- Publisher: Strategy First
- Release Date: Nov 21, 2002
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67These missions are very difficult. They are puzzles with very little margin for error, and as you load one for the second, fourth, and even 10th time, you'll find frustration overshadowing a lot of the game's strengths.
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65There were too many shortcomings to bring a great idea into a finished product.
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60Half of my frustration stems from the fact that I can imagine a ton of ways this could have been a really good game.
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Hopefully one day we’ll see this game engine in action again with a game that consists of something more than running through messy gauntlets in Vietnam.
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57There is also one major thing that literally butchers gameplay; in Platoon, your soldiers will not respond to enemy fire even if the enemy is standing three feet behind them and firing. To make your men return fire, you first have to “tell them” to turn around.
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55Nothing wrong with our European friends taking a stab at an American topic but a litle more technical/cultural consulting and the awkward prose would not be as noticeable.
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How could such a complex war inspire such a shallow game?
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40Tedious and frustrating. The emphasis on repeating each mission until you figure out the puzzle is exactly what strategy gamers don't want.
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My advice: do yourself a favor and stay clear of this well-marked landmine.
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30The only feeling of authenticity you'll get from Platoon is the same sort of futilitiy that pervaded the actual Vietnamese conflict. [Feb 2003, p.68]
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30This is only a bad computer game, after all, even if it is one that is broken in almost every fundamental way and is an uncanny combination of tedium and insane frustration.
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A good idea gone wrong... A fantastic notion tht deserves much, much better execution than is displayed here. [Mar 2003, p.90]
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A disturbing combination of poor control and frustrating, repetitive gameplay that feels more like a guerilla "Groundhog Day" than "Platoon." [Mar 2003, p.99]
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Jim7is that any save during the game??
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BarryH.2
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OleA.1