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pretty good game overall

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: November 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

tactical ops is basically a copy of counter strike. it was started as an unreal tournament mod in 1999 known as swat but the name got changed to tactical ops eventually. the game plays like counter strike and the graphix are really good but the engine sucks. i dont think it was a good idea to make this game out of the unreal tournament engine. just look how the people jump it looks really funny. but overall the game is pretty good. lots of cool weapons like the m4a1m203 grenade launcher. if u dont know how counter strike is played it is terrorist vs special forces. the game is also very realistic

This game is a horrible waste of time and money.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 20
Date: September 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Oh, my. What an awful, awful game. I can't believe I spent money on this sucking black hole of mediocrity. The box states that it includes "solo campaign" play, but in actuality, it just includes "practice sessions" where you can play on the various maps that are used in multiplay. There is no attempt at plot or continuity, you just choose whatever map you want to play in a series of disconnected scenes.
If that wasn't bad enough, the online play is awful. Infogrames doesn't support this title with their own servers, they just include a tool to find multiplayer games that other people are running themselves, some of which you won't even be able to access without a password, some of which if you do access the hosts will just boot you off since you're a total stranger. Out of the remainder, connections fail frequently, and even if you do manage to stay in, the game sessions only last around four minutes a pop. Once the major objectives are complete the game is done unless you want to play on the same board again.
There are none of the traditional staples of online shooter games here; no deathmatch, capture the flag, or anything else. Instead players simply attempt to set a bomb, steal a weapon prototype or take hostages. Once any of these things are accomplished the game is over.
Oh, and if you actually want to play in one of these online debacles, you'll have to download a couple of hours worth of updates (it was for me, I have a 56K connection), which, again, Infograme doesn't host and you'll have to use various clunky mirror sites, bogged down with advertisements and unneeded webpages.
Finally, if you manage to do this, and still want to play, look out: this thing crashed my system over and over and over. I have a nice system: 1.6 Gig Pentium Processor 128 MB G4 video card, 256 RAM, 20 G harddrive, etc, etc. At one point, my internet browser went postal on me and started dialing up my ISP repetitively until I uninstalled everything and completely shut down my system. I have never had this happen before with any software.
Please, don't buy this steaming pile of a product. Buy anything else, thirty dollars worth of silly putty, something. Just stay away from this game.

fook yeah!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

if u are a newbie or under the age of 15, go play counterstrike... but if u think ur good, try tactical ops and be humbled... no multiplayer game can compare to the brilliantly calculated mayhem that is known as Tactical Ops. but it's not for the meek

Incredible action/realism balanced game goes retail

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

TacticalOps, a very impressive First Person Shooter (FPS) Goes retail for more players to join in the fun. Starting as a Modification of the UnrealTournament engine, 'Shag' and his team of brilliant mappers/coders/modelers/sound artists have created an underdog to the popular 'Counter Strike,' and provides a nicer looking engine, better netcode, and incredible gameplay balances thought to only be present in corporately developed games. With a community growing stronger with each passing day, and more servers that your mom has photo's of you, TacticalOps is set to come out on top of the Action/Realism First Person Shooters.

Great job Shag

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is great.. I hope it gets better on the release, I have been playing it for a while with Unreal tournament but I think TO going stand alone was a great idea. People who play CounterStrike and realistic games like that should buy this product. Good job shag and TO team,
Willkill7

TO is the #1 good guys vs. bad guys FPS!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I think the massive online following says enough. Since it's the #1 mod for Unreal Tournament, it has evolved into something quite a bit more.

Words can't explain the immense joy of this addictive game aside from "BUY IT NOW!!!".

The action, weapons, strategy is phenomenal!!!

Even with the immense frustration of someone sniping you just makes you more determined to ensure you settle the score!

Tacops: The best FPS to date.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The maps, the skins, the guns, the gameplay....purely incredible. I have been playing the beta of tacops religiously and the tacops team has improved upon what i was already addicted to. If you are a CS, Wolfenstein, or MOHH player you will instantly lose interest in the rest after a little time with tacops. 5 stars just arent enough to rate this awesome game with.

-{M2}BleedSeason

I like this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is a CounterTerrorism game where you select from two teams which are Special Forces or Terrorists.

Each team has different objectives to complete, for example, Special Forces has to rescue hostages and prevent Terrorists from escaping, while Terrorists have to blow up specific targets with C4 explovies.

Also there are special objectives that each team can complete like in the CIA map, Terrorists break in and hack into CIA computer files and release sensitive information into the public.

Also this game has realistic World settings and weapons. This game takes place all over the world from Small Arab Towns to Asian Cities to the deadly alleys of United States Cities. Some weapons that can be found in this game are, Deagles, Mp5 navy, Ak-47, m16, m60, m4m203 grenade launcher, and much more!

Overall this is a Great game that I recommend you buy!

Great fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Is it's release innocuously timed with current events/tragedies? Yes. Is it true it's not exactly the bleeding edge of 3D engine tech? Yes. ...[Is it great?] YES.
This mod has been a labor of love, and the dedication is really apparent. It already has a very strong online community, which will only grow with this release.
I must admit I'm uncertain about the single player aspects, but given the level of talent on the development team, I wouldn't bet against it being fantastic.

Better than Counter-strike

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I heard of this game from "Computer Games" magazine. I thought at first that it would have the same playability as UT, but actually it remodels players, weapons, and just about everyhing except the sweet graphics and smooth gameplay. What's really amazing is playing over the internet...you will be connected in less than 10 seconds! Counter-strike took minutes and many server failures. this uses the UT engine, but with the new realistic damage, player, and weapon modifications you can barely tell. BUY THIS GAME OR DOWNLOAD IT!!!

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