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Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

  • Summary: Conflict: Vietnam follows the progress of four US soldiers, Ragman, Junior, Hoss and Cherry, cut off from their unit during the 1968 Tet Offensive and tasked with fighting their way back to friendly lines. A third person shooter where the player takes full control of all four squad members, Conflict: Vietnam does not set out to depict the course of the war; instead we witness four men struggling for survival in the hostile Vietnam jungle against a ruthless terrain and seemingly ever-present "invisible" enemy. With 14 missions spanning a variety of environments you must lead your squad down Vietnamese rivers manning the guns on a heavily armoured river boat, into local villages (with friendly and non-friendly fire) to rescue hostages, through ruined temples and the claustrophobic jungle and into the ancient Vietnamese capital of Hue. Armed with an array of heavy artillery your squad must also use make use of transportation abandoned by the Viet-Cong or discarded by captured US troops such as tanks, boats and helicopters, in addition to any surplus weaponry you acquire including gun placements and two-manned mortar sites. Lastly, and by no means least, keep a watchful eye out for the Viet-Cong booby traps, from grenade trip wires and water mines to the punji stake pit trap and the "Bouncing Betty" anti-personnel mine. [SCi Games] Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 18
  2. Negative: 4 out of 18
  1. SCi have done a marvellous job with the high detail, which comes across well in both the audio and visuals. In fact it's so detailed that it feels real.
  2. There are some great elements and firefight sequences in Conflict: Vietnam but you just don't see them enough. And when you do, it's sometimes offset by other factors that ultimately mire Conflict: Vietnam's better traits into gameplay quagmire. Instead of an exciting battle, you find yourself slogging through the game.
  3. 67
    The clumsy controls never feel quite right, this is a war game that delivers the atmosphere and provides a well-presented version of the war, but fails on the implementation.
  4. Despite Conflict Vietnam's faithful, regurgitated depiction of the reality of war in Vietnam, the mechanics of the game are far too poor to make it recommendable to any but the most hardcore fans of gritty war games.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. JohnM.
    10
    Excellent game.
  2. HossM.
    10
    This game has a realistic feel to it and awesome music too ! I bought my game for $17 and for this games price you can't go wrong. A must have for any hardcore vietnam war game fan. Expand
  3. MichaelD.
    10
    Tite!
  4. HFI.
    3
    Good soundtrack High on graphics. Very low on fun and playability/ This game looks good but you wont stay long enough to find out. It plays horribly, and the command scheme is very very frustrating. dont buy it. it's a waste of money !! HF Expand

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