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AN OUTSTANDING GAME, 6 Aug 2004
This game oozes tension, that is one of its best qualities (the others being gameplay, graphics and AI, but we'll come to those later). Allow me to describe a scene from the first level of the game. You and your squad are edging through dense forest on your stomachs, your objective is to get to an enemy camp and capture it. You are nearing the camp when you hear gunshots. You quickly move behind a rock and get ready to counter-attack. You stand up and charge at the enemy, taking them down with your rifle and moving on to the next. You kill them all and move on to the next objective. That kind of thing is what I like in a game (the unpredictability of it, where you don't know who or what there is around the corner). Of course there are ways to stop yourself being blind-sided like that. There is a kind of radar that tells you if there are enemys nearby (but it doesn't tell you exactly where, which makes things a bit more challenging). There is also a useful map which tells you where there are enemys. Don't worry if you have never played a squad based shooting game before, because there are plenty of training exercises to ease you in. Such as rescue, shooting, defending, capturing and tank destroying. In the single player mode, there are two campaigns (jungle storm and Island Thunder). They both have nine missions which get harder as you advance through them. These missions have diverse objectives and are both fun to play and challenging. My only qualm is that the learning curve is a bit steep (the last two missions in both campaigns are very difficult compared to the others). The gameplay is excellant as the weapons feel meaty in your hands and you feel as though they could really do serious damage. The squad commanding is well done (espescially if you have the head-set). It is very user friendly. The graphics are great and the environments are big, the grass on the ground is a bit strange though but it doesn't matter. Ai (both squad and enemy) is very good as well, with enemys trying to find cover when you open fire on them. There are also RPG elements as you have to make your squad better by adding points on to their stats. This game even has a solid multiplayer mode with lots of options (even a two player co-operative mode) including last man standing and team based modes. All this makes for a very good game which I would strongly recommend to anybdy who is a fan of shooting games. NB:I have not played the online modes on this game but they are said to be very good as well.
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