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* Lobby search: yes | * Lobby search: yes | ||
* Direct IP: no | * Direct IP: no | ||
- | * Play via [[GameRanger]]: no | + | * Play via [[..: |
- | * [[Coop]]: no | + | * [[..: |
* Singleplayer campaign: yes | * Singleplayer campaign: yes | ||
* Hotseat: no | * Hotseat: no | ||
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===== Overview ===== | ===== Overview ===== | ||
- | Desert Storm is a first/third person shooter, developed by [[Pivotal Games]] and released by [[Square Enix]] on 13.9.2002. The player controls a team of up to four soldiers, each having a special training background and therefore competences. These four are: | + | Desert Storm is a first/third person shooter, developed by [[Pivotal Games]] and released by [[..: |
- Squad Leader, | - Squad Leader, | ||
- Sniper, | - Sniper, | ||
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The game does not allow to use wide screen resolutions. Only automatically derived 4:3 resolutions are made available to the player. | The game does not allow to use wide screen resolutions. Only automatically derived 4:3 resolutions are made available to the player. | ||
===== Purchase ===== | ===== Purchase ===== | ||
- | The game can still be bought via [[https:// | + | The game can still be bought via [[https:// |
===== Hints ===== | ===== Hints ===== | ||
There are several peculiarities in this game, that are not so obvious. Here is a selection of them: | There are several peculiarities in this game, that are not so obvious. Here is a selection of them: | ||
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All three of them require to be not spotted before firing/ | All three of them require to be not spotted before firing/ | ||
==== SCUD Rockets ==== | ==== SCUD Rockets ==== | ||
- | There are some missions, where one of your objectives is to destroy SCUD rocket launchers. Despite the opposing in-game statements you do not require a bazooka or C4 or mines to destroy them. A simple grenade will suffice, when thrown near enough to it. This works also with your team leader' | + | There are some missions, where one of your objectives is to destroy SCUD rocket launchers. Despite the opposing in-game statements you do not require a bazooka or C4 or mines to destroy them. A simple grenade will suffice, when thrown near enough to it. This works also with your team leader' |
==== SAM Rockets ==== | ==== SAM Rockets ==== | ||
- | On some missions you will encounter SAM stations (Soil Air Missiles). They can be destroyed by gun fire. But the most effective way is to use the sniper rifle in particular. It only requires one hit on any part of the actual rocket. | + | On some missions you will encounter SAM stations (Soil Air Missiles). They can be destroyed by gun fire. But the most effective way is to use the sniper rifle in particular. It only requires one hit on any part of the actual rocket |
==== Mine Fields ==== | ==== Mine Fields ==== | ||
Mine fields will blow up when walking through them. Usually most of the mines will be gone after such a blow event. A cheaper way than blowing up a soldier is using a grenade to initiate the detonation. Be cautious! There still might be some left-overs after that. Also note, that such explosions will alarm surrounding enemy soldiers. | Mine fields will blow up when walking through them. Usually most of the mines will be gone after such a blow event. A cheaper way than blowing up a soldier is using a grenade to initiate the detonation. Be cautious! There still might be some left-overs after that. Also note, that such explosions will alarm surrounding enemy soldiers. | ||
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Also note: C4 packages are detonated in the order in which they were layed. So when laying several C4 charges in a series without blowing them up right after that, you can trigger them later, but always just one at a time. This can be particularly helpful to trigger certain mission events only after taking a more secure position. (Very often the destruction of a certain element of the map as part of a missions objective will trigger some sort of event, which usually will activate waves of enemy units, including tanks or helicopters.) But keep that in mind, when trying to blow up a tank with C4. | Also note: C4 packages are detonated in the order in which they were layed. So when laying several C4 charges in a series without blowing them up right after that, you can trigger them later, but always just one at a time. This can be particularly helpful to trigger certain mission events only after taking a more secure position. (Very often the destruction of a certain element of the map as part of a missions objective will trigger some sort of event, which usually will activate waves of enemy units, including tanks or helicopters.) But keep that in mind, when trying to blow up a tank with C4. | ||
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+ | Special Hint: The anti tank mine may be declared as an anti tank weapon, but just like the enemy mines, yours can also be used to mine entrances, exits and other narrow points in order to kill enemy soldiers (anti person mine). | ||
==== Anti Air vs. Anti Tank weapons ==== | ==== Anti Air vs. Anti Tank weapons ==== | ||
There are three different bazooka-like weapons in the game. Two are meant for destroying tanks, one is meant for helicopters. While you can destroy everything with the green bazooka and after two direct hits, everything with the cone-tip LAW bazookas, this goes //not// for the slimmer anti air weapon. This one cannot destroy tanks. It works particularly well for helicopters (compared with the anti tank weapons) as it fires immediately, | There are three different bazooka-like weapons in the game. Two are meant for destroying tanks, one is meant for helicopters. While you can destroy everything with the green bazooka and after two direct hits, everything with the cone-tip LAW bazookas, this goes //not// for the slimmer anti air weapon. This one cannot destroy tanks. It works particularly well for helicopters (compared with the anti tank weapons) as it fires immediately, | ||
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The PC version of the game does not offer a coop mode for the campaign but (team-)deathmatch maps which can be played on the local network. | The PC version of the game does not offer a coop mode for the campaign but (team-)deathmatch maps which can be played on the local network. | ||
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