The Hell in Vietnam

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Developer(s) City Interactive
Publisher(s) City Interactive
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
  • EU: June 1, 2007
  • AU: February 1, 2008
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player

The Hell in Vietnam is a Vietnam war-oriented first-person shooter video game developed and published by Polish studio City Interactive for Microsoft Windows on June 1, 2007.

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Gameplay

The Hell in Vietnam is a first-person shooter that tasks the player with completing various objectives to progress further in the game. [1] The player controls 1st Lieutenant Thomas "Deadeye" Coburn, an American soldier in the Vietnam War. [1] The plot follows Coburn's work in his unit, which is described in diary entries between missions. [1] These diary notes give context to the 8 individual missions in the game. [1] The missions generally follow a similar setup, with the player being required to kill Vietcong soldiers and then destroy an objective like an anti-aircraft gun or eliminating a Vietnamese sniper. [1] Komputer Świat GRY's Adam Kaczmarek noted that the game took them 92 minutes to complete. [1]

Reception

Komputer Świat GRY's Adam Kaczmarek said that The Hell in Vietnam became a parody of itself, and that its low-budget gameplay shows "imperfections at every step." [1] GameZone Germany's Michael Sosinka said that the game's low 20 asking price was a "waste of money" and recommended the older Vietcong 2 instead. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kaczmarek, Adam (2007-05-31). "The Hell in Vietnam - recenzja gry" [The Hell in Vietnam - Review]. Komputer Świat GRY (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  2. Sosinka, Michael (2007-06-05). "The Hell in Vietnam im Gamezone-Test" [The Hell in Vietnam in the Gamezone test]. GameZone Germany (in German). Retrieved 2023-03-15.