NHL567 Reviews

Men of Valor (2004 Video Game)

Could have been a great game if the developers spent time on it

[8 July 2005]

Men of Valor was a great idea, unfortunately the developers rushed the game leaving behind a trail of bugs,glitches and a large angry fan base.

Men of Valor puts you in the shoes of Marine Private First Class Dean Sheppard, you fight alongside a squad of Marines (the squad's AI is horrendous) in one of the most talked about and filmed about war in the 20th century a little place known as Vietnam.

Men of Valor has sort of movie like atmosphere the cut-scenes were well laid out and done, sometimes even touching it is clear that the developer took time doing these cut-scenes unfortunately i wish i could say the same about the game.

The game itself is your average ordinary FPS, the enemies are aplenty and your squad does little except act as a large target for the enemy, missions range from Search and Destroy missions in the Iron Triangle to fighting on the streets of Hue during the Tet offensive, unfortunately the missions are heavily scripted leaving you little freedom to roam about on the battlefield.

The worst part of the game would be the AI, the AI is horrendous half the time they just run around like headless chickens, most of them can't hit a guy two meters from their feet let alone hitting a target at all.

The game has something new that you don't find in war games, before each mission you hear a letter written by Sheppard or his family if you die you get to hear his Death letter from his commanding officer, i must say that no other game that i can think of has ever done that before. It's a touching part in a less than fabulous game.

As for graphics the vehicles and American/ARVN soldiers their gear and face are excellent but as for the NVA and VC its basic and repetitive, weapons for the most part are OK.

Overall Men of Valor would have been the best Vietnam game to-date but the developers rushed the whole project, maybe if they spent several weeks tweaking the game and making it better would they have succeeded.

i give the game 5/10

Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002 Video Game)

Excellent game

[25 December 2004]

this game was excellent, my machine though not the best handled the game well,the graphics could use a little touch up but overall it was fantastic, the gameplay was excellent it really does take you through an 1930's Gangsters life of crime, booze, prohibition and death, the missions for the most part were hard if not difficult however there are some missions that are so frustrating that the player would need the consulte a guide of some sort, most missions however are pretty well planned out and executed perfectly. Missions range from collecting to the old good mafia hits. Overall it was an excellent journey Storyline was pretty good, you had a nice flowing storyline and it sometimes contains little moral lessons along the way, not many of those now a days Sound i had a little problem with it, some od the weapons just didn't sound right but for the most part the sound was excellent especially the music, it actually flows quite nicely, dramatic moments have dramatic music while calm moments will have nice vintage 30's music.

overall this game was excellent and is one of the best games i have ever played note: if your wondering my system is Win Xp, 2.7 GHZ, 256mb, Radeon 7000 64mb, it the game went smoothly for me.

Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (2003 Video Game)

Some beautiful graphics

[31 August 2004]

The game is self is lovely, the Story line is some what weak, you lead the Rainbow team through missions that all link to a man named Gospic, Gospic is dying and he wishes that the world get a large shock from him during a celebration (i cant remember the city), he plans to plant a bomb on a float and hopefully you get the rest, the bomb itself is loaded with VX Gas and he hopes that it would wipe out an entire area, anyways the first mission supposedly has nothing to do with Story, the story begins during the 2-3 missions, Overall the game met my expectations, i had played previous Tom Clancy Games but those games really didn't hook me. it has excellent AI the enemy can shoot and can shoot well i may add, your team can shoot, throw and plant devices if you ask them to the Ragdoll effects are amazing, there are 64 weapons to choose from the MP5 to the M60E3, a superb game if your into tactical shooter/first person shooter games, the game does require you to be silent at times. i recommend that you pick it up if you like the Rainbow 6 franchise.

Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour (2003 Video Game)

Excellent RTS game of all time

[13 August 2004]

having played Generals which i loved i bought Zero Hour, this sets place after Generals about 5-10 years from it, the gameplay is by far one of the best, the enemies are challenging even on the easiest mode, you really have to use your brains for this game, the game adds 33 new structure and structure upgrades, units, generals abilities and unit upgrades, it adds a new Generals Challenge, like the name says its extremely challenging you have to pit yourself against 7-9 (depending on skill level) Generals with different abilities ranging from Super Weapons to Tanks, you have to build your base fast or its going to be over run (your enemy already has their base set up), 15 new missions with a storyline, one of the best expansion packs out there, if you loved Generals you'll love Zero Hour

9/10

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead (2003 Video Game)

not that good

[3 August 2004]

Allied Assault was better than Spearhead because of the fact that most of the missions were probably real,

In Allied Assault you play as OSS agent 1Lt. Mike Powell, you lead the way in Africa, destroy the Sub Pens in Norway, land in the infamous Omaha Beach, fight your way through bocage country in Normandy, steal the plans for the Tiger 2, fight you way through a war torn French Village, drive a tiger tank and storm a German fort, the game play was amazing but some of the graphics and skins were iffy, one of the best WW2 games on the market and it lead to the production of Call of Duty

In Spearhead, the missions are somewhat glitchy, laggy and for the most part factious, there are many noticeable mistakes in the game, in the first level Welcome to Normandy, the officer in front of you speaks in a New Yorker voice while during the initial jump when everyone stands up his voice changes to British, in fact you don't land in Normandy you land in Holland, the 501st PIR landed in Normadny no allied unit during D-day ever penetrated Danish Airspace, no Britihs paratrooper ever landed in an American Dropzone vice versa, during the bulge you lead 4 soldiers to take out a German depot, that for a fact would not have happened as all 4 would've been killed. During the German assault if one enemy soldier even gets past the trenches you fail the mission, no American unit ever used German weapons in strength during the Bulge they all had American built weaponry, and the ammo came from dead or wounded soldiers. another noticeable glitch is trying to shoot down the Stuka, you can shoot 300 rounds of 40mm ammo and the stuka will still be flying and you fail the mission, during the battle of Berlin a doubt that any western allied soldier ever made it to Russian lines through German control territory, a T-34 needs at least 3 crew man to man it, in the game your character is the only soldier manning the tank.

i give MOHAA a 8.5/10 and

Spear Head 2.5/10

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (2003 Video Game)

Good Multiplayer action but horrible single player

[15 July 2004]

This game has an excellent multiplayer attribute to it, this is basically the best part of the game, was its multiplayer gaming.

the single however was poorly designed and one of the worst single player games I've ever played, for one thing your teammates cant lay down prone, they always carry the same weapon either the m16 or CAR15, never do they once carry a Machine Gun or Sniper Rifle or arm their grenade launchers, another thing is they are stupid, they cant shoot, an enemy soldier is about 2m in front of him and there shooting at one another, none die you have to kill the bad guy.

the enemy AI is accurate as the Somalis were ordinary people and in reality couldn't shoot, in this game however they are good shots better than your teammates.

some of the missions are totally wrong especially Shore Patrol and Irene

the weapon selection was also wrong, there were no blt action weapons nor was there the barrat or the MP5SSD,

the Multiplayer games are excellent you compete against other skilled players, and its the best and enjoying time with friends, unlike other games to play custon maps on the servers you don't need to download them, but however for skins and mods, if the server doesn't run them then your kicked out, unlike MOH and COD were you cant go into a server with a skin on without getting punted black hawk down punts you.

another aspect is the lack of assistance by the company you can ask for an anti cheat patch all you want there not going give it to you, you can beg not to take some servers down but they'll take em down,

overall for single player 2.5/10

multiplayer 9.5/10