Learning the best usage of each of these weapons was intended to be a significant part of the challenge of the game.ДЄ list of weapons was published by GameSpot. The balance of the weapons was not arbitrarily created by the game developers, but was based on information provided by real life weapons designers. The ballistics system, which simulates the effects of each weapon on buildings, vehicles, and people, is based as much as possible on the real specifications of each weapon (information on Chinese PLA weapons and vehicles is limited in some cases Template:Citation needed) and also takes into account flight times and effective ranges for each projectile. Depending on the current mission, they are equipped with optics, grenade launchers, laser sights or suppressors. The weapons available range from pistols and submachine guns to artillery and large bombs. Local multiplayer, including over a virtual LAN, still functions.ДЄccording to Game Informer, there are over 70 weapons in game, all supported by a realistic ballistics system, although most are not readily accessible to the player.

The game does not feature dedicated servers, and the official servers are now offline. There are also the pure multiplayer modes Annihilation and Infiltration, with more multiplayer modes promised for after the release of the main game. The player versus player multiplayer includes four maps to choose from on the disk. In storyline co-op mode, up to four human players can play through the single player campaign together, each human player replacing a computer-controlled character. Multiplayer Дragon Rising also features a multiplayer mode. An interview with developers suggested that the civilians have all been evacuated ahead of the arrival of US forces. Skira is sparsely populated with some towns and more isolated houses and settlements. A ridge of 1,000+ foot mountains runs down one side of the western portion of the island while the other side is generally flatter with numerous lakes and small waterways. At one end is a stratovolcano, Template:Convert in diameter at its base and Template:Convert high, and at the base of the volcano is a section of low lake lands. Skira is a volcanic island with a variety of terrain. The developers have aimed to copy the Template:Convert accurately to give players a sandbox composed of natural terrain, instead of artificially designed or procedurally generated terrain. It was at one point liberated by US and Canadian forces after capture by Japanese forces.

The real-world island of Kiska (on which the in-game island of Skira is directly based) is located on the western end of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska and was involved in WWII. Skira is based directly on Kiska Island, Alaska.

As the game progresses, the player must fight off enemy forces along with his fireteam and allied soldiers, for example, this could be assaulting a village held by the PLA, suppressing a team pinning down your fellow soldiers, or rescuing downed crews of crashed helicopters from behind enemy lines. Bound by treaty arrangements made after the end of the Cold War, America agrees and the two biggest armies in the world begin to clash on the island. Russia, already countering the PLA on the Chinese mainland, calls to the United States of America to retake Skira from the Chinese. The situation deteriorates quickly and China begins to fortify its northern provinces in anticipation of armed conflict with Russia. Peace talks prove useless as both combatants lay claim to Skira due to previous ownership of it. Dragon Rising takes place on the fictional island of Skira, in May 2011.ДЄfter the Global Economic Crisis causes mass unemployment and political destabilization in China, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) seize control of Skira and the vast, newly discovered reservoir of oil there, from the Russian Federation.

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