Hidden & Dangerous 2
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Video Game Reviews of Hidden & Dangerous 2
Customer Review: AWESOME GRAPHICS AND REALISTIC PLAY
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my best first person WWII games. I actually like it better then Call of Duty and Medal of Honor. The graphics are exceptionally good and game play is realistic, unlike other games I have played. You will not be dissappointed with this first person shooter.Customer Review: At times too much for its own good.
Summary: 3 Stars
H&D2 is a very nice, well produced WW2 shooter, but some of the more ambitious aspects could've been toned down a bit.
All in all this game reminds me of a cross between Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell in a WW2 theater. The core of the gameplay is very good and certainly on par with any other shooter out there. Where the game mostly suffers is in the less prominent aspects of gameplay.
The tactical setup, imho, is far too cumbersome to be as useful as it could be. To cite Ghost Recon as reference, you were able to plot and execute group commands quickly and on the fly though the use of a simple tac-map. HD2's interface, by comparison, requires far too much clickity click and forces you to pull away from the real action to plot manuvers.
While this arrangement is suited well enough to more complex environments, a simpler interface would have been nice to see included as supplement to it.
All in all there's no reason any fan of WW2 shooters or tactical shooters in general should not check this one out. The game's respectably high production values and good core dynamics make up for its few shortcommings well enough.
Customer Review: Divorce
Summary: 1 Stars
This game may be great for males aged 20 to 35, it's target audience, I'm sure... however, for the girlfriends and wives that know and love these men, this game is dreadful. It will suck the men into a sick virtual world... and they never return whole again. Women-- be aware of the dangers to your relationship that this game poses. Good luck and stay strong.Customer Review: Better than Call of Duty/MH Pacific Assult!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not a huge war gamer but with the most recent war game titles coming out out such as Call of Duty and MH Pacific Assult and of course I had to try them, found overall that they were great war games especially Call of Duty (The original version) United Offensive is way to scripted! MH Pacific Assult was my last purchase before this beauty and so far I have not been able to finnish it due to the unforgiving scripting of the game at Henderson Field where you have to shoot down Japanese Zeros before they bomb your hangers from above. Somehow the game kills me for not being able to do this correctly meaning shooting down all the Zeros which I find nearly impossible!
Now to this game. It is something to behold why? Well, you can acomplish any mission any way you want using hardcore Tactics rather than closely folling scripted objectives like in the previous two game I have mentioned. Also, the AI is not overly hard which I like. Sometimes it is down-right-dumb but with such gameplay like taking cover and using your men's way points to complete objectives, the game shines! Also, you can choose to run and gun or secretly devise a plan of your own to accomplish your missions. The latter is far more rewarding though because it takes some brain power rather than how fast you can click to shoot your enemy. I feel sometimes I am part of the Dirty Dozen and have to sneek into a camp or town to blow up a building or steel documents rather than just kill everything that moves and then get out in a shooting match to the death! This game makes you feel like you've accomplished more than just body bags for the enemy, it makes you feel like your part of a SAS team in WWII. Both of my GrandFathers fought in the war and though they were not part of a specialized force like the SAS being Americans and trying to reck havic on the German's or Japanese, they saw some combat and didn't really talk to much about it because it just something you don't talk about if you really were there! The horor of war is abscent from most of my generations eyes due to post Vietnam and pre Desert Storm kind of falling in between things but I always wanted to know what it was like to accomplish what those guys did 50+ years ago when thier odds were less than favoritable against the overwelming numbers of the Nazi's or the Jap's trying to make a safe-free world to come for all of us. It was a job not a obligation and they did it very well. With H&D 2 I feel as if I was really there doing my job like they did! If you liked Call of Duty the original and are currently or have finished playing MH Pacific Assult and do not already have this War title, buy it at the good price that it is! It is a welcomed change to the run and gun everything down mindless WWII shooters of the past and present!
Customer Review: Excellent gameplay, but ahhh the patches.
Summary: 4 Stars
This game rocks. As far as gameplay, it is as good as it gets. My only gripe is all the patches, and that if one doesn't have the same patch upgrade, their may be issues on connecting to some of the servers.
That said, I had very few bugs in the single player game, and only the patch issue for multi-player. I think this game blows away MOH and is graphically better than BF 1942, though BF 1942 is fun to play as well.
If you don't have this game, I'd highly recommend getting it. Also, the Sabre Squadron expansion is a must get. If you are watchful, you can get both for around 20 bucks US.
A note for those who have performance anxiety lol, please upgrade your GUI(graphics card) to the latest drivers. If your card is older, it may not run DX 9 games. Another thing to upgrade is your ram. The one person with only 256 of ram, well.... that's the minimum for Windows XP. Up that to 512, plus get a more advanced card like the ATI 9600, or better(the equivelent in nVidia)and together with a 2 ghz machine or better this game will fly!!!
Also, for those worried about too many controls, you can customize them to your likeing. Almost all games allow control customization.