Codename Eagle...more ways to KILL!
Written: Jan 27 '01 (Updated Jan 27 '01)
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Pros: Great multiplayer game, best I have found yet.
Cons: Yeah, I guess its ANOTHER clone
The Bottom Line: This game is a fantastic game for the gamer who is looking for a bit of a twist to the generic DOOM.
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| Trouto's Full Review: Codename Eagle For Windows |
Ok, ok. I know that Codename Eagle looks like another 'DOOM' clone, and I guess in a way it is. There is the usual 1st person kill-or-be-killed attitude, but with a few differences to tweak your interests. Codename Eagle has vehicals. Planes, trucks, tanks, bikes, even blimps!!!
Codename Eagle is nothing new, nor is it groundbreaking stuff. The graphics are good, nothing special, and the sound is likewise. It's a good idea, done time and time again, but finally, has a few different ways to kill someone. Set around the World War Two era, the guns are not futeristic, rather perfectly descriptive of the era. You get pistols, rifles, flamers, snipers, and rockets, with a few grenades chuked in for fun :). Boring!! You all say...were is the plasma and lightning guns??? How am I suppost to do any serious damage??? Tanks my friend!! Nothing beats a tank shell in the guts!!
The vehicals are very easy to use. Just go near them, and use a single action key. Movement is the same as walking, and shooting is used by mouse aiming (apart from the plane, you need to use inverted keys for this one). This game is the most fun networked!! I love it when you are being chased down by a truck with machineguns, only to find an empty tank, jump in and blast them away. The variety makes this game perfect for LAN sessions, and hopefully, net gaming.
The solo game is different to doom again. You have missions to complete, with different objectives and tactics to use. Sort of like the missions in Rainbow 6, you have stealth, rescue and blasting-the-baddies missions. With the vehicals, this adds another dimension to the well worn basic shoot 'em up. I won't hold the fact that it is a clone against this game. They have taken the time to alter and add effects and variety, all for your gaming pleasure. A top multiplayer game in my book.
Recommended:
Yes
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Member: Jamie Piotrowski
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