Project: Snowblind

by Square Enix

Product Features

• Cinematically immersive storyline from Minute One of play
• 11 missions spanning across 16 unique maps - An opera house turned prison, a Buddhist temple converted to a military base and the sprawling urban Wastelands
• Collect physical enhancements, from Invisibility and Reflex Boost to Electrical Storm
• Drive vehicles cooperatively in multiplayer mode -- one player drives while another mans the turrets
• Multiplayer online battles with up to 16 players & voice over IP support

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0006PRR50
• Item Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: March 15, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,133 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Manufacturer

Snow-blind

adj: A complete system shutdown of all internal electrical and biomechanical systems, created by an EMP blast or similar electrical disturbance in the local vicinity. Leaves bio-augmented soldiers temporarily vulnerable and totally exposed on the battlefield.

Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes of the first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-person action game.

Hong Kong, 2065. 2nd Lt. Nathan Frost is just a regular grunt in an international army called the Liberty Coalition. When he takes massive injuries from an explosion on the battlefield, Frost undergoes the experimental surgery in order to be kept on this side of death. The outcome of the surgery is something more than human; a transformation that makes him a unique weapons-grade warrior, with abilities that far surpass those of the average soldier.

Empowered with these extra-normal abilities via implanted augmentations, Frost is immediately sent to the frontlines of a war as a secret weapon against the destructive regime.

After getting stranded in hostile territory, cut off from command and far outnumbered, Frost and a handful of men must try and stop the entire renegade militia's plan threatening to plunge the world into darkness.

Game Features

• Engage in battle online multiplayer with up to 16 players and voice over IP support in classic and new multiplayer modes, including some modes exclusive for the PS2 and XB platforms.
• A wide variety of game pacing ranges from the frenetic chaos of battlefield action to tactical stealth infiltration-style missions.
• Equip yourself with an arsenal of experimental weaponry such as the Riot Wall, Attack Drones, and other high-tech gadgetry. Used in combination, the equipment yields a variety and depth of gameplay never before realized, especially in multiplayer play.
• Bolt across firefight war zones on foot or jump into vehicles to run your enemies down. In multiplayer mode, vehicles are cooperatively used; one guy drives while the other mans the mounted turrets.
• Augmentations such as Invisibility, Reflex Boost, and Electrical Storm give you an edge on the battlefield against your highly equipped and battle-ready foe.
• Pick up and play, visceral action pulls the player through a cinematically immersive storyline from minute one of play.
• 11 missions spanning 16 maps including the opera house turned prison, a Buddhist temple converted to a military base, and the sprawling urban wastelands.

Product Description

Intensive single-playerexperience!Product InformationExperience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes ofthe first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-personaction game.In the not so distant Future Lt. Nathan Frost is challenged to stop arenegade regime from eradicating the civilized world.Hong Kong 2065. 2nd Lt. Nathan Frost is just a regular grunt until hevolunteers for a super-soldier transformation for an international army calledthe Liberty Coalition. A painful series of surgeries gives Frost extra-normalabilities via implanted enhancements which place him on the frontlines of a waragainst a destructive regime. After a military coup leaves him stranded inhostile territory cut off from command with only a handful of men Frost muststop the militia's secret weapon that threatens to plunge the world intodarkness.Product Features Robust online multiplayer experience with 16 players and voice over IP support - classic and new multiplayer modes Use Bioenhancements to exploit the superhuman powers of your character Arsenal of experimental weaponry and secondary high tech gadgetry inject new depths of gameplay never before realized especially when leveraged in multiplayer play Pick-up-&-play intense battlefield action starts at minute 1 pulling the player through a cinematically immersive storyline Wide variety in mission pacing ranges from frenetic action of battlefield chaos to infiltration style missions Vehicles serve as functional obstacle solving tools and as weapons in both single and multiplayer gameplay Product Reviews"Unprecedented stream of battlefield chaos"     - Play"The future of war"     - Game Informer"All those weapons mean the possibilities are up to your imagination"     - Electronic Gaming Monthl

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Computer quality in a console port, April 21, 2005

