I.G.I. 2 Covert Strike

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Product Features

• Stealth gameplay - A silent takedown will give a significant advantage. There will be many points in the game where you are encouraged to use subtlety and intelligence, rather than brute force, in order to overcome an obstacle
• Story driven single-player game. Continuing from where the first game left off, Jones is once again at the forefront of preventing international terrorism, world catastrophe and betrayal at the very highest level
• 19-mission campaign set in real world locations spanning three continents, ranging from all-out base assaults to covert surveillance and infiltration; thefts and escapes in outdoor and indoor, urban and rural environment
• More than 30 guns and other accurately modelled real-world weapons, including: knives, pistols, assault and sniper rifles, sub machineguns, miniguns, rocket launchers and grenades
• You are a hero - a highly capable and resourceful lone operative inserted deep into enemy territory against overwhelming odds

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000645ZH
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: March 4, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,879 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Product Description
Characters: David Jones: Born in Cardiff in 1965 David Jones was a bit of a tearaway as an adolescent. After spending a short period in a youth detention centre, he immediately joined the British Army. Plenty of hard work and training defined him as one of the most highly regarded NCOs in the parachute regiment. Shortly after his sixth year in the services he applied to join the Special Air Service Regiment. He left the regiment after three years service due to an injury sustained during

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars So-so on fun, but frustratingly buggy!, April 2, 2003

By	"mordecai25" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

As a fan of the first IGI, I eagerly awaited IGI 2. As other reviewers have stated, the game looks very nice, but something about the gameplay is lacking. Worse, when you reach the 3rd or 4th mission, many users are encountering a major bug that shuts down the game and brings you back to windows. I haven't been able to proceed past this point and I gave up trying. I'm now waiting for the inevitable patch. (I'm running XP on a 2.4GHZ, HP wih a 128 NVidia 4200Ti.) I was enjoying the game up to that point. I certainly wouldn't call it great, but it WAS fun. That is, until it stopped working altogether. Save your money until a patch is released.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sorely lacking..., March 14, 2003

By	"ericcain" (Overland Park, KS USA) - See all my reviews

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Difficult game, March 15, 2003

By	Robert M. Matthews (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.