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PC | Action | Global Operations

Boxart for Global Operations
Global Operations 36 screen shots
  • GRAPHICS: 4.5
  • SOUND: 5.0
  • CONTROL: 4.0
  • FUN FACTOR 4.5
  • AVG USER SCORE 5.0
  • AVG CRITIC SCORE 4.3
Winner of the GamePro Editor's Choice Award

Review: Global Operations

Review by Four-Eyed ?Commando? Dragon | 03/27/2002 | 15:48:34 PM PST

The Navy SEALs? axiom, ?Winning is the objective. Losing is acceptable. Quitting is intolerable,? accurately describes the attitude behind Global Operations.

Global Operations has successfully combined the frantic firefights of Counter-Strike with the strong team strategy of Return to Castle Wolfenstein?it?s a multiplayer utopia for first-person shooter fans. And the single-player mode ain?t half bad, either.

De Opresso Liber
Today?s army consists of small squads with a big punch. That?s what Global Operations is all about: You team up with five other members to form a highly specialized modern-day commando unit. Each of the six elite soldiers has their own specialty, ranging from recon and demolitions to medic and sniper. Before you engage the enemy, you choose your specialty and buy weapons, then it?s off to the field for a gun battle with an opposing force that consists of the same number of talent.

Objectives are simple: If you?re on the government-funded side, you?ll need to overrun an encampment or escort a VIP to safety. If you?re on the most wanted list, you?ll have to defend the encampment or assassinate the VIP. Gameplay is fast, even when you?re playing by yourself. The only gripe is that weapons still need to be better balanced for accuracy and power, but that can be easily fixed with a patch.

Who Dares Wins
Visually, levels like the cargo ship and a drug cartel?s mansion are imaginatively designed, plus the skin models look great. Even better, the gunfire rings in your ears with blissful realism.

Modern-warfare gaming has rarely been so enjoyable. Global Operations is pure, unadulterated fun, especially when you?re playing the game with other people.