Vietcong PC Game Review

[@breadifish2143]

I would buy a remastered version of this game in a heartbeat.

[@zetetick395]

+breadifish2143 Well, it does have a prettier sequel - that's good rollicking fun to play (if I remember it right) - Also *"Red Orchestra 2"* is going to Vietnam in their New release - that should kick plenty ass! - And lastly *"ARMA 3"* will soon have an Expansion DLC pack out that has open-world Jungle warfare in an all out sandbox Battle-fest! (_and a Vietnam MOD is coming out soon / might already be out - for _*_ARMA 3_*_ as well_ - that looks pretty damn sweet too!!)

[@buckplug2423]

+Zetetik - Yea, and new Unsung mod looks great in Arma 3. One of people I know is Unsung team tester, and he posted screenshot from Unsung 3.

[@raggeragnar]

And so would I , bro. I still play this + expansion , online , and Vietcong2 a couple of times every month.

[@zetetick395]

Polishboss Yeah I've not played an UNSUNG mod since OFP! Should be great! :) - and with the new "Tavania" (is that right?) official jungle map for ARMA3 - plenty of new assets for modders to use in their jungle settings..... (I'd personally like to see a new BAS - Tonali africa mod)

[@zetetick395]

Alexander Dinesen Nice catch! Yeah I bungled on that one.

[@leonardoantonio8756]

The soldiers move very slow because of the realistic military approach of the game, you can't run into a bulletfight, and the pointman has to be slow too, it's not a regular scripted fps, actually is pretty cool because most of the things that happens depends on you and your decisions, the stealth parts are very frustrating and most of it is trial and error, but overall the game is awesome to play, I really felt almost like a true MACV. For a small company of developers I think they did a great job

[@VeritasPanther]

Leonardo Antonio Exactly. For many SF units in Vietnam Standard Operating Procedure was to movie at a pace where every step was silent for 30min then stop and listen for another 30min. Viet Cong is generous in this regard.

[@leonardoantonio8756]

I guess you can't put a whole real operation in the game, would be too boring just being laid on a hill for 30 hours just to get an executive action done in 10 secs, or being in a shootout for 3 days real time too overwhelming, but the Vietnam difficulty setting puts a challenge barely seen in other games, except for the cheap deaths and the erratic stealth mechanics programming.

[@vito7428]

I actually like the slow pace of progressing through the jungle. Just like how the soldiers in the war had to slowly move around and keep their eyes peeled for traps and the enemy.

[@stefanoartuso001]

Hai ragione

[@jonascastejon5888]

They did an awesome job! Thanks to that this is one hell of an immersive experience.

[@T--ml5cj]

Out of all the games being remastered and rebooted this one needs it the most I mean just the mechanics and immersion factor is amazing one of the best Vietnam War games

[@SiliconBong]

+Harry Pearce There was a sequel, slightly better graphics and gameplay that improved over the first a little in some areas: no timed missions!!

[@knightbrolaire526]

+SiliconBong But the second one was overall a worse game.

[@SiliconBong]

Knight Solaire True that, it was less than the sum of its parts. There's a great video comparing some of the latest games with all their graphical polish being so much less than the early Thief games. .. ...which made use of what wasn't available. My point being VC2-Fist Alpha- I think it was called, had the polish, but not the substance.

[@cycomiles4225]

+SiliconBong Fist Alpha is an addon for original VC, had its own campaign ( prequel to VC ) and you get a couple more guns.

[@SiliconBong]

Cyco Miles *accepts correction :)

[@MartinKincl1993]

Back when the military shooters could be interesting...

[@magnusm4]

Shadow Ops: Red Mercury, Men Of Valor, Call Of Duty 1, Vietcong, Desert Storm yes they were really unique

[@kireta21]

Don't forget Ghost Recon, Operation Flahpoint: Cold War Crisis and Delta Force: Black Hawk Down.

[@BasilBonehead]

nopeify morten what about rainbow six vegas 1 and 2?

[@chandanmohapatra7811]

Rainbow six raven shield, Rogue spear.

[@travosk8668]

Martin Kincl they still are.

[@rezaka116]

Also, this game is a cult classic in Czech republic, thanks to its amazing czech localization.

