Could have been a decent FPS in 2004, but not in 2008.

User Rating: 4.5 | Conflict: Denied Ops PC
Conflict: Denied Ops (CDO) is a so-called next-gen FPS, and it promises to give a good journey throughout various areas of the globe. Unfortunately, the game fails to do so.

We control two special CIA agents in CDO. One of them is Agent Lang, he is the close-combat guy, he carries a LMG and later on he gets a rocket launcher. The other is Agent Greaves, the recon-guy, he carries a sniper rifle and he does all the detonation work, like planting C4’s for destroying specific tactics. With “Tab” key, we can play the game with the character of our selection. When one of the crew members get hurt and go down, the other one has to help the other one. It’s better to change the control to the other guy (ex. if you were playing with Lang, when he goes down, you change to Greaves) and help the fallen agent. You can also wait for the other guy, but the other way seems more logical. The game takes us from Venezuela to Africa, to Arctic, and various other places of the world.

The area designs are on the par, nothing special. Level design is definitely boring, it’s just a mess of corridors and enemies. The game itself is very easy, it’s linear and you can easily find your way. There is always a pointer on the actual game screen which indicates where you should go. There is no minimap so you don’t know where is the other member of your crew, and if you forget to command him to go forward, he can even rest on the start of the level, so don’t forget to press the right mouse button.

Graphics are really bad. Characters’ faces are not well-designed, the engine totally lets us see how old it is. Textures also look out-dated. Sounds are also below par, the black LMG guy says “mofo” (the long version, of course) before or later his sentences. The weapons don’t feel right, it’s not like you shoot them. The physics are OK, you can’t shoot through walls, but you can destroy wooden objects on your way. Also, you can’t take the weapons of the dead soldiers in the game. You resupply your ammo, grenades etc. from various supply crates in the level.

The game also has a multiplayer mode and a coop mode, I didn’t try the coop, and couldn’t try the MP as there were no servers / servers were empty. But I’m pretty sure that it won’t be anything like CoD 4 MP.

Finally, I have to say that Conflict: Denied Ops is nothing but a bad FPS. Weapons do not feel right, it’s the same old repetitive gameplay with bad graphics and below par sound effects.

Only play if you are burnt out with CoD 4 MP, finished CrySis and played enough of it’s MP. Rent before buying, you probably will regret your decision if you actually buy this game from a store.

Have a good day (: