Delta Force - Black Hawk Down (PC)

...shooter, the next in the Delta Force series of games, it has the same name as the film and the book but is not made by the same people although it is obviously using it as a base. Story You play as a soldier in the American Army and the game is set in Somalia in the 1990's, you are on a peacekeeping mission so you have to protect convoys, provide security and defend areas from attack and for each mission you play a soldier from different regiment. ...
...with weapons based on real weapons at the time. The levels are all pretty much standard for a shooter game you have to follow the path set out not much area for you to explore As in most games of this type you have to select your weapon and can only carry limited ammo for them so you have to choose carefully depending on the levels, The AI is not very good and the enemy do not find cover just usually stand there waiting for you to kill them, and ...

sharpe106 17.11.2008 · Read full review
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When the title of this opinion is applied to Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, most of us would probably wish to be anywhere but there. However, in Autumn of 1993, several detachments of the United States Army were there – engaged in ‘Operation Restore Hope’. This game takes you there, and plants you right in the middle of the conflict. Many of us will be aware of what transpired that Autumn in 1993; mostly, I would think, ...
...PC game. In particular, many of us will be aware of the events that transpired on 3rd October 1993 – namely “Irene”. Whilst this latest iteration in the ‘Delta Force’ series of games, from software house ‘Novalogic’, is and makes no attempt to be historically accurate, it certainly isn’t your average PC game. Read on to find out why… FIRST IMPRESSIONS ******************* The game comes in ...

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Novalogic is a game company that specializes in military shooters. They've created a few fighter jet titles and a handful of "Delta Force" sequels. But getting back on subject, the "Delta Force" games were never much of a stand-out, they were the definition of "lose one cent, gain another." For example, the graphics were average at best but the sound effects were great and the melding of realism and action was more than competent. The repetitive ...
...thirty missions) brought it down, however, and it soon lost its fun factor. The sequels to "Delta Force" only got worse as they lost the fun of the original and were thrown about in the shuffle with the release of many other tactical title and graphically superior games. Novalogic attempted to change that with the recent release of "Black Hawk Down." With the missions being moderately based on the great film of the same name you can expect authenticity ...

Masked_Gamer 26.06.2003 · Read full review
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I cant comment on the single player game, because i have never ever even bothered to play it, i dont like siongle player games for P.C's thats what consoles are made for however i love my internet and local LAN games. This game is what we all play on a thursday night after college which is a blast. At first i didnt quite like it since im a huge rainbow six raven shield fan. But after some much needed training i fell in love with the multiplayer ...
...to play me at it :D In multiplayer mode you first have to create your gaming profile this includes your name, your character style (miliatry or rebel) then you weapon choice. Now you see your weapon choice fits in with what sort of character you have choosen if your a sniper you get a choice of sniper rifles (for the record the barret is the best) a secondary weapon like a pistol and then exras like claymores (leave those minds behind you and watch ...

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If your a fan of the film BlackHawk Down then you have to buy the game. This game has been well written as it follows the original story of the US soldiers. When in 1993, US Special Operation Forces entered Somalia to keep the peace. This turned into a full scale war, and many people lost their lives in over 10 months of fighting. This games has it all, from challenging missions and objectives. As a soldier you have to protect civilians, intercept ...
...to take control of some amazing weapons mounted on Humvee jeeps and amoured vehicles. However this was a little dissapointing as you cant take control of the vehicles. So there isnt the freedom you have with other similar games ie. Battlefield 1942. The detail is superb within the game from burnt out buildings, room clearouts with grenades, and helicopters flying above as your extraction point. This all adds to the emmese atmosphere that this game ...

phils_4 19.06.2003 · Read full review
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...military operations in Mogadishu Somalia. Delta Force Operatives and Army Rangers were sent in to capture Somali warlords and restore order. With Delta Force: Black Hawk Down you can now experience the intense combat of Operation "Restore Hope" in this ground breaking first person shooter. As a Delta Force operative participate in a number of daring and intense raids against the oppressive Somali warlords in and around Mogadishu. I bought this game ...
...To play online with Delta Force Black Hawk Down you are required to use novaworld to access the servers, i have had trouble in the past with novaworld itself and with updating the game online, however the ever growing delta force community has its own solutions to these problems by creating pingers which search for servers for you, instead of having to use the novaworld pinger. The minimum System Requirements for this PC game are: -Pentium III ...

midjet666 29.01.2005 (05.02.2005) · Read full review
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...part of NovaLogic's extremely successful Delta Force series of games. It appears they dropped the Delta Force label from some versions of the release but it still has all the elements of the original Delta Force & Delta Force: Land Warrior. Basically you take on the role of a member of the Delta Force special ops team going in to rescue the guys downed in the Black Hawk helicopter crash in Mogadishu back in the 1990's. All the missions are based ...
...someone who has completed both Delta Force AND Land Warrior and this series of missions are extremely tough. Its a First Person Shooter but there's a lot more AI (artificial intelligence) to the enemies, especially in this particular release. The Somali guerillas are pretty accurate shots and you'll find for some of the missions where you have to fly in by helicopter its not easy to maintain health before you land because they'll fire everything ...

