Shellshock: Nam '67

Description

Shellshock takes you back to the years of the Vietnam war. You take on the role of a rookie soldier on his first tour of duty. Using a third-person perspective, you experience napalm bombardments of civilian villages, sneaky night missions along the river banks, claustrophobic tunnel systems and huge battles in temples and open fields. Most missions are played as a team, but your team members cannot die and do no influence the mission objectives. You will have to assassinate enemy generals, take out crucial boats and guide your team through unknown territory.

The game does not have drivable vehicles, multiplayer options or extensive environmental interaction, but it features a particular system of dismantling the many bombs and traps: in a race against time, you have to perform a long key sequence in the correct order to clear the path. The atrocities on both sides are clearly shown in the cutscenes, filmed as through a shaky hand-camera. Either side is not afraid to abuse civilians for their cause and this sense of realism gives the game a rather raw edge. You can even purchase the services of hookers in the base camp.

Alternate Titles

• "弹震症：越南1967" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "SSN67" -- Common abbreviation
• "Shellshock: Вьетнам’ 67" -- Russian spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Historical conflict: Vietnam War
• Shellshock series

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User Reviews

An alright game, but has too many shortcomings.	Xbox	bobthewookiee (58)
The closest to a Full Metal Jacket game.	PlayStation 2	Big John WV (24321)

The Press Says

PGNx Media	PlayStation 2	Oct 08, 2004	6.9 out of 10	69
Game Chronicles	Xbox	Oct 29, 2004	6.2 out of 10	62
Worth Playing	PlayStation 2	Oct 19, 2004	6 out of 10	60
IGN	PlayStation 2	Sep 20, 2004	5.8 out of 10	58
Jeuxvideo.com	Xbox	Sep 06, 2004	11 out of 20	55
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation 2	Sep 06, 2004	11 out of 20	55
Game Over Online	Xbox	Oct 19, 2004	55 out of 100	55
GameSpot	Windows	Sep 16, 2004	5.4 out of 10	54
Game Shark	Windows	Sep 29, 2004	D+	33
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Windows	Sep 18, 2004	30 out of 100	30

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Trivia

Shellshock: Nam '67 was named #4 Worst Game of the Year in the 14th Annual Computer Game Awards issue of Computer Games Magazine (March 2005).