Tunnel Rats (video game)

Tunnel Rats is a first-person shooter developed by Replay Studios as a tie-in for the Uwe Boll film 1968 Tunnel Rats. The gameplay involves disarming booby traps, collecting ears from fallen enemies and collecting dog tags from fellow deceased soldiers. According to an interview with Uwe Boll, the game was meant to be released on the Xbox 360,^[1] but it ultimately has never had an official retail release, and the only digital distribution store that offers the game is Steam. The story takes place after the movie's events as the player character attempts to find the original crew from the film.

Summary

The player character is an American soldier in the Vietnam War on a search and rescue mission before his helicopter is shot down in enemy territory. The character awakes to find everybody around him from Vietcong to American soldiers dead. From then on, there's little to no interaction with NPCs. The game instead revolves around the main character's inner monologue about his past. The game ends with the implication that the character was firebombed.

Reception

The games holds a ranking of 30/100 on Metacritic based on seven reviews.^[2] Gamespot claimed the voice acting was inconsistent and clumsy, along with the trap finding mechanic to be "frustrating", they gave the game a 2.5^[3] IGN said the ironsights were negligible due to the accuracy of the gun and commented that the game was not clear on where to find your next objectives.^[4]

References

External links

• Steam store page for Tunnel Rats