Customer Reviews

I.G.I. 2 Covert Strike

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I was actually looking forward to this stinker, but after purchasing it I came to realize that it was plagued by stability problems and it was simply no fun to play. The **most** frustrating problem is the utter lack of aiming accuracy when your character is inside a building. Try to aim for a headshot and your mouse pointer just... never... quite... goes where you want to aim. A close second on the irritation scale is the fact that enemy units can snipe you from 200 yards away with machine pistols -- yep, I'm not joking. Finally, IGI2 simply offers nothing new -- in fact, it feels as though the Innerloop developers were following some sort of first person shooter development handbook. For example, wherever there's a camera, there's a box to hide behind; wherever there's a guard, you can be sure there's a good 10 second interval where his back is to you. The original IGI (although sometimes incredibly frustrating) was actually quite fun -- it improved with replay. But, this sequel makes you wonder what the developers were thinking. In fact, I can't finish this game... When a game begins to feel like work it's time to cut your losses. I play a *lot* of videogames and I suggest you take your money and your valuable time elsewhere. I would suggest purchasing either Splinter Cell or No One Lives Forever 2 as an alternative to this waste of packaging material.

I finished the first level and it wasn't too hard after you understand that stealth is the way to play this game. That is, avoid the guards, cameras and be sure to hide in the shadows. I have begun the second level, going down into the mines, and I have been killed about 20 times now with less than two minutes into the mission. The slightest slip up and you have a dozen guards with automatic weapons all shooting at you. Even killing a guard with the knife is enough to get an instant response from other guards who come rushing from another room.

It appears that there may be only about two saves possible per level, so you have to be very wise about when to save the game. Looks like I'll have to buy a hint book for this game.

The graphics are excellent. I am running a P4 2.53, 512 MB ram, with a Radeon 9700 Pro with about everything maxed out.

I am playing at the medium difficulty level, but will probably have to go to the easiest to stand a chance at finishing the game.

Once again, this is a case of developers putting all their time and dollars into great graphics. Forget plotting, realistic AI or non-buggy gameplay. Look cool and those moronic gameplayers will buy it before the word gets around that its a bad game.
The most insulting thing about the game is the limited saves. By doing this they take away how the player wants to play. It should be totally up to the player whether or not to repeat the same routine again and again and again until he has learned the precise combinations of crawl, shoot and duck that some incompetent programer deemed the only right way to go. Buy Hitman 2 if you want to see how a sequel should be made.

I bought IGI2 reluctantly, after being tormented by IGI1. Complaints over the lack of saves on the original was supposedly being addressed in this sequel. NOT!!! Well, you get 3 saves! Count 'em... Three! And, you can't delete previous saves, so you still have to start all over again if you get killed, or at least, where you saved last. It's very annoying and frustrating. Still, the original game had terrific scenery and I loved it for that. One major bug I've noticed is that if you're laying flat on the ground near an object, you can't turn, even the slightest to shoot an enemy! I got killed numerous times and cussed so loud the neighbor's heard! And several times I went to throw a grenade and, I not only couldn't throw it, it didn't go off! And it's amazing how you can shoot an enemy with an oozie in the head and he still manages to kill you! And I only found ONE health kit-syringe, so there's very little chance you can recover your health in the game...Somebody didn't take the time to check out the bugs in this game! It's fun at times, if you can stay away from objects! Worth the money? I'm still not sure...

I found IGI-1 so interesting that I had no second thought in buying IGI-2... and yes it did pay my money.... The graphics and sound is extremely good giving you full real life effect. The objectives are not so easy. The enemy can easily strike you and it is not possible to recover your health unlike the first part. If you get killed you have to restart the game all over again. At times this may be frustrating but one way its good. It will bring you more ideas and strategies to achieve those objectives. You can carry a max 2 weapons and few grenades and nothing more than that. For most part of the game you will find the AI acts pretty smart and it will always keep you busy. But yes you can find loop holes in some of missions. In IGI-2 you will have thermal imaging camera which means you can see your enemies even through walls and locate their positions. You can now stay behind the wall and start shooting your enemies right through the wall. All your enemies are dead without you loosing any life. It is difficult to move right or left if you are crawling. But overall you find this game interesting and is worth buying.

This game should be called IGC: "I'm Going Crazy".
This game is'nt hard for any legitimate reasons. Anyone can build a budget game that has a buggy save system, the main character's aim is so bad it seems like he just stopped drinking the day before the first mission started and enemies that can cut you down with a pistol from orbit. But this is supposed to a high quality game! Buy Soldier of Fortune, Splinter Cell or Ghost Recon instead.

IGI 2 the sequel to Project I.G.I: I'm Going In is not a great sequel to the orginal. The first game was great though it was very hard due to lack of save games for extra large levels. The sequel has limited saves. The levels are nicely desinged but some of them are very hard and become repetive. You play David Jones, a covert operative. There is not much of a storyline. Weapons are great but can carry only two, a hand gun and a large gun. The main problem is the AI. Enemy soldier will know exactly where you for the mild noise you make. The game seems to cheat a bit. Once the alarm goes on everybody knows where you and start shooting at you with perfect aim even if you are are crouching far away. An enemy soldier was snipping at me with an Ak-47 from a watch tower when i was 100 meters away. The AI is really bad. Try this, when the alarm goes on, run into one of rooms or hide in a spot where they cannot snipe you from a far, almost every enemy soldier will come running to that spot to kill you face to face, you can shoot them all one by one till they stop comming, check your map to see if anyone is moving. This way you could kill almost every one without losing any health. The best change from the orginal game besides the save game is there is no enemy respawn. IGI2 is not optimized to run great. I have Win98SE, P4 2.4Ghz, 512mb Ram and GeForce Fx. I did not face crashes or hangs but it was quite laggy and the framerates drop too much sometimes. Initially the game runs great but once the alarm goes on the framerates drop drastically.

There is a lot wrong with this game - awkward movement, imprecise aiming, idiotic AI, and lots of bugs. However the worse thing of all is that you get the feeling that you are being manipulated.
It's like you have no control or real involvement in the game. You simply have to repeat a sequence of move, stop, kill, move, stop, wait... again and again until you hit on the exact sequence the programer predetermined. Making this worse, saves are very limited (3 on the normal level)so frustration quickly sets in.
I have reached the 13th level and decided that this was just not my idea of having fun. Now I'm sorry I didn't uninstall it sooner. I could have spent that time playing a good game like Hitman 2, Thief II, SOF 2 or just about any other game.

I purchased ' IGI-2 COVERT STRIKE ', a short time ago, to replace one I lost due to DVD malfunction.
Thankfully, ' Amazon ', carried NEW Games of IGI-2.The game it's self is a dream to play & set up to your own liking. I use a 256MG Video Card & Windows XP system & have had no difficulty playing the game. The graphics are wonderful, The landscapes are so real, it's really hard to tell the difference from real life. The AI characters all respond to your every sound or movement.

But here's the real kicker, regardless what others say, I have not found any working CHEATS!!, So you must take your time, be very careful or you will be shot.
In most of the levels you may save the game, but your severely limited on how many saves you get.
While there are some keyboard moves you need, Primary control is in the mouse.
One Hint, Keep those Heavy weapons for emergencies, You will need them.
Overall, Great game, Great play, Few if any glitches, Well worth the price.

Got this for a friend, and he absolutely loves it, though he's still busy finishing IGI 1 still.