Although no sense of realism is intended, a whole lot could have been added. And unfortunately it's all a bit unambitious, even if it is mildly engaging.īasing the game in Vietnam seems to have limited the style of mission you undertake. Occasionally you end up with escort duty or humping around and picking up ground troops, but the meat of the game is air-to-ground combat. But as soon as you start playing you are flung into an out-and-out action game where morality is left in the packaging, and the simple idea is to blast everything in sight and try not to kill too many innocent Vietnamese in the process.Īll 26 missions are preceded by well-produced FMV, and usually require you to either destroy tanks, VC, or villages that harbour VC operatives. The box art even hints at a game that might just contain some hidden agenda.
In fact, this foreword to the manual is pretty grim reading. According to the manual, 2500 personnel were listed as missing in action after the US government decided to pull out of the war in Vietnam.
