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F.P.S. Delight

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I purchased ' IGI-2 COVERT STRIKE ', a short time ago, to replace one I lost due to DVD malfunction.
Thankfully, ' Amazon ', carried NEW Games of IGI-2.The game it's self is a dream to play & set up to your own liking. I use a 256MG Video Card & Windows XP system & have had no difficulty playing the game. The graphics are wonderful, The landscapes are so real, it's really hard to tell the difference from real life. The AI characters all respond to your every sound or movement.

But here's the real kicker, regardless what others say, I have not found any working CHEATS!!, So you must take your time, be very careful or you will be shot.
In most of the levels you may save the game, but your severely limited on how many saves you get.
While there are some keyboard moves you need, Primary control is in the mouse.
One Hint, Keep those Heavy weapons for emergencies, You will need them.
Overall, Great game, Great play, Few if any glitches, Well worth the price.

IGI 2 Review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Got this for a friend, and he absolutely loves it, though he's still busy finishing IGI 1 still.

This game is old.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This may have been a great game at one time, but not any more. The controls are lame and choppy. The gameplay is very difficult in some levels where you have no way of not being spotted and wind up getting torn to pieces before you can find a spot to hide from the mob of people shooting at you. I wouldn't recommend this game unless you can get it cheap.

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!

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.

Mediocre at Best

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Despite several conspicuous flaws, Codemasters' Project IGI 2 (Im Going In) is a reasonable 1st person shooter with an emphasis on stealth. While the storyline is disjointed and at times incredibly cliché, in a 1st person shooter the plot often plays second fiddle to gameplay, and it is in this area that IGI 2 is strongest, though certainly not groundbreaking or incredibly entertaining.

The premise is simple. Ex SAS operative David Jones, working for the mysterious (and fictional) "Institute for Geotactical Intelligence" must sneak his way through a variety of different levels, naturally accomplishing objectives ranging from sabotage to infiltration.

As a stealth shooter, David Jones must be navigated through a series of extremely large levels, disabling guards and infiltrating deep into facilities. With such large, sprawling levels, loading times are long, and it often takes more than an hour to complete a single mission. The game features the usual assortment of weaponry, all of which sound suitably powerful, though often most of the level will pass without issuing a single unsilenced shot. While all this may seem terribly suspenseful and interesting, several flaws greatly detract from what could have been a great gaming experience.

Firstly, the lack of a proper savegame feature prevents players from saving until the end of a level, which can be frustrating, especially when a single alarm usually results in an unrelenting storm of hostile enemies. Secondly, there is little in the game to justify any other weapon than the silenced pistol. Hideously overpowered, the pistol is just as powerful as a submachine gun, possesses greater range than a rifle, and, when fired, does not kick. Since many of the other weapons are not fitted with silencers, most of the levels can be completed with the aforementioned handgun rather than its more powerful counterparts.

Thirdly, the enemy is unbelievably accurate. There are few situations more infuriating than coming a few minutes from the end of a mission and being taken down by a few highly precise submachine gun rounds, thus forcing you to restart the level again. Likewise, it is incredibly irritating when, after having guided David Jones to hide behind a conveniently placed tree, the enemy lets loose a few rounds that pass through the trunk to eliminate the unfortunate operative, much to my chagrin. The game thus evolves into one in which David Jones must crawl from shrub to shrub, snapping off a few well placed shots and generally attempting to escape detection.

On a more positive note, the music is suitably suspenseful, and the voice acting is generally very sound.

In conclusion, Project IGI 2 is at best a mediocre 1st person shooter. The lack of a proper savegame function, a palette of boring brown/grey visuals, long loading times and several flaws in gameplay culminate in a frequently exasperating gaming experience. For every sense of satisfaction after a completed mission, I experienced episodes of intense frustration.

I.G.I. 2 Covert Strike - Amazing game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I found IGI-1 so interesting that I had no second thought in buying IGI-2... and yes it did pay my money.... The graphics and sound is extremely good giving you full real life effect. The objectives are not so easy. The enemy can easily strike you and it is not possible to recover your health unlike the first part. If you get killed you have to restart the game all over again. At times this may be frustrating but one way its good. It will bring you more ideas and strategies to achieve those objectives. You can carry a max 2 weapons and few grenades and nothing more than that. For most part of the game you will find the AI acts pretty smart and it will always keep you busy. But yes you can find loop holes in some of missions. In IGI-2 you will have thermal imaging camera which means you can see your enemies even through walls and locate their positions. You can now stay behind the wall and start shooting your enemies right through the wall. All your enemies are dead without you loosing any life. It is difficult to move right or left if you are crawling. But overall you find this game interesting and is worth buying.

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.

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

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.

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