Fans of Conflict will remember the series for its real-world war zones, accurate weapons and deep squad tactics. Be prepared for a shock. Conflict: Denied Ops ditches all of the features we came to love in favour of a fast-paced, almost arcade-like co-op blast. The four-man squad is cut down to a duo, the real war zones are now an imaginary struggle against rogue terrorist gangs and there’s no additional weapons. Our hero Lang packs a ...
January 22, 2008
Right - before we go any further, there's something you should see. It's a video of Conflict: Denied Ops in action with some details from one of the game's designers, Terry Watts. Take a look and see what you think.
All done? It all sounds great in theory, doesn't it? Co-op play, guns, environment destruction, vehicles, explosions, team orders... so why has Conflict: Denied Ops left us so underwhelmed? It's the gameplay. That same gameplay we've seen a hundred times ...
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Dec 19, 2007
How does this co-op game work if you don't have a friend to play with? Well, we don't have any friends, and we got to try out the game. You switch between characters on the fly by hitting a button at anytime. The camera does a little overhead zoom thing and flies out of one guy's head and into the other one. Whoever's brain you're not inhabiting is controlled by AI. The game did a good job of backing us up, although we only played a bit past the first ...
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Introducing the new single-player co-op. Who needs friends?
Sep 19, 2007
Sept 19, 2007
When the US government needs something shady done, they call you, an elite member of the CIA's Special Activities Division. Conflict: Denied Ops seems fairly familiar on the surface with its typical covert ops protagonists and a South American country in political turmoil. But developer, Pivotol Games has an interesting ace up their sleeve: single-player co-op.
During Conflict's single-player campaign, you'll be able to switch off between Langs, a heavy weapons gunner, and ...
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ESRB Rating
Conflict: Denied Ops is rated: Mature
Blood, Drug Reference, Strong Language, Violence