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frustrating no save game but fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

if you have played the conflict desert storm games, this game is along the same vein except you have two teams. the game is pretty much in the same part of the world. the most irritating thing about the game is you get no free saves whenever you want them. if you mess up you have to start the mission over. there are no medic packs lying around either as in the medal of honor games. the wounded have to be piggybacked to a medic. every move has to be planned. it's worth buying and playing.

Disappointing and frustrating. Better save your money and sanity!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have played a handful of squad based games and I have to say that this is probably one of the most disappointing and frustrating games I have ever played.

Once I am done with it, it is going into the thrift store box (or better yet, the trash).This is a highly disappointing game. While the graphics and sound themselves are not bad, the game is not really well thought out and not very flexible or realistic. While it is touted as one of the most realistic simulation/squad based games, I found some of the premises of the game to be anything but. For instance, if you don't move your squad the correct way, you can have both your

squads killed by a single exposed oppfor (enemy) in an open area. Now give me a break, that is eight against 1 and you still lose! When you outman and outgun an enemy by that much this is simply ridiculous!

Another gripe that I have against the game is that (unless you use the cheats) you are given a very limited amount of heavy duty ammo. That is, you only get 4 frags, 4 smoke grenades and 2 mortar grenades between your two squads. And that is supposed to last you an entire level (a level is comprised of 7-10 missions)!! Even if that is supposed to be "realistic", they could designed the game so that you could resupply your heavy ammo at more frequent intervals.

Another source of great frustration is the unrealiability of game replays and the inability to save a game in progress. In a couple of missions I had to repeat the entire last hour or so of play because the replay didn't save all my progress. You are also forced to complete a section of the game before you can save its progress or else restart the mission the next you play. Retarded!

As far as replayability is concerned (a game that you can come back to and pick up at a random level), this game is a one shot deal. Once you figure out the very predictable but frustrating script, you are done (if you have the patience to finish) and probably don't want to go back and play again. If you want playability pick up any of the Battlefield titles.

Overall, I would have given this game a higher score if it wasn't for the fact that the game is so frustrating, and contrary to how the game is touted, it is not really that realistic. It's a very frustrating exercise in figuring out the game's script before you get misterously killed by your very dumb opponents. The game designers could have done a better job of planning the game and making it more enjoyable and replayable. Sorry, this is not a winner in my book.

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