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Global Operations (more than another Counter-Strike clone)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

As a very big fan of multiplayer FPS (first person shooter) games I had been anticipating Global Operations for quite a long time. I had heard that several people who had worked on CS were involved in the GO project. I downloaded the public beta as soon as I heard it was out, and boy was I impressed.

The gameplay has two different teams, usually the country's special-forces team pitted against a local guerilla or terrorist group. There are five player classes to choose from: sniper (sniper rifle + a pistol), a recon expert (submachine gun + pistol), commando (assualt rifle + submachine gun+ pistol), Heavy Gunner (machine gun + shotgun + pistol), and demolitions expert (grenade launcher + submachine gun + pistol). Each of the weapon slots a class has does not have to be filled, in other words, you dont have to have a gun or have all three weapon slots filled, it's just a nice feature. Another great feature is that the weapons your selected class normally uses are not restriced to just those weapons . For example a sniper can pick up a machine gun, and although it will reload slower and fire more inaccuratly than if a machine gunner used it, the sniper can sell it off the next round for a sniper rifle.

The weapon models and textures were beautiful and the detail to realism was astounding. The class selection works extremely well because you almost have to have different people be different classes in order to succeed, which I thought was a good way to make teams work more together. While the game is similar in many aspects to Counter-Strike (getting money for missions, buying your weapons. etc.) it added so many features missing in CS. The biggest of these was that in CS you bought your gun and that was what you got, but GO allows players to upgrade and personalize their weapons to what they want or what they think they need (I.E. you can put a scope on any rifle and silencers can be added to many of the weapons). The most detailed thing in the game were the weapons. The models use photographs which were textured on (they are pixture perfect), in addition to that all the weapon sounds, recoil, fire slecters(3 round burst fire,automatic, and semi-automatic) and reloads are based off the real gun. The one thing that i disliked about the beta was that after placing a silencer on a weapon, the damage it dealt was greatly reduced.

I recommend this to anyone who already enjoys tactical first person shooters or if you are a first time gamer looking for a realistic team based action game...

This game grows on you...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: April 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Honestly, I was totally turned off by the beta demo that was originally released online. Choppy gameplay, unclear specialist roles, uninspired graphics. Then, in a momentary lapse of my faculties, I bought the retail version. Applied the latest patches, and was again underwhelmed.

The bot AI in single player seemed to be based on a weird logic where you teammates rush into the meat grinder while the bad guys stand and fire like pop-up targets (and manage to take you out 1/4 way cross the map with a shotgun). The tutorials don't offer much insight into how the various specialist classes (medic, heavy gunner, commando, recon, sniper, demolitions) function.

That said, I think it's this specialist system that ultimately won me over. Each specialist has a specific set of weapons that he can purchase (i.e., only the sniper can purchase the larger scoped weapons, demo guy is the only one who can buy the grenade launcher, etc.), as well as a particular skill that can be crucial in your team's success (or failure).

The recon has a lifesign detector (think of the gadget at the end of 'Rainbow Six' - the book) that can identify bogies at great distances. However, the detector runs has a short battery life, and you have to be near your teammates for them to use this information. The medic can heal or revive teammates. The demo guy can set remotely detonated charges (and can turn parked cars into map-clearing bombs).

The mechanics of the game really emphasize team cooperation. Yeah, you could have a squad of "elite" shooters steamroller their way to victory, but you could also have a recon sneak the VIP under the noses of the opposition to win the round. Of course, this assumes that the bunch of strangers that you find online are looking to play this game in a team-friendly way. For now, I think most of the players recognize this and play accordingly, and I think that's what makes GlobOps such an entertaining (and challenging) experience.

BEST STRATEGIC FIRST PERSON SHOOTER GAME IN THE MARKET

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

best game... even better than 1/2 life or Unrealtournament2003

Give me a break!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Jeez, to you guys complaining about lag, can it! You know, I play multiplaer with a 56k modem, WITH NO LAG, on a 12 on 12 round. Single player, I play WHILE DOWNLOADING MUSIC with no lag. This game is great, especially when it is only being sold for $[money], it is worth $[money]. Similar to Counter-Strike, the only problem with the game has nothing to do with the software. Player online are stupid and far too independent, my advice, find ourself a clan. The single player bots aren't too bad, their waypoints are varied and they rarely run into walls, single player is actually very fun, put the difficulty on Medium and everything is perfectly balanced...

Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best! The beta rules. Buy it NOW!

GET THIS GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game, and the community of hundreds of dedicated people who play this game at teamwarfare.com, are hands-down the best.

GO is by far the most stable and fun FPS ever. Buy it, and play on-line, and you WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.

This game deserves seven stars out of five. Many more maps are available to download at http://www.....tk. People spend hundreds of hours creating these maps, and this is just a sampling of what this game has to offer.

If you don't get this game, you're missing out. Forget about the kiddies playing CS. Welcome to the big leagues with Global Operations. Buy the game, come play on-line. School or get schooled!

Alec

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I love this game!!
much more realistic than most other games.
plus it has so many real guns.
and you get to be different specialties, you get good at one, and it really grows on you.
like Recon, or medic.

great gameplay.
buy it, its better than MOHAA, and SOF2, AND AvP2.
oh, make sure you stand still, to get the best shots

BUY THIS GAME!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game and almost everyday I play around 1-2 hours. This game is best on multiplayer, but the single player mode isn't bad too. This game is my number 1 in all my games (and i have ALOT). ...It is worth buying, this game is well worth your money (I would have given this game a 7 out of 5)

Did you play war as a kid?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is the next best thing. Interact with players from all over the world. Cooperative gameplay with plenty of shooting and action. You can be a hero and save your teamates or be a coward and save your own... it's all up to you!

I love this game!

This is a great game and getting better

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the better FPS out there. The biggest reason is that the MP mode really pushes team work and tactics. Its definitely not all run and gun like most deathmatch FPSs. Anynone who says it has bugs is right, except they have fixed all the known bugs in the 2.0 patch. The support by the developers for this game is the best I have seen. Within a week of some bugs being found they had a patch out and they continue to quickly support the game with help. I have very fewe problems with this game. It is really fun.

Again any problems someone has said they have had with this game before have been remidied. This game now seriously rocks.

Buy it and you will like it, I swear.

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