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Great Stealth Game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: April 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Forget all these lame reviews. I played the demo, liked it, waited for the price to drop and bought it. I am extremely happy with it. I am a veteran stealth gamer, and this one is quite hot. Forget Splinter Cell. It's a console game. Does everyone like that ... third person view? Gag. It pulls all the immersion right out of the game. IGI, on the other hand, offers a ton of killer missions in a great 1st person view with a bunch of cool gadgets and weapons. It was exactly what I was looking for. Play the demo 1st, then buy it. If you hate it, go pick up ROTC or some other mind numbing shooter.
(It loses 1 star for being damn hard!)

Chuck

Waited a long time for this game was worth the wait

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

People have been complaining about the acuracy of David's shooting, give me a break yes it is a harder game but come on the last game you were able to shoot 1000 yards with a pistol I Dont think so. great graphics, closer to real then most games. i only rated it a 4 cause i like others wish you could in game save more times but hey it makes you think a little harder who wants to save your way threw a game, i mean really whats the fun if you can save after you move 10 feet then save again give me a break... very challenging Love It

I.G.I. 2: Covert Strike

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

IGI 2 the sequel to Project I.G.I: I'm Going In is not a great sequel to the orginal. The first game was great though it was very hard due to lack of save games for extra large levels. The sequel has limited saves. The levels are nicely desinged but some of them are very hard and become repetive. You play David Jones, a covert operative. There is not much of a storyline. Weapons are great but can carry only two, a hand gun and a large gun. The main problem is the AI. Enemy soldier will know exactly where you for the mild noise you make. The game seems to cheat a bit. Once the alarm goes on everybody knows where you and start shooting at you with perfect aim even if you are are crouching far away. An enemy soldier was snipping at me with an Ak-47 from a watch tower when i was 100 meters away. The AI is really bad. Try this, when the alarm goes on, run into one of rooms or hide in a spot where they cannot snipe you from a far, almost every enemy soldier will come running to that spot to kill you face to face, you can shoot them all one by one till they stop comming, check your map to see if anyone is moving. This way you could kill almost every one without losing any health. The best change from the orginal game besides the save game is there is no enemy respawn. IGI2 is not optimized to run great. I have Win98SE, P4 2.4Ghz, 512mb Ram and GeForce Fx. I did not face crashes or hangs but it was quite laggy and the framerates drop too much sometimes. Initially the game runs great but once the alarm goes on the framerates drop drastically.

THIS GAME WILL MAKE YOUR DAY...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When i found out that they had made project igi 2, i was soo happy, the next day i went and bought it...this game is just crazey..The graphics are great, the game is soo realistic, and the missions arent easy missions like most games..these missions u actually gotta think hard, its like ur in reall life...well i finished the game with no codes or cheats or anything...and it was soo much fun it took me 3 months, (i played like 3-4 days a week) so whenever i was done with HW i would play this game..and i had soo much fun, aww man..the missions are soooo good, i dont know any other game which is nearly as good as this one...GO BUY IT

Stick with IGI 1 - Jones is Bugged in IGI 2

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: May 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

While the game may work for me, I'm very dissatisfied with the graphic flickering. I would imagine that this would be IGI 1 and that the original IGI would be IGI 2 learning from your mistakes - not creating them in the next release!

IGI 1 runs perfectly smooth and is highly playable and fun. I still repeat the game every so often (with the trainer in GOD mode of course - for those of you unfamiliar of "trainers," they are applications written by coders who manipulate data in memory that affects the game - in the case of IGI in "GOD" mode - you are undefeatable + have unlimited AMMO. Just do a search on google for "igi 2 trainer") And apparently from the gameplay in IGI 2 - you'll need GOD mode!

My Specs are:

512 MB KINGSTON DDR 2600 ECC RAM
Athlon XP 1700
IBM UltraStar SCSI 18 GB HD
ABIT KR7A-133
Win2k - SP3
nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 (I know - a bit outdated - but if IGI 1 can be played flawlessly on that card, there should be a way of designing the game to run on older cards as well without this problem, otherwise the cost of ownership for your game would be over $200 [game/new vid card])

I found a cheat trainer for this game and made it to level 2 - however I stopped playing the game thereafter because it was distracting (the graphic flicker.) And if this is a frame rate issue, (I'm not sure) I noticed that this game gets me very DiZZy - like Doom and related titles - however, with IGI 1, I felt just slightly off whack after 2 hours or more of play - but not like this. I feel disoriented - but not to the extent that Doom and other get - sort in the middle ground. I hope that their maybe a service pack for this game in the future, but if not, I will not buy another IGI sequel again and most likely will sell this game on ebay and go back to my IGI 1 and Microprose's Falcon 4.

