I enjoyed it. I love the Vietnam setting and the characters/plot feel believable and help to draw me in. Its focused on a tense "realistic for 2004" feel. To accomplish this the game is very unforgiving. There's pretty much only one way to play, and that's as a cover based FPS. You need to assess the environment and then jump from cover to cover, using the zoom focus/lean to peak enemies and clear a path to the next bit of cover. It felt suspenseful for me as you can easily die if the area is not clear when moving to more cover. It uses well distant checkpoints to increase the difficulty but also frustration. A limited saves per level system would have been much more appreciated.

It is quite scripted and your squad is not very bright. For a 2004 Unreal 2.0 game however, it does quite well for graphics and AI.

In the end, I felt like a rookie who had made it through hell. The game achieved it's goal well, considering the release date and engine.

I enjoyed it. I love the Vietnam setting and the characters/plot feel believable and help to draw me in. Its focused on a tense "realistic for 2004" feel. To accomplish this the game is very unforgiving. There's pretty much only one way to play, and that's as a cover based FPS. You need to assess the environment and then jump from cover to cover, using the zoom focus/lean to peak enemies and clear a path to the next bit of cover. It felt suspenseful for me as you can easily die if the area is not clear when moving to more cover. It uses well distant checkpoints to increase the difficulty but also frustration. A limited saves per level system would have been much more appreciated. It is quite scripted and your squad is not very bright. For a 2004 Unreal 2.0 game however, it does quite well for graphics and AI. In the end, I felt like a rookie who had made it through hell. The game achieved it's goal well, considering the release date and engine.