Customer Reviews

Global Operations

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As a very big fan of multiplayer FPS (first person shooter) games I had been anticipating Global Operations for quite a long time. I had heard that several people who had worked on CS were involved in the GO project. I downloaded the public beta as soon as I heard it was out, and boy was I impressed.

The gameplay has two different teams, usually the country's special-forces team pitted against a local guerilla or terrorist group. There are five player classes to choose from: sniper (sniper rifle + a pistol), a recon expert (submachine gun + pistol), commando (assualt rifle + submachine gun+ pistol), Heavy Gunner (machine gun + shotgun + pistol), and demolitions expert (grenade launcher + submachine gun + pistol). Each of the weapon slots a class has does not have to be filled, in other words, you dont have to have a gun or have all three weapon slots filled, it's just a nice feature. Another great feature is that the weapons your selected class normally uses are not restriced to just those weapons . For example a sniper can pick up a machine gun, and although it will reload slower and fire more inaccuratly than if a machine gunner used it, the sniper can sell it off the next round for a sniper rifle.

The weapon models and textures were beautiful and the detail to realism was astounding. The class selection works extremely well because you almost have to have different people be different classes in order to succeed, which I thought was a good way to make teams work more together. While the game is similar in many aspects to Counter-Strike (getting money for missions, buying your weapons. etc.) it added so many features missing in CS. The biggest of these was that in CS you bought your gun and that was what you got, but GO allows players to upgrade and personalize their weapons to what they want or what they think they need (I.E. you can put a scope on any rifle and silencers can be added to many of the weapons). The most detailed thing in the game were the weapons. The models use photographs which were textured on (they are pixture perfect), in addition to that all the weapon sounds, recoil, fire slecters(3 round burst fire,automatic, and semi-automatic) and reloads are based off the real gun. The one thing that i disliked about the beta was that after placing a silencer on a weapon, the damage it dealt was greatly reduced.

I recommend this to anyone who already enjoys tactical first person shooters or if you are a first time gamer looking for a realistic team based action game. ...

This is more than Counter-Strike. For those that loved Counter-Strike, but felt that it had gone downhill with 1.0, buy this game. This is what CS should have been. The amount of weapons is amazing, most give you the option of giving them add-ons such as laser sights, flashlights, silencers and other stuff. You also have the ability to get gas masks, grenades, night vision, thermo goggles, the whole works. And how could I leave out the classes? Perhaps the most ingenious thing in the game. Think of this as CS mixed with Team Fortress. You can be a sniper, demoman, commando, heavy, recon and a medic, all of which have their strengths and weaknesses. The amount of freedoom you have in perfecting your player is amazing.

GO also has its fair share of little things that really immerse you into the game. Gas grenades make you cough and dizzy and nearby grenades muffle your hearing and accompany you with a nice "ringing" tone as it would in real life. Graphically, while not too amazing, it is fairly pretty. Environments are well done and vary a good amount.

My only slight is that they chose a pretty poor engine. I am not the only one who thinks this, by the way. The Lithtech engine, while being able to deliver fairly good visuals, is very slow. I'd recommend a fairly high-end PC or else you will lag like hell. I would have preferred it if they went for something more along the lines of the Quake 3 engine.

Still, I would definitely recommend buying this game. Come, my friends! Leave your infested Counter-Strike for the cheaters, lamers and llamas! Salvation is at hand!

Honestly, I was totally turned off by the beta demo that was originally released online. Choppy gameplay, unclear specialist roles, uninspired graphics. Then, in a momentary lapse of my faculties, I bought the retail version. Applied the latest patches, and was again underwhelmed.

The bot AI in single player seemed to be based on a weird logic where you teammates rush into the meat grinder while the bad guys stand and fire like pop-up targets (and manage to take you out 1/4 way cross the map with a shotgun). The tutorials don't offer much insight into how the various specialist classes (medic, heavy gunner, commando, recon, sniper, demolitions) function.

That said, I think it's this specialist system that ultimately won me over. Each specialist has a specific set of weapons that he can purchase (i.e., only the sniper can purchase the larger scoped weapons, demo guy is the only one who can buy the grenade launcher, etc.), as well as a particular skill that can be crucial in your team's success (or failure).