[@rezaka116]

+Dalle Smalhals Mafia 3 has some czech developers in the team

[@SgtZaqq]

Actually its developers are Czech

[@SgtZaqq]

***** what the hell youtube? When I was typing my comment there were no your comments shown.

[@madelikeagunridelikeabulle7395]

what about , soldier of fortune and as well as delta force:)

[@dylansque]

we love this game in poland too :)

[@spacedigger]

I honostly think that your review does not do the game credit, considering you never, in my opinion, played the game the way it should have been played. The slow moving team mates are walking slow, because people never run while on patrole. The reason you missed the boobytraps, where your pointman would have told you about, is because you did not have the patience to play this game and handled it like your run of the mil run and gun first person shooter. The first time I ever played this game, I loved it. Maybe I'm biassed, but the slow moving, I thought, was immersive. Going on patrole, avoiding boobytraps, keep watching around for ambushing VC. The fact that this was one of the first games that allowed you to aim down the sights (at least of the games I played) instead of through crosshairs while shooting from the hip, just made it more beautifull. However, on some points, I agree. Like for instance the fact that some enemys can see you through everything. But in General, I still love this game and I am someone who is easily bored with games and bassicaly never finishes a game, because I mostly find some other game that makes me forget about the previous game I was playing. And with mostly, I mean every single time. But this was never the case with Vietcong. But hey, this is just my opinion.

[@leonferrarese5214]

@Lil' Connor Peterson you're absolutely right

[@85Zeroangel]

True

[@UVtec]

I totally loved this game, even for its graphics. It was made by a small Czech studio so it is a bit unfair comparing it to something like Far Cry. By the way, the traps set by Vietcong most of the time had a sign near them so you could avoid them if you paid attention. You could learn about the signs in the journal before taking a mission. Great review as always!

[@Rekron53]

Just as in real life

[@kainnosgoth7336]

My name is Steve R. Hawkins, intelligence sergeant." Nice to meet you. "When I first arrived in Vietnam, I got stuck in the rear for three boring weeks". Man that must have been painful....

[@vito7428]

Kain Nosgoth Not bad duty really. But incredibly boring.

[@mikeangelo2886]

@@vito7428 i would prefer to be bored rather than dead.

[@BlastinRope]

Most military men are already well acquainted with the green weenie, their buttholes long losing any senstation

[@kail.2685]

A graphical remake would be great ;) this game IS one of the best games ever developed.

[@nicky8866]

+Ganta Igarashi i miss this game..

[@hymerr]

+Ganta Igarashi Agree, One of the best games ever.

[@foxtrotsierraproductions8626]

News for you. The Developer of Vietcong is developing a Game thats based off Vietcong.

[@jonny-b4954]

I don't really know if it needs a graphical remaster. Looks good still. Just some quality of life improvements but even then its way ahead of its time for its age.

[@dakotadawn5789]

Guy screams in pain when he’s been shot Gman: Seems a bit over dramatic he just got shot with a pistol

[@zackdeew9757]

😂😂😂😂

[@DutchManticore]

I sank hundreds of hours in this game, and ended up creating wnd leading a clan consisting of 39 international members as a 13 year old. It was amazing. I treasure this game. The traps arent cheap. Youre supposed to use the pointman indeed. Its not a run and gun game

[@tomdewilde1]

Welke clan was dat dan? Speel je het nu nog?

[@CheesusSVT]

game was so much fun and loved the mutiplayer during my high school years 🤘🤘🤘

[@vito7428]

I disagree with the sentiment that the traps are cheap,they're meant to keep you on edge and catch you off guard like in real life. Most of Gman's complaints are very valid as this game is very janky at times but i've seen other KZbinrs who review this game,run and gun solo hipfiring their weapons,then complaining the Vietcong cuts them down every time they do that. Aside from a few instances in Fist Alpha,i have never had a fight where i couldn't take good cover and engage the enemy at a comfortable distance without them ambushing me

[@Drazicist]

Probably one of the most under rated shooters of all time. This game was way ahead of the pack. The reason they move so slow is because you are in a FUCKEN WAR ZONE. It is not cheap, the booby traps are marked along the paths leading up to them and punish players like yourself who run through a Vietnam jungle like it is any other game. You are meant to go slow and take your time. This whole review is judging the game from a current view point which is just stupid. Just watching the footage in this review shows you didn't understand how you were meant to play this game. No wonder you feel like the game was cheap when it came to murders. Honestly this is a pretty bad review

[@LightCrasher]

+Mn8 +1. The best shooter about real conflict I`ve ever seen!

[@andrewwgold]

Idk I think he gave a pretty balanced review. Of course play styles are subjective but in the end he recommended it

[@VeritasPanther]

Mn8 Exactly. This game is mostly patrolling in the jungle. You ARE SUPPOSED to be moving slowly.

