This is Delta Force. This game was one of my earliest memories of 'modern military shooter' games on any console ever, as well as a very mediocre game. Being released in a time period in gaming where marveling at how big an environment was more important than content in the environment really hurt this game, even though it had some really neat tech for the time period. This game runs its environments with something called 'voxels,' which are pretty neat but have been done way better in other games. Outcast is an excellent example of a voxel environment that is huge, as well as densely packed in the 90s way with stuff to shoot or steal. Another decent game that ran voxels in the same time period was Amok, though it wasn't nearly as popular as either Delta Force or Outcast. Bigger doesn't always equal better, it just equals empty in this case. +Pros+ +Simple gameplay. +Vast expanses of geography that are accurate to what you see in scale. This was not easy to do at the time, because this was before Google Maps took off. +A great M4. +Several unique environments, complete with unique foliage and props. -Cons- -Good arsenal in a game that won't utilize anything other than M4s and rocket launchers. -AI is simply a bunch of pushovers. Quantity and distance are your real enemies, not the guys you need to eliminate. -AI can use bolt action rifles much faster than you can. -Extremely limited options menu, even for the time. -This is a glorified tech demo, sold as a game. in the 1990s developers got away with itrequently, and this game really reeks of that mostly negative trait. 3/5 because THIS IS ALPHA, I---......
Vodka. AK74. Radiation. Wasteland. 3D Open world. Unexplainable anomalies and powerful artifacts. Brutal enemy difficulty and excellent early 2000's AI. Sound design is enough to use cues for everything, but also meh. Graphics were pretty good, even for the time. The atmosphere is unlike anything I have ever played. The only games that come close to being like stalker would be if you put Fallout 3 and Metro 2033 in a time machine together, and sent them back to the early 2000's. Cyka Blyat, This is Stalker. 5/5 Highly recommended.
