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Time for team shooter action

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 27
Date: September 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Just pre-ordered this today and am anxiously awaiting it's release. The screen-shots look great and I love the idea of having friendly shooters(us forces) going into battle like certain battle sequences in halo. Should be a great game.
****4 stars because i've only played the computer demo and don't know exactly how it's transition to x-box will be****

Good game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 33 / 34
Date: September 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I don't think there are many of these types of games around. By 'these' I mean somewhat realistic non-first person shooters. Especially on the xbox, where aliens and purple colored things always ship. Adding that it takes place in the Gulf War makes it all the better. There are some neat new things not seen elsewhere; One of my favorites is having the ability to call in air strikes. The army does actually do this, send out teams who identify targets on the ground and lock in their position, which then are bombed by planes. This was done a lot in Afghanistan for example. For the most part, you do the same stuff as in RogueSpear/Counterstrike/Others, plant explosives, remotely set them off, get a gun, a rifle and an anti-tank missile launcher. There are different kinds of each, from m16 to a ak47 and so on. I haven't seen a tactical team mode this well developed elsewhere, you can switch between several people very easily, issue orders and so on. It's clever. It does try to keep close to reality, on easier levels it's not 'one shot kills', but it's pretty close when you're near by a shooter. Though if you're shot, you switch to another team mate, who comes with a medical kit and fixes you up, you can do this forever really, unless all of your team is dead. Which is why you don't take your entire team for scouting, one or two at a time.

I'd say the graphics were very good, especially the city missions. Sound is DD5.1 and it's nice, if the soundtrack isn't to your liking you have the option of playing your own stuff of the xbox's hard drive (music you've ripped).

Again, xbox hadn't a game like this yet, and it's something that a lot of you Counterstrike fans might enjoy. Halo is fun, but in terms of gameplay, but this feels more natural. In October and November there'll be a slew of games, with Xbox Live coming out and all, including Ghost Recon and MGS2 and Splinter Cell, I wonder if this games might be missed. I sure hope not.

Feed your thirst for OIL WAR

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 23
Date: October 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

At first when I saw this game I thought, wow this is great, this is going to be SO realistic, it's an awesome idea to put out a shooter set in Iraq! I mean, it'll be just like Desert Storm.

Well, it's not exactly like Desert Storm. First off - there are no protests whatsoever featured in the game. It would have been more realistic if I had to politically "buy into" an Iraqi oil war. Second of all, after a few missions, my soldier didn't get either Gulf War Syndrome or even Post-Traumatic syndrome! I'm disappointed, the X-box architecture definitely could have supported a feature like this.

Look at the timing of this release. Look at the state of US foreign policy with Iraq. Then decide if you are being manipulated.

GREAT GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: October 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game is now added to my short list of xbox favorites. This games got everything great graphics, EXTREMELY realistic (airstrikes, c4, m16, and of course SNIPERS), another thing is that you can upgrade the inividuals on my team based on the individuals play in the previous level. Its got very clever squad based action and easy command usage, and my favorite anti tank missles. One of the only bad things about this game is that its a little slow on switching weapons. Last thing the enemy AI is one of the best i have ever seen.

I'm a bit disapointed

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was really excited to play this game when it came out a couple days ago. I went right out and bought it. However, after working through a few missions, it turned out to be a bit disapointing. I suppose I might just be a bit spoiled after playing Halo for a couple months. It seems like they tried to combine elements of SOCOM (PS2 Game) and Halo, but weren't very successful. The graphics aren't that amazing, and the game play is rough and not much fun. They had some great concepts, but didn't implement them very well. I like the idea of being able to control a team of four soldiers, communicating orders to the soldiers, having an inventory of items, and being able to actually switch between the different soldiers. Yet, it still didn't do it for me. There isn't much depth to the levels, and the tactics that the computer AI uses just aren't that great, making the game not require too much thought. I'm going to exchange this for Hitman 2 and see if I like that.

Well rounded tactical shooter

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

With many X-Box owners awaiting the release of other highly anticipated tactical squad shooters like Brute Force, Ghost Recon, and Raven Shield, this game really gets it done across the board. It doesn't do anything that leaves you breathless (like Halo) but it does satisfy your every need. Intuitive controls, realistic setting, and effective graphics make this a "must have" for those who were anxiously waiting for the aforementioned games. My only complaint was that while in 3rd person mode, your aiming reticle automatically locks on to a target, which is annoying. They should have left it "a la" Max Payne where it is YOUR job to aim all of the time. You can indeed aim on your own by switching to the 1st person mode but the controls are slower and they neglected to add the graphic of a weapon being held, it only shows a target reticle, which kills the sensation of being in the first person. Aside from these complaints, this game is worth the purchase.

diffcult game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have found conflict desert storm to be a fairly diffcult game to play. The graphics are ok. It is very hard to aim the rifle i think it was an m16, you can't run and shot easliy. I had it on the easy level and i could not get the half way point. If you fail to complete the mission the game has to be reloaded it takes two to three minutes. There are no checkpoints along the way.
If i had to do it over i would not have bought desert storm. I would wait until november 15 for metal of honor to come out or the new james bond game to come out, which if it is anything like the first Bond game (agent under fire) it is a can't miss game.

The Best War Game I Have Ever Played!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have very few words describing this game. I think this game is really good and hard to accomplish which is why this is a must buy game. This game has a 4 player cooperative game play for those who seek another game similar to Halo. The game needs a little more detail in the graphics but that didn't bother me that much when I was into the game amd that's why a give the game 5 stars instead of 4. You get to drive trucks, tanks and you get to call for air strikes. You get to control 4 player at the same time and this game will surely prepare you for the upcoming Brute Force game coming in January or earlier December.

2nd to SOCOM

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Not a bad game at all, but with SOCOM already out, this game has no chance. SOCOM implements the headset well, making it effortless to command teammates, while you have to do it manually here. The graphics are done well in both, but the sound is slightly better in SOCOM. This is not a bad game, but SOCOM is a better buy without a doubt.

Saddam was too nice

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: October 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

In this game, Saddam never used biological or chemical warfare on his own people. He never shot wild SCUD missiles at neighboring countries. He never kidnapped families of dignitaries to try and end embargoes. He was never seen contributing money and equipment to al-Queda. The enslavement of women was not portrayed in the game.

The portrayal of Saddam was just too kind to be realistic...

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