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NMFTM
September 6th, 2010, 11:58 PM
Anyone else play this game? For those of you that don't know, it's an ultra realistic semi-free roam tactical FPS that takes place on an entire "fictional" island that's over 270km in size and is modeled very accurately (so they say) over the actual island of Kiska (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiska).

Obviously you can't free roam during the actual campaign because you have time oriented objectives to complete. But if you go into the mission editor mode you could walk across the entire island if you wanted.

In easy mode you have a HUD that tells you enemy locations and such. On hardcore mode you have only a map that can be pulled out and an ammo level indicator.

It's okay to play with AI teammates but a lot of fun to play with friends at a LAN party. The team AI is pretty unhelpful at times. For example, there have been multiple instances where I was lying on the ground bleeding to death, called over a medic, and instead of dressing my wounds to prevent further bloodloss he just stood there not doing anything with medkit in hand.

Mission #2 was by far the hardest. I played it in co-op with a friend and I couldn't count the number of times we failed. We eventually figured out that the only way to complete the mission within the designated timeframe was to scrap the official waypoints we were supposed to use to flank the enemy with and forge a more direct path.

The game was actually fun enough to make me go out and buy a gaming mouse (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826105223&Tpk=sidewinder%20x5) so that I could have multiple DPI settings to more efficiently alternate between normal shooting and sniping.

It's out for Windows (Linux compatibility with WINE is a mixed bag (http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=18021)), Xbox360, and PlayStation 3. Although, if your going to play an ultra-realistic shooter I don't see why you'd play it with anything other than a keyboard and mouse.