Vietnam '65

Slitherine · Mar 5, 2015

Rating pending

About

It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.

In order to win the Hearts and Minds of the local population you will need to search for and destroy the Vietcong (VC) insurgents, who infiltrate from the Ho Chi Minh trail and destabilize the province by intimidating the locals, laying mines and ambushing your forces.

The insurgents also have a bigger brother, the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). This well trained, conventional army have much wider ambitions than the VC, they want to take total control of the valley, a stepping stone to unifying North Vietnam with the South under communist rule.

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Critic 7.2 (3 critics) · Gamer 8.0

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Critic 7.8 (4 critics) · No ratings yet

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IGN
Robert Hähnel · Mar 06, 2015
8.5
Wäre Vietnam '65 ein durchschnittliches Spiel geworden, hätte man es vielleicht nur wegen seines Settings empfehlen können. Weil Vietnam '65 aber so viel mehr ist als nur durchschnittlich, ist es uneingeschränkt für jeden zu empfehlen, der eine etwas andere Art von Strategie sucht. Eine Art von Strategie, in der Sieg ein so schwammiges Konzept ist, wie in der historischen "Vorlage" des namensgebendes Krieges.
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Lespol · Mar 20, 2015
5.5
Vietnam '65 est un petit jeu de stratégie plutôt original sur le fond comme sur la forme qui présente en prime un vrai challenge. Il lui manque toutefois une plus grande diversité que ce soit dans ses modes de jeu, ses unités, ses maps, etc. Finalement, on refait en boucle des batailles de 2 heures quasiment identiques sans autre source de motivation que de remplir quelques achievements. Bref, il ne tient pas sur la longueur et c'est bien dommage.
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Multiplayer.it
Mattia Armani · Mar 19, 2015
7.5
I difetti, sia chiaro, non mancano ma gli sviluppatori sono già al lavoro su una patch che apporterà modifiche rilevanti all'interfaccia e aggiungerà effetti climatici oltre a nuovi modificatori per il combattimento. L'unico vero problema, in sostanza, sembra essere quello dell'offerta che dal punto di vista contenutistico è piuttosto scarna benché parzialmente giustificata da un prezzo abbordabile.
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