▼ Not recommended
430 hrs
At first, I was very enthusiastic about this game, classic FPS formula shooter set in the Vietnam War? Sounded very bonkers. Early Access and hefty price tag? Well, I'm sure they've got reasons, but it'll improve right? RIGHT???
It's been practically 4 years since the game came out in Early Access. Did things improve? Yes, but not much. And there are plenty of reasons why:
The game is completely bogged down by it's indecisive and foolish lead developer. waki doesn't promote the game to wider audience, only makes obscure promises that change every time. He's completely detached from reality or wishes of the community.
EVERY developer I spoke to, both openly and in private, constantly expressed their dissatisfaction with lead dev's management and decision making. Forget EVERYTHING you know about game development with this crew. You want to implement something fun and engaging? NOPE. You want to give players a tiny bit more optimization or quality of life? NOPE. Things get implemented only if HE feels like it. Pretty much anyone who tried to convince waki to do anything about the game soon gave up hope if not quit entirely.
The recent decision of a very good QA tester to abandon working on this game was the final straw for me, hence why I'm writing this review.
There is no community management, there is no media promotion, any changes to the game require pinging lead dev 10000 times in discord, and nobody guarantees that your feedback won't be forgotten about.
Even making localization for this game is a nightmare. There is no dedicated localization team. Not only certain changes get pushed in the last second, causing all your effort to go down the drain, but also the fact that nobody who's localizing this game has access to the dev build, so every time a dev sends you new text strings, you're basically working in the blind.
Playtesting? "We have community for that!" Community is not made of rubber, there's so much limit a person can stretch out before they just explode, especially when you have to apply constant pressure to be heard.
Please, do not chase after waki or harrass him in any way. He doesn't want to improve the game, nor the interaction with the fellow developers and the community? Then so be it. You vote with your wallet after all.
Peace.
▲ Recommended
0 hrs
Do you want an ugly truth?
All of the things you hate in modern FPS gaming, the battle passes, the micro-transactions, the Pay to win mechanics, it's all your fault.
Because you play them. You do. You need that progression system, you need the tiny dopamine release of unlocking a new item you'll never use. You need to spray paint your gun with anime designs to irk other people, you need a post-malone skin in your cowboy game, you need Nicki Minaj with an RPG. All of those things are your fault.
Where is my proof? Well, obviously it's in this game right here. This absolute Gem of a passion project. A slightly buggy, awesome little game packed with nuance and content, that no one plays.
We complain about all of the irksome elements of modern AAA games, but then we Eat. Them. Up. We dream of games with no bull, no silly progression systems, no battle passes, but then when they exist, such as they do here, we ignore them. We don't pay them a second of thought.
Military Conflict: Vietnam is an absolutely beautiful arcade FPS. The devs dump loads of toys into the game regularly and behave like a group of people who just adore playing their own game and want to add more stuff to it just so they can play with it. Dozens of firearms and gear items that no other game has every put in a game are here, faithfully recreated. The maps are fantastic, the asymmetrical teams are cool but not unbalanced, the gunplay is fast and vicious. It's a splendid game, and if you want to put your money where your mouth is on all the complaining about modern gaming, you should be on here too. The bots are fantastic, just playing this game in a bot server with a group of 2-4 friends is a blast.
People complain about dead games a sentence after they complain about AAA titles, and they will do this complaining while on a 150$ AAA game while they leave this 15 dollar game behind.
Don't just look at this game as a badass little vietnam game, don't just look at it as a chance to play with all kinds of cool toys no other game gives you. Look at this game as a big middle finger to the battlefields, the call of duty's, the delta forces, the Fortnites, the corporate monsters that are as much a Casino as a Video game. Don't spend 150 dollars on a half-ass game with 20 Dollar skins, spend 15 here and maybe you'll remember what fun felt like when you were a kid and not everything had to constantly be rewarding you or tricke-feeding you garbage for you to feel like it was worth your attention.
Let's stop rewarding evil, and start rewarding awesome, here and now, shall we?
