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Loads of Fun w/ Destruction on Demand

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 13
Date: March 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

In the Outfit, you choose from three playable squad leaders - each has their own skills and weapons. The game has interactive surroundings and you can blow up about anything. As you complete mission objectives, you earn Field Units (FUs), that can be spent to order "Destruction on Demand(tm)" - air-dropped into the action at any time. With "Destruction On Demand(tm)" (D.O.D.) you can order in everything from tanks, jeeps, half-tracks to machine-guns and anti-tank weapons. You can also call in replacement soldiers anytime you need them. The vehicles each drive a little different, and sometimes you end up on the side of a mountain, but they are a lot of fun. Just watch out for rpg's or you will be blown up with the vehicle. The game supports 720p and 5.1 Dolby. The Outfit looks and feels good. I have really enjoyed this game and have played it for hours straight. It is somewhat different than Call of Duty, but special in it's own way. I highly recommend The Outfit for anybody who likes the war action games.

The Outfit Proves Games Don't Need all the Bells and Whisles to Be Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am a gamer unphased by all of the new hyped up games with next generation graphics and sound released by the major game makers. Who needs all these games with the state of the art technology if they aren't fun? Nextly, the The Outfit's graphics and sound is much better than some give credit. Maybe the people playing this game don't have a good sound system and display setup. When I play this game with my Harman Kardon 240avr, the bombs rumble my room nicely.

THQ impresses me with The Outfit. Combine War Craft II Battlefield 1942 and you have the Outfit. Bringing in the heavy artillery to smash your opponent is extremeley fun. Even better is seeing your friend's face as he's getting clobbered. If you like a good war strategy game that is incredibly fun and addictive, try The Outfit.

Good But Don't Expect The Best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Despite what the other reviews might suggest to you - this isn't a 3rd person shooter. Much of the frustration that I imagine occurs from people randomly buying this is that they don't get that.

This is a tactical game played from a 3rd person p.o.v.. So it rewards things like setting up appropriate defences, initiative and learning the strengths of the characters (loosely all 3 characters have different attributes and weapons which include things like speed and purchasing objects). Played as a tactical game its lots of fun. You influence the battlefield by what you stratergize (e.g. call in airstrike to destroy that emplacement there, or use the points (their only resource, gained from killing people or getting your arse kicked) to call in a jeep to circle behind? You can influence the battle, but you cannot expect (ala mercenaries) to take an army on by yourself and win.

It is a good game - though not what you immediately expect. The singleplayer is frankly linear and grindable (you never actually die, just constantly respawn). Enjoyable for an hour or two but limited unless you gotta get all the acheivements.

Multiplayer varies completely on your connection and the standard of you and your opponents. good connection = sweet game. oh so sweet, especially with 6 players. Basically each player respawns with 4 soldiers every time they die. you also call down emplacements which are manned by soldiers. These soldiers are independent of you and run their own ai. depending on how you're playing, its possible to have spawned 4 soldiers, plus how ever many guns you've placed in the map, plus any soldiers left alive from your previous death = a lot, possibly over ten. multiply this by 6 and you realise why there's a problem with multiplayer lag and performance.

Smaller 1vs1 or 2vs2 games are more playable and lots of fun - outmanouvering your opponent to strike the death blow is tremendous fun and there are few issues with lag.

One major problem (acknowledged by the developers) is that the vehicles have really poor control. This didn't bother me too much, but it is frustrating. Oh and water kills you. bad bad bad idea.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

THE OUTFIT is a great game with good graphics, gameplay and sound. It has a cool feature called Destruction On Demand wich allows you to purchase different vehicles ,from tanks, halftracks to jeeps. There is 3 squad leaders each for the Americans and Germans. It is a really fun game, with different multiplayer modes. Online games are three people per team. Overall this game is worth a buy.

I Love this Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have to say I am having the most fun I've ever had with this game. It's the cheapest 360 title I own ($17 at Gamestop), but has delivered far more entertainment value than any other. The missions are long and rewarding, you can save anywhere, and when you are killed you "respawn" right back where you were, with all the previous destruction and progress intact. If you've blown away a vehicle or building, it remains gone. I love this feature. No, it's not a strategy game or true to history, but great mindless fun, and should be reviewed with that in mind.

