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Project IGI 2: Covert Strike

IT'S THE AGE OLD tale of boy meets gun, boy hears about terrorists / nazis / bad guys operating in a foreign land (with rather nasty plans for the good old US of A, of course), boy takes gun for a sortie behind enemy lines, gun does all the talking. There's nothing interesting or new in the story - but that's ok, there never is. Just be sure that there is one (of a sort) and it's nicely presented with cut scenes that use the graphics engine to great effect. Neat, but not groundbreaking.

En av våra största engelska spelsidor har satt i system att prata om återspelningsvärde hit och dit. Rätt tragiskt egentligen, med tanke på hur extremt få titlar som förtjänar din uppmärksamhet till att börja med. IGI2 är ett sällsynt actionspel för en spelare som fungerar i det långa loppet, men för vad det kostar i hårdvara är jag beredd att kräva lite bättre grafik. Spelet tappar ochslå på att Jones klarar av för lite. Mot slutet är svårighetsgraden på topp, men även om det är kul att spela förvånas man inte längre över hur lite huvudpersonen kan göra. En bredare och kompetentare Jones hade varit önskvärt, men inte på bekostnad av ett mycket komplexare spelsystem. Betyget kan inte bli annat än högt, men jag är bara alldeles på toppen av isberget. Jag spelar om nivåer lite då och då, men jag har fått mersmak. En mersmak som bara hålls i schack av att spela mera, men som inte stillas. Som inte lär bli stillad innan IGI3 når butikerna. Om ett sådant nu kommer, vill säga.

IGI2 gives you control of David Jones, an ex-army man recruited by IGI (Institute for Geotactical Intelligence). IGI is a group of highly trained elite warriors, controlled by the private sector and founded by Senator Pat Lenehan.

Project IGI 2 is based around the adventures of a British operative by the name of David Jones. Jones works for an international agency known as the Institute for Geotactical Intelligence (IGI). At IGI he performs conducts various missions from assassinations to demolitions. In over 18 missions, Jones ventures across vast foreign terrains, in deserts, arctic mountains, and forests. With gadgets and over 30 weapons at his disposal, Jones single-handedly evades and destroys entire squads of terrorists.

Een leuke afwisseling voor al die 3D shooter eenheidsworst die we hier al jaren op ons bord krijgen...

IGI-2 offers some intense stealth and tactical gameplay that spans authentic real-world locales and believable situations that could be taken from today’s headlines. You are truly one man against an army, and this game does a fantastic job of creating an atmosphere where the tension can be cut with a combat knife.

Sie sind David Jones und Ihr Job ist es, stets haarscharf am Tod vorbeizuschrammen. In 19 Missionen kämpfen Sie sich mal schleichend, mal schießend durch feindliche Anlagen. Sie überfallen gegnerische Konvois im Alleingang, retten in den letzten Sekunden vor einer Explosion Ihre Haut und sprengen strategische wichtige Brücken. Kurz: Sie spielen Held. Jones lässt sich am ehesten als eine Kreuzung aus James Bond und Rambo charakterisieren: Er hantiert mit Nachtsichtgeräten, Satellitenkarten und Laptops. Aber er ist auch geschult im Umgang mit Messer, Granaten, Pistole und Sturmgewehr.

Det är kul att se när en utvecklare verkligen lyssnar till spelköparna och tar i för att rätta till de forna misstagen. IGI2 är ett strålande exempel på en bra uppföljare och lever på meriter som dynamisk struktur, balanserat upplägg och utmanande spelbarhet. Innerloop har lyckats.

IGI 2 partait bien mais il a un pneu crevé. Les quelques défauts et lacunes dont souffre le jeu ne sont pas dramatiques mais suffisent à gâcher un peu le gameplay. D'autant plus que dans un registre assez similaire, David Jones va se trouver directement confronté à Sam Fisher. Et je suis loin d'être convaincu que l'issue du combat tourne en sa faveur.

