I would buy a remastered version of this game in a heartbeat.

The soldiers move very slow because of the realistic military approach of the game, you can't run into a bulletfight, and the pointman has to be slow too, it's not a regular scripted fps, actually is pretty cool because most of the things that happens depends on you and your decisions, the stealth parts are very frustrating and most of it is trial and error, but overall the game is awesome to play, I really felt almost like a true MACV. For a small company of developers I think they did a great job

Out of all the games being remastered and rebooted this one needs it the most I mean just the mechanics and immersion factor is amazing one of the best Vietnam War games

Guy screams in pain when he’s been shot Gman: Seems a bit over dramatic he just got shot with a pistol

Back when the military shooters could be interesting...

Also, this game is a cult classic in Czech republic, thanks to its amazing czech localization.

The Vietcong start menu, i remember just listening to it for hours

A graphical remake would be great ;) this game IS one of the best games ever developed.

My name is Steve R. Hawkins, intelligence sergeant." Nice to meet you. "When I first arrived in Vietnam, I got stuck in the rear for three boring weeks". Man that must have been painful....

I totally loved this game, even for its graphics. It was made by a small Czech studio so it is a bit unfair comparing it to something like Far Cry. By the way, the traps set by Vietcong most of the time had a sign near them so you could avoid them if you paid attention. You could learn about the signs in the journal before taking a mission. Great review as always!

most interesting detail about booby traps there is actualy signs of them, that vietcong soldier leave for themselfs so they can avoid it, and you can do it too if you want, and to know that you only must read your diary, there are many interesting things in there, very atmospheric

I sank hundreds of hours in this game, and ended up creating wnd leading a clan consisting of 39 international members as a 13 year old. It was amazing. I treasure this game. The traps arent cheap. Youre supposed to use the pointman indeed. Its not a run and gun game

I honostly think that your review does not do the game credit, considering you never, in my opinion, played the game the way it should have been played. The slow moving team mates are walking slow, because people never run while on patrole. The reason you missed the boobytraps, where your pointman would have told you about, is because you did not have the patience to play this game and handled it like your run of the mil run and gun first person shooter. The first time I ever played this game, I loved it. Maybe I'm biassed, but the slow moving, I thought, was immersive. Going on patrole, avoiding boobytraps, keep watching around for ambushing VC. The fact that this was one of the first games that allowed you to aim down the sights (at least of the games I played) instead of through crosshairs while shooting from the hip, just made it more beautifull. However, on some points, I agree. Like for instance the fact that some enemys can see you through everything. But in General, I still love this game and I am someone who is easily bored with games and bassicaly never finishes a game, because I mostly find some other game that makes me forget about the previous game I was playing. And with mostly, I mean every single time. But this was never the case with Vietcong. But hey, this is just my opinion.

I played the hell out of this and shellshock

LOVED this game back in the day. It didn't have a high budget, but the ideas were solid, and I think it worked great for the most part. Walking slow with the squad only raised my immersion. Also, you forgot to mention the Co-Op campaign/missions, that were awesome to play with friends. Not just "stand here and survive waves", but actual missions. The AI was extremely challenging there though.

Probably one of the most under rated shooters of all time. This game was way ahead of the pack. The reason they move so slow is because you are in a FUCKEN WAR ZONE. It is not cheap, the booby traps are marked along the paths leading up to them and punish players like yourself who run through a Vietnam jungle like it is any other game. You are meant to go slow and take your time. This whole review is judging the game from a current view point which is just stupid. Just watching the footage in this review shows you didn't understand how you were meant to play this game. No wonder you feel like the game was cheap when it came to murders. Honestly this is a pretty bad review

I loved how I could hear each individual spend casing fall to the ground as I fired. Each weapon sounded different too. By the end of the game, I could instantly tell which weapon was being fired at me without seeing it. This game literally SCREAMS for an HD remake.

Best singleplayer Vietnam experience.

An absolute classic. Excellent game.

Best vietnam game ever.

This is the best game based on Vietnam war.

I have to disagree with the reviewer regarding the voice acting and graphics.....The voices i thought were great and authentic sounding and when you compare this game to medal of Honor: Allied Assault that came out the year after, the graphics in Vietcong are way better.....

