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'Vietcong: Fist Alpha' - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 23, 2004 @ 1:08 p.m. PST

Placing you in the highlands of Vietnam, Vietcong Fist Alpha brings 7 brand new single player missions as well as 8 new multi-player maps to expand that jungle experience of Vietnam in 1967. With 6 new weapons as well as bayonets for weapons and machetes along with even more artillery raining shells down on both US and NVA alike, Vietcong Fist Alpha also brings the ubiquitous B52 Bomber and F-105 Thunderchief and F4 Phantom fighters into play. Read more for some new screens ...

The Fist Alphamission pack allows you to penetrate even deeper into the jungles of Vietnam as part of an elite U.S. Special Forces team. Seek out and destroy the Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army in seven new single player missions, then join the fray on-line in one of 8 new on-line multiplayer maps. Also, an all-new campaign editor is now included for fans interested in creating their own maps, mods and missions.

Praise for Vietconghas been echoed loudly in both print and on-line reviews as one of the first games ever set during this tumultuous time in U.S. history. PC Gamer says, “Vietcong may be the most authentic first-person treatment of Vietnam ever attempted.”

Developer Pterodon and Illusion have created an environment unlike any other first person shooter rich with lush detail, intricate strategy and an uncanny sense of realism.

GameSpy called Vietconga “ solid multiplayer game” with “some more-than-welcome cooperative missions."

Gathering will also simultaneously introduce Vietcong: Purple Haze, which includes the original Vietcong in its entirety as well as the expansion pack Vietcong: Fist Alpha.

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