I recenlty tried this game and I must admit that it left me impressed in the beginning. Lets start shall we? The introduction is pretty impressive with excellent actual video clips from Vietnam war, photographs and digital custom video too. An audio file explaining the reasons of war is also welcome even though it may not satisfy everyone for political reasons. The cut-scenes throughout the start and end of each level are amazing as well. The developers have done a very good job, putting a lot of detail, nice animations and violent scenes that some of you may find them offensive, but not for the 'blood-suckers'.:) Another nice feature, something I have never experienced in other games, is the trophies collection and reward system. Everytime you play a map, you may collect trophies (flags, stars, notebooks, etc) that allow you to get back cash. Everytime you finish a level, the game drops you back in your camp where you can just wander around, talk to your teamates, do some shooting practice, get more information about the next mission, 'play' with the pretty nurses. You can also use your cash to buy goods like, photographs (playboy style), extra medicine, bonus weapons, pass outside the camp, etc. The pass allows you to go outside the camp in order to talk to any of the pretty Vietnamese 'ladies' and have a nice going if you have enough money. To be honest I didnt manage to collect enough money to experience it, you will see why below. In every level, as expected you have several tasks and these dont involve jsu killing everyone. There are usually interesting tasks, like blowing up weapons, search villages for enemies, etc. You may have to disarm traps and definately dont fall in one, as you die instantly. The graphics are quite good as well, especially when walking around the jungle. I must admit that all those features increased my appettite for this game a lot. Its a pity though that a game with all the features above, would have such a terrible gameplay. By that I mean, the character movement, the target movement, the enemy killing etc. Trust me, its all that bad. I really played several levels just to give the game a second chance, but I was let down big time. The movement is a big disappointment, as the character seems to be heavy and the third person style doesnt help at all towards this issue. I believe that the camera angle is pretty bad too, so that sometimes someone shoots you whereas you cannot seem him cause you think (camera shows) that you hiding enough behind a rock. Another bad thing is the killing. You may fire tons of bullets and hit noone. I mean sometimes even if shooting in burst style it doesnt work at all. This is quite bad and upsetting I must say. Generally, due to these issues the gameplay seems very bulky and laggy as well. Overall, I would not suggest this game since the gameplay is terrible and this is the most interesting part in a game, but I have to admit that it includes several unique up to now ideas.
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