Advantages: LIKE C AND C Disadvantages: ANNOYING AT TIMES
So, after much fan anticipation (and much secrecy from developers), Hidden & Dangerous arrives and sets a new standard in ultra-realistic military action. Developer Illusion Softworks gets high points for style with this tense multi-perspective, tactical adventure game that takes you back to the end of WWII. Your men belong to an elite force of British soldiers called the Special Air Service, which executes covert operations deep in enemy territory. ... ...and sniper your way through 23 missions spread across six locales in Europe. Though this game has all the smoothness and sharp 3D graphics of a shooter, rushing in with guns blazing will get you obliterated. As in Commandos and Rainbow Six, stealth and patience are the keys to success. Hidden & Dangerous is heavy on realism, with all the weapons, characters, music and environments tailored to create a distinctive historical atmosphere that draws ...
MDFK_uk 08.12.2000
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of War Games (PC)
Advantages: Nice and easy to master Disadvantages: Dated compared to the latest releases and no Internet play
The game is based on fighting the computer run machines trying to outwit them as they do to you/or you can take on the role of the computer and trash the humans.
It is very easy to master and play and suitable for the beginner in strategy game playing(but don't expect an easy fight all the time)
The graphics are good and the sound reasonable It is worth playing both roles as the scenes are the same but different tactics required.
I am somewhat ...
persiankitty 24.09.2000
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of War Games (PC)
Advantages: 3D action Disadvantages: needs a 3D card
Wargames is set in the future where robots are battling against humans. The play is like C&C but in 3D. This makes it a very interesting game. I found the playability suffered and if you are running a slow machine with an up-to-date graphics card you may fins that your screen is corrupt. This happened to me and I was told upgrade my computer or you cannot play the game. Remember to check first if your PC will take the game. Overall, a good game but ...
gristwood 20.08.2000
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Review of War Games (PC)
Advantages: good paramilitay game Disadvantages: poor graphics
...to be inflicted in the war game's closing hours.
The national security simulation was significant because its premise -- a devastating cyber-attack that affects government and parts of the economy with the same magnitude as the September 11, 2001, suicide hijackings -- contravenes assurances by U.S. counterterrorism experts that such far-reaching effects from a cyber-attack are highly unlikely. Previous government simulations have modeled damage ...
pussywagon 10.06.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: not helpful Review of War Games (PC)
Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and Ally Sheedy (The Breakfast Club) star in ... more
this compelling drama filled with action, suspense and high tech adventures! Featuring superb performances by Dabney Coleman and Barry Corbin, War Games is Brillant..funny..and provocative - a fast-paced, cyber-thriller. Computer hacker David Lightman (Broderick) can bypass the most advanced security systems, break the most intricate secret codes and master even the most difficult computer games. But when he unwittingly taps into the defence Department's war computer, he initiates a confrontation of global proportions- world War III! Together with his girlfriend (Sheedy) and a wizardly computer genius (Tony Award Winner John Wood), David must race against time to outwit his opponent..and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
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