Spec Ops II: Green Berets

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Spec Ops II: Green Berets
Spec Ops II Green Berets Cover.jpg
Developer(s)
Publisher(s) Ripcord Games
Series Spec Ops
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast
Release
  • Windows
  • Dreamcast
    • NA: October 24, 2000
    • EU: 2000
Genre(s) Tactical shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Spec Ops II: Green Berets is a tactical shooter video game developed by Zombie Studios and published by Ripcord Games exclusively for Microsoft Windows. It is the second game in the Spec Ops series. A remake was released in 2000 for the Dreamcast entitled Spec Ops II: Omega Squad.

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Reception

Green Berets received mixed reviews according to GameRankings, [3] while Omega Squad also received mixed reviews according to Metacritic. [4] Max Everingham of NextGen called the former "a second effort that, stupefyingly, manages to be far worse than the first." [14]

Expansion

Spec Ops II: Operation Bravo is an expansion pack and was released online the following year.

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