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Vietcong

2003 71 / 100 Shooter
Vietcong is an tactical FPS known for its realism focused gameplay and at the time, original Vietnam war setting. The game featured many early examples of later genre conventions such as iron sights and a cover system. In addition to the main story-driven campaign, the game also features a number of quick skirmish style missions for single player, as well as a fairly robust set of both cooperative and competitive mu Show full summary

Vietcong is an tactical FPS known for its realism focused gameplay and at the time, original Vietnam war setting. The game featured many early examples of later genre conventions such as iron sights and a cover system. In addition to the main story-driven campaign, the game also features a number of quick skirmish style missions for single player, as well as a fairly robust set of both cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes, including a downloadable set of coop missions entitled "Red Dawn" played from the perspective of Vietcong soldiers.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer

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Vietcong is an tactical FPS known for its realism focused gameplay and at the time, original Vietnam war setting. The game featured many early examples of later genre conventions such as iron sights and a cover system. In addition to the main story-driven campaign, the game also features a number of quick skirmish style missions for single player, as well as a fairly robust set of both cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes, including a downloadable set of coop missions entitled "Red Dawn" played from the perspective of Vietcong soldiers.

GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer GenreShooter ThemeAction ThemeWarfare
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Traitair strike Traitanti-cheat system Traitcapture the flag Traitcover system Traitdeath match Traitexplosion Traitextreme violence Traitguerilla warfare Traithelicopter Traitin-game radio Traitjungle warfare Traitlicensed soundtrack Traitmilitary Traitpc to console port Traitrealism Traitshooting range Traitteam deathmatch Traittraining mode Traittraps Traitvietnam Traitvietnam war Traitvoice acting Traitvoice chat Traitwar

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Vietcong: release, platforms, and facts

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Illusion Softworks, Pterodon
Publisher
Gathering of Developers
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Action, Warfare
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Mar 26, 2003

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