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My Second War Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Shellshock Vietnam is a game I thoroughly enjoyed. It attempts to depict the horrors and the atrocities committed in this controversial war. I am sure it dose not even come close to the real thing, but this is the closest the majority of us will ever get.

Previous reviewers have made negative comments about the game, complaining that the graphics are dull, that there was unnecessary blood and gore and inappropriate sexual themes which should not be included in a game based on this unstable period in America's history. First off, I'd like to correct these people. I have read from veterans who fought in Vietnam. One veteran described how he still had nightmares of someone screaming the dreadful word 'incoming', and how a second later after hearing that one word, how all his people he sided with during the war would just be blown to pieces around him by these mortar attacks, body parts literally raining down on top of him. So, there is nothing wrong showing what these men had to face during the war. In fact, the game could have improvised on this aspect. As for sexual themes, ha! Soldiers of this war would take R&R trips to Thailand just for that purpose. In fact, many Thais blame Americans for introducing prostitution to their country as a solution to poverty.

The graphics could have been better, I suppose, but I did not think it was that bad. The grainy effect could get on some people's nerves.

It is true that in most missions you must follow the script that the director intended for you to follow, for there is usually only one path to tread. There is only one mission that I remember that is more exploratory once your character enters `Special Forces.'

The Vietnamese seemed stupid, literally running right into the line of your fire. I also don't think so many of them should scream out threats in English. I am sure, in combat, they did most of their talking with their AKs, so generously supplied to them by the Chinese.

It is too bad your platoon consisted of only four men.

Other than these few factors, it is still enjoyable if you just like to chew your way to victory in a spray of bullets. The story is kind of like a mix of both the movie Platoon and Apocalypse Now, where you and your men are hunting down this man who the Vietnamese worship like a God, except in this game this individual is a Vietnamese general, not an American. Throughout your whole brutal experience in the war, the Vietcong keeps ambushing your people before you even get a shot off, and you eventually discover that someone in camp is a spy for the NVA. Your Lieutenant gets decapitated in battle and an individual from the South Vietnamese Army becomes point man for your squadron, and he has a gruesome, but effective way on how to make spies talk. So, this is a great game if you ask me.

PS: The mission where you must locate the journalist is a no brainer. I don't know why people are so confused. Just locate all the hidden weapon stashes by throwing grenades into the hay stacks and one of the civilians will attempt to run. Shoot him, as you were ordered. Then all the captive villagers will attempt to run. Kill them all and Monty will tell you which direction to go. No problem.

A Bit Shallow

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game has riveting action and does attempt to convey the feeling of being in the middle of the Vietnam war. What prevents it from being excellent is that it tends to be repetitive. For instance, the mission where you enter the temple to kill the hated VC general is overwrought - it's the same type of firefight over and over again. The enemy AI is good, not spectacular; they tend to march forward in a line like zombies. There were too many times when I just got tired of killing enemies. It requires some creative thought, not alot. If your only going to play one Vietnam game, play the Conflict version instead.

This could have been a good game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This appear to be a good game until you reach the level where you have to rescue the journalist. Once you have to rescue that person, the sequence is stupid. It tells a comrade to interrogate the villagers but they shoot them all up and everyone look stupid, not knowing where the journalist at, leaving you stuck.

I tried doing a search on the Internet and found other people wanting to know the same thing but no real answer. I'm trading in this garbage for something that was at least went through QA

OMG!!!! When is a good vietnam game ever going to come out?!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game looks good. it sounds good. does it play good? NO! This game is al l about volence and bad languge. I agree with Jeff Rogers. The game is comepletely filled with retarded gameplay. ur teamates can't die no matter what. There are many games better than this one.

WHATS WITH THE BOOM BOOM THING!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: March 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Good game but the "Boom-Boom" is useless.It is kinda like a horror game as there are alot of severed corpses,heads,body parts.
whats with the crazy half-nude suicide soldiers that run into everyone and blow up.Its fun taking that RPG7 and blowing up enemies into gibz,or killing civilians for fun-especialy shooting them in the stomach where they just wimper until they collapse to the floor dead.Most fellow soldiers can`t die if they are part of the story like Tick Tock,The Gunner,Phycho and Lt.O`neil but others can besides all these men have a certain death anyway(Phycho will die by the horhouse after getting blown u).
I tried to save a certain person from dying-He was Gardner the guy that walked into the spike-trap after being a smartazz and rushing a head of everyone,I nearly saved him but we both stepped into it-So i guess Gardner will have to die in that spiketrap whatever i do.
the games short about 10 missions.
whats with the BoomBoom you don`t see anything it does not affect your soldiers status,it costs from 30-60 CHITS to hire them-when they all teh same yet it cost about 20 Chits to enter the friggin place.
bye

Just as good as any other crappy linear game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

There are swamp, rice pattys, villages. The missions are poorly conceived pieces of stuff, it is also very, very, very linear to the point that they don't hide it like in any other video game. The enemy is not changeling (the NVA would hide and not have big hats). The enemies come in two flavors those that just stand there oblivious that they have to move to avoid your shoots and those that run towards you.

There's an interactive Base Camp where you can talk go around and do a whole lot of nothing, except boom-boom, get some illegal drugs, shot your weapons, and the "boom-boom" is stupid and has no gameplay/fun/replay value.

The Graphics are realistic graphics they have a grainy texture to them, This is cool some of the time and if it were a better game (aka open ended with brighter/more hidden enemies this would be cool. The death animations are so unbelievable you'll laugh at them (not that I admire the death scenes in any video game). And the cutscenes are vile and pointless (due to the pointless violence)

I would say that the controls are easy to learn and that there's a easy learning curve, but then again (no bragging/pun/'I'm better that you', because were all equal :) I have played a lot of games and know how to easily learn all the control schematics of the games that I play.

ShellShock has one of the least realistic damage to the main character than from any game that I've played. Your health bar regenerates over time, so all you have to do is go to a safe point and wait for 10 seconds.

This game is a best a $10.00-$5.00 meant to be picked up in the bargain bins. You probably should Rent or buying at the price I mentioned in the last sentience anything more is a waste of money.

Viet-Doom

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: October 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I had eagerly anticipated this game since I first read about it. It turned out to be a straight forward shooter. To me the ideal shooter was Operation Flashpoint. That game despite the limited graphics was the most realistic game I have ever played. In this game I didn't like the fact that you where unable to aim down the sights of the weapon, you had to use the crosshairs. The game was so not dynamic that you couldn't even jump. Even in Pitfall you could jump. I just seamed like I was trying to figure out where I was supposed to be according the developers script than really completing missions. Once I had gone through all the appropriate motions the level was complete. I ended up just grabbing the M-60 and the Death machine (a 1000 round M-60) and just mowing every one down. That's fine for me because I carry a machine gun in the Army. Too much like Doom to be the realistic shooter advertised. The film grain gel was very cool though. That was designed to make you feel like you where in a documentary.

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.

Gift for the one that has everything

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My father had been looking for this game for awhile. He loves the game.

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