[@rustcohle3803]

no matter what you say, it still looks and sounds shitty. thumbs up for the review.

[@hinteregions]

It's a reasonable review, it's positive! - but I had that sense too, easy to criticise in retrospect and the comparison with world-changing floor-wiping FC a little unfair! Our man didn't play the game over and over again as we did to master commanding the squad and weapons, working out how to do each area perfectly. That camp of sleeping Vietcong was so hard but so rewarding. It was certainly one of the first 1st person shooters to really get squad management working well and had for the time some of the best weapons modelling and function going and now he mentions it the sound design was first-rate. Who cares about the model quality, that was pretty much the standard back then. Do we criticise Deus Ex for it's hilarious character modelling? No, we do not :D

[@hokkypro]

The Vietcong start menu, i remember just listening to it for hours

[@spoike7027]

Same here, such a groovy song

[@SuperDracula1992]

most interesting detail about booby traps there is actualy signs of them, that vietcong soldier leave for themselfs so they can avoid it, and you can do it too if you want, and to know that you only must read your diary, there are many interesting things in there, very atmospheric

[@bakerXderek]

I played the hell out of this and shellshock

[@MrJenssen]

LOVED this game back in the day. It didn't have a high budget, but the ideas were solid, and I think it worked great for the most part. Walking slow with the squad only raised my immersion. Also, you forgot to mention the Co-Op campaign/missions, that were awesome to play with friends. Not just "stand here and survive waves", but actual missions. The AI was extremely challenging there though.

[@killbot86]

I have to disagree with the reviewer regarding the voice acting and graphics.....The voices i thought were great and authentic sounding and when you compare this game to medal of Honor: Allied Assault that came out the year after, the graphics in Vietcong are way better.....

[@Gggmanlives]

killbot86 Allied Assault came out before Vietcong.

[@killbot86]

Gggmanlives I stand corrected....Anyway, the graphics in Vietcong I think are still pretty good for that time nevertheless.....

[@Gggmanlives]

killbot86 I dunno dude, Doom 3 and Far Cry came out shortly after Vietcong, it looks pretty bad in comparison.

[@Bunkerknacker_Retro-Nostalgie]

killbot86 True, graphics and the engine were garbage, but the design and the asthetics of the game fit so perfectly, like a sculpture carved out of a single rock. How one could not appreciate the voie acting is beyond me. Even back then I remember having to argue in favor of the game's appearance, but it is just one homogenous artifact as all the assets seemed to fit nicely giving the game a great atmosphere and overall tone. And Allied assault had better optics only, the overall appearance was way more boring. Just watched an LP of it a few weeks back and it doesn't look too impressive really.

[@goopah]

Gggmanlives True, it does look bad in comparison, but I always try to take games on their own merits, rather than compare. And I thought Vietcong's engine and level design contributed heavily to the game's stellar sense of place. It almost felt like I was inside a living painting (for lack of a better analogy).

[@michaelflanigan3481]

I loved how I could hear each individual spend casing fall to the ground as I fired. Each weapon sounded different too. By the end of the game, I could instantly tell which weapon was being fired at me without seeing it. This game literally SCREAMS for an HD remake.

[@matman000000]

5:20 You have to check the ground before you more forward. Running through the jungle in Vietcong is a sure way to get yourself shot or blown up. It's a slower game than most shooters, the best comparison would probably be STALKER, where you have to check every corner, move carefully and enemies can kill you with a single well-aimed burst.

[@Braddock338]

Best vietnam game ever.

[@CordellPotts]

Conflict Vietnam

[@47mendoza92]

Shellshock nam 67

[@foxtrotsierraproductions8626]

@@47mendoza92 No match for Vietcong

[@harold9061]

Best singleplayer Vietnam experience.

[@chandanmohapatra7811]

This is the best game based on Vietnam war.

[@misterkefir]

An absolute classic. Excellent game.

[@Malgon3DR]

Just recently subscribed and been binging on all the videos pretty hard for the past two days. Really enjoying the nostalgia trip on the classic '90s and '00s titles, and also seeing some of the games I missed out on playing over the years. Anyway, keep it up and cheers from a fellow Aussie! P.s. Go the PCPP reference!

[@Gggmanlives]

Thanks bro!

