Conflict Denied Ops demo

Since I've pretty much finished all the FPSs I have on my comp (well, I
should go back and finish Stalker and Bioshock, actually, but I was in the
mood for a military-style FPS), I figured I'd try out the new Conflict
Denied Ops demo. I guess my basic impression is: not bad. The graphics
are fairly solid, not exactly groundbreaking, but definitely pretty. It ran
smooth on my e6700, 2GB Ram, 8800GTX with all the settings maxed out. The
combat is a bit more arcadey than the tactical shooters I prefer. There is
some extra variety in that you can switch between the two different
characters, one more of a sniper and the other a heavy weapons type. It
uses a health system pretty much stolen from R6: Vegas (unless the earlier
Conflict games had it, never played them), where you don't really have hit
points but can only take so much damage in a short amount of time before you
are disabled and must be revived by your partner. You heal just by staying
out of harms way for a bit.

The mission I played was set in your typical stronghold in a South American
country (surprisingly, Venezuela, not some fake nation), but upon exiting
the game it showed a video of gameplay in a lot of diverse terrains from
jungles to arctic conditions.

I'm a bit up in the air on this one. It has a $40 price point. If it was
$30, I'd probably get it (release date is 2/12). I'm not quite sure whether
I pick this up or not. Depends what else is on the shelf at that time.
COD4 has set the bar so high for military shooters, I'm not quite sure if
this will scratch my itch until the next blockbuster FPS comes out (maybe
Rainbow 6: Vegas 2?).

Downlaod link:
http://www.gamershell.com/download_22914.shtml

turk
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