Conflict: Vietnam is the third game in the Conflict series, put out by Global Star Software. The Vietnam War lasted 11 years and killed over 3 million people from both sides. In the game, four men are cut off behind enemy lines during the 1968 Tet Offensive with no way to contact for help. The only hope for survival by these four American soldiers is to head into the heart of darkness with little ammunition and a small supply of rations. 100 miles of terrain separates them from freedom. Can you make it?
Conflict: Vietnam includes fourteen missions that takes you deep into the Vietnamese jungle, through small villages, and into ruined temples, and down Viet Cong tunnel complexes. Through these missions you will encounter stiff resistance from the Viet Cong, and booby traps that might just end your chance for freedom again. You’ll travel through miles and miles of unsuspecting forest, not looking for a fight, only to encounter the resistance as you enter a small Vietnamese town, where the citizens are looking to you to save their town, and to save them.
If you’ve ever played any of the other Conflict games, then you’ll find yourself in familiar grounds here. Nothing groundbreaking, and breathtaking about it. It is a very good Vietnam simulation, and that is all you will find here. If you’re all about the shoot ‘em up, do whatever you please styles of some other games, you may not like it here. The game focuses on teamwork, and keeping your squad of four men together through the end, in true American fashion. After each successful mission you are awarded points which you can use to up your soldier’s skills.
Anybody that’s ever been in a combat zone knows how war sounds, knows how loud it is with bullets grazing by you. Conflict: Vietnam captures the sounds and essence of true warfare quite well. The sounds of each gun is modeled fairly accurately, and the voice acting done by the characters is better than most war games in our day. Now you know, Vietnam was a time for the hippies, the peace, the love, and if anything it was time for some kick-ass music to be played so that everyone could take their minds off of it. Well the game opens in ‘Paint it Black’, both the pre-game intro, and at the base camp. That song sets the entire tone for the game. A tough war battle that rages on even where you don’t expect an enemy lying in wait. Not many people have been willing to take on the Vietnam game genre before recently due to the conflicts surrounding the war. Now game makers are realizing the importance that everyone who died in the war is considered a hero.
You start at the base camp to go through your training, and this is a pretty cool place to be. From there the Armed Forces Radio is playing over the loudspeaker, while you’ve got American soldiers patrolling the area. It’s a good place to walk around and learn more about the war, and what the soldiers think of it. They’ll talk about friends who have died, the war itself, back home, and some will even talk about conspiracy theories surrounding the war. All in all it makes for an interesting few minutes running around base camp at the beginning of the game just listening to the other soldiers talk about their lives among other things.
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