[@nathie]

Best game evah

[@Maggerama]

I remember not realizing that there was a flashlight(cos' It was bound to "L", like in some racing games) and had some real long, hard time when I used up my last save just before entering some really long underground tunnel. At first I could at least throw flares and go backwards looking at the light just to make sure that I'm not stuck pushing the wall, then I ran out of them half-way through, of course. Had to make It out blind, shooting from time to time, hoping for some charlie's campfire to light the way, and for that charlie not to one-shot me again. Not complaining, this stupid misunderstanding led to one of the most intense experiences I've had in gaming.

[@KingLizard616]

Same here hahaha. :D

[@campy9174]

Same dude, until my dad looked at the bindings and I felt like an idiot throwing glowing sticks every hundred feet in and vc infested tunnel

[@TheGodsrighthandman]

Even WITH the flashlight the Tunnels make for Brown Trousers Time . . . Intense AF.

[@kajmak64bit76]

My mom finished that level fully blind without any light xD

[@danneppp]

Hahahaha I remember doing exactly the same !!! 😅😅

[@Teufelsnachbar667]

This was my first online shooter and it dragged me into the community forever :D

[@PaulScholtes1980]

Same for me. I played alot under the community that went by the name of "6th Sense" or something. A community with such nice players. I still miss them today tho

[@gaurd3]

Those tunnels were hell. But I had a great time. Old school unfair gameplay. It will always rub me the right way. Overcome!

[@Khan613]

Visually the game sucks, but the combat was great. There was a GREAT gameplay mechanic whereby aim down sights close to cover, a fallen tree or a low wall, would have your avatar rest his rifle on the cover in order to shoot over it. This would happen if the cover was slightly too high or too low. I had a lot of fun with multiplayer too. I would buy a remake in a heartbeat.

[@CheesusSVT]

Multiplayer was really fun. 🤘

[@sm753]

Man...I remember playing this game in college when I built my first gaming PC and getting my first set of 2.1 speakers. One night, guy next door came and asked me (nicely) to turn my game down. I was like..."this game is awesome". Yeah it came out in 2003, I just dated myself. This game also sticks out in my memory because it's how I learned to read a topographic map, if you fucked it up you ended up calling in an artillery strike on your own position - as there was no marker on the map indicating your current position.

[@stereoflava2788]

The multiplayer in this game was my first ever in an FPS so many good memories. It's the MP where this game really shined. That harbor map with Vietcong starting on the side of the hill with cave systems and shit...best map.

[@bazgino]

Halong Port

[@picazzo5150]

This game was so good back in the day. They need to remake this with today’s graphics.

[@Nebelwerfer057]

One thing you didn't mention that you probably should have is the cover/firing mechanic. One of the best I've seen ever. You crouch behind something solid and if its the right height, when you right click to ADS you pop over the cover and can fire.

[@LordLOC]

I absolutely LOVED this game back when it came out. Not only did I enjoy the SP at the time (though it the story is a bit...shit) but I played the MP to death. I can't believe there is still an active MP community even these days. So awesome. Might have to find my old copy and reinstall it. I always wondered why this game (and Vietcong 2) wasn't put up on Steam though.

[@Vanadeo]

This has inspired me to do the same... Probably played this more than counterstrike..

[@tomdewilde1]

@@Vanadeo download & play the entire game (single & multiplayer) at VIETCONG . TK

[@Vanadeo]

@@tomdewilde1 Alrity|!.. I have downloaded it.. You guys on discord or teamspeak, I'll bet the dudes I used to play with are still playing xD. Ahh I see It's TS .. I see the TS viewer on that site.

[@foxtrotsierraproductions8626]

The Story is a little Bit based on real events of the Vietnam War.

[@lillith3159]

i wish there was a shooter with a campaign where you could play as an actual vietcong or a soldier of the north vietnamese army. It would be a most welcome thing

[@g2ltt733]

Try 7554

[@antipsychotic451]

yeah, i wish there was a shooter where you could play as the good guys instead of the US army for once

[@Bunkerknacker_Retro-Nostalgie]