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...like the book and movie, Delta Force Black Hawk Down is also a bestseller. I can tell you, it deserves the title. Delta Force is an ongoing series of games. This is the fifth game in the series. And this game blows all the others away. Black Hawk Down features an exellent story line and great gameplay. Whether it is single or muiltiplayer. The single player campain is mixed with missions that actualy did happen and missions that were just made ...
...which were not. In the single player campain you are in command of a special ops soldier. These soldiers consist of the 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Ranger, and the best of the best Delta. In most missions you will be able to control a team of soldiers. You can tell them what to do and use real room clearing tactics used by Delta. You can be equiped with a variety of weapons including the m16, car 15, Berret 50 cal. sniper rifle, anti tank ...

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The book? Great. The film? Great. The game?.. Appauling. Lack of appeal, Lack of good gameplay, Lack of well told storyline and it was already written for them! The guns sound like spud guns and are unrealistically weak. The movement and gameplay had me for all of 2 seconds before I knew what I'd let myself in for. Slow boring movement with little or no good aiming. Enemys: Apart from the obvious 'Never miss a shot, sees you way before you see ...
...was like playing the first Sims game. Maps are boring and have an extreme lack of detail. Sure the maps are huge and you can run for hours and never reach the end. Except the problem you have is if you stray too far away you must restart the level. Good job Multiplayer. That one feature which can almost make up for complete failure on the single player. But no. You have trouble actually seeing your enemies and hitting them is another thing. Not ...

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...and the unalterable truth that Delta Force games have never really pushed out any gameplay boundaries. Despite this fact though, hundreds of thousands of people still but the annual upgrade. The problem is, there's usually very little to differentiate one Delta Force release from the next, so what is there here to compel you to buy this game? Old Hat It's not the graphics, as once again the 3D engine looks about three years behind the times. Neither ...
...other games, but by previous Delta Force efforts too. The Multiplayer games, though, are a lot of fun - and the game's simplicity make them a joy to play. But if you're a hardcore military nut, Operation Flashpoint may be more your thing. And if you like squad-level action, why not try Ghost Recon? In comparison to these two games, Team Sabre does look a bit cheap. Although the Iran-based missions are at times on the drab side, the jungle encounters ...

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...clubsand the unalterable truth that Delta Force games have never really pushed out any gameplay boundaries. Despite this fact though, hundreds of thousands of people still buy the annual upgrade. The problem is, there's usually very little to differentiate one Delta Force release from the next. so what is there here to compel you to buy this game. It's not the graphics, as once again the 3D engine looks about 3 years behind the times. Neither is ...
...other games, but by previous Delta Force efforts too. The multiplayer games, though, are a lot of fun - and the game's simplicity make them a joy to play. But if your a hardcore military nut, Operation Flashpoint may be more your thing. And if you like squad-level action, why not try Ghost Recon? In comparison to these two games, Team Sabre does look a bit cheap, with it's cliched characters and overly dramatic action. However, i'm always willing ...

DamienShepherd123 10.05.2004 · Read full review
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I bought this game to an average shooter but when i installed it i though very diffrently it is amazing.you can have so much fun as playing single player and even more fun playing online.remeber if you buy this you will need to do a online update of the game wich is easy and fixes some glitches on the game.there are a few mods out for this game but the official expansion called joint ops is good aswell with this game.The online side of the game can ...
...players but you will not realy notice.there are plenty of servers wich you can play on including the nova logic servers.to play on these servers you have to register your serial and log into play on them. Over all i would say this game is great for any fan of tactical shooters. ...

DAN--G 06.08.2004 · Read full review
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...all the different types of delta force games this one is better than the others, it has been made harder than the others. But it is still too easy and quick to complete I have not tried to play online yet, I think that will be next thing I do. The graphics are very good the zoom on the guns are very good also the sound effects are good and the controls on the keyboard are the same all through the delta force games and easy to use there are no difficult ...
...the game is that you can get shot but not even know where it came from also no matter where you shoot some one you kill them so if you shoot them in the leg they die. Also you would be looking to pay about £8.00 for this game at play.com. ...

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