Platoon is a real-time strategy video game developed by Digital Reality and published by Monte Cristo for the PC Windows in 2002. It was also published by Strategy First as Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry Division in Vietnam. Platoon is the second video game adaptation of the 1986 war film of the same title, following the 1987 game by Ocean Software. Despite it being marketed as "the first strategy game about the Vietnam War", the first such game was actually SSI's 1986 Nam.
| Platoon | |
|---|---|
 Monte Cristo cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Digital Reality |
| Publisher(s) | Monte Cristo Strategy First |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Real-time strategy |
Plot
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The game begins with a newly promoted U.S. Army sergeant who has been ordered to lead an infantry squad in the Vietnam War.
Platoon is a mission-based tactical combat game taking place in the Vietnam Conflict. Terrain, vehicles and soldiers are all modeled and authentic, right down to the pockets on the uniforms and the types of plants and grass. The terrain affects the line of sight, and the surface and weather impose limits of the characters. The missions themselves are based on real missions undertaken during the Vietnam war. The players can group up to 30 men, including engineers and commanders.
Reception
edit| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 49/100[2] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Computer Gaming World |   [3] |
| GameSpot | 6.7/10[4] |
| GameZone | 6.5/10[5] |
| IGN | 6/10[6] |
| PC Gamer (UK) | 57%[7] |
| PC Gamer (US) | 30%[8] |
| PC Zone | 45%[9] |
| X-Play | [10] |
The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] IGN's Dan Adams said: "If you're looking for something akin to this, you could try out Soldiers of Anarchy, which is great except for the pathfinding (which you can pray they fix) or even go back to the good old days and pick up one of the Myth series or even Commandos 2. But don't waste you're [sic] money here".[6]
References
edit- ^ McNewserson, Newsey (November 19, 2002). "Platoon Ships Out". IGN. Archived from the original on May 2, 2004. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry Division in Vietnam for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- ^ Jackson, Jonah (March 2003). "Platoon" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 224. p. 99. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 3, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- ^ Grey, Bruce (December 3, 2002). "Platoon: [The] 1st Airborne Cavalry Division [in Vietnam] Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- ^ Giacobbi, Kevin "BIFF" (December 3, 2002). "Platoon - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- ^ a b Adams, Dan (December 19, 2002). "Platoon (PC)". IGN. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- ^ "Platoon". PC Gamer UK. January 2003.
- ^ Poole, Stephen (February 2003). "Platoon". PC Gamer. p. 68. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- ^ Presley, Paul (December 23, 2002). "PC Review: Platoon". PC Zone. Archived from the original on September 13, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- ^ Bemis, Greg (January 27, 2003). "'Platoon' (PC) Review". X-Play. Archived from the original on April 13, 2003. Retrieved September 7, 2017.