Vietcong (computer game)
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| Developer(s) | Pterodon Illusion Softworks |
| Distributor(s) |  Gathering of Developers |
| Engine | Ptero-Engine II |
| Release date(s) | April 2003 (Windows) |
| Genre(s) | Tactical shooter |
| Mode(s) | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Platform(s) | PC (Windows) |
| Media | CD-ROM |
Vietcong is a tactical shooter PC game, developed by Pterodon and Illusion Softworks, published by Gathering in April 2003, and set during the Vietnam War.
The sequel to Vietcong, Vietcong 2, was released in late October 2005.
The game has a controversy however, as in the training there is profuse swearing, and the PEGI symbol warning buyers of this is not present.
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[edit] Story
The player takes on the role, in the single-player campaign, of Sergeant First Class Steve R. Hawkins; born 13th October 1939, in Wilmington North Carolina, who has been assigned to the Special Forces camp at Nui Pek. Nui Pek is situated near where the Ho Chi Minh trail reenters Vietnam from Cambodia, so it is considered one of the most dangerous areas in all of Vietnam. Steve leads the rest of the Special Forces stationed at Nui Pek, each of whom is a Sergeant in their own right, and has their own specialties:
- Thomas Bronson Sergeant First Class; born 19th January 1936, in New York City, New York, he is an African-American who chose Vietnam over jail. Bronson serves as the combat engineer and demolitions expert on the team. He hands out ammunition to you during the missions he is present on. (Only if you use American weapons, and not captured North Vietnamese weapons)
- Joe Crocker Staff Sergeant; born 17th May 1943 in San Francisco, California, he dropped out of Stanford to join the Army. Crocker serves as the combat medic on the team.
- P.J Defort Sergeant; born 21st December 1944, in New York, a young and highly intelligent former Air Force Cadet. Defort serves as the radio operator on the team.
- Le Duy Nhut (Nick) Sergeant, a Vietcong defector, with extensive knowledge of the area around Nui Pek. Nhut serves as the pointman and translator on the team.
- C.J. Hornster Sergeant First Class; born 16th January 1939, in Augusta, Maine. An all-round hardcase, eager (often too eager) to engage the enemy no matter the odds. Hornster serves as the machinegunner on the team.
In addition to the linear campaign, the game features several stand-alone single player maps and network and online multiplay. Multiplay game modes include capture the flag (CTF), deathmatch (DM), team deathmatch (TDM), assault team game (ATG), last man standing (LMS) and real war (RW). Nearly three years after the game's release, Vietcong as a multiplayer is still extremely popular.
[edit] Expansions
In addition to the original game, expansion pack 'Vietcong: Fist Alpha' was released in February 2004, with some new features, and was bundled with Vietcong as 'Vietcong: Purple Haze' for the PC. Vietcong: Purple Haze, was also released in October that year as an expanded version for PlayStation 2 and Xbox developed by Coyote Games.
[edit] Gameplay
[edit] Vietcong Single Player Campaign Missions
- Arrival
- Medic Patrol
- Briefing For Three Canyons
- Insertion
- Ho Chi Minh's Trail
- Keep Running Charlie
- Bahnar Tribe
Mission Three - 5th - 6th July 1967
- Midnight Surprise
Mission Four - 16th September 1967
- Briefing For Operation: Tin Can
- Operation: Tin Can
- False Alarm
- Tunnel Rat
- Arroya
- Underground City
- Khe Bana River
Mission Five - 21st September 1967
- Briefing For Papa Oscar Whiskey
- Papa Oscar Whiskey
Mission Six - 23rd September 1967
- Briefing For Brush And Sweep
- Brush And Sweep
Mission Seven - 23rd September 1967
- Briefing For Twisty Tack
- Twisty Track Drive
- Outpost
Mission Eight - 10th November 1967
- Briefing For Radio Relay
- Radio Relay
- Nha Trang SF HQ
Mission Nine - 27th November 1967
- Briefing For Po Tlong Karai
- Fight To The Po Tlong Karai
- Crash In The Jungle
- Seizing The Hill
- Ruins Of Po Tlong Karai
- Cave In
- Evade & Escape
Mission Ten - 2nd January 1968
- Briefing For Bahnar Village
- Stream
- Near The Bahnar Village
- Bahnar Village
Mission Eleven - 7th January 1968
- Briefing For The Bridge
- The Bridge
Mission Twelve - 7th January 1968
- Briefing For They're Coming
- They're Coming
- Too Many Targets
- The Last Stand
[edit] Weapons In Vietcong
All the projectile weapons (except the mounted M60 and M2HB machine guns) feature a secondary ironsight option (or a scope reticle view depending on the weapon) as well as the regular crosshair that features on most first-person shooter computer games. In-game, however, most of the weapons' ironsights are portrayed incorrectly, and are off-centre or aligned incorrectly. The weapons that feature in the game are:
[edit] United States / South Vietnam
- Knife
- Colt M1911A1
- .38 Revolver
- Smith & Wesson Model.39 "Hush Puppy"
- M1 Carbine (Bayonet can be attached on Fist Alpha expansion pack)
- M1D Garand
- Winchester 70 Rifle
- M1A1 Thompson
- M3A1 "Grease Gun"
- M16 (Bayonet can be attached on Fist Alpha expansion pack)
- Remington 870 Shotgun
- M60 GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun)
- M79 (Only available in single player mode)
- M67 Hand Grenade
- M18A1 Claymore AP (Anti-Personnel) Mine
- Browning M2HB .50 caliber Machine Gun (Mounted on UH-1 Huey helicopters)
[edit] North Vietnamese
- Knife
- Makarov PM
- TT-33
- .38 Revolver
- SKS Simonov (Bayonet can be attached on Fist Alpha expansion pack)
- Dragunov SVD (Bayonet can be attached on Fist Alpha expansion pack)
- Mosin Nagant (Cannot be fitted with a bayonet in Fist Alpha expansion pack, unlike its real life counterpart)
- PPSh-41
- PPS-43
- AK-47 (Bayonet can be attached on Fist Alpha expansion pack)
- Baikal IZH-43
- RPD Degtarev
- Stick Hand Grenade
- Booby Trap (Grenade)
[edit] Maps In Vietcong
- Ambush
- Arroyo
- Bahnar
- Halong Port
- NVA Base
- Radio Relay
- Storm
- Waterfall
- Stream
[edit] Vehicles In Vietcong & Vietcong: Fist Alpha
Although only one vehicle in the games can be personally controlled by the player on a certain map; (M151), other different vehicles have a role in the games, as either parts of the game or present in cutscenes:
[edit] United States / South Vietnam
[edit] North Vietnamese
- GAZ-67 "Chapayou"
- ZIL-157 2.5 Ton Truck
- Type 59 Field Gun (M46 Field Gun)