By 

J. M Quiggins "Sole_Fish" (Owensboro, Ky. USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Project: Snowblind (CD-ROM)

Graphics : Sweet. Gameplay : difficult at first, but once you understand the control scheme, you quickly get the hang of the rest. Incredible particle effects. Very well done music. Replayability : moderate to none. That's the only downside. The game has good length, and a fun idea as a plotline. But, there are not too many twists and turns plotwise, so that pulls quite a bit away from re-playability. This ran well with the minimum specs on my system : AMD XP 2800 -- 512 MG DDR RAM -- 128 MG GeFORCE 4 5600. For the sheer shooting power of the game, i would recommend it. But, don't expect extreme depth in the gameplay. Just a good bit of fun.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A poor console port, April 5, 2005

By 

silh0uette - See all my reviews

This review is from: Project: Snowblind (CD-ROM)

If you are a true PC player, don't get your hopes up with Project Snowblind. No words describe PSB better than "a console port". The single player offers a basic shoot'em up for a few hours, the graphics and movement make you feel like you are playing Halo on Xbox. The barely given two stars are solely for the basic single player story although I really considered giving just one. Although the sp may be mediocre, the multiplayer is a complete disaster. I am a keen online player myself and have tested numerous fps games during the last decade, including e.g. CS, CS:CZ, CS Source, UT, UT2k3, TO, RTCW, JK2, SoF2, DX, just to mention a few. PSB is honestly one of the worst I've seen because it has been designed for console platform in the first place, then hastily ported on PC and trust me, it shows.

To illustrate, the game is a kind of slow Halo/UT2003 mix with console style graphics and feel. The physics modelling is not very convincing. Menus are rigid. The futuristic atmosphere suffers from cheesy pseudo-techno clichés like a robotic female voice commenting on your bioenergy reserves etc. Although Eidos has put some effort into extra stuff such as player stats on the Snowblind site, any basic and really important features that an online player would be used to in other (real) PC fps games, such as toggling developer console, seeing your ping or a 'talk' button for messaging, are screaming their own absence. The reason is obvious; you don't really do anything with a talk button when you are playing with a joypad, do you? No patch whatsoever can save a game which is so fundamentally foul considering what PC at best could really deliver. PSB looks so bad because PC players are used to better. Comparison of general gameplay and the mp features with exclusive PC online games such as CS Source reveal the shameless truth about PSB.

Even though PSB advertises itself being something totally new, most of the older fans of the genre should still remember Deus Ex 6 years ago, the game which originally invented augmentations. Compared to DX and its immense depth of gameplay, PSB (which was at first supposed to be a DX3: Clan Wars) offers pitiful 5 augs and limits them to certain player classes, probably because too many augs would make it problematic to play using a joypad. The original DX-like freedom of creating various playing styles with different skills and augs is gone, also the masterful aug-counteraug setting which made online DXing such a thrilling and addictive stone-paper-scissors experience. The progress has in fact gone a lot backwards, which a PC player finds hard to cope with since when it comes to games, usually the sequel is expected to be better than the original. Instead of pruning the game type to a fraction of what the original DX offered, Eidos should have upgraded DX with a new engine and genuinely put effort to the mp features and we would be playing the most profound shooter ever made.

Whereas Deus Ex 2 also suffered from being a console port but was still a playable game, PSB is a total waste of money as a PC game, especially if you are looking for a good, deep online game. Instead, invest in a game made for PC players, such as HL2 for example.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Average Shooter Compared To Other Games, September 5, 2005

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Machine Gun "MnVols" (Minnesota State) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Project: Snowblind (CD-ROM)

This ain't a bad game, but it is subpar when compared to Doom 3, Riddick, Far Cry, Swat4, Brothers-in-Arms and Half-life2. Don't get me wrong, its a fun game. It just doesn't compare to other new shooters out there. I even like Area 51 better than this, and these graphics remind me of games 2 years ago. Wait for F.E.A.R. coming out in October, or get one of the other games mentioned earlier. The only upside to this game is the budget price of $10 you can get it out, but thats because its a disappointment like Pariah. It just doesnt deliver the punch that these other games do.