	O
would	O
be	O
very	O
similar	O
in	O
gameplay	O
terms	O
to	O
the	O
much	O
later	O
tactical	O
role-playing	O
game	O
Valkyria	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
,	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
in	O
2008	O
:	O
"	O
We	O
had	O
a	O
third-person	O
camera	O
view	O
behind	O
your	O
character	O
with	O
a	O
bar	O
representing	O
your	O
Action	O
Points	O
,	O
which	O
went	O
down	O
as	O
you	O
moved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
the	O
way	O
,	O
human	O
resistance	O
uncovers	O
the	O
truth	O
behind	O
alien	O
abductions	O
,	O
UFO	B-Application
conspiracies	O
,	O
and	O
Area	B-Application
51	I-Application
(	O
"	O
Dreamland	B-Application
"	O
is	O
a	O
name	O
often	O
used	O
for	O
Area	B-Application
51	I-Application
,	O
located	O
near	O
the	O
location	O
called	O
Freedom	O
Ridge	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
soon	O
discover	O
other	O
powerful	O
forces	O
at	O
work	O
,	O
including	O
another	O
alien	O
race	O
other	O
than	O
the	O
invaders	O
(	O
Reticulans	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
reclusive	O
and	O
mysterious	O
Men	O
in	O
Black	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freedom	O
Ridge	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
using	O
"	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
new	O
technology	O
"	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
sophisticated	O
environment	O
physics	O
engine	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2001	O
,	O
Virgin	O
Interactive	O
,	O
who	O
possessed	O
Dreamland	B-Application
rights	O
,	O
prompted	O
the	O
Czech	O
developer	O
Altar	O
Interactive	O
to	O
restart	O
production	O
on	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
renamed	O
,	O
first	O
to	O
UFO	B-Application
:	O
Freedom	O
Ridge	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
to	O
UFO	B-Application
:	I-Application
Aftermath	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
was	O
completely	O
different	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
product	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
new	O
developer	O
did	O
not	O
acquire	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
physics	I-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
and	O
other	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
elements	O
and	O
instead	O
made	O
their	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
very	O
few	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Freedom	O
Ridge	O
project	O
remained	O
in	O
the	O
finished	O
UFO	B-Application
:	I-Application
Aftermath	I-Application
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
game	O
nevertheless	O
still	O
begins	O
following	O
the	O
alien	O
conquest	O
of	O
Earth	O
(	O
here	O
instant	O
and	O
completely	O
apocalyptic	O
)	O
and	O
also	O
features	O
a	O
struggle	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
alien	O
terraforming	O
of	O
the	O
planet	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
a	O
mission	O
"	O
Dreamland	B-Application
Files	O
"	O
in	O
Area	B-Application
51	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
Reticulans	O
became	O
the	O
enemy	O
(	O
controlling	O
mutated	O
dead	O
humans	O
and	O
animals	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Saurans	O
do	O
not	O
appear	O
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UFO	B-Application
:	I-Application
Aftermath	I-Application
was	O
later	O
followed	O
by	O
two	O
sequels	O
,	O
UFO	B-Application
:	I-Application
Aftershock	I-Application
and	O
UFO	B-Application
:	I-Application
Afterlight	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Especially	O
because	O
to	O
it	O
(	O
source	O
code	O
)	O
were	O
linked	O
perhaps	O
all	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
had	O
to	O
begin	O
from	O
start	O
,	O
we	O
could	O
not	O
use	O
single	O
line	O
of	O
code	O
either	O
from	O
original	O
Dreamland	B-Application
or	O
[	O
Altar	O
's	O
own ]	O
Original	B-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
Delphi	O
language.	O
"	O
</s>
