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Xbox | Action | Conflict: Desert Storm

Boxart for Conflict: Desert Storm
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  • GRAPHICS: 3.5
  • SOUND: 3.5
  • CONTROL: 3.0
  • FUN FACTOR 3.5
  • AVG USER SCORE 4.4
  • AVG CRITIC SCORE 3.2

Review: Conflict: Desert Storm

Review by FOUREYEDDRAGON | 10/02/2002 | 14:25:10 PM PST

It?s been over 10 years since the Gulf War, but the memories live on. Be a part of the action-packed memories with Conflict: Desert Storm.

Beyond the laser-guided bomb footage many people saw every night during the 1991 Desert Storm campaign, it was the American Delta Force and the British SAS that did just as much damage to the enemy as the flyboys did. In Conflict: Desert Storm, you get to relive some of those intense ground missions that include Scud hunting and assassination operations using either of the two elite military groups. For gameplay uniqueness, Conflict enables you to completely control your four-man squad?give each other equipment and weapons, heal a fallen comrade, and give cover fire for someone else. Though the idea is great, the execution doesn?t quite fit. Everything happens in real-time, which means during hairy moments your fingers will get crossed trying to command your squad while you?re getting shot up. And with plenty of frenetic crossfire, you?ll get more frustrated with the controls than with the Iraqis.

A solid graphics and sound package does help Conflict?s theatre of operations, though. An armory of nice-looking authentic weapons that Delta Force and SAS handled during their desert battles can be used, while character animations are fluid and lifelike. Gunfire effects and intense background music play well with the game, too. Though Conflict: Desert Storm doesn?t compare to other warlike games in the same genre, the title is still worth a weekend rental.