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A great game that was the sleeper of 1998...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I grew up placing my head into the "sight" for Battlezone at the arcades. Shooting my happy little green enemies with my little green bullets. So, naturally, I was interested in the souped up 90s version of Battlezone. I wasn't disappointed.

Activision took the Battlezone franchise and created the first successful hyrbid of Real Time Strategy (RTS) and a First Person Shooter (FPS). You've got all the excitement of a good simulation/shooter in the game plus a good depth of strategy.

Despite being a '98 game, it still looks pretty. It's also plenty challenging. I did get to a point, however, where I was tired of fighting the same old Bad Guy ships, so eventually I weaned myself from the game. I've heard the the game shines in multiplayer (death match).

If you're looking for an inexpensive, but good 3D title. This is a definite win.

An excellent game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Battlezone is one of the best games I have ever played, if not the best. The key is to play it a couple of times, to get comfortable with controlling the additional tanks, turrets, etc. Excellent graphics and gameplay. Network play is also excellent. Now I'm waiting to see if BattleZone II lives up to the first version's success.

Great Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best games yet by Activision. It allows you to command and control completely, but unlike most other C&C games, you're actually in on the action. And you're not stuck in one vehicle either, you're able to pilot a variety of tanks from scouts to bombers.

Among the best total gaming experiences ever!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

What a ride! The sounds are pumping! Few other games mixes game control, graphics, and suspense-filled music and voices like BZ! The single-player missions are 5 stars all the way! They keep you nervous and hustling! I remember sneaking around with an armor division through a long fog-filled canyon with distant sounds of howitzer shells and machine gun fire buzzing in all around! Very Vietnamish! In addition each of the units you control have large amounts of personality in their radio chatter. This is everything C&C is except better! How is it better? You are fighting WITH the troops and buildings you control! Well conceived and ORIGINAL plot with all the Wing-Commander-style interim annimations and radio chatter to back it up! Spend the 12 bucks and you will be utterly happy for a couple months at least! The drawback is that there are no on-line dedicated servers running BZ games. Also check out my review for Tribes!

Do you love First-Person action or stratigy games?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If you answered yes to both questions, than this game is for it. It puts the sole command of tanks, turrets, and buildings all at your fingertips. But it also lets you get into the action, fighting in a whole range of vehicles with many different types of weapons.

It is Activisions best game yet, and it could not get better. The graphics, physics, textures, and crashing of the vehicles is realistic.

Not only are the vehicles a positive, but the story line is awesome. It always makes you want to know more, so you keep playing.

I think that anyone that appriciates real-time stratigy, or first person action would love this game!

Battlezone Rocks!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Battlezone is the best strategy game that I have ever played, and I've played a lot of 'em. The graphics are awesome, and, the good news for us people that can't afford to buy a new computer every six months, it will run quickly and with great graphics on slower computers (133 and below!!). I've played it with a 166, 16MB, no accelerator, and it was awesome. If your not sure about it, you can download the demo from Gamezilla.com. Also check out Battlezone II

A very good game!!no......the best rts/fps ever created!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game I think its the best game I own and more, I own several C&C games but they dont match up at all... I also own other BLIZZARD Titles and theyre reaaalllly good but this is the best so far!!!

THIS GAME IS INCREDIBLE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is probley the best action game in years. The graphics are incredible, even without 3d acceleration. You start off as a commander in both the American and Soviet campains and work your way up to more complex missons. The story line is belivable and brilliant. Battlezone also has a suprising ending. The game is worth every penny.

A LOST GEM IN A SEA OF GAMES

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is truly a Masterpiece of Stategy mixed with a First Person shooter. A lost gem and one worth finding. The ONLY drawbacks were you must keep video and sound card drivers up to date! It had some minor glitches with some drivers I had. I am running Battlezone on an AMD Thunderbird 1.2GHz with 512mb ram and a 3Dfx Voodoo5 video card and it looks AWESOME!! So for a game that is over 2-3 years old it still shines with the BIG boys!!

Action-Strategy that keeps you coming back for more!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Battlezone is by far the most fun and entertaining game of all time. It excels in every aspect!

The story is based on the (fictional) discovery of an alien "bio-metal" that has landed on Earth in a meteor showing in the Berring Straight. This bio-metal can be shaped and trasformed into powerful fighting machines. The Americans feel this is the key to controlling space. But they have miscalculated one possibility: the Red Soviets have found the metal too, and the countries are then pitted against each other in a war to end all wars...

As far as gameplay goes, Battlezone brings a new perspective to gaming; the action/strategy combo. While you still control vehicles and resources, you are also a formidable combat unit, capable handling things like enemy attacks and mission objectives all by yourself. The AI for units in this game sadly falls short of spectacular. They have trouble navigating tough terrain and do not take full advantage of their fighting abilities during combat. However, they do make powerful wingmen to have on attacks or for defending targets such as your base.

Battlezone provides endless hours of intense excitement for experienced or novice gamers. It is most assuredly a must-have!

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