Posted on: September 17, 2021
Shivershorts
Владелец игрыИгр: 129 Отзывов: 4
An extremely rough tactics gem
I just booted this up recently on my new PC and somehow it worked without a single flaw (installed on OS drive, Windows XP compatibility mode). A couple of years ago it wouldn't even boot, so maybe try it now!!! When I originally played this game on the first Xbox, it grabbed me by my love for strategy games with its unique take on real-time tactics. I remember it definitely not being a great game but I never forgot those mechanics. After probably about 15 years, the game is pretty much as I remember. I still love moving my squads through hostile territory, cover to cover, down alleys and streets, across plazas and markets. Setting firing sectors for each soldier ever so deliberately, laying down covering fire so I can move other squads safely. Unfortunately, the overall game design is sorely lacking. Level design leaves much to be desired, both enemy and friendly AI are a huge pain, controls and camera are very clunky, bugs, I could go on. Oddly, sometimes I found it to be too easy, which is when I discovered that the difficulty settings are horribly conceived. Play it on medium difficulty and you'll find yourself with only 1/3 the amount of supplies, twice as many enemies, ambushes, inaccurate friendlies, deadlier foes, unfair enemy placement... it drove me nuts. So I had to finish the game on the lowest diffulty which I found to be almost too forgiving with eerily sparse enemies. With all that said, I would actually love to see a modern iteration of this game. I'm not a huge fan of games that basically serve as US military propaganda, but honestly I think the developers were really onto something with these game mechanics. I've personally never played another game like this and I'll never forget it. I have to say it's worth playing if you like real-time tactics, and you may very well enjoy it if you keep in mind everything I've said here. TIP: each individual soldier can be given unique firing orders (read the manual, this is not covered in the tutorial)
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