Screens: Conflict Vietnam

A haunting depiction of a truly grisly war, Conflict: Vietnam is the next instalment in the multi-award winning Conflict series, which has to date, sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. Conflict: Vietnam follows the progress of four US soldiers, cut off from their unit and behind enemy lines during the 1968 Tet Offensive. Tasked with fighting their way back to friendly lines, they are faced with day-to-day survival in a hostile environment where the enemy could be hiding anywhere and everywhere. They are un-concerned with the course of the war but brutally aware as to the presence of the Viet Cong and of finding any way they can to survive. Conflict: Vietnam is a third person shooter where the player takes full control of all four squad members, utilising their different skill sets and tactical abilities to carefully out-flank enemies, neutralise targets and potential threats and make it back to friendly lines in one piece. Unlike Conflict: Desert Storm, Conflict: Vietnam does not set out to depict the course of the war; instead it bears witness to four men struggling for survival in the hostile Vietnam jungle against a ruthless terrain and seemingly ever-present ‘invisible’ enemy. The game is made up of fourteen huge missions, each with a number of individual and varying objectives. You will lead your squad through ruined temples, down Vietnamese rivers, into local villages (with friendly and non-friendly fire) through the jungle and into the ancient Vietnamese capital of Hoi. As well as your missions there are many other elements which can be utilised in order to facilitate a safer journey, such as: • Eliminating the threat from primary targets such as: tanks, gun emplacements, snipers and high-ranking soldiers • Using vehicles and their available armoury to fortify your squad’s firepower and minimise potential threats i.e. tanks, river boats and helicopters • Utilising Viet Cong gun placements to save your ammunition and out-power the enemy • Using mortars to bombard the enemy from a safe distance • Tending to injured comrades using field dressings and morphine syringes In Conflict: Vietnam the player will be dealing with four very different and individual soldiers, and not a team of highly trained soldiers as in Conflict: Desert Storm. Each squad member has different personality traits and fears, but share one common goal – to survive! And remember, this is set in the Vietnam jungle – beware of the Viet Cong booby traps...!!!