Combat: Task Force 121

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Combat: Task Force 121
Task Force 121 box art.jpg
Developer(s) Direct Action Games
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) Windows, Xbox
Release
  • NA: March 22, 2005 [1]
  • EU: January 9, 2006 (PC)
  • EU: March 10, 2006 (Xbox)
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Combat: Task Force 121, known in Europe as America's Secret Operations, is a first-person shooter developed by Direct Action Games for Microsoft Windows and Xbox in 2005.

Contents

Reception

The game received "unfavorable" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] [3]

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