One of the best shooters ever made, hands down. The coop in this game has been by far the most enjoyable I have ever played and the reason I played it in online coop communities for almost 10 years. Shoutouts to the Sixth Sense. ;) Where ArmA offers massive combined forces gameplay, this baby offers small squads that slowly make their way through dense jungle areas. And holy cow, the AI on Vietnam mode was tough as fuck. Combined with the team respawn, you really had to cover your mates properly, watch every step you took and be on your toes and ready to instantly supress with your M60. On top of that, the radio distance or the effective range of your ingame voice added to that atmosphere and immersion and made you literally shout for backup when you were pinned down by MG or sniper fire. No unlocking crap, no achievement shite, just pure bloody coop. This game is one of the most underrated masterpieces. In fact, I have been looking for a game that comes even remotely close to the atmosphere this game offered, especially in Coop, and I have yet to find one. Oh btw: We would've laughed our ass off watching you by the way you played the game. Your teammates cannot keep up and are so damn slow, so you run ahead and step into a punji or trigger a wire trap? LOL. We called guys like you the rambo type and just waited for you to get wasted, then proceeded the mission carefully. The likes of you stayed a while till they realized they didn't respawn, tried to relog and got killed or kicked off by our AA (Auto-Admin) after a few warnings, telling them to commit suicide.^^ Man, watching your review instantly dropped so many memories of assaulting morons and the good laughs we had after hearing one single Mosin round taking one down, sitting together in the jungle, thanks for that!

[@cycomiles4225]

Bunker Knacker vc.coop.com eh ?

[@cycomiles4225]

This game. This game is a masterpiece in its own right imo. Multiplayer, oh god the maps...while a pretty good campaign, multiplayer is where this game excels at.

[@cycomiles4225]

also, learn how to throw nades effectively, it will make your life much easier.

[@don_the_red2657]

despite it's flaws (i'm looking at you swamp level and unlimited grenade spam enemies) but god i love this game it's one of my favorite games i still pray that someone picks this up and remaster it

[@JMCrookston]

The mood of this game was tremendous. Total classic.

[@icarusgaming6269]

You can see where the mannerisms and memes he still uses today started in some cases here

[@suhdud4646]

Watching 2019, taking me back to 2003. I still remember the epic drill sergeant during the training. Epic title for the time, aswell as Men of Valor was a pretty decent Vietnam era game.

[@kireta21]

One unique feature of sound design was that loud noises, like explosions or to lesser degree gunshots, would affect your hearing sensitivity. If creeping through jungle, Hush Puppy in hand, you could hear cases falling into grass and, more importantly, hear Charlie before you could see each other. There's no better stealth than one that isn't seperate mechanic to begin with.

[@dexterpedroche]

2:22 "...teammates move so goddam slow. More often than not you just run ahead forcing them to keep up." - LOL! When the AI is actually smarter than the player. Not unless you're John Rambo, you don't run around the jungles of Vietnam during a combat patrol or in the middle of a firefight.

[@missbelled6700]

yeah but walking and checking your surroundings is fukkin BORING, and war is all about SHOOTING DUDES like Rambo, not being careful. Don't you know? Seriously though, some people need to learn to trust the game design and take a hint sometimes. STALKER had the same problems with people sprinting into anomalies and calling them unfair, what can ya do.

[@bruhuamf7372]

@@missbelled6700 well then thisngame is not for u and thats it, u got hand full of call of dutys out there for fun ignorant fun

[@rosingpui5799]

@@missbelled6700 Just go play COD, you're that kind of person who doesn't like tactical games.

[@fruitylerlups530]

@@rosingpui5799 i love communication breakdown like this, i really reckon its because you /wanted/ them to say that so you could feel smart and make a generic "go play cod" comment :3

[@dallesamllhals9161]

You've never seen First Blood have you?

[@francis9469]

why has this never been remade?!?

[@bernardo4157]

Tankie Frankie because Americans didn't won the Vietnam war

[@MrPathorn]

Amerikan Spotted

[@JasonPizzolato]

U.S. destroys Viet Cong in '68. U.S. bombing forces North Vietnam to make peace in '73. Where's the loss?

[@Sigmar_Heldenhammer]

Jason Pizzolato we were fighting a war of containment, trying to stop the spread of communism. Unfortunately after pulling out south Vietnam was steamrolled and became communistic. We won militarily, but that wasn’t the point, we lost because we failed to stop the commies from taking complete control.

[@matttheamerican3766]

We definitely lost that one

[@tuxandashotty]

This series needs a reboot, or a remaster of the original. Get on it, 2K!

[@knightbrolaire526]

No, not a reboot, please. Don't fuck this game up. Just a remake.

[@ravengaming4143]

+Knight Solaire Yes they should just remake it with Crysis engine. Also it shouldn't be designed for consoles (PC first).

