Alrite, I noe tat PC games will NEVER be considered realistic when it comes to military issues, but I wld like to commend tis game after playing it for a full month..
Full Spectrum Warrior is basically a real-time strategy game which centres ard battling in urban terrain. Otherwise known as MOUT (or FIBUA), the game puts u in command of 2 fire teams of standard dismounted light-infantry squads, Alpha & Bravo, through abt 13 missions which varies in objectives.
The game is played from a 3-rd person perspective (sth like Tomb raider) where ur camera is alwayz focused on the fire team leader of either teams when u switch between dem, so it feels like an action game already considering u arent viewing from a "top-down" perspective like all other strategy games..
What really makes the game SO GOOD is how simple it is to master YET makes u tink so much.. Simply flanking an enemy under cover required me to tink not 2 but 4 steps ahead! Issuing fire and movement commands can be achieved thru a simple click of a mouse.
Of cos, in terms of realism, I can tell the developers had done their very best. The animations of the individual soldiers from both teams move VERY VERY realistically according to standard US army doctrination (from running to the scanning procedure for targets according to each soldier's fire sector).
Another commendation is the multiple ways u can complete each mission. Enemy under cover? U can choose to either flank him or toss a M67 frag up his ass, it's ur choice..
Yes, I noe.. Why I tok so much when it's onlie a game? Well, as a military enthusiast myself, I was skeptical of the game at first.. Considering all the "realistic" games I played like the Rainbow 6 series, which I dun consider tat realistic at all, FSW certainly surprised me.. It actually TEACHES u as u play it.. It is already a tool used by the US Army to train troops in MOUT anywayz, so why not give it a try?
**WARNING**For pple who dun like games requiring u to tink hard every second, DUN PLAY it.. This game isnt abt moving from pt to pt... It requires pain-staking lead-frogging techniques & slow meticulous covering..
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Sides, I tink the company really did a stellar job at making such a tactically challenging game.. If onlie the SAW sound effects r louder in-game.. LoL..