The recon has a lifesign detector (think of the gadget at the end of 'Rainbow Six' - the book) that can identify bogies at great distances. However, the detector runs has a short battery life, and you have to be near your teammates for them to use this information. The medic can heal or revive teammates. The demo guy can set remotely detonated charges (and can turn parked cars into map-clearing bombs).

The mechanics of the game really emphasize team cooperation. Yeah, you could have a squad of "elite" shooters steamroller their way to victory, but you could also have a recon sneak the VIP under the noses of the opposition to win the round. Of course, this assumes that the bunch of strangers that you find online are looking to play this game in a team-friendly way. For now, I think most of the players recognize this and play accordingly, and I think that's what makes GlobOps such an entertaining (and challenging) experience.

I'm 32 years old, and got addicted to this brilliant game.
My opinion - best game ever - better than 1/2 life or even unreal tournament2003. All the fun is playing online, so if u don't have a fast connection or/and don't intend playing online -don't buy the game. Waiting for EA to develop GO2.

This game is the best! The beta rules. Buy it NOW!

I bought this game and almost everyday I play around 1-2 hours. This game is best on multiplayer, but the single player mode isn't bad too. This game is my number 1 in all my games (and i have ALOT). ...It is worth buying, this game is well worth your money (I would have given this game a 7 out of 5)

best game... even better than 1/2 life or Unrealtournament2003

I love this game!!
much more realistic than most other games.
plus it has so many real guns.
and you get to be different specialties, you get good at one, and it really grows on you.
like Recon, or medic.

great gameplay.
buy it, its better than MOHAA, and SOF2, AND AvP2.
oh, make sure you stand still, to get the best shots

GO has the making of a great game. For the most part, it is. What can hold it back is the rough graphics and sometimes confusing gameplay. I liked the overall setup of classes and weapons.

The weapons all have their strengths, limitations, handle differently and with enough cash you can add scopes, extra ammo, silencers, etc. This is a neat feature that can really add to what your gun of choice is capable of. On the other hand, what is the point of a silencer if they already know where you are? Or a laser sight that gives away your location? I do think that they all sound good. The machine guns make a nice throaty roar while SMGs make a nice hard tapping sound. They all sound like they should and sound good.

Like the weapons, each class has strengths and limitations that help focus the team based combat. A recon trooper moves forward to light up enemies while a pair of heavy gunners provides cover fire for example. While this sounds good in theory, actually getting other people to do this is rare. More often than not it brakes down in to a free for all until the match expires or someone manages to meet an objective. Coordination is compounded by the vague voice commands and lack of a map to location posistions.

The graphics should have been better. The player models are many and varied but it seems they shot for quantity over quality. The models are bland and crudely shaped with stiff animations. The lighting is generally good, but player shadows are simple and look tacked on. At least most of the texturing is good enough and the flash from weapons or smoke from grenades look good.

Most of that I could overlook but for one thing. It is not always easy to tell if the player in the distance is on your team or not. This sounds so simple but it can be confusing. More so if you are switched teams by the game at the end of the round. In the "Mexico" map for example, the good guys wear flat drab green and the bad guys wear drab green and tan cammo. At a distance this it can be hard to distinguish one green pixel from another. And the models look close enough alike that in the shadows it gets worse. In some maps it is easy to tell, other not so much. This inconsistent style it irritating as you might fire at your teammates. Or wait to see whom it is and get killed.

All that said it has it moments, and is usually enjoyable enough. But it could have been better.

This is the most fun game and most addictive game I may have EVER played. I used to play more of the RPG and RPS games, and after playing Civilization III, there was a lull in new games, so I went to look for some free downloads and found Global Operations.

This first person shooter has awesome graphics and very realistic play. The multi-player is unbelievable, as you can play with up to 23 other players on-line all at the same time.

I am soooo glad I found this game. If you want to try the game for free, you can download the demo (now with a different map than when I played the demo) and try it for free. Check out fileplanet for the demo. And you can get a used copy of the game now for super cheap.

A must have for anyone that enjoys FPS's. GO get it!!!