[@allancandaza]

late 2005 they disbanded the company including the Vietcong due to low and poor sales at Vietcong 2 but also two of the creators of that game are on Hangar 13 and Bohemia Interactive

[@Omaha18]

We need a full on remake of this game. I soooo hope we can get it... In fact, one of the main devs has recently posted a little bit of info out on Twitter, asking if people would even be interested in it! .. Turns out, loads of people are.. And we just may have some form of a remaster at some point in the next.. Some.. years :')

[@skornie123]

The idea with the radio man in the squad is really brilliant! Much more immersive and interactive than a small objective box in the upper right corner.

[@krishm16]

Somebody remaster this game! This game was way ahead of its time.

[@ShausagePizza]

I loved this so game so much. Played it for 6 years. I remember so many clan matches with great players.

[@Patriot1389]

classic ... damn 17 years passed im getting really old

[@nudge2626]

Wish this would come out on steam

[@JezaGooner]

Quality game, currently replaying it again for the 15th time probably, this and H&D2 easy make it into my top 10 games. Good review mate.

[@kevinmarks7726]

Good review. I utterly love this game. It is probably because I was so young when I played it, but this one is close to my heart :D

[@VisitorsFromDreams]

Another great review. I love the fact you manage to squeeze so much information into such a short run time. I don't know how you do it.

[@HazyJ28]

A remaster/reboot of this would be dope, so long as it stayed faithful to the originals mechanics

[@foxtrotsierraproductions8626]

Good news for you it will come

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

This is one of the best shooter I have ever played :) It is nowhere near the System Shock 2 but pretty damn high on my list of awesome games (night jungle missions rocks)

[@Neon_Henchman]

I think this review is my favorite from you! I liked how, despite its flaws, you talk about it's strengths, such as the radio man mechanic that I find interesting.

[@freakstyler1987]

This game was the best online shooter for me. Played it for years on clanbase in the top clan and also won some nations cups with the NL team. Would love an exact remake with now a days graphics.

[@satnav1980]

If it is slower paced the harder the difficulty setting then I'm all for it. I love getting lost in the immersion of walking slowly in these types of games. Gives you this intensity that is hard to find in modern FPS story games. Especially ones like this that are more realistic looking. I love crouching and sweeping the area while looking down my sights.

[@mazzars1772]

Probably my favourite fps. The immersion in this game, the difference in mission types. I still remember how tense it was waiting for a chopper to pick you up at the end of a mission. Even modern games could learn a lot from the mechanics of this game. If I had enough money to make a video game a spiritual successor to this is what I'd make. Sadly Vietcong 2 didn't quite capture the magic.

[@PreDatoR1873]

I remember this one. Tried to play the demo way back in 2003, my rig couldn't handle it. Line of Sight:Vietnam, who came out the same year, was quite good (for a 2003 game). As I am currently playing through old titles, gotta say, this one does go in my "to play"list. Awesome channel.

[@chesi_7_0_79]

This game is one of my fave fps games of all time. Nice review bro.

[@chriscarlisle8997]

dude i played this for some of my childhood and miss it. i need to get an emulator to play this again.

[@chesi_7_0_79]

+kudos2u I think this game is only available on PC.

[@stickemup1275]

"Even from a pistol shot the guy starts having a wheezing attack" You ever been shot with a pistol??? Shit hurts a fucking lot dude, you'd have a goddamn wheezing attack too

[@GABA-Gool]

I’d like a good, true to heart, game about Vietnam. One with an honest depiction of what life was like for both sides of the war. It’s way too easy to say (US good guys) (Vietcong bad guys) and make them shoot each other in jungle environments. I think a system of moral dilemmas would be incredible. And even missions where it seems like you did the right thing but then see the aftermath of carnage you wrecked on an innocent village or school. At least casual visual play through’s from the perspective of Vietcong to add layers and emotional depth to the story would be great too. Far too often, Vietnam games are treated so black and white. When it was anything but. There’s so much potential to flesh out an emotionally engaging story, with variables and complexity to the narrative. I think in the right hands, it could be done very well. Maybe not an A List blockbuster game, but one that fans of war history and cult classic FPS games could get behind. I just think it’s such a missed opportunity not to do so. Side Note: RIP to all casualties of the Vietnam conflict. Thank you for your sacrifice and service.

[@hernanreipp6983]

I agree buddy. I hope one day can play a new Vietcobg game or a good videogame about vietnam war with a campaign of both side USA/SV and NVA.

[@starfisher2024]

one of the most underrated pc games.

