Raven Shield or Vietcong?

01-21-2003, 02:01 AM

Which game will be better? Â*I've been playing the RS demo exclusively, but only b/c I can't play Vietcong for more than two minutes without losing connection. I know that vietcong will have different classes and vehicles available, so that will be cool. However, I don't know how innovative RS will be. What do yall think?

PimP · 01-21-2003, 02:08 AM

I think you have to go with Red Storm for a good FPS

Freedomfighter · 01-21-2003, 10:57 AM

vietcong is going to seriously upset a lot of people's view of online gaming. it has a very addictive gaming style. not only is it compelling, but the weapons are extremely well modeled (the AK is particularly gnarly) and "feel" much more lifelike than the weapons in R6-3.

there's something about R6-3 i've noticed that makes it feel a little too "sterile." there's nothing really *raw* in it. vietcong has some very rough (and appealing) edges on it, making it less stylized. there's something that's somewhat alienating about a game that looks really "clean" -- kinda like sitting on the vinyl-covered crushed-velvet sofa in your gram's living room

the weapon sounds & feel, the lush environs, the theme and time period--which is very appropo for america, i might venture to point out--and most of all, the ability to call in a freakin' strike force (??!!what??!&#33

is going to make this something quite fierce.

let's hope the developers can control all the cheating vulnerabilities that the game has already shown a great potential for. that, and the candle i have burning for the AI. if these two things are of the same quality as other aspects of the game by the time it ships, it will definitely be a force to be reckoned with.

01-21-2003, 07:15 PM

I think Vietcong is WAY over rated. It feels more like playing a good mod than an actual retail game. The character models stink (Deadly Dozen2 is better) and I think the ambient jungle sounds are crap. The foliage is kinda pretty, but SoFII did it better. The wepons are nothing to write home about. The sounds are just ok.
I think Raven Shield will blow Viet Cong away.

Syanide · 01-21-2003, 10:20 PM

Vietcong = in my opinion very simuler to Delta Force in a very weird way such as the sniping aspects of the game are simuler to me, vietcong is realistic in terms of noises and scenery etc

Raven Sheild = This game is the better of the 2 "in my opinion" because it has the UT2003 engine in it which i adore for its realistic deaths and "rag doll" effect, its realism is spot on weopon damage etc, this is MY kinda game!

Dennis S. · 01-22-2003, 07:30 PM

Hrm, for some reason I thought that the singleplayer in Vietcong should be more important than multiplayer, hence the game shouldn't be judged by the beta multiplayer demo... Raven Shield IMHO is better than Vietcong in MP, but Vietcong should kick Raven Shield's ass in singleplayer, mostly because it's the first REAL Vietnam FPS to be released (mind you I'm not considering the crappy Valusoft Vietnam budgetware as REAL games), while Raven Shield is the same old R6 style...

Bucky · 01-23-2003, 02:09 AM

Gotta agree Dennis. I got tired of the R6 series some time ago, but I really like the feel and style of VC.

Even with the mp demo, I really got a strong "being there" type of feel. R6 does indeed have a kind of sterile feel about it.

Course if the AI turns out to be a joke, I won't touch the game, so the jury is still out.