Interesting, but too short to engage.
User Rating: 7 | Vietcong 2 PC
Campaigns for both sides is a wonderful idea; but please do CARRY OUT that idea to the very end! The US campaign is a little more interesting than the one in Vietcong in the sense that it tells the story of Hue, which has not been done by many Vietnam shooters out in the market. Still, between the jungle and the city, I'd take the jungle. Why? Simply because that's what Vietnam (during the war) truly was: a hellish jungle battlefield. It was nice (for awhile) to see the urban warfare, but then it starts to get monotonous because your team-mates just don't die. You can throw them a frickin' grenade, shoot 'em up then send them to Hell and they'd still be in ONE PIECE saying, "Piece o' cake, Cap!" If that really were what happened, the Commies would have gotten their asses handed to them so fast that they couldn't even finish saying "Ho Chih Minh"!
Graphics-wise, Vietcong 2 is pretty OK. They managed to render the city (well) as one deserted Commie-infested **** that Capt Boone and his mates have to liberate. Rag-doll physics are an absolute beauty (everybody play "Blow-the-Commie-and-watch-him-fly! game) and the gun modelling is superb. Realism-freaks, watch out though. This game is more of an arcade-tactical shooter rather than a realistic-Rainbow Six styled game.
Cheats were well-placed, especially "erikgun" for the fireworks-shooter. It shoots out fireworks, and the fireworks explode like minibombs. Commies will then join the birds for a brief stint of flight in the sky, courtesy of Pterodon.
Casual gamers, go ahead. Vietnam-realism lovers, I'd advise you guys to stay away. Vietcong 2's fun for a casual game, but it definitely is not in the league of Rainbow-Six or SWAT realism.