Yes the levels are large, yes the AI is very impressive - guards manage to run and set alarms off before you can even get a shot off - but the problem is, is that it doesn’t bring anything new to the genre. Unfortunately in this genre that has been dominated by the likes of Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid anything new can’t just be good, it has to be bloody impressive and unfortunately Project IGI 2 is good but not special.

I.G.I 2 gefällt mir persönlich weitaus besser als etwa Unreal 2. Jeder Level ist wie ein gigantischer Spielplatz und bietet viele spielerische Freiheiten. Nicht nur Ballern ist angesagt. Durchs Gebüsch kriechen, mit dem Messer rumfuchteln und lautlos zuschlagen - genau wie in meiner Kindheit. Ich kann mich gar nicht mehr dran erinnern, wann ich das letzte Mal bei einem Ego-Shooter ein Messer benutzt hab. Doch wir müssen objektiv bleiben und gewisse Mängel sind eben nicht zu übersehen. Die Gegner sind oft doof, dafür können sie sehr gut zielen. Auch die Animationen der Feinde befriedigen nicht immer und viele Objekte sehen auf kurze Distanz etwas detailarm aus. Das fällt vor allem in Gebäuden auf. Aber was soll ich sagen? Ich liebe dieses Spiel trotzdem.

In closing, I must say I've really enjoyed playing IGI2: Covert Strike. It offers plenty of single-player gameplay hours, as well as a fully functional multiplayer mode, which doesn't bring anything radically new, but it's fun to try nonetheless. Essentially, the sneaker shooter gameplay is a lot of fun. You can literally spend days on this game, which is a good enough reason to shell out some of your cash for it. IGI2 represents a solid sequel that in many ways improves on the original concept. It rarely happens that a sequel outperforms the original, so I think the team at Innerloop deserves credit for their hard work.

IGI is an organization created to make sure that the western world is protected. From whatever angle may come, whether that be from other nations or independent terrorists. Missions are completed covertly when possible, with force when necessary. David Jones is an IGI agent. One adept at killing quietly and completing very tricky assignments efficiently with as little mess as can be helped. At the beginning of IGI 2, you find yourself infiltrating a mountain base in order to recover EMP technology that could be extraordinarily bad in the wrong hands. As the game progresses, you'll realize things are quite a bit trickier than originally thought. Time for some good old fashioned killing for vengeance and a little bit of fun.

Tapps, tapps, tapps, dann macht die Kamera Piep-Piep und wenig später der Alarm Heul-Heul. Nur ich sitze ganz still vor dem Monitor – denn es ist teilweise schon sehr spannend, in I.G.I. 2 heil durch die Levels zu kommen. Die vergleichsweise unkomplizierte Mischung aus viel Schleichen und etwas Ballern macht vor allem dann Spaß, wenn ich alle Gegner besiegt habe und mich leise triumphierend dem Ausgang nähere. So gut wie Splinter Cell ist das Programm allerdings an keiner Stelle: Es sieht viel unspektakulärer aus, außerdem sind die Missionen langweiliger aufgebaut. Die Levels sind fast alle riesig, nur habe ich davon beinahe nichts, denn ich krabble meist auf ziemlich linearen Wegen dem Ziel entgegen. Fazit: eine Empfehlung nur für hart gesottene Schleich-Fans.

Codemasters has picked up Innerloop’s sequel to Project: I’m Going In, IGI: 2 Covert Strike, from Eidos Interactive. In IGI2, you take control of David Jones, an ex-army man recruited by the Institute for Geotactical Intelligence (IGI). IGI is a group of trained warriors, founded by Pat Lenehan. You have to prove yourself to be among the best of the best.

When the first IGI came out a couple years ago, it featured some really cool, innovative concepts. However, lousy AI and monotonous level design plagued the game. Now, IGI 2: Covert Strike has hit store shelves. While the game does feature some nice improvements over its predecessor, it can’t really compete with the much better action titles out there.

