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Conflict: Desert Storm
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
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Based on 12 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Gotham Games
Developer: SCI / Pivotal Games
Genre(s): Third-Person Shooter, Action, Adventure
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: April 22, 2003
Summary
You're the best trained, best equipped Special Forces squad in the world. You have been deployed behind teh enemy lines where the terrain and conditions are barbaric. You will seek, locate and destroy the enemy while creating havoc and confusion against insane odds. [SCI Games]
Also On Metacritic
GAMES: Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad
Cheat Codes & Hints: Cheat Code Central
Also On The Web: IGN Preview Official Website
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Game Chronicles
The opening movies hooks you and the training missions make the game seem innocent enough. Once you start playing however, the true nature of just how difficult this game really is become quickly apparent. This is not a game to be approached by the casual action gamer.
Read Full Review >TotalGames.net
Although it could have been improved even further — the graphics and vaguely cumbersome feel of the movement still need more refinement — as a tactical squad based shooter, this is easily the GameCube’s best.
Read Full Review >GameCube Europe
It takes elements from many great shooters and has bundled them into a real life based situation.
Read Full Review >IGN
A surprisingly fun, intelligent little squad-based shooter that's made all the better on GameCube.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
It's not like being there, but Desert Storm offers us a glimpse into what modern warfare is like.
GameSpy
The promise of well-implemented squad tactics is completely undercut by terrible control and routine missions.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
If you want a good wartime shooter, "Medal of Honor: Frontline" is far superior to Desert Storm. Look at that - I just saved you $40. [May 2003, p.87]
Nintendo Power
Frustrating play control and awkward camera movement weaken the game. [June 2003, p.138]
GMR Magazine
Players will find themselves replaying missions again and again because, as in real war, life is cheap and death is all too common. [June 2003, p.75]
Village Voice
You can switch between any soldier in the four-person British SAS or American Delta Force units, firing all manner of weapons at surprisingly well-coordinated Iraqi forces (not civilians), blowing up bridges (not mosques), and rescuing P.O.W.'s (not Jessica Lynch).
Read Full Review >GamePro
If you played "SOCOM" for the chat, however, then you'll probably abandon this game early on.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
After Red Storm beauties like "Raven Shield" and "Splinter Cell," and even more recent efforts like "Vietcong", Conflict: Desert Storm on the GameCube is a pretty embarrassing release.
Read Full Review >Electronic Gaming Monthly
The U.S. Delta Force puts up such a piss-poor fight in this game, playing through it might actually boost the Republican Guard's morale. [June 2003, p.130]
NintendoWorldReport
While it’s not terrible, it approaches a level of bland mediocrity that is all too typical of today’s mass market gaming industry.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
The interface and poor control are bigger enemies than the game's Iraqi soldiers ever are, and in the end, this is a game you can surely live without.
Read Full Review >Play Magazine
If this was simply a run-and-gun action game, Conflict: DS wouldn't survive its mediocre moments, but the presence of units of up to four who require steady management carry the game. [June 2003, p.57]
Armchair Empire
You’ll have to be extremely familiar with the controls to have a hope in hell of finishing the game.
Read Full Review >G4 TV
Lacking in virtually every area. The graphics are terrible, the controls are clunky, and the gameplay is uninspired.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Daniel M. gave it a 10:
Best war game out.
Kenny H. gave it a 0:
I found absolutely nothing good about this game. It was shockingly hard and crappy. After I was dissapointed by the single player mode, my brother and i tried 2 player co-op. WOW. That also sucked. So, never play this game if you are alive.
Chris M. gave it a 9:
This is a gr8 game. the co-op mode is excellent it it sure does give u value for money, ok the graphics aren't the best but still it has to be bought.
Gamer Boy gave it a 10:
This is my favorite game. From the beginning to the end it was non-stop fun. I could not keep my hands of the controller. It was so tactical and it was a strategy based game. My friends and I played multiplayer and beat it. This game is nonstop fun. This game is one of the best real war time games of its kind. Loved it.
Gametime gave it a 10:
This game is one of the best games ever that i played for game cube. Me and my friends always play multiplayer i love having 4 people to control. Each character you control has their own weapons and features. The controls are a little tricky but overal a superb game. Conflict: Desert Storm is a strategy and shooter game. This was immediately added to my wishlist.
Shaun D. gave it a 4:
I don't know what the other guys are smoking -- this game is completely terrible. Everything about this game is flawed. I rented this game because the graphics on the box looked all right. When I got home, I had to excuse myself in front of my siblings for suggesting such a crappy game, and within four minutes of playing I decided to use my weeks rental of this game as a good use -- a door stop.
Bill O. gave it a 10:
Rented it and loved it, now we have to buy it. My roommates and I are hooked!
