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THE BEST VIETNAM WAR GAME!!!!!!!!!!! until now.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 15
Date: December 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First of all DON'T COMPARE this game with Socom Navy Seals, Metal Gear Solid, Splintercell and Medal of Honor BECAUSE YOU WILL HATE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are my points:

* The controls are easy to get used to them but you have to give it a day.

* GREAT graphics (very realistic).

* This game is MUCH better than Vietnam Conflict (another game), Vietnam Conflict is more real and strategical but the game is slow, very complicated and the graphics are not good.

* ACTION PACKED FROM THE BEGINNING TO FOWARD, daylight and night-time missions, jungle and city missions and stealth missions.

* Honestly ,the game itself is VERY SIMILAR to Medal of Honor except for the "fisrt-person shooting", this time is "second-person shooting" like in Socom Navy Seals.

P.S: Watch this movies so you can fell INSPIRED!! while playing this game: Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and Apocalipse Now. Especially Apocalipse Now!!!!!!!!!!!

ADIOS

Hooray

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: September 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game! I just got it today. I have beat 2 missions. I love it. Buy it now!

I personally loved it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Some of the things y'all are saying are just plain crazy. It was everything I expected, and more. My only gripe is that it's too short, but I'll the next one, if there is one. I'm assuming you folks found the reporter by now, but if not there's a path by the field with the cow in it (it says you're going AWOL, until you find all the weapons caches), with a booby trap along it. Follow it down and he's in a hut in a clearing.

A really good game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun and realistic.The game is wild when in battle.A must have for people who like war games.

Shockingly Intense

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: October 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

OK, take a deep breath. It's only a video game. Alright, my heartbeat is back to normal.

What an intense game. The moment you start to panic from the chaotic gunfire is the moment in which you'll be restarting the mission due to your death and cowardice. I started on the normal difficulty level, but I had to resort to easy after five missions because they were tough. It's ok though; that just gives it great replay value. The controls are easy to learn and the environments are great, even though they're interactive. The enemy AI is relentless and great, except for occasional enemy saying "you go home in body bag" after I've shot their head off. I'm not quite sure if the team I'm fighting with can die or not. I've accidentally shot them point blank in the head and all they say is "watch where you're shooting". This could be a good or a bad thing. There's been a few times when I was too chicken and hiding behind a rock because of the heavy ammo flying around while boys were playing Rambo and getting waxed...but still not quite dying.

The only thing I don't like about the game is the inability to save anywhere. This game desperately needs it. It took me over an hour to complete a mission. It was late. I just wanted to finish the dog gone level, save it, brush my teeth, and go to bed. For that reason, I would give it 4 1/2 stars.

Are you thinking about buying that used copy of No One Lives Forever you saw at the video game store? Think again. Just read any of my reviews and you will understand just how sorry that game is.

"A Hit! Best Of The "Nam Games"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: November 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

So, I just finished watching "We Were Soldiers" with Mel Gibson, turned on the PS2 and popped in my copy of Shell Shock Nam '67.
What a great transition! It's just like being in the movie. Don't pay any attention to the few negative reviews. I've played all the 'Nam games for PS2 and many FSP's and this is a winner! Bloody, yes, but so is war. I get so tired of people using this forum to so quickly complain about every little detail of a game. IT'S A GAME. If you like war games and shooters, lock and load, and Enjoy!
Five Stars!!!!

Fun At First

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: December 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Let me address one of the reviewers who made some complaints. First, yes their are sexual themes, but thats the way it was there. And your right, the characters have no "valor", but once again, both sides did bad things in the war (although the V.C. did much worse things). Now with that out of the way, let me say, the first part of the game was great! The enemy did not die with one shot. No they were extremely hard to kill. It took several shots, especially with a machine gun, but not so many with a rifle, to kill them. The levels were pretty realistic. But the game took a step backwards with your promotion to special forces. You take on impossible missions, but they really aren't that impossible. There are also a lot of things to do back a the base. This is a fun game that is worth getting.

Shell Rocks

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In my own lame opinion I think this is the best "VEITNAM" video game to hit the scene. Out of the other three Nam games Playstation has right now I would have to say this is the best of the best regardless what these other guys, or gals will tell you. I loved it from begining to end, and of course I had to play it on hard-core. lets face it. The only real reason to buy a war video game is so that we can blow the crap out of the enemy, and let me tell you this is the game to do so. I mean arms, legs, and heads are rolling in this baby. Lots of blood & gore just how I like it. So get out there and rent it! See for yourself, and stop asking for other peoples advise. It's a great war game, and one of the best. Lots of weapons and lots of fun. If you love the real horror of war this is the game for you. Oh and wait untill you get the poontang pass. Remeber the hooker in Full Metal Jacket.
Very cooool Game - Go Get it now!!!!

c'mon guys

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

first off i'd like to say i'm very interested in military history and the vietnam war in peticular. i really love vietnam movies (platoon, apocalypse now, full metal jacket, deer hunter, etc) and i like a lot of war games, too.

alright i've only had this for about two days and i'm on the third level but already its not as bad as people say it is.

its not perfect but i actually think its better than conflict: vietnam

its definetly better for gameplay and graphics.

although i like conflict: vietnam i think at points it was a bit unrealistic. like the russian roulette level for example.

this game may turn out to be the same, but so far it seems to be alot more accurate and i have to say that overall this is a better game.

-ratt fink

"The horrors Of war/"The joy of blowing your SonOfagun enemies into PIECES!"