Good but not real

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun but very cartoony. Its fun to be able to blow up everything though. This game is alot like mercenaries but not as good. You can order supplies to be flown in and stuff like that. And one person wrote that they would not recommend this after playing COD for the 360, but it is a completley different game so you cannot even begin to compare the games, so I really got addicted to this game after COD, Blazing Angels, Kong, and about 5 or 6 other games for the 360! So I would definaley recommend this to anyone who likes to have fun.

Strategy Third Person Shooter??

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

That's right, this is a strategic third-person shooter. This game has provided me with amazing split-screen online action. I would HIGHLY recommend this game. The action never stops with 2v2, 3v3 and occasionally, you can find a 4v4.

This game does not allow players to dominate based on controller reflexes, but rather on strategic placement of weapons, troops and vehicles - all of which are drivable. The game looks like a cartoon, which some complain about; I, however, enjoy the graphics on my HD TV.

Anyway, for the price, what do you have to lose?

Great game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

the only thing i don't like is the nasty controls, but sometimes it helps me dodge bombs! this is a great game!

A Bright Cheery Cartoon of WWII

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 21 / 22
Date: March 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The Outfit has you performing missions in World War II Europe. You're the Allies, out to stop a rogue German soldier who is causing trouble.

There are certainly a ton of WWII games out there on the market, and many of them are excellent. The Outfit doesn't try to reinvent the wheel. This isn't a dark, realistic, drama-filled game like some others. Instead it goes for a more cheezy, cartoon-colored version of WWII where you're having reinforcements drop immediately from the sky and are blowing things up.

Whether that's good or bad for you of course depends on your personality. I have to say I like the realistic games, but I also understand that every single game shouldn't be exactly the same. There should be room out there for different styles.

It's sort of an odd mix. On one hand the graphics are very nice - the detailed brickwork on the ground, the clouds drift in the blue sky, the mouth animation while people speak. On the other hand, it's like an Oz version of the world. The grass is a bit too green. The rocks are a bit too shiny. I expect a horde of little children to pop out from the shrubbery and start singing, "It's a small world after all!"

The sound ties in with the cheesy design. There aren't moody, realistic commentaries or orchestral music. Instead you get cliches like "They sure have big mosquitoes in this part of France" that you get to hear repeatedly.

There are interesting aspects to the game. You get to be one of three main characters, each with his own special strengths and weaknesses. If you die, you respawn at a checkpoint that you can choose and can rotate to another character. As your health fades, your vision goes to black and white. Your enemy slaying earns you money which you can spend to improve your situation. You can blow up buildings or just watch the blades of grass wave in the wind.

On the other hand, some things are odd here. Units don't reliably use cover. The ragdoll physics are sometimes good and sometimes extremely bizarre. Whoever chose the acronym "F-U" for Field Units wasn't thinking very clearly.

All in all, I would recommend people rent this one first. Give it a play for a few hours. It might be that this lighthearted take on wargaming really appeals to you! On the other hand, it might be that you really prefer serious wargaming and would rather justkeep playing Call of Duty 2. It's best to know which way you will go before you pay for a full version.

A SYMPHONY OF DESTRUCTION!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just rented this game but its outstanding, yes very cartoony, but it has striking features. like the very popular destruction on demand, were you get to order a veriety of weapons and vehicles, like sentury guns, to jeeps, to halftracks, to flame tanks- very cool, to modern tanks and alot more. There are three squad leaders with their own special weapons and ranks. you can form your own group of five, including you- and drive your squad through every terrain imaginable.

graphics are impresive but not as outstanding as the very popular COD2. this game is also not first person mode, which to some might suck. I'm actually thinking about buying this game, but I might buy battlefield 2. There both a equal amout of fun and destruction, in my opinion.

ALSO try battlefield 2, a great first person shooter.

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