[@xfig123]

I love this game! One of the most under rated games of all time IMO. I agree with most people here regarding the realism, but I think one of the most important reasons why it felt so realistic was the somewhat smaller scale of it. In most AAA shooters whe world is facing imminent destruction, an "only you can save us!" The nukes are already in the air, US and Russia are in open conflict and major global cities are full blown war zones. In Vietcong however, the objective will be something realistic like defending the base, recapturing a village, making it to an improvised LZ and meeting the locals. Vietnam might go south if you fail, but the world will endure. Saving the world on a daily basis gets a bit old after a while.

[@skyborne80]

I love the idea of the Pointman being able to get you back on track if you're not sure where to go. In terms of immersion it beats having an artificial marker directing you, or nothing at all. Speed him up a bit compared to this game and I think it's a terrific mechanic.

[@OzTurk]

Wow, happy days. Brought back good memories. I played the demo multiplayer probably 23 hours a day back then.

[@frankhu130]

This game deserves a remastered version! My memories about playing this game at highschool times are still so vivid, no point of judging its graphics or 3d model in today´s perspective but indeed it is a great piece of game.

[@eftiprwtopapadakis9310]

Memories! I really had enjoyed this game!

[@elnino3447]

This game had an amazing multiplayer, camouflage really worked well, when somebody goes prone you cant see him. Was fun doing ambushes. Real vietcong warfare

[@ChaplainDMK]

Try Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis

[@diogeneslantern18]

@@nomercy8989 a truly spectacular game. Ive put in thousands of hours in the editor

[@amodsinyan.2151]

Now that's a classic. Hope he reviews it

[@Rilyn666]

there was me, thinking this was a review of Purple haze VIETCONG. NOW THAT is a game i would to watch you rip to shreds

[@schizophonic86]

I used to leave the mainscreen on while not playing and doing other stuff just to listen to the main theme, love it till this day.

[@TobiDyLetsPlay100]

THIS GAME IS PURE GOLD! The Main menu theme inspired me to learn to play guitar! Hawkins, Nhut, Crocker, Bronson, Defort, Hornster... the Crew that brings you through this masterpiece, Huey Pilots who saves your buttock, CPT. Rosenfield on the Radar, the different tribes of Vietnam's rural area (especially the Bahna tribe! :D) The deepest Jungle, pitch black cave complexes, wide Swamps or the Ricefields: Combat takes place everywhere! Recon, search and destroy , Protecting bases, saving P.O.W.'s: you have EVERYTHING thats common for the Vietnam war! awesome AI for the enemies and so much detailed information about many items!

[@persianheir5218]

I love how you mentioned PC Powerplay. I used to read that religiously.

[@Krisz98]

Now in the era of remakes..Vietcong remake would surely be the best financial decision.

[@HaraldPabisch]

Glad I am not the only one who remembers this game as being truly great. Graphics aside, this game really made you feel like you are being there.

[@Lemont321989]

This game was my jam back in the day. Sound, atmosphere, setting, mission design was all great (except maybe the paranoia of the underground levels, but that just shows how awful that war actually was). Graphics were not the best even for its time, lots of clipping issues, but it's unfair to say the characters look like zombies. In general, Gmanlives doesn't do this one justice. This game deserves so much more praise than all those Call of Honor / Metal of Dickhead games.

[@kevinsteel7875]

The menu theme, Pseudo Hendrix still gives me goosebumps, such an awesome and nostalgic theme song

[@chikitabowow]

Not going to lie, a remake of this game would and i would buy it in a heartbeat

[@eocha24]

My favorite FPS ever! I was in clans and played so much Multiplayer I could play Halong port blindfolded :D Im gonna install it now after 7-8 years! Make a remaster!

[@eocha24]

Still didnt install it...

[@pascalalexisparvex]

Made it through the main game and its expansion on Vietnam difficulty several times. Great game. For getting through the expansion on Vietnam, an editor I know from the German PC Games magazine sent me a gift! :) Those were good times. I sold my boxed German versions for cheap years ago; the game came out in 2003 but still had DirectX 7 graphics, so for example the water has no shader effect :(. But the gun handling was awesome, I spent hours on the shooting range trying out new weapons: Early in the game, use the Mosin Nagant, it reloads slow, but has a decent zoom and kills with one shot. Later, the MP32, or what its name is fires very fast, and even later, stick to the AK47.