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is afun game,for mostthings.
The game is set in 1967,"When the `Nam war,was still young",you are a soldier from the U.S. Army,G.I. Green Beret and you are sent to VietNam to eliminate the VC(VietCong) and the NVA(North VietNam Army),whoever you are this,is no easy war,game not like older last generation(PS1,N64,DreamCast) TPS/FPS games(Third Person Shooters/First Person Shooters),wher you enemy`s A.I. was not that good,and you could expose yourself alot,Killing enemy soldiers in ShellShock:`Nam `67 is very gruesome,gritty but fun,if blast a soldier with a rocket launcher he/she will be in bits physically.speaking of he/she,remember in most games where ALL of your enemy guards were MEN,In SS:N67 you also have to deal with women,who are usually armed with an AK-47/M-16A rifle,and no they are not easy on EASY mode one VC woman shot my(soldier) head off,but both men and women soldiers are the same,only obviously look different.This is true women,and children as well as men fought in the VietNam war,as Infantry soldiers,wher in the U.S./British Army, women don`t join the Infantry(well yet,as it could happen one day,no matter how much Sexism is thrwn at them),but `Nam actually won that war.

GAMEPLAY 8.5/10:
Fun GP,especially the enemy soldiers who are challenging,and smart,this game is a third person shooter(TPS),so shooting isn`t that easy,mindlessly blowing VC/NVA soldiers into pieces with a rocket launcher,arm,leg and head are all seperated by metres,There is one seperation from most other War/shooter games,you are allowed to slaughter civilians,its cruel but you can do so,on Mission 2 wher you have to look for any hidden weapons i shot a civilian in the stomach,she started trying to easy the pain by pressing on it,she then started "throwin up" then i heard he crying when i went of to look for another weapon stash and came back she was,well dead and my comrades only said when she died "Sir,thats a civilian you shot,there,you shouldn`t" no punishments,or mission failtures,or no points taken off me.It is a war game but you only have control over one soldier,despite your comrades who fight with you,but thats easier,and the A.I. ran comrades are helpful,and can not die(unrealistic,but i like it),other things too.the only thing i don`t like about gameplay is you can not run up anything,like rocks or mountains.(Also you can kill animals which is fun like birds and farm animals).
SOUND:Sound is realistic,and funny,like when your soldier,or comrades swear at the enemies,or the female soldier screaming "G.I." in there accents.guns sound realistic enough,to like.Theres also music when you are at the Base Camp,that was made around the VietNam times,it gives you the feeling that it is morning time,as well as the birds singing.

GRAPHICS:7.9/10
The graphics are like Splinter Cell`s graphics,but its a very gritty,bloodie,gruesome violent game so when you watch a movie sequince it is not in full colour,very dull,the graphics are good though.

A.I. :8/10
Your comrades have good Artifisial Intelligence,so they are considerally helpful when you are against large amounts of enemies,say you are between them they also shield you,and sinse they can`t die,they only fall on the floor for a moment and respawn,you have no squad control,so you don`t make their decisions, but your soldier is their leader,so they follow you,but if you are in huge conflict bits,like Mission 3(Which i am stuck on) they leave you,and go against the Nams which is dangerous because you can be slaughtered by other Enemy soldiers in seconds,but when this happens i usually stay with my squad, and follow them,then do my Objectives.Enemy A.I. is alrigt,you can sneak up on them,and shoot them,but they can shhot there guns,but they never follow you they shoot you from their posts,if not move down a little nearer.so A.I. is good.

any predecessors/sequals or prequals?!
This is the first game of SHELLSHOCK,I do hope another one comes out set in the Cold War,or one of the World Wars,Gulf War I,or if possible the still remaining Gulf War II(2003-PRESENT),i don`t know if it has any pedessors,but there was one game on PS One called ShellShock,i don`t know if it is related to this.

COMPETION:In general this is a Militar War/shooter game so its compared not to Military war-Stealth games like MGS or SC,but compared to other war games,it looses on the fact that most of its TPS genre rivals have squad command/control,where as this is a militar war-shooter TPS with a team wich you don`t Control/command on your comrades,but it is more with FPS games(First Person Shooters) as when i recieved this game,it said on the back "`Next To Nam `67 Medal Of Honor looks like a fluffy bunny duck shooter" which was a statement made by PSM(PS2 magazines) when it was released,so yeah it is compared with FPS games.
But really its main competition of them is Conflict(specifically Conflict:VietNam) games,which is a clean version of this,with squad Conrol in it.I list all its military War-shooter enemies(FPS or TPS)

Third Person Shooters:
The CONFLICT series.
The GHOST RECON series
The SOCOM series

First Person Shooters:
MEDAL OF HONOR series
CALL OF DUTY series
BROTHERS IN ARMS series(Specifically this is definatly a SSN67 rival)
BATTLEFIELD series(specifically BF:VietNam)
RAINBOW 6 series?
and yes i know there are others,but these are other Military war-shooter games i know,whether they are TPS or FPS they all rival each other,All of them at least one of each of series mentioned i have played,and i recomnmend them to Military War-shooter fans,but everone who reads this should have heared of/played/or got any of the games i mentioned.
Why is this not going to go PLATINUM,it has alot of good ratings only 2 or three bad ratings?

When i bought it:Its not too expensive i got it in a "2 for £20" offer with Metal Gear Solid 3:Snake Eater(Snake Eater is better,i have to say because i love MGS seeries) but i have lended out Snake Eater to someone who,likes the sound of MGS3 so my favorate game this weekend is ShellShock:Nam `67.

bYE.

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