Possibly the most realistic game I have ever played.
User Rating: 2.5 | Desert Thunder PC
When I was at the dollar store, and I saw Desert Thunder *desert thunder* (this game doesnt dererve capital letters.) Anyway, I saw it at the dollar store for $4 and I thought, "how could I go wrong, after all, all great games are cheap!" So I got home and I opened it up. Here are some first reactions. "Wow, this game is based on the unreal engine...too bad unreal engine 3 is out...hmmm next generation graphics, 2 generations behind!?!? WOW! impressive! That must mean the game is REALLY good, to have unreal 4 graphics in the Unreal 1!" I read the storyline, it was incredibly bad, I mean it wouldnt matter if there were 80,000 T-72s, they couldnt destroy 100 M1s, we proved that in the Gulf War but hey whatever, thats cool, because you know, all great games have horrible story lines. Next looking at the cover, several more reactions, there is a really unimposing picture of a big tank driving through barbed wire...ummm...how cool...Yeah, and then on the back...I see a picture of guess what..AN EXPLOSION! which is really what this game is based on. With the explosion I see someone flying through the air. More on that later. Anyway, turning on the game, I see it has no multiplayer...wow...its 2007, how does this game not have multiplayer? But still, thats great, metroid prime was a great game, and it didnt have multiplayer, this game was sure to be great! So I start it up...and the first thing I realize is..I cant run through barbed wire? SO WHAT THE HECK WAS THE POINT OF THAT HORRIBLE COVER THEN!? wow..whatever...so anyway, I run over a burning tank, and it shatters...I never knew that if you ran into something destroyed, it would shatter...wow...realistic, that must have what they were talking about when they said "amazing real-world destruction effects." So another great, realistic feature of this game is how when you shoot, you can see your shot slowly moving throught the air to the target, in a ball of smoke..I always thought that tank rounds almost instantly hit the target, boy how wrong I was, I wish I had had these "Stunning visuals and realism" in all my other games! So I go through the game and I am getting so bored. But all games make you bored! I predict that if I play Halo for 475 hours straight I might become somewhat bored, so this game is like all other great games. Anyway, that was about when I veered off the trail and ran into a rock...and it shattered...wow. I couldnt believe it, I laughed off my chair. Soon I found out, Everything you run into shatters! Awesome, trees, shatter, rocks shatter, frikin huge boulders, shatter, other tanks..blow up. Enemy soldiers..RUN THEM OVER! BLOOD GOES FLYING EVERYWHERE! ITS LIKE SOMEONE THREW A BLOOD GRENADE AT ME OH MY GOODNESS! Next, I love how when your tank gets hit, blood comes out...I mean, sure...all tanks bleed, especially top secret, almost invicible M1A6 tanks. I read the back again and found out, luckily, that there are only eight missions. I stopped playing the game after the second..it was just too miserable. But there is one more thing I would like to comment on. I really cant stand how you have to run over the power-ups directly to get them. I mean in every other game you just have to get in "the general area" to get the power-ups..not in this game. You have to run directly over them, and if you miss them, it is so hard to back up the stupid tank, you may as well just skip the power up! And dont say "it is more realistic", because after all, in the real war, tanks just run over "health" and "armor piercing rounds" to get them, I mean, if I went to the desert I could just walk around and be like "WOW look! 246 armor piecring rounds..oh! and there is an M-16, and the silencer add on and"...so forth...so you get the picture. I just wanted to say, who ever would have thought blowing stuff up could be soo boring.