[@freeshipping4569]

was such a good game, way ahead of it's time

[@grimoireweiss5203]

I am not defending the difficulty blindly but it's a 2003 game. You choose if you want to sprint or crawl trough the jungle. Even this review said same thing. People crawling trough the jungle in Vietnam war? What is this magic? I completed this game multiple times when I was 10 years old and I didn't play it on easy. It's honestly not a hard game. On higher difficulties health is limited. You can find a lot of packs to bandage yourself and there are a lot of missions where you have a medic who can heal you for free. Thing is if you get wounded and heal yourself then your max HP is reduced. It resets between mission. Still this health penalty is small. It's not a hard game and it's not COD either. Unless you know this game 100% you will use help that your team members offer. For example there a lot of traps in this game. Only your point man will inform you about them but you have to slowly follow him. So you either follow your guide or watch for the traps yourself. You know traps are a thing since main mission so don't run trough the jungle like a moron. Vietnam war wasn't a walk on the beach. There were many hidden traps or food like rice. I think this game perfectly balanced fun with immersion. You need to watch out for enemies because you don't want to walk into a machine gun nest. Stuff like this adds authenticity. In your other playtroughs you can run around like a god because you know all traps or spawn points for the enemies. Why compare Far Cry to Vietcong? Far Cry looked great back then but these large empty areas are boring. You won't feel immersion while playing Far Cry. Anyway good review but I feel it tries to shit on Vietcong a bit too much.

[@sladetheenlightened6767]

This had some of the best multiplayer for the time, especially Capture The Flag. Aim-down-sights was standard and necessary -- A newer development in the early 2000s. The weapons all kicked like mules in both directions. The maps had great flow, and the jungle environments made each match play differently. The devs even WENT to Vietnam to make their photorealistic textures of the environment -- including the Cu Chi Tunnels. There was one map in an old temple ruin that acted as the "de_dust" meatgrinder everyone wanted at the time, but even IT had great routes for sniping or flanking. I spent countless hours in this game, sometimes just spooling up the main menu to hear the "Pseudo-Hendrix" theme by Rude Kostry.

[@GeminiNES]

5:33 lol same here, specially if you had the volume up. Great review man, Vietcong 1 is still is kind of a cult classic game. I personally enjoyed the pixle sharp eye thing to spot enemies and players on lan plays, good times.

[@Robozgraggi]

Still my favorite Vietnam themed shooter, despite the low poly graphics. There's so much love for detail, you only start to see it the more you know a lot about this conflict. By the way most of the traps in the game had warning signs just like they used in the actual war - that's the kind of detail I'm talking about!

[@matthewjones39]

4:16 I’m not sure you know this, but bullets hurt.

[@jonascastejon5888]

This review has some very funny parts but overall it's way of the mark, especially that spurious comparison with Far Cry. Vietcong is hands down one of the best war games of its generation and the best of the Vietnam war.

[@MacMelmac]

It was awesome to play with Xfi sound card, you really hear the bullets go passed your head and into trees. Also the ringing in the ear when a handgranade explodes too close.

[@RedBricksTraffic]

This game introduced me to the greatest guitar riff of all time, pseudohendrix.

[@MeAndMira]

I used to play this on my old laptop, crappy HP pc but it worked. I still miss it, I think this and Battlefield Vietnam are my favorites.

[@Sir_Robin_of_Camelot]

This looks really good. Smart, varied, intelligent design, weapons sound heavy and satisfying. I would definitely buy a remaster. Might get the original anyway.

[@masonfollansbee5527]

My friends and I used to LAN and play this on Co-op mode to see how many waves we could get through. Good times! Cool thing was it didn't require any check to play online, so we only used one copy of the game for multiplayer.

[@ChlopskiStyl]

Vietcong regardless of some of the quality issues compared to games was worth every penny, spent hours of my youth on the levels and multiplayer. Would love to see it redone.

[@wowathena]

i love all the small,unnoticeable little things that vietcong is filled with, like for example when u stand or crouch with heavy machine gun like degateryev it has quite a bit of push-back that makes it rly hard to aim, but once u go down to crawl position, its considered that u pulled out tripod under gun for stabilization and gun in perfectly steady.

[@stickkey]

I loved Vietcong back when I played it! However, I have to admit that looking now at the face models and teeth / animations, they are a little creepy to me :P I'd definitely join the "want a remaster" gang though.

[@ToreDL87]

Best NAM game, what I didnt like so much about it was all the tunnel stuff, preferred the action above the surface :) But still 10/10, would buy remastered version.

[@PatrickRobinsonZA]

Great review! My utmost respect to the developers they created something special!