Vietcong - AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-05-03 09:02am

WeeMadAndo: Vietcong sucks.
WeeMadAndo: Don't even pirate it.
WeeMadAndo: It take more than FIFTEEN FUCKING ROUNDS from an M1 carbine to drop a VC at point blank range.
Vympel: gay!
WeeMadAndo: Thats when character models don't collapse in on themselves creating a freaking jumble of polygons on the ground that scuttle about like fucking turtles on crack (I swear thats what they look like with the bamboo hats still being recognisable on the top).
WeeMadAndo: And did I mention that you can't fucking hit them when the models collapse, which seems to be every time you load or reload a game, meaning that if you die, you have to QUIT the PROGRAM, then restart it from your last save in order to get recognisable models?
Vympel: good lord.
WeeMadAndo: I mean its horrid. Simply fucking horrid.
Vympel: delete it. now.
WeeMadAndo: Hopefully patches might fix it...
WeeMadAndo: Somehow.
WeeMadAndo: Please...
Vympel: ugh
WeeMadAndo: Please lord let patches fix at least something.
Vympel: about the M1 carbine- it *was* a poncy gun
WeeMadAndo: OK. How about 5 fucking shots from a fuckign 12 ga at a similar range?
WeeMadAndo: Or a fucking clip from a thompson?
Vympel: that's just fucked.
WeeMadAndo: *places 12ga to VC's temple*
*pulls trigger*
*VC shouts, runs away like a fucking squirrel on crack firing their mosin-nagant from the hip while running with un-erring accurac*
Vympel: wtf ...

Yes, ladies and gentleman, this game really is that fucking bad.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-05-03 09:48am

Yep, that pretty much matches most of the reviews i've read so far...

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2003-05-03 10:01am

You know I bought this game just yesterday because I wanted a game that has the mosin in it and I've not yet gotten around to trying it?
Nice prospects....

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-05-03 10:46am

I'm glad I had never even heard of this piece of shit before now.

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-05-03 11:33am

Sea Skimmer wrote:I'm glad I had never even heard of this piece of shit before now.

Same here

JodoForce · Post by **JodoForce** » 2003-05-03 12:04pm

ditto
But I just did a google search and the first few reviews I found are raves

Ditto for MOO3 as well

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-05-03 12:14pm

Heard about...avoided it, waiting for my other stuff.

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2003-05-03 12:29pm

Hmm, tried it, no collapsing character models for me. Although that weapons thingy is quite annoying.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-03 12:56pm

Ouch. That sucks, how much did you spend on it?

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2003-05-03 12:59pm

phongn wrote:Ouch. That sucks, how much did you spend on it?

I spent 45 Euro.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-05-03 01:03pm

The worst thing though is that the hand grenades spontaneously explode in my hand when I go to throw them. Like, they must have about a 0.1 second fuse...

Shits me to tears as they would make life a lot easier. Plus I can't do the training missions because of that.

And Phong, I borrowed a friends copy of it (we have a regular CD swapping thing) and am glad that I didn't buy it.

JodoForce · Post by **JodoForce** » 2003-05-03 01:08pm

checked if your comp's got a fever yet?

WTF is with those rave reviews I find

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-05-03 01:12pm

JodoForce wrote:checked if your comp's got a fever yet? :shocked:

WTF is with those rave reviews I find :shocked:

My comp is currently happily running:

b-17 II,
Freedom Force,
Black Hawk Down,
Impossible Creatures,
FreeLancer

amongst many others.

Vietcong is just not t3h win.

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2003-05-03 04:11pm

Weird. I played the MP demo, and people went down in a few shots, no collapsing models, etc. Why they changed it for the full release is beyond me...

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-05-03 04:14pm

If you have an urge to kill Vietcong, I'd just suggest playing the Half-Life mod Heart of Evil...

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-05-04 05:23am

reminds me of a game called Revolution. Fucking "Activision Value", good-for-nothing idiots. Avoid at all costs.

Ok even if the game sucks, it had one interesting weapon: the "laser" gun, which uses batteries that actually behave reallistically: the energy recharges itself, but the more you use it, the slower it recharges. Eventually you'll get from 0 to 100% ammo in an hour or so, then it's time to change batteries.

The game itself is crap. Imagine Half-Life, but your job is to clean the sewers. Then clean the roofs. Then clean the corridors. Yes, it's the "Roger Wilco FPS" before the Sarien Encounter. Ugh.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-05-04 08:44pm

Weemadando, IMMEDIATELY patch the game! It removes most of the problems you mentioned.

It's a very good game, though some of the tunnel missions are annoying as hell.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-05-04 08:49pm

Oberleutnant wrote:Weemadando, IMMEDIATELY patch the game! It removes most of the problems you mentioned.

It's a very good game, though some of the tunnel missions are annoying as hell.

That's why we started using gasoline and tear gas...

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-05-04 09:02pm

Heheh.

Before I realized that there might be a flashlight in the game, I had spent two hours in complete darkness, trying to find my way out of the tunnels. It was this close that I didn't grab the CDs and subject them to extensive torture.

I'd like change my comment from "very good game" to "fantastic game".

No 3D war game before this has reached the same level of atmosphere as Vietcong. It was fucking marvellous to defend a small radio outpost on top of a hill somewhere in Cambodia when the enemy was coming from everywhere around my squad. Flares illuminated the sky and tracer bullets zipped past.

I recommend the game to anyone who likes tactical 3D shooters.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-05-04 10:59pm

OK, having patched Vietcong I will say that it now runs MUCH better. However I still think that OFP easily beats it out as most atmospheric War FPS. Hell even the War of Infamy mod beats it out.

I find the lead characters tendancy to have their voice to vary between ANH whiney farmboy luke (when he's doing voice over) to FMJ Animal Mother (when talking in game) to be really irritating. The voice over work isn't spectacular, but its fun.

And the patch makes weapon damage a bit more realistic, thank god.

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2003-05-04 11:40pm

phongn wrote:Ouch. That sucks, how much did you spend on it?

In Australia, with a relatively new game: $90-$110

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-05-05 01:31pm

Those are Aussie dollars.. right?

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-05-05 01:59pm

I hate it when I need a damned patch to fix the game.

I absolutly refuse to support a game that is unplayable in its unpatched state.

The patchmania sucks monky balls, and is nothing more than cheating the consumers.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-05-05 02:21pm

What about Medal of Valor from the creators of Medal of Honor? Looks good, set in Vietnam instead of WWII.

Ravencrow · Post by **Ravencrow** » 2003-05-06 10:55pm

VietCong is so bad that it had to be attached as a free game with Platoon where I am.