The Hell In Vietnam Demo Review

I saw this demo a few days ago on gamershell.com, I noticed it was an FPS and only weighed in at about a 250mb download, so I downloaded it. I knew it would probably not be the very best in the graphics department but I decided to give it a try anyways.

The game is very, very simple, the demo includes only one mission, mission 5.

The graphics options are also very simple with the maximum choice of AA at Trilinear. I hope the full version offers some full AA and better graphics options.

The game loaded up quick, the first thing I noticed was the graphics which were less than spectacular, this game appears to try to give a realistic graphics setting while not necessarily giving the best textures.

Game play is very simple, objective based. Mission five was rather short and it was basically just a run and gun single player game based in Vietnam. There is only one way to complete a mission and very straightforward.

Conclusion: If the full game were priced at $20 then it would be a decent buy, otherwise I would not consider it.

 

City Interactive make this game, and they are budget game makers. Hell in Vietnam is not an AAA title, and will probably cost about 25-30$ on release. The formula is the same as all their titles, run and gun, although the graphics have improved somewhat, a new engine that can be seen (with the same weapon models even....talk about cheap) in some of their other newish games. Some pictures of their past games:







I'm not going to lie, this game was one of their better ones (and it only came out a month or two ago!!). The graphics were absolutely dreadful, but the game itself was rather fun in a Medal of Honor PSone sort of style - a game, which I love more then life itself

However, these following pictures are from DIFFERENT games - yet notice how each looks the same....basically, if you're played one City Interactive game, you've played them all, especially since they come together in groups, all using the same engine, same mechanics, and often the same models with just some slightly new skins to adapt to whatever the new theme is....They can be harmless fun though, and at least they tend to be better then some other budget makes like Valusoft or whatever....