Shellshock: Nam '67

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Shellshock: Nam '67

Developer(s)	Guerrilla Games
Publisher(s)	Eidos Interactive
Release date(s)	September 10, 2004 (NA)
Genre(s)	Third-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Mature (M)
Platform(s)	PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2
Media	DVD-ROM, CD-ROM

Shellshock: Nam '67 (SSN67) is a third-person combat game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC platforms. It was released on September 10, 2004 after the initial date of June 25, subsequently pitching it against fellow Vietnam War game Conflict: Vietnam. It was hyped as a gritty, realistic war game but garnered universal disdain from critics and gamers alike for its abysmal gameplay and poorly enacted cutscenes that failed to live up to its marketing hype.^{[citation needed]}

A game called Shellshock was released for the PC by Eidos Interactive, developed by Core Design, in 1996. Apart from the name, there is no connection between the two games.

[edit] Game Overview

You start out as a grunt (1 of three characters the player chooses to play with) in the US Army during January 1967. Landing in South Vietnam you and one of your friends, PFC Kowalski also known as 'Psycho' are assigned to a remote USMC base camp but before that you have to fulfill a mission. You and your new squad have been dispatched to take out a VC bunker system deep in the jungle. After arriving and finding a fellow Army soldier, Tompkins. You and your squad take out the tunnels and then make your way to the VC Artillery guns. Along with Special Forces who are at your base you take out the guns. From there, the squad carries out various missions, such as rescuing a journalist from a VC aligned village, Rescuing US POW's from a NVA Prison, Hunting down a deadly NVA Officer, House to House fighting in the fictional city of Ku-Lim (Which is based on the city of Hue), and defending your base camp from a NVA and VC attack.

[edit] Trivia

The game's title screen music is a version of the classic blues song 'Who Do You Love' by 60's blues rock outfit, Juicy Lucy.
Many US Vietnam Veterans have proclaimed that this game is the closest simulation of what combat was like in Vietnam.