Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers

This game had so much promise, especially from the reviews here. As a disabled veteran who met the enemy in the same areas depicted here, I was pretty pumped. But this... is not what I was hoping for. It's gamey... even for a game. The manual stated that you men are highly trained, and, therefore, will not engage unless ordered to. Apparently, that means even if they are in a fire position and the enemy literally strolls in front of them while you are commanding another squad or buddy team. I say poor programming, here. Also, it is gamey in that you need to click, then click again, then click again in a radial menu to get your guys to do things. This works in Neverwinter Nights because you can pause while giving orders... but not here. So, while you are clicking through an endless radial menu to get your men to do things any Trooper with a brain would do, someone is almost guaranteed to die. I am all for a brutal and fast paced game, but this game makes "fog of war" into an all-powerful-entity and the controls, paired with the (lack of) AI, just plain suck. I've done the things in this game in real life, and this does not simulate reality by even a close margin.

I`ve played this game back in the day and it was generally pretty good. All the realism, tactical movement was still there. The levels were a little linear, yet still open ended with multiple ways of progression and a lot of replay value. The best new feature was the ability to divide your 4-man fireteams into smaller squads/pairs of soldiers adding a lot more depth. FSW:TH has a very weird semi manual aiming system. It`s pretty useful but ends up feeling wrong. I know they wanted to encourage tactical play over action but normal aiming could work pretty well in this game. Just add a lot of recoil, weapon sway and bullet drop to the shooting :) Apart from that: the vehicle combat and the ability to go inside buildings are generally fun mechanics. The tactical walk (slow movement with guns drawn) sucked and never came in handy for me. On a final note: There is a checkpoint save system which is almost never good and makes the game waaaaaaaay harder and more frustrating than it should be. FSW:TH is generally a large improvement over the first one and well worth the 4 $ :)

I used to play the hell out of these games as a kid and got extremely frustrated. Not because the game was unfair, but because i wasn't smart enough to successfully accomplish combat maneuvers. The game does a great job of walking you through the basics. And the missions steadily progress in difficulty, to the point where the later missions are unforgiving. It is not impossible, and by no means unfair, just difficult. Something that i think is missing in modern day games. It does not hold your hand. This is still a fantastic squad based tactical military simulation. I'm not going to touch on the improvements from the first one because most of them have been outlined in other reviews. I would kill for a modern full spectrum warriors game, or one similar to it, but they would need to STAY AWAY from the CoD audience. They have a great system going, but the moment they implement the ability to take control of a soldier and make it a first person shooter, it's all over.

I remember playing this game as a kid and despite not being able to use a controller (xbox one) due to an issue trying to configure it with the game I am having a lot of fun!!! I really wish they made a sequel to this. If you have never played it then I would definitely recommend the purchase :)