Spycraft

by ACTIVISION

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• ASIN: B00004U8J8
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,311 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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The secrets of international espionage are unlocked in >i>Spycraft: The Great Game. Spy masters William Colby, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Oleg Kalugin, former major general of the KGB, not only lent their espionage expertise to Spycraft but also portray themselves in the game's movies!

In Spycraft, you're challenged to go deep undercover in Russia to investigate the assassination of a presidential candidate there and to thwart a perceived threat to the life of the United States president.

To prepare for the assignment, you attend the Farm, an espionage boot camp at the CIA training facility located in Langley, Virginia. Then lead a team of special-forces operatives, carefully study satellite photos, intercept radio communications, conduct ballistics analysis, and operate a computer-based suspect-identification tool--all exercises based on actual CIA covert-ops training procedures. Infiltrate the Russian spy network, trading favors and secrets in a complex web of back scratching and lies. Like a real spy, when the chips are down, you don't really know whom to trust--rely on your intuition and inference to complete your assignment alive.

Featuring extensive use of film, video, still photography, matte paintings, and stock CIA footage, Spycraft: The Great Game authentically re-creates the world of the underground espionage agent.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Truly captures the feel, August 17, 2000

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Genesis Whitmore (Goldenrod, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spycraft (CD-ROM)

For an older game, Spycraft has aged very well. You follow in the footsteps of special agent Thorn as he tries to track down an assasin out to kill the President, criminals in the Russian Mafia, and decoding various bits of evidence.

Apparently former members of the CIA and the KGB helped keep this game realistic... and it is as realistic as a game such as this can get. You examine photos, do analysis on voice prints, trace phone calls, interrogate prisoners, and also go through dozens of other procedures on your way to solve the case. You have agents you don't know if you can trust following you, and also get a heavy dose of political bueracracy to trip you up.

The tools are obviously 'dumbed down' so that they're easy to use, but there's still a thrill to be had as you pluck the clues out yourself and find out that your hunch was right.

The only thing I might warn you about is that there's a few rather graphic scenes in this game. If gore bothers you you'd do best to pick up something else. Otherwise, go for it! Nothing aside from being an actual CIA agent will give you as much of a thrill.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You get more than what you pay for, November 3, 2000

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"mcknight22" (Reykjavik, Iceland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spycraft (CD-ROM)

SpyCraft is a game with a great plot and good movies. Its challenges are creative, although they are a little easy. The one problem is that you have to pass the challenges to move on and there is only one way to get to the end. Other than that, everything else is good. Good gameplay although being 3 cd's. A great deal for 15 bucks.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Great Game - Vista compatible, December 22, 2009

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Avals Sher "Gambit" (FL, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Spycraft (CD-ROM)

The game was actually my very first PC game way back in 1997 and of course after more than 10 years, the graphics don't even come close to today's games - which is to be expected. However, the pacing is great and it keeps you thinking. Not a game for kids (what with torture options), but given what kids play these days (what with blowing heads off of people) it's still very much relevant. Dusted the game off just recently and was actually going to throw it out given that I run Vista now. Thought I'd try it out to see if it still worked and guess what - yes, Vista was able to run it. While of course it may be just my version of Vista, but I do just have the Standard Home edition and it ran it great. So, definitely recommend.