ShellShock: Nam '67

 PC
Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 20
  3. Negative: 6 out of 20
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  1. GameShark
    60
    It fails in my eyes as an innovative title that people will find themselves wanting to pick up in the face of "Doom 3" and the impending "Half-Life 2."
  2. Total Video Games
    70
    You cannot kill your fellow US soldiers...why? We’re not saying that it’s a good move to blast your support into oblivion, but it would be a consequence to taking a gung-ho, guns blaring approach.
  3. eToychest
    55
    Shellshock doesn’t amount to much more than six or seven hours of gameplay. It’s over almost as soon as it began which, depending on how much you paid for it, might be a good thing.
  5. PC Format
    56
    The game is incredibly awkward to play. [Oct 2004, p.99]
  6. AceGamez
    70
    On the plus side, what's there is competently done and is flecked with powerful moments of brutality. On the downside, these spots of overt anguish aren't dealt with particularly well and lead to a reduction of the overall effect.
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  7. 3DAvenue
    66
    The repetitive and boring gameplay, amongst other issues, unfortunately overshadows the realistically unique brutal nature of the game, which is a shame because it really does a good job in its portrayal of what war really is about.
  8. ActionTrip
    56
    The game does have some grittiness to it, but it seems to be geared more towards teenagers who would feel better about themselves playing a mature game, than it is towards mature gamers who are looking to get a little depth to go with the arcade action.
  9. Game Over Online
    55
    Character growth? Unnerving realism? I don’t think so. And when you take away the sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll, figuratively and literally, the true gameplay is revealed as repetitive and uninspired.
  10. The Sydney Morning Herald
    50
    It would have been nice if the developer's willingness to include controversial subject matter had extended to exciting gameplay.
  11. Game Chronicles
    60
    The cutscenes are shockingly brutal, the language is shockingly harsh, and the gameplay is shockingly bad.
  12. Gamer.tv
    60
    One of the most harrowing action titles we've ever played...The game itslef is well crafted. The enemy A.I., however, is a little shaky.
  13. GameSpot
    54
    It certainly raises the bar on vile, pointless cutscenes. However, anyone interested in more than stubbornly average gameplay should look elsewhere.
  14. IGN
    58
    Shellshock is as painfully straightforward as can be. Somewhere between conception and launch, something went wrong.

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#74 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004

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User Score
4.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 20
  3. Negative: 11 out of 20
  1. The_D4RknesS
    Sep 8, 2022
    6
    the gameplay is disgusting, the physics and horrible the mutilation hurts the eyes so badly done but it's worth a 6 for the nostalgia thatthe gameplay is disgusting, the physics and horrible the mutilation hurts the eyes so badly done but it's worth a 6 for the nostalgia that this game was for me when I was a teenager… Full Review »
  2. Broyax
    Aug 22, 2020
    0
    C'est une daube de chez Guerrilla, les spécialistes des Killzob, donc il ne faut pas en attendre grand-chose ou quasiment rien pour ainsiC'est une daube de chez Guerrilla, les spécialistes des Killzob, donc il ne faut pas en attendre grand-chose ou quasiment rien pour ainsi dire... Sur PC, c'est carrément que dalle, peau de balle, que dalle sauf si on considère la place que cette bouse prend sur le disque dur, bien sûr. Et encore, c'est un peu encombrant vu que ça prend de la place pour rien...

    Qu'il ne fonctionne pas sur un OS 64 bits, admettons mais sur XP, c'est fort de café... c'est pourtant écrit sur la boîte et quant à un patch éventuel, j'ai pas trouvé, y compris sur les fameux scrolls des patches, références en la matière pour les vieux patches à vieilles merdes de cet acabit...Encore que 2004, ce n'est pas non plus si vieux, j'ai vu des jeux plus vieillots qui marchaient direct sans faire leurs bâtards !

    Mais là, outre l'incompétence du développeur, peut-être qu'il s'agit également d'un complot visant AMD... j'aurais pu tester sur mon portable qui a une Nvidia mais j'ai tout de même pas (autant) de temps à perdre. Donc, on lance le jeu, le menu est là, puis on charge la première mission, on zappe la cinématique à deux balles, puis... un écran bleu de sa mère dans mon driver graphique ! c'est pourtant l'un des derniers pour mon XP chéri, full DX9 approuvé !

    Ah ça faisait longtemps que j'avais pas vu d'écran bleu comme ça : cela nous ramène aux heures les plus sombres de notre histoire paléo-informatique comme Windows 95 et 98...! même le DOS ne faisait pas d'écran bleu comme ça, il était autrement mieux élevé : lui, c'était plutôt noir avec un curseur et éventuellement un reboot sauvage (le Malin est dans ta machine !).

    Bon, bref, cette chiasse ne marche pas sur PC. Quant à la version PS2, ça doit être tellement laid et saccadé que ça va pas être possible mais c'est du classique tout ça, en fin de compte. Je suis épaté un peu quand même : un écran bleu de sa mère !    … Full Review »
  3. Ups2006smith
    Mar 31, 2006
    0
    If you took a rocket ship to the Planet of Bad Games and then found the country on that planet where all the really Bad Games were and then If you took a rocket ship to the Planet of Bad Games and then found the country on that planet where all the really Bad Games were and then found the capital city in that country where the really Crappiest Games existed and then found the shop in that city which sold the absolute worst games ever, I still think you wouldn't find a crappier game than Shellshock Nam '67. This game stinks! I can only assume that Eidos were suffering from shellshock when they released this ugly, useless title. Controls? Forget it it! Game play? Non-existant! Graphics? Garbage! Audio? Embarrassing! Enemy AI? What enemy AI? Cut scenes? Gratuitous filth! Arrrgghhhh! I hate this crap so much! Now I must get it off my PC immediately!… Full Review »
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