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A chance to re-live a fond gaming experience.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 18 / 20
Date: May 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Delta Force: XTreme is a re-make of the excellent original "Delta Force", which was released in 1998. They've pulled the best levels out of the original game and ported them over to NovaLogic's latest graphic's engine, along with adding some more levels. And the results are amazing! From the moment I was plopped into Mission one (the same Mission One from the original game), I was in heaven. I hadn't played the game since 98, so the nostalgia I felt was palpable. It was so fun to be able to play through that very familiar level with the superb graphics, which bear a strong resemblance to the FarCry graphics, only with even longer draw-distances. And if you can see a place, you can go there. You can travel for miles out of your way if you want to. Truly open-ended.

I liken the gameplay to Operation Flashpoint. It's pretty difficult and there doesn't appear to be a way to save your game. However, it does give you the option if you are killed, to re-start the level with full ammo and the enemies you've killed already dead. But that felt kinda like cheating. I'd have preferred a save-anywhere scheme, or at the very least, a couple of save points would help. As it is, it's very difficult, which adds to the tension. I kinda actaully like it that way really, since it forces me to be careful, however the option to choose a save scheme would be appreciated for those who can't live without it.

Enemies appear in droves, and come from all over at the sound of gunfire. You're best off to lie down in prone position and try to pick them off. However, I have not yet found a way to get more ammo. There is no manual with this game. One mission I started with 300 rounds, and that's it baby. I couldn't grab more from fallen enemies or find any anywhere. By pure luck, I finished the mission as my ammo meter reached zero. There may be a way to get ammo that I don't know about, but I haven't found it.

I haven't tried multiplayer yet. Though I am greatly looking forward to playing the 25 included co-op levels with my brother over NovaWorld. The last time we did that was when Delta Force: Land Warrior came out, and that was a blast. At the time, we loved NovaWorld. It was stable, and I'm amazed to see it's still around after all these years.

NovaLogic has been around a long time too. They've been making great games since I bought my first computer. Not many game companies are left from that era, and it's a testament to their dedication to all their games, both old and new. Nothing is abandoned. If you're a fan of an old NovaLogic game, there's still help and support on their website for you.

frustrating!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 13 / 15
Date: July 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The graphics in this game are very good but the single player gameplay can be very frustrating. Each time you are killed (which happens alot due to basically one shot and your dead) you respawn each time way back and have to traverse across the map all the way back over and over. It gets to the point where you die, then just hold down your run key, close your eyes and take a little nap until you get back to the waypoint again... very frustrating and that gets a little dull. And there's no way to save your game at all! No quick saves at all.

Also, the AI is completely mindless in this game. They just stand in one place most of the time until you pick them off. And, there doesn't seem to be a lot of people playing this game online either. Just about all the public servers have zero people in the maps, especially the deathmatch maps. Battlefield 2 is a lot more fun. I think I might be giving up on novalogic and switching over to EA with Battlefield 2.

excellent remake!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: May 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I played the original Delta Force years ago and I really liked it. I love this one!! It's a reload of the original but it does come with a few downers. Getting extra health and ammo is easy just look for the red and blue boxes on your gps or map. There are extra missions and this one is challenging but not too challenging or you might have to work to hard to play the game lol! It does need save points and a few more health power ups since bad guys come from out of nowhere and wax you. You can't assume you've cleared a part of the map or territory or you'll get waxed. For anyone into FPS I very highly recommend this one!!!! Besides needing save points it could also use a few more weapons. There is a mp5sd3 but no mission truly allows it.

Chad S

nice!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun! I loved the original Delta Force, so if you liked that you will probably like this too. They just ported all the missions and stuff to the Joint Ops engine---if you have ever played Joint Ops, all the gun models, etc. will look familiar. HUGE DRAW DISTANCES AND MAPS!!! even bigger than far cry. online play is fun, kinda like Joint Ops only without the control points. Graphics are pretty good, there is a nice water reflection effect. plays fine on my p4 2.5ghz, 512mb ram, geforce4mx.

