Ground Control II Operation Exodus (PC) > Reviews (4)

Following on from the game that was Ground Control 1, Ground Control 2 brings a new theme of game to the PC, which many Command & Conquer veterans may recognise.

The game features a singleplayer Campaign mode, where you battle through a series of 10 missions for either the Virons, a futuristic-type species, or the NSA, who are the humans in the game. Each campain features a nice storyline, which ties into each other later in the game.

Like the C&C series, Ground Control 1 & 2 both feature a strategy type of gameplay, but with a difference. They only allow you to control your units, but no build structures. While many might like the idea of building a mini-base in the middle of the snow, Ground Control 2 will only allow you to control each of your units. While this may seem annoying and disappointing to some, it is very fun to do.

The selection of units is unbelievable, ranging from Teradynes (hovering tanks) to the good old buggies. Each one has two firing modes, primary and secondary, and depending on your situation they can stand still and fire with machine guns, or switch to grenade launchers and RPGs to take down other types of enemy.

Graphics in Ground Control 2 are spectacular, but you'll need a good video card to get the most of it. The Radeon 9250 which you can get from eBuyer.co.uk for around £25-£30, can handle the game well, with no lag at all in my expirience. You have various camera angles to go around, you can zoom in to see your soldiers walking along, with the camera parralel to the ground with rubble and pieces of dirt flying everywhere.

Like any strategy, it gets very frustrating after a while, so you'll need a bit of patience to get through it all. If you get bored of the singleplayer storyline, you can always go to Instant Action, where you can fight against the computer in various maps, or play online in Multiplayer.

Either way, this game is great, and I've been satisfied with it for a good couple of months.