Vietcong (2003)

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  • Summary: Set during the Vietnam War, Vietcong is a first person shooter with tactical elements. Vietcong combines thrilling action with strategic thinking. The evolving storyline combined with the game's intense sound system, graphics and animation truly bring powerful jungle combat to life on yourSet during the Vietnam War, Vietcong is a first person shooter with tactical elements. Vietcong combines thrilling action with strategic thinking. The evolving storyline combined with the game's intense sound system, graphics and animation truly bring powerful jungle combat to life on your PC. Acting as an elite soldier, players of Vietcong command the A-team, part of the U.S. Special Forces, in realistically represented Vietnamese environments. Players will lead as many as six expertly trained soldiers through 20 dramatic missions, and follow a storyline that captures the danger, fear and unpredictability of the war itself. [Gathering of Developers]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Computer Games Magazine
    100
    One of its most remarkable accomplishments is the way gunfights play out like gunfights rather than shooting galleries. [July 2003, p.88]
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  2. PC Format
    87
    Vietcong is everything Platoon should’ve been: realistic, immersive, tense, reasonably flexible, and thoroughly addictive. How ironic that two Czech developers should be the first to create a truly brilliant Vietnam game.
  3. Game Chronicles
    83
    The game is intense with plenty of surprise attacks and one-shot kills, but it manages to remain fun and entertaining and perhaps even a bit educational. If you have the gear to run it I highly recommend taking this tour of duty.
  4. ActionTrip
    72
    They've managed to make a consistent game world and suck the player into it. The fact remains, however, that including more mundane and frustrating elements of real world warfare is a double-edged blade, especially when some of the other technical elements of your game are not up to snuff - like the AI, or clunky engine.
  5. IGN
    70
    Vietnam was hell, and it's translated well in that way, but unfortunately it just doesn't pass muster leaving us with an average game that could have been great.
  6. Adrenaline Vault
    70
    A flawed but rewarding experience seems to be the average diagnosis for most of the current crop of FPS releases, and Vietcong is no exception.
  7. Edge Magazine
    50
    Repetitive and crude, this is a game that is often let down by the rough edges of a development team that didn't seem to have the time or the money to realise its ambitions. [June 2003, p.102]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. CregA.
    Apr 5, 2003
    10
    Grrrrreeeat!
  2. [Anonymous]
    Aug 31, 2004
    10
    I love it.
  4. herrmoekl
    Jun 9, 2015
    10
    This Game is one of my All-time Favorites! When it was released it perfectly aroused a dense and oppressive Jungle feeling. I have to admitThis Game is one of my All-time Favorites! When it was released it perfectly aroused a dense and oppressive Jungle feeling. I have to admit that my rating probably has a small nostalgia bonus though.… Expand
  5. Marked_One
    Mar 29, 2017
    9
    A great, great game. The gunplay is good, the setting is good, the sounds are good and the stoy overall is decent. While there are a few bugs,A great, great game. The gunplay is good, the setting is good, the sounds are good and the stoy overall is decent. While there are a few bugs, I didn't meet any that broke the game in any way. The graphics might feel dated, but the game still doesn't fail to immerse you with it's good atmosphere. A good game overall.… Expand
  6. Schadov
    Aug 9, 2004
    9
    Najlepszy fps jaki widzia³em w ¿yciu a widzia³em wiele - nie dam 10 poniewa¿ mam nadzieje ¿e doczekam siêNajlepszy fps jaki widzia³em w ¿yciu a widzia³em wiele - nie dam 10 poniewa¿ mam nadzieje ¿e doczekam siê jeszcze lepszych gierek (np. vietcong 2, ... )… Expand
  7. Izoeros
    Apr 26, 2022
    8
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  8. Broyax
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    Le Vietnam, c'était l'enfer à ce qu'il paraît... et ce jeu est là pour vous le rappeler puisqu'il est même un enfer à lui tout seul ! un enferLe Vietnam, c'était l'enfer à ce qu'il paraît... et ce jeu est là pour vous le rappeler puisqu'il est même un enfer à lui tout seul ! un enfer à jouer ou à tenter de jouer... Sous le couvert d'un pseudo-réalisme, rien n'est vraiment jouable ici, la faute à une ergonomie soit défaillante soit absente... lancer une grenade relève de l'exploit par exemple !

    Quant à mon fusil, il y en a beaucoup des comme ça mais ça c'est le mien et... il a l'air sacrément faussé ou alors mon avatar a pris de la drogue : ça tire à peu près n'importe où sauf là où on a visé, là où on visait ou là où on vise... Là encore, on se demande comment ce merdier a été "pensé" ? une mauvaise blague ou un humour très douteux ?

    Toujours est-il qu'en face, les Viets savent tirer et que surtout ils se carapatent à une vitesse... comment tu veux en aligner un avec un flingue qui a bu ? d'autant que ça promet d'être bien lourdingue et qu'on a droit qu'à une sauvegarde rapide (réutilisable quand même !) et c'est tout. Le reste, c'est de l'automatique...

    De toute façon, chaque action prend beaucoup de temps, s'accroupir, recharger, s'allonger, changer d'arme, chier etc, etc... et pendant ce temps, vous pouvez vous faire étendre. Et avec ces graphismes tout verts, si on a pas une bonne vision du relief, on repère difficilement la vermine communiste vietcong !

    Les voix sont en anglais seulement, le texte est en français mais mal placé et mal fichu, à dire vrai. A noter que le jeu fonctionne très bien en 1080 sur Win7-64 : pas très joli le jeu mais bon, on va pas demander la lune non plus...

    Non, on voudrait juste quelque chose de jouable... mais ça, c'est trop demander apparemment. Alors, votre daube, vous vous la remballez.    … Expand

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#89 Best PC Game of 2003
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#48 Most Discussed PC Game of 2003
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#51 Most Shared PC Game of 2003

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