It's a fun game, for what it's worth.
C:DS has you leading a squad of special forces commandos on tactical missions in the U.S.'s early conflicts with Iraqi forces. Oftentimes you'll be charged with blowing up missiles, rescuing squadmates and other important people, and other necessary missions. In doing so, you will be required oftentimes to use stealth and avoid detection, ward off tanks and helicopters, and lead strikes on enemy bases. These sequences are often very exciting and are executed quite well. However, what impedes on the fun you'll have in this game is it's poor control interface, which really gives you this feel that this game was ported from some earlier console release. Also you can tell that the multiplayer didn't really recieve alot of attention by them either as it doesn't even allow you any matchmaking service. This really stinks as I think it could have had alot of potential, especially if they allowed you to play the game coopertively online or over LAN.
But despite these shortcomings, I must say the game is still quite enjoyable and worthwhile. The missions are all fun and intense, and your squadmates are pretty capable fighters themselves which you won't have to worry about a whole lot. I never had to worry about one of my squadmates getting stuck when I wanted him to follow me, even if I was far away. This folks is a rare accomplishment in squad-based third-person shooters. And while it's not innovating it is diffinately very nice to have.
There are aspects with this game that seperate it from others like it that can be viewed as either good or bad, depending on your expectations of a game like this. This game, to begin with, is a mix between full-blown unrealistic action games like contra and tactical games like rainbow six. You can use healthpacks to revive teamates but at the same time headshots kill instantly. And despite having multiple medpacks, you'll have to still be careful because the enemies might shoot a tank shell at you or throw a grenade and wipe out most or all of your squad with it. And you'll be fighting alot of enemies and taking alot of hits during the missions, so you'll definately need to be careful as to when to use your medpacks. Also the game allows you to save mid-mission but only allows you two or three saves total for each. This might seem frustrating at first but to me it was also another incentive to play tactically.
So while Conflict Desert Storm is not at all perfect, it does (in my opinion) improve upon it's predecessors.