I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike
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| Developer(s) | Innerloop Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Codemasters |
| Designer(s) | Technical consultant: Chris Ryan |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Xbox |
| Release date | March 3, 2003 |
| Genre(s) | Stealth action |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: M17+ |
| Media | CD-ROM |
| System requirements | 700 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM, 32 MB video card |
| Input methods | Keyboard, mouse |
I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike is a computer game developed by Innerloop Studios and released by Codemasters in 2003. The game is a stealth-based first person shooter. It is the sequel to Innerloop's Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In. The original, published by Eidos Interactive, offered only single-player play with no save game feature; it was polished and well-executed. Chris Ryan, a former Special Air Service operative best known for being the lone successful escapee of Bravo Two Zero, served as a consultant to the game. The box art is similar to the poster for GoldenEye.
The game was banned in China because it "intentionally blackend China and the Chinese army's image".[1]
The game was generally not well received by critics.[2]
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[edit] Story
The game's protagonist, David Jones, was sent to the Carpathian mountains in Russia to recover a set of EMP chips stolen by a group of Russian mafiosa from a high-tech US facility. After infiltrating the weather station in the mountains and retrieving one of the EMP chips, his mission director, commands him to go to retrieve the remaining EMP chips so that the IGI researchers can launch a full research on the chips to determine their real usage towards the thieves.
Unfortunately, David Jones was betrayed by both his pilot and his mission director, who were part of the betrayal, after retrieving all the chips in different locations in Russia. Forced to jump down from the helicopter, he eventually survives the deadly fall and lands at the borders of Romania, where he is desperate to escape from the incoming border patrols. Meanwhile, both his former pilot and his mission director have escaped and the IGI could not detect their whereabouts after the incident, but spent enough efforts to get an important detail that David's former mission director had made several weapons and military deals with Jach Proboi in Libya, much to David's disgust, as Priboi wasn't really a good friend to David. However, under Anya, his new mission director's guide, he sets off to Libya himself and searches for the middle-aged Priboi, who had been locked up by the Libyan Intelligence for unstated purposes.
After rescuing Priboi and escaping out of the Libyan prison, Priboi states that all the information which David needs are in a safe in his villa, which was being used as a command center by the ruthless Libyan general, Major Zaleb Said. David then decides to go to the [villa] to get the papers. Surprisingly, after going through a lot of efforts and gunfights, Priboi discovers that Major Said had taken his papers and vows angrily to take them back. He suggests David to take control of the chopper in his airbase not far away from the villa in order to confront Major Said. They indeed got the chopper without much haste, and manage to gun Major Said down amidst the confusion and also get the papers back. Upon returning to his villa, Priboi tells David that the trade that he made with David's former missions director was in a seaport in Egypt.
David sets off to the port without hesitation, and managed to discover that his pilot and former mission director were actually cooperating with some country to operate the chips. David kills his pilot in the seaport, then takes a seaplane there and ventures off to the islands near China, where Anya states to be running suspicious activities throughout the time. What Anya said was quite true; David found his mission director cooperating in secrecy with a Chinese general, whom he found out later to be General Wu Xing, who plans to use the chips to blindfold US intelligence and cripple the powers within.
After some chaos and confusion, David tracks the entire plan location to a large and closely-guarded rocket launch pad, where Anya asks him to disable the system immediately before the launch is made and causes an international incident. With efforts, David then succeeds in preventing the rocket from heading towards its programmed destination and to detonate somewhere safe. Finally, he prevents a major disaster from occurring, and the world is once again safe and sound.
[edit] Characters
David Jones: The protagonist of the entire game. He is, in fact, one of the best officers in the IGI headquarters. He is capable of accomplishing difficult tasks and missions without anyone's assistance, and is also pictured as a fearless man who does not hesitate to kill his targets at any spot. David is also described as an officer who does not give up so easily at risky and emergency situations, but stands firm to face and solve the situation calmly.
Robert Quest: Robert appears as one of the antagonists in this game. A strong man in his early fifties, Robert acts as David's temporary veteran pilot, piloting him to every single location in Russia to obtain the chips. Unknown to David, Robert has actually co-operated secretly with David's mission director in order to get the full set of the EMP chips and the blueprints too for their advantage. When David succeeds in getting all the chips, Robert betrays him directly by ordering him to jump down from the chopper when they are in it or he himself will shoot David. Finally, Robert was killed by David in Egypt without his comrades and director's knowledge.
Phillip White: The mission director; is actually a good friend of David's. He guides David sincerely throughout all the missions in Russia to recover the stolen EMP chips just to obtain the chips for himself and Robert Quest, his close comrade. Both of them infiltrated the IGI for decades and had earned great trust in the agency just to wait for the very moment. After betraying David with Robert, he and Robert escape for sanctuary in China, where they obey the command of General Wu Xing and handed the EMP chips to him. Finally, he was killed by General Wu Xing for accusing the general of killing Robert.
Anya: Anya is one of the female officers operating in the IGI agency, although she usually spends most of the time in front of the monitor as David's new mission director after the dreadful incident. She has a typically cool manner of soldiers and does her job well, causing David to succeed in every mission without further dangers or failures.
Jach Priboi: A middle-aged man, Jach is actually an old pal of David's, but had not communicated with him for the past few years. Since the Russian fiasco, Jach had moved his illegal weapons trade to Libya, where he was held captive by the Libyan Intelligence for unknown purposes. While serving close surveillance in Libya, he unexpectedly encounters David who intends to rescue him out. He tries his best to assist David in every way and eventually recovers his important trade documents and also kills Major Zaleb Said in the end, fulfilling his intention and revenge.
Senator Lenehan: Senator Lenehan is the main administrator of the IGI agency, and seems to express great interest in David's missions. He constantly goes to the command center to monitor David's missions together with Anya. An elderly old man, he is pictured as one who cares for the others.