Despite a few minor glitches, a fairly high level of difficulty, and sometimes frustrating AI, IGI 2 is a solid release in the stealth shooter market. Although it may not appeal to all fans of the genre, it does a decent job of what it set out to do: to deliver a compelling storyline and engaging sequence of events to hold the interest of the player. There are no real complaints about the quality of graphics or sound, and the noted improvements over the original make great additions to the game. IGI 2 may not be the best stealth game to date, but it definitely isn't the worst. For those with an interest in the stealth action genre, IGI 2: Covert Strike certainly will not disappoint.

IGI 2 n'est certes pas le FPS du siècle, mais ses missions à multiples rebondissements et son mode multi assez original sont suffisamment attrayants pour que l'on gaspille une vingtaine d'heures devant l'écran à jouer au James Bond des égoûts. Les maps sont superbes et immenses, ce qui donne enfin un vrai sens au mot snipe.

La difficulté très mal gérée (peut-être est-ce dû à mon style de jeu), le peu de variété dans les méthodes d’approches et le côté un peu too much qu’a donné peut-être inconsciemment Innerloop à cet IGI 2 : Covert Strike le rendent rapidement lassant, voire frustrant pour ceux comme moi qui n’arrivent vraiment pas à se mettre dans la logique du jeu. On aurait aimé des différences plus marquées dans ce que tentait de réaliser le développeur, mais si vous aimez le style du jeu et la difficulté, vous allez vous régaler.

I think the games real failing is it doesn't satisfy as either a great stealth game or a great action game. The result is a fairly decent but flawed piece of entertainment though. As I said at the start it is a crowded marketplace out there and a title like No One Lives Forever 2 can be vastly more entertaining and fun. If you've already bought that and played through most of the other titles out there IGI2 is worth a look. If you are unsure, the single player demo which was graciously released along side the game rather than months after it, gives you a very good taste of what the full product will bring. So is IGI 2 good? Yes and no. It is a mix of the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Après un premier opus plein de bonnes idées mais souffrant d'un gameplay poussif, le titre revient dans une version revue, mais pas totalement corrigée.

Om kort te zijn, IGI 2 stelt ons teleur. Het spel biedt geen meeslepende plot, geen adembenemende graphics of momenten van bloedstollende spanning. Het is geen stealth game, noch is het een shooter. Het is een misser.

It stands to reason then, that if you liked the original, you'll love this. It's more of the same, but bigger, bolder and more intense. There's a great game hidden away inside, but only if you're prepared to put some serious time into playing it.

The original Project IGI was cursed with probably the worst name ever seen in gaming (except perhaps that old PC Engine game, Bonk). It was also cursed with some pretty poor AI and basic gameplay flaws, not to mention a difficulty level straight from Satan's bowels, but it definitely had something. It may have been that it hinted at something better, it may have been that there were some real moments of quality or it may have been that it received a fair amount of hype but it sold quite well and some people didn't think it was crap.

Sometimes a mediocre game can seem worse than an outright dud. When you're playing an obviously terrible game, you can usually put it safely aside and move on to something better. But mediocre games like Innerloop Studios' IGI 2: Covert Strike trick you into thinking that there might be something great just around the corner, only to repeatedly disappoint you. The previous game, Project IGI, was an above-average shooter when it was released in 2000, despite some serious shortcomings. But things have changed since then--more-sophisticated and more-stylish action games such as Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, No One Lives Forever 2, and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell have raised the bar for action games. Yet Innerloop has slid under it with IGI 2, which is a shooter that might have seemed exciting if it had been released in 2000, but is mostly forgettable now.

The game has many frustrating bugs like this, even with the patch, it is still buggy. If you were looking for an adventurous game, the only adventure you are going to get is an adventure in headaches. However, if you can handle minor bugs and remember to use everything that looks useable, this game might be up your alley. At least this game has good voice acting.

Sometimes you have to wonder aloud exactly how and/or why a marginal game gets a sequel. It makes sense when they sell like hotcakes or have an enormous, dedicated following, but what about when they're just a mediocre game to begin with?