Vietcong: Purple Haze

by 2K Games

Product Features

• Vietcong drags you into the savage unpredictability of jungle warfare. Stalk through dense, steaming jungles as you lead an A-Team while hunting the deadly Vietcong!
• Lead as many as six specialists through 20 dramatic missions that capture the shocks and dangers of jungle combat
• Choose from 25 different weapons, from M-16s and grenade launchers to sniper rifles
• Order air strikes, ambush enemy patrols and leads your fighting force through dangerous territories
• With the Fist Alpha mission pack, you'll penetrate further into Vietnamese jungle in the late 60s. Seek out & destroy the Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army in seven new single player missions.

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: B0002GTFJE
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: July 15, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,741 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Vietcong: Purple Haze takes you into the violence and danger that was Vietnam. Collects the original Vietcong and its sequel, Vietcong: Fist Alpha. Choose from six new weapons, attach bayonets to your rifle, and be on the lookout for attacks from fighter jets & B-52 bombers Join the battle online, on new multiplayer maps All-new campaign editor for fans looking to design their own maps, mods and missions

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Singleplayer crappiness evened out by multiplayer goodness., September 28, 2004

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Saint Vengeance (Florida) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Vietcong: Purple Haze (Video Game)

Unless you have Xbox Live, don't bother wasting any money on the game - not even for a rental. Multiplayer on Xbox Live is the only saving grace, if you don't mind only having 2 choices between controller setups - both only changing the button configurations, not the sticks. It seems like a crappier, Vietnam version of Counter-Strike while online in any close-quarters fighting. Overall, don't waste your money on this game when you could buy Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow or Star Wars: Battlefront instead. You could even just wait for Halo 2. If Vietnam is what you are looking for, wait for Men of Valor.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment, April 27, 2005

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T2JRW - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Vietcong: Purple Haze (Video Game)

This game can only really be enjoyed by someone who didn't play the PC version first. I would call it "Samples of the PC Version" . . . although it follows the general story-line of the PC versions, it leaves out a lot of important missions (including considerable time in the tunnels and Hawkins' trip along the river alone to connect with the ARVN soldiers in the boat, which I was looking forward to re-playing on XBOX). In that sense, I can't even say it's a "Best of", just a "Samples of" kind of game.

Also absent, of course, is the kind of interactive detail of the PC version, like access to Hawkins' personal room and literature about the war, which you can read in the PC version. So in that sense it's much less educational.

Due to my familiarity with the storyline, I literally completed this 18-mission game over the course of about 3 days, not even playing that many hours on end. Furthermore, the game lets you save your progress whenever you want and has only 2 difficulty levels. While it's true that you sometimes pine for the option of saving at your own pace when playing console games, for me this only contributed to the lack of challenge and the speed with which I completed the game.

Overall, to see the best of Vietcong, stick to the PC version. All that the console version offers is a cheap imitation of the PC version with some worse language (something I already complained about in Conflict: Vietnam and Men of Valor . . . Vietcong is in the Men of Valor category with respect to language).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not so good for the console, November 14, 2004

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Tomahawk "tomahawk221" (Dirty South, Mississippi) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Vietcong: Purple Haze (Video Game)

Played this game when it first came out on pc. It was fun, so I was pleased to find that it made it's way to the console. Unfortunatley it's not a good game for the console at all. Terrible graphics, and I rarely make comments about graphics being bad because gameplay usually makes up for that in my book. Well the gameplay sadly was subpar. The game itself was too simple. There was no challenge. the objectives were dull and didnt have meaning. There was a whole lot of repetition. Order the point man to lead. pointman stops when enemy spotted. kill enemy. proceed. reach objective. clear enemy. secure objective. proceed to landing zone. kill enemy. board chopper. booo
I made it to the 3rd mission and cut this game off. I recommend renting this game prior to making a purchase. Some might find this game interesting, but it lacks substance to make it a great game. I would also recommend trying the demo for the pc version. It is more well balanced and more fine tuned.