I just got done playing HOUR upon HOUR of that game!!! IT's FAR AND BEYOND the best war-style game I've played...  I love Rogue Spear, I like Delta Force 2, but THIS is PHENOMINAL!

The A.I. in this game is GREAT!  Unfortunately I got to a certain mission I simply CANNOT PASS...  For those of you who have played this game to death (or end I mean, death happens frequently), PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO GET PAST THE "Lost In The Woods" mission!  I run my ass off to the north-east, I find a car to jump in, but right as I get into the car, I get mowed down by a tank, or I'll get a little down the road and either the chopper blasts me or I mow down troops & blow a tire, etc...  Then I have to RUN the remaining bajillion kilometers to get to the Extraction/Evacuation point (with a time limit too!!!  I run past some forest & get cut to peices by machinegun fire from deep within the forest!

Talk about a HARD MISSION!  I ALWAYS get my ass handed to me on a platter and my brains dished out in a bowl!  Exploding from HE rounds from that tank isn't too comfortable either, it kind of tickles too!  DAMN!  If only I had more time in my life to play this game more...  I'd LOVE IT if I could just have NO LIFE!  :-P

PLEASE let me know if you can tell me how to pass that DAMN MISSION!  Or how to blow up the tank, etc...

-inuhbad

How is the realism on this compared to Rogue Spear?  Is it more arcade or simulation?  I hate games where you can get shot a million times before you die.

Thanks Imbroglio!

The realism between this and rogue spear is that if you get shot in a not so critical location, Ex. Shot in leg/calf, you will fall, cannot get up, but can crawl to cover.  Once you get good cover, shout for the medic, and he'll run over to you.  The not so realistic thing is that if you're "Fixed" by the medic, you regain all your leg strength, etc...  As if you've had 2 years of healing & therapy right on the spot.  I don't mind though, it makes the gameplay last longer.

Typically though, the "VETERAN" skill level kills you so fast you don't have time to call the medic, and quite often, the medic gets cocky & dies before you!  I once had to crawl to the extract location to abort a mission!  I crawled about 3/4 a kilometer and as I got over a grassy knoll I got blown to pieces by a High Explosive tank round (tank was about 400 meters away & closing on me fast).

This game is SO REALISTIC that when I'm done playing for 1-2 hrs my ass muscles are sore from clenching under stressful situations.  I LOVE the fact that to aim the gun, you use IRON SIGHTS on the M16!  This is SO REALISTIC!  I LOVE IT!  I've NEVER had a game so cool.  The campaign missions are neat, you get to jump into cars, go on recon/security patrols, sniping officers...  There's SO MUCH kewl stuff to do!

Then when you have to stay in formation, there's a little yellow "indicator" that I can follow so we stay in a good V formation, etc...

Damn, I love this game.  I think I'm going to have to go try that north star trick now... Thanks Imbrog.

Brouhaha, if you do not already have this game, BUY IT!  The downside is the PC requirements:

Minimum:
Windows 95/98/ME/2000
DirectX 8.0 (Comes With Game)
Pentium II 400 CPU
64 MB RAM
16bit Direct Sound Compliant Sound Card
Compatible 3D Graphics Card with 16mb RAM(I use a Voodoo3, voodoo 2's work good too according to my friend, and Voodoo2 only requires 8mb ram according to game)
8x CD-Rom
450 MB Hard Drive space

It recommends:
Same Operating Systems
Dx 8.0
Pentium 3 600 or better
128Mb Ram
16bit Sound Card
Compatible 3D Graphics Card w/32Mb Ram
24x CD-Rom
450Mb Space

That's all you really need to know.  Look into the reviews it has received online.  If you see people bitching about accuracy, it's either because they were trying to run while burst shooting, or they were using a pirated copy.  This game has a pirated software copy which causes your bullets to miss all the time & accuracy sucks, because it can tell when the game has been hacked/cracked.  The game is PHENOMINAL, and It's WELL worth the $40.00 price tag.  Heck I'm surprised it wasn't $60.00

-inuhbad

Hey Guys, thanks for the help!!!  I snuck right through the end of that one mission.  I tried the running through the bushes & forest thing though...  I died all three times I tried it!!!  I just got fed up with that.

My trick:
Since in the forrest, everyone is working from the west to east to find you (teams of about 6 to 8 guys looking in the forrest for you... I run straight East, head a little north of east.  This will take you to the end of the forrest/woods, and from there you will see a hill, on the top left of the hill, there's a APC type thing there waiting for you, so quickly run around the right (eastern) side of that hill.  Run straight for the Jeep, don't bother shooting at the APC thing!  Save as soon as you get close to the Jeep.  Then jump into the Jeep & head south FAST.  Drive as quick as you can, but make sure that you dont' drive on the road.  Drive a bit east (now your "Left" side) of the road heading south.  Then smash into the woods on its north side.  If you take the roads the soldiers and stuff will put a million holes into you.  Anyways, I drove into the woods & crashed the jeep into a pine tree.  Jumped out & ran like hell for the "Alternate" escape route.  Then I was "Captured" by the resistance.

Then on the next mission, Some dumbass killed all the hostages with a LAW, and that made finishing the mission REALLY difficult.  The APC came shooting at me right away, and the troop transport.  All hell broke loose, and black team didn't finish off the tank, so I had to do ALL the work MYSELF!  Man that was tough.  Wound up using an RPG to take out most of the last unit/cell of bad guys running down the hill at me, and use an AK74 to get the rest.  That sure was a pain to win!

I'm now on the next mission, and have NO IDEA what the hell to do.  ANy advice?

I LOVE that advice about creating my own missions to train with...  I can't fly or command tanks worth crap.  Driving jeeps is fun & easy though.  I'd like to try an APC or boat though...  Well, that's all fun for later.

I have to study for a Calculus Exam now though.  Back to work here now.

a kewl video game help/advice forum here would be great, as it helps teach us tricks & tactics too.  I never learned so much about true military procedures since I've gotten this game.  It's all so real.  And it's a fun time glued to the computer screen.  I'd try to get some good graphic "Kill" screen captures for you, but I don't know how to take them, what's the screen-capture button for this game?

-inuhbad.