User Rating: 7.8 | Vietcong (2003) PC
Vietcong has been a blessing in first person shooters. It breaks the monotony of the World War II shooters. The games graphics are excellent with the rich foliage and vast arenas of play. The enemy AI is some of the better I’ve seen in these types of games. Instead of running out in the open and firing blindly the AI will actually try to use strategy such as cover, cover fire, and force by numbers. There is a slight drawback with the friendly AI that probably can be fixed with a patch in the future. In some situations the AI follows you so close that you can become trapped in certain boards. If you only have one way in and one way out be wary before you trudge down that avenue. I found myself having to start a board over because the AI would not move out of the way. You can not jump, or crawl around them. During firefights the AI takes a mind of its own and tends to run off blindly with guns blazing. The commands during firefights do not seem to work immediately. I have to issue the command to hold or retreat several times before the AI will react to it. The sound in the game is superb. I find myself having to turn down my speakers because of the intensity of the firefights. The only drawback is trying to hear your radio transmissions during a firefight. The game play in single player missions is excellent and only gets better during multiplayer games. Overall this game is leaps and bounds ahead of most first person shooters but there is some room for improvement. I would recommend this game to anyone who loves the first person shooters especially if they are intrigued with jungle combat.