Gameplay: 4/5... fun, but kinda outdated
Graphics: 5/5... good, not as good as half life 2, but these maps are HUGE so that is to be expected
Sound: 3/5... eh its ok
AI: 3/5... pretty simple, but they can aim. not much different from the AI in the original Delta force actually.
Online & Mulitplayer: 5/5... good gameplay rather like Joint Ops, plus you can play all the missions in co-op mode. YAY!

Overall: 4/5... Defintley worth the money at only 20 bucks

A step backwards from BHD

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Got this as a presumed update to Nova's Black Hawk Down, which had some of the graphics and vehicle features of the more complex, multiplayer Joint Ops, but with the more streamlined play of BHD. I've been disappointed.

First off, this seemed to be a bigger drain on the graphics card than even JO, which I would think is more complex, with a little bit of stutter in some of the frame rates.

Second, and more frustrating, was the departure from the user interface of DF/BHD - in particular the sight picture of every weapon, particularly the sniper rifles is a huge step backwards.

All and all, after migrating from BHD to JO to DFX, I'm back to playing multiplayer BHD while I await something better. Probably a good buy for $20, but not if you already have BHD or prefer multiplayer play.

Disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have been a Delta Force Fan from the First Delta Force 1 game. I found this to be a let down, although there was a slight feeling of nostalgia for about the first 5 seconds of each game. Even after so many years there are game flaws (enemy soldiers that fire through walls - first aid boxes marked on the overview head up display but don't appear in person). I found the game extremely easy too and not in the least bit challenging.... Even the mulitplayer games have very few people on it's servers (you cant even snipe in games where people are using automatic weapons on the Nova games !!!) If I had known how bad this game was I would have avoided it and dusted off my old copy of DF1, it might be dated but it is far more exciting and playable !!!

Good Game But Too Short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Though this game is very fun to play, it is also very short (20 single player missions). But the multiplayer is also fun. This game is short because the company didnt spend too much time on this. If you loved delta force 1, you will love this even more. If you just want to play the single player missions then you should rent this game. There also might be an expansion for it. Anyways deffinetly try this game out.

Basically a great online arcade game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a revamp from novalogic of Deltaforce, but with updated graphics and the cool drivable/flyable vehicles from Joint operations. However there are some very backwards steps as well. The player classes are gone and there is a very limited weapons choice compared to previous DF releases. You can no longer select what your soldier looks like either. Also snipers beware = novalogic have dumbed down the sniper rifles so there is no more use of bullet drop, or ranging the scope. Also crosshairs no longer expand or contract with your movement or stance, each weapon has a set bullet spread and thats it. this is really more of an arcade Joint operations than a whole new tactical edge in the series. Oh and for the reviewer who said there is no extra ammo? pick up a blue box (marked on your map) its FULL of ammo. red boxes give health.

Now the sinlge player mode is somewhat limited - the enemy AI is awful as is their aim. The entire enemy tactic is to either charge in a straight line at you, or stand in the open and blaze away at you. However this is forgivable as the real idea behind the single player is to get used to the weapons and vehicles for where this game really shines: Multiplayer.

With up to 32 players on novaworld, this game is a frantic rush of online lunacy. Grab a gun and go, switch to rockets and let the fragfest commence. With all the extra maps available and some great online communities this is where DFE really rocks. With 5 game types there is good and challenging variety, and the use of vehicles and helicopters adds to the fun. Again those of us who are decent snipers will hate the basic any n00b can use it sniper rifles, but if you are new to online FPS then you will find this game a lot more easier to get to grips with than the other DF releases from novalogic. Also beware that graphics can be glitchy in the extreme (even with all settings on low) on full servers and custom maps.

My 5 stars for fun relates to online play, but 3 stars overall becasue of the limitations - give us back the weapons and classes novalogic!

Still the Best

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Novalogic's DFX is very good. They need to come out with a version DFX2 and fix a few glitches, and add the medical kit to it. But for FPS contemporary military enjoyment... this rocks. Great graphics.

The Mission Editor is easy to use and makes this game timeless, like all of the previous Delta Force games from NovaLogic.

A poor remake

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've been a Delta Force gamer for many years and have upgraded to almost every new version. This one left me dissapointed. So much so that I don't even play it (have stuck with Joint Ops instead.)

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