Delta Force: Urban Warfare places you in the role of John Carter, a special
forces warrior for the elite Delta Force. Previously unconnected terrorist
groups have begun to share information and work together. The result has
been a number of terrorist attacks and failed special forces operations,
including one that cost the lives of several of your friends in Delta Force.
To counter this new threat, the CIA director sends for you by name and assigns
you to go undercover and eliminate this new terrorist threat.
Urban Warfare is a first-person action game that takes you through 12
missions with a variety of objectives as you try to uncover, and put an end to,
the new terrorist threat. Unlike some of the other covert action games out
there, in Urban Warfare you do not have any backup - you go into each
mission solo. This means that you'll be outnumbered in every single
mission, and that you would be wise not to go into every situation madly
charging with gun blazing. Stealth and silent kills will go a long way
towards keeping you alive to complete a mission.
To help you take the subtle approach, the game provides you with a number of
useful tools. You'll have both infrared and night vision goggles available
to help you see in the game's numerous night missions and dimly lit corridors -
if a room is better lit than other areas, you can always shoot the lights out to
give you an advantage over your enemies. You'll also have weapons such as
a silenced pistol, proximity mines, and that age-old standby, the knife to
assist you in making silent kills or setting booby traps for unsuspecting
terrorists. You'll need them in Urban Warfare, because the terrorists in
the game have situational awareness, meaning that they will come running if they
hear a commotion. They're also smart enough to follow a trail of blood or
raise the alarm when they see a body, so it's best to keep your health up high
and to drag those dead bodies out of the way. Should you suddenly find
yourself facing a horde of angry terrorists, you can always resort to Plan B
and use one of the many automatic weapons found in the game.
If you're looking for a complex and realistic special forces sim, then Urban
Warfare might not be what you are looking for. It provides more of a
Hollywood view of covert operations, and can be thought of as a "lite" version
of special forces sims that places an emphasis on action. For example, the
game uses
the familiar "find the right keycard to advance to the next area" trick
which is much more a staple of shoot-everything-that-moves action games than of
covert ops sims.
If all you're interested in is sneaking around and killing terrorists, though,
this game might be right up your alley.
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