Well, not much more I can say other then thanks for the effort in this, but I'll just stick with IGI 1 and hold my breathe until the end june for a Service Pack before someone gets a great deal on it on ebay.

All the best!

Sail On Software - Dishonest Company

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: March 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

We ordered a new DVD through Amazon via Sail On. They sent us a used DVD (no packaging), which did not work. After stringing us along, we returned the DVD and were promised a replacement or refund. Needless to say, they have avoided our e-mails since. I would recommend NOT dealing with Sail On Software.

engrossing and realistic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

IGI 1 was one of my fave games of 2001 although it was quite frustrating. The promised stealth aspect of the game never quite worked, and most missions ended with you killing just about every guard in sight or at least making a mad dash once the final objective was in sight. IGI 2 fixes a lot of these problems. First, stealth is absolutely necessary. Unlike most shooters, you can't carry an entire arsenal under your kevlar. Like in Rainbow Six or Ghost Recon, you can carry a realistic amount of ammo for one rifle, one sidearm and some grenades. The enemy AI is much better than the first. The amusing but annoying trick of nailing a perfect headshot while a tango 5 feet away stands idle is no more... these tangos are twitchy and will call for backup in a heartbeat. In the first 3 levels which I have played, Jones only kills a few tangos and must avoid the rest, since engaging in an all out firefight a la Soldier of Fortune will quickly result in a shallow grave. Second, Jones has some neat gizmos at his disposal, mainly the thermal imaging device, which can see through some walls although not all. Completing a mission usually involves crouching while observing patrols and waiting for the best moment for a quick, unseen takedown. The stealth aspect keeps the tension high. Many times, I have planned a stealthy assault only to be surrounded by tangos blazing away. The graphics are quite sharp.

It's unfortunate that this game is coming out just as Red Storm is releasing Splinter Cell and Raven Shield and Novalogic is releasing Black Hawk Down. IGI 2 deserves a look and will not disappoint. Don't buy it if you're looking for a hyper violent run and gun shooter - buy Allied Assault or Soldier of Fortune 2 instead if you want that. But if you want an engrossing, well planned shooter which relies as much upon planning and stealth as upon firepower, then IGI 2 is for you.

More of a work project than a game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I echo the comments of other reviewers here that this game was not a lot of fun to play. I was looking forward to this after playing the first IGI, and although I had my share of frustrating moments by not having save options it was good overall. Here you get all of 3 chances to save, and it's best to start saving as you go further along. With the slightest misstep you can have 100 soldiers right on you, and you're also an easy target from what literally must be a mile away for enemy soldiers with basic AK-47's. I was ready to throw my monitor out the window so many times I couldn't continue with the game, and I'm an avid gamer that looks forward to finishing each game I play. I'm glad I only paid $10 for this and not the $50 when it first game out. You'd be better off with another game. Huge disappointment for me.

Good storyline but very very frustrating

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game about 6 months ago after having played the demo about 1 1/2 years ago. I remembered that the demos (2 differnet levels) were fun and the graphics were pretty decent. After buying the game and attempting to play it several times on the second level, I finally uninstalled it and put it away. The levels can be hard since there is a lot of sneaking around so you dont attract attention. The problem is that when you do attract attention, every guard comes running at you and the AI is pretty decent. Herein lies the problem. You cant save the game through the difficult parts and continually getting killed is so frustrating and annoying that I finally said heck with it and put it away.

The game play is fun, the graphics are fairly decent, and the AI isnt terribly retarded. This game reminds me of Alien vs Predator, which you couldnt save between automatic check points until the patch came out which fixed it and made it fun. There is no such patch for IGI2. Dont waste your money unless you like to punish yourself. Good game but maddening.

A Nostalgic Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Back in the year 2003-2004 I played the heck out of this game. I enjoyed every moment. Back then the graphics were considered "very good". This game is somewhat a stealth based game so if your into stealth this should be in your collection. I see a writer of a review had stated that it is/was annoying that he had to start over if he got caught and that he had to sneak around in some parts of the game. Well yeah...Duh! it's part of the game man. Maybe you aren't geared for stealth based games but back to this game. This is a story driven single-player game. Continuing from where the first game left off. I think you have the option of having 1st & 3rd person views. There are several levels to this game. 19-missions are set in real world locations spanning three continents. Missions ranging from all-out fire fight and assaults. There are some Covert surveillance ranging from thefts, escapes in urban and rural environments. You get to use several weapons if needed though sometimes you are encouraged by Intel to use stealth & intelligence. You will have more than 30 guns and other weapons. These weapons are; Sub-Machine guns, miniguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, pistols, rocket launchers, grenades and knives. To my recollection the ending didn't leave me hanging. It is a very fun game and for the price? Why not!? Buy it and have fun!

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