Sadly I am one of those who did buy this - it is another game that has caused me to wonder if I will ever learn to wait for reviews from those who have played games before buying them on a whim....... It really has almost no redeeming features. Graphics would have been poor some years ago, characterisation is sterotyped, sound is average, gameplay is pretty awful. Your teammates are immortal - you almost are. Booby traps are almost impossible to disarm. Missions are repetative and are only made a little challenging by the almost infinite numbers of VC - the game almost makes a feature of non-stop re-spawning. Physics are almost non-existent - the only thing that does work is the recoil on guns making them sort of realistically hard to aim except in short bursts. Grenades on the other had almost seem random both in direction and distance that they fly. Oh and the manual is awful - it really might as well not be there for all that it tells you. My only real pleasure as been shooting bad guys in head for the comedy "exploding melon" effect that substitutes for realism. Blood looks like poor movie gore. It is TOTALLY unfrightening - but attempts to achieve some level of atmosphere through the use of unpleasantly graphic cut scenes that don't generally move the story on one iota. THIS IS TRUELY DREADFUL- DO NOT BUY IT. Save some money and buy Vietong from the bargain bin instead - that was a great game!!
first impressions? just another third person military shooter, nothing special, but wait? whats this? its a bloomin good game actually. the missions are quite hard, never the less, they are fun and are full or action. wi... Read Full Review
Shellshock Is a game of mindless killing and running from place to place but makes it fun. The game is full of gore dead soldiers everywhere with decapitated body parts chared vietcong after napalm attack ,holes in face ... Read Full Review
