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Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry Division in Vietnam
Released On: Nov 21, 2002
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7.0
All Platforms
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
49
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
54% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
46% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
These 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.
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.
There 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.
How could such a complex war inspire such a shallow game?
My advice: do yourself a favor and stay clear of this well-marked landmine.
The 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]
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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Summary Thundering helicopters tear through the skies overhead, wet muddy terrain sinks under your feet and tragic casualties cover the ground you crawl along. All the excitement of the big screen is finally coming to the small screen in Platoon, the first action RTS set during the Vietnam War. Control an entire platoon through missions based on...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Nov 21, 2002
Developer:
- Digital Reality
Publisher: Strategy First
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