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Quote[/b] (Simon Appleton @ June 09 2004,13:50)]I am not into shooters (I suck) but I had a lot of single-player fun with Vietcong. I believe it has multiplayer, probably PC only though.
You can be American, obviously, and the authentic weapons seem to be well modelled. None seem that uber (although the drum-fed Vietnamese LMG is pretty awesome). For example, the sniper rifle gives you only very limited view and so is pretty useless except for sniping. The M16 and AK47 are nice, but eat up ammo very quickly and are not that accurate. Pistols lack stopping power etc. Shotguns are surprisingly effective at range and there is a nice old fashioned bolt action rifle that is good for some missions.
The AI seems pretty good. It uses cover, uses grenades where appropriate and can shoot well, but not ridiculously well. You can vary the difficulty to get close to one shot one kill, but I prefer it to be more forgiving. One of the best things about the game is that right clicking allows you to shoot from cover - very nice way of using trees, logs etc to your advantage.
All in all, it's highly recommended. [The single player campaign is pretty immersive too, with a great variety of missions.]