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The WinBack reveiw

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Win back is perhaps the best shooting game ever to hit my life. It's a game that is so realistic with a awesome storyline.If they would to make a movie, it would probably be greater than Termenator 3. I mean think about this game. It's exciting, because your thinkin is one of my team mates goona die. And the leader of your team, actually works for the bad guys. Now That's a Classic. This is a must have. Trust me if you see it get it. Dont waste your time renting it.

Highly underrated game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Winback is one of the most addicting N64 games I have ever played. I just bought this game recently (2006) and have been spending many hours playing it.

This game is not for people who like easy to medium difficulty games. This game is hard--somewhat in comparison to Tom Clancy's Ghost Reacon for PC.

The game is a little brother to Metal Gear Solid. You rely on stealth and
accuracy to accomplish your missions.

The camera angles can get a bit tricky at times, but once you play you'll probably find yourself getting hooked on the game (as I did) and will become a master of dodging bullets in the "cat and mouse" style of gameplay.

You only get three weapons, but this isn't a bad thing, as it's all you really need to progress through the game. This game ISN'T a Goldeneye or Perfect Dark. Goldeneye and Perfect Dark allow you to move through the levels at a steady pace while shooting the enemy.

You must sneak, crouch, roll, and dodge bullets in order to kill enemy terrorist. You can use the camera buttons to check over your sides, to see if they're are any enemies hiding and awaiting you. This game focuses on realism, therefore three to five enemy shots (depending on the range) will get you killed.

If you don't mind challenge, and like stealth games where you assume the role of special operative/spy/merc/marine--any of these types, then you'll probably love Winback.

One con about this game is the save/checkpoints. They are too far between-- and this can get a bit frustrating when you've just killed thirty bad guys, and one gets the drop on you causing you to start all the way back. But the addicting nature of this game keeps you coming back for more until you've become a master of stealth.

Great game. I'm very glad I bought it.

Pretty Fun Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I think this game is pretty cool, the game has a lot of good and interesting areas where the main character goes. And throughout the course of the game he sometimes must revisit areas. In addition I like the weapons used and the reality that the game brings to the average gamer like myself.

Win Back Rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The game Win Back is one of the best games I have ever played. It makes goldeneye look like a girls game. Good luck is all I can say!

Not for the casual

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun game to play, but it's freakin' hard. I've never been able to progress past the first level because I can't really make the adjustment from GoldenEye-style play to MGS-style play that you need to get along.

Multiplayer is, however, a joy. The levels are small enough that it's pretty much constant mayhem for two players.

Winback: decent storyline with repetitive gameplay

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Note: Winback is rated "T" (not "M" like it says at the top of the item description page)

Winback is a game that I hate to give a bad review to because it had so much potential.

What we have here though is a game that doesn't compare well to its competition. For one thing, people think Winback is some sort of Metal Gear Solid for the N64. Well aside from using C4 explosives and using the "back-against-the wall" move to obtain cover this game IS NOT METAL GEAR SOLID. It's story, while being surprisingly good, is nowhere compared to Metal Gear Solid's. The gameplay also is nowhere near MGS. When all you have are 4 or 5 weak weapons to choose from (no grenades or sniper/assault rifle are included) and just a couple accessories (no cardboard box, keycards, smokes, communicator, night/heat vision, binoculars, rations, etc, etc, etc..), painfully similar level layouts and objectives (go from point a to point b disabling lazer-tripwires and dispatching enemies and bosses; "oh and haven't I seen this building before like A DOZEN TIMES?!!") the gameplay gets old.

Then you move to the multiplayer and think "well it should be interesting and (theoretically) sweet to use Winback's gameplay elements in multiplayer" and well, it's just like the single player- fun for a while than very dissapointing. The killing blow to it is that when you get shot you flash and are temporarily invincible. I hate this because I see no need for it and that it ruins all of the fun of being on top of your enemy. Why should I have to take cover after I shot my enemy? Shouldn't they be seeking cover instead?

Apparently there are people out there who really like this game though and to a certain extent I can sympathize. The storyline is good- the dialogue is well written and it keeps things suspenseful. However I didn't like the fact that (*SPOILER*) everybody on your team dies. Just when I thought I would get a chance to fight with someone on my team he/she dies. WHY?!!
Also the controls are good enough. I wouldn't mind some more control for manual aim (i.e. target specific parts of the body) but other than that they do a well enough job.
The graphics are OK. So is the sound.

It's because of all of Winback's good things that it pains me to see that the game as a whole is so painfully marred and damaged by its negatives. If more was thought of and put into the game it could have been great and instead of writing a bad review for it I could be writing a good one.

Sigh.

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