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WARNING: Highly Addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 21
Date: March 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

*** If you're not familiar with Counter-Strike... ***
In general terms, Tactical Ops is a first-person shooter with realism added into it. There are 2 opposing teams - Special forces and Terrorists. The player chooses one of the teams to play on. There are various weapons available: pistols, sub-machine guns, rifles, and grenades. These weapons are bought with money that is assigned to each player, which accumulates with more kills the player makes. The objective of the game is to eliminate the players on the opposing team by killing them or rescuing hostages. Unlike Doom, Quake or Duke Nukem 3D games, players do not respawn immediately after they die. They need to wait until the round ends - when one of the teams is eliminated. This game began as a mod (modification) of Unreal Tournament a few years ago and eventually became retail - following the footsteps of Counter-Strike, a Half-Life mod.

*** If you have already tried Counter-Strike... ***
Tactical Ops is very similar to CS (Counter-Strike). A major difference between the two, which may have caused many of the players to switch from CS to this game, is the dynamics. When someone shoots you in CS, you immediately slow down a lot - thus, giving that person a high advantage, and which usually means that whoever shoots first would normally get the kill. This is not true in Tactical Ops - your speed remains unchanged even when someone is shooting at you, making the game more fair. Also, the gameplay is a little faster, meaning that the walking speed is slightly faster compared to that of CS. In addition, the height of jumping is a bit higher in Tactical Ops. HE grenades are more realistic: maximum damage is instant death when the player gets too close to one when it explodes. Graphics are slightly more crisp in Tactical Ops than in CS. The substantial dynamics of this game have caused me to be entirely absorbed with this game.

*** If you're already playing Tactical Ops... ***
This retail version has a slight improvement in graphics - I personally think the graphics right now are superb already. More maps are included in this version. A few new weapons are out and new skins for some of the current weapons are revamped. New female skins for both Special Forces and Terrorists are available. Other new features may have also been included - check with the official Tactical Ops site. Gameplay should be identical to that of Version 2.2.

*** Conclusion ***
A very playable, absorbing, dynamic and stress-relieving game! Though unoriginal, this game is highly recommended for players that like first-person shooters. If you've got good skills/strategy/tactics in first-person shooting, then Tactical Ops is very adaptable, though new techniques such as timing grenade throwing, and learning to reload at the right times need to be learnt. A must-buy!

TO rules, excellent gameplay

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: April 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing TO for about a year and still do not tire of it!
You fight in two opposing teams, either as terrorists or special forces. You fight with realistic weapons such as the Heckler & Koch Mp5, a submachine gun, used by special forces all over the world or with various sniper rifles etc... The missions include classic hostage rescue and bomb scenarios or both.
TO has good, imaginative and really tactical maps and has been constantly improved.
It is somewhat similar to Counter Strike, it's main edge though, is that it is based on the UNREAL TOURNAMENT engine which although relying on your CPUs power runs smoother and faster than the Halflife engine (used for CounterStrike) does. In contrast to most new tactical shooters you do not need a state of the art PC to have fun. A PIII 500 Mhz and a Nvidia TNTII video card with 32MB RAM are pretty much sufficient.
Resulting from the various previous (and highly succesful) mods, there already is a huge and tight online community in place, where cheating is rare and beginners are usually welcome!
This game has in fact been an essential part of my life during the last months and I do not regret it. The 30 bucks are well spent!

The Best Game, Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Yes! After playing TacOps for nearly 6 months straight, this has to be one of my favorite games ever. Sure, not the most original, but definitely one of the best! Cool weapons, simple controls, and hard-core gamers aplenty online make this my favorite. This game has more of an arcade feel than Return to Castle Wolfenstein or Medal of Honor, so twitchers might enjoy it more. And just like UT, you can make your own maps, or download hundreds more.It runs fine even on older machines(and Macs too) Very fun, and much much(x100!) better than CounterStrike.

Buy This Game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you love Unreal Tournament and hate the evilness known only as Counterstrike, buy this game!!!!

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!!!

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.

Since the beginning of SWAT -> TO

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Yes, it's true... I have been playing Tactical Ops since they were named S.W.A.T.... I remember the good ol days... it has changed over the couple years. 2 1/2 I think. But anyways... this is a wicked mod you guys. I recommended this to all my friends/family ... my dad even plays! He is 43! Anywho, it makes the game more fun when more and more people join... so if you like counter-strike... u will love this mod! It has the same gameplan in a way... but as u can see by the pics... not even close in graphics/game play wise (On TacticalOps) Half-Life engine isnt even as close as this good!

an advice from a PRO !! 8)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am playing TO for over 2 years when the first beta Version was coded by Shaggy Boy. So i witnessed every step of the impressive evolution of TACTICAL OPS !!! Its the most addictive Modification i ever saw. Whatever you prefer Tac-Ops will fulfill your desire !!!

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