5:20 You have to check the ground before you more forward. Running through the jungle in Vietcong is a sure way to get yourself shot or blown up. It's a slower game than most shooters, the best comparison would probably be STALKER, where you have to check every corner, move carefully and enemies can kill you with a single well-aimed burst.

Best game evah

Those tunnels were hell. But I had a great time. Old school unfair gameplay. It will always rub me the right way. Overcome!

This was my first online shooter and it dragged me into the community forever :D

I remember not realizing that there was a flashlight(cos' It was bound to "L", like in some racing games) and had some real long, hard time when I used up my last save just before entering some really long underground tunnel. At first I could at least throw flares and go backwards looking at the light just to make sure that I'm not stuck pushing the wall, then I ran out of them half-way through, of course. Had to make It out blind, shooting from time to time, hoping for some charlie's campfire to light the way, and for that charlie not to one-shot me again. Not complaining, this stupid misunderstanding led to one of the most intense experiences I've had in gaming.

Another great review. I love the fact you manage to squeeze so much information into such a short run time. I don't know how you do it.

The multiplayer in this game was my first ever in an FPS so many good memories. It's the MP where this game really shined. That harbor map with Vietcong starting on the side of the hill with cave systems and shit...best map.

Man...I remember playing this game in college when I built my first gaming PC and getting my first set of 2.1 speakers. One night, guy next door came and asked me (nicely) to turn my game down. I was like..."this game is awesome". Yeah it came out in 2003, I just dated myself. This game also sticks out in my memory because it's how I learned to read a topographic map, if you fucked it up you ended up calling in an artillery strike on your own position - as there was no marker on the map indicating your current position.

Visually the game sucks, but the combat was great. There was a GREAT gameplay mechanic whereby aim down sights close to cover, a fallen tree or a low wall, would have your avatar rest his rifle on the cover in order to shoot over it. This would happen if the cover was slightly too high or too low. I had a lot of fun with multiplayer too. I would buy a remake in a heartbeat.

I absolutely LOVED this game back when it came out. Not only did I enjoy the SP at the time (though it the story is a bit...shit) but I played the MP to death. I can't believe there is still an active MP community even these days. So awesome. Might have to find my old copy and reinstall it. I always wondered why this game (and Vietcong 2) wasn't put up on Steam though.

I think this review is my favorite from you! I liked how, despite its flaws, you talk about it's strengths, such as the radio man mechanic that I find interesting.

2:22 "...teammates move so goddam slow. More often than not you just run ahead forcing them to keep up." - LOL! When the AI is actually smarter than the player. Not unless you're John Rambo, you don't run around the jungles of Vietnam during a combat patrol or in the middle of a firefight.

Just recently subscribed and been binging on all the videos pretty hard for the past two days. Really enjoying the nostalgia trip on the classic '90s and '00s titles, and also seeing some of the games I missed out on playing over the years. Anyway, keep it up and cheers from a fellow Aussie! P.s. Go the PCPP reference!

why has this never been remade?!?

Watching 2019, taking me back to 2003. I still remember the epic drill sergeant during the training. Epic title for the time, aswell as Men of Valor was a pretty decent Vietnam era game.

Wish this would come out on steam

Good review. I utterly love this game. It is probably because I was so young when I played it, but this one is close to my heart :D

"Even from a pistol shot the guy starts having a wheezing attack" You ever been shot with a pistol??? Shit hurts a fucking lot dude, you'd have a goddamn wheezing attack too

Quality game, currently replaying it again for the 15th time probably, this and H&D2 easy make it into my top 10 games. Good review mate.

One of the best shooters ever made, hands down. The coop in this game has been by far the most enjoyable I have ever played and the reason I played it in online coop communities for almost 10 years. Shoutouts to the Sixth Sense. ;) Where ArmA offers massive combined forces gameplay, this baby offers small squads that slowly make their way through dense jungle areas. And holy cow, the AI on Vietnam mode was tough as fuck. Combined with the team respawn, you really had to cover your mates properly, watch every step you took and be on your toes and ready to instantly supress with your M60. On top of that, the radio distance or the effective range of your ingame voice added to that atmosphere and immersion and made you literally shout for backup when you were pinned down by MG or sniper fire. No unlocking crap, no achievement shite, just pure bloody coop. This game is one of the most underrated masterpieces. In fact, I have been looking for a game that comes even remotely close to the atmosphere this game offered, especially in Coop, and I have yet to find one. Oh btw: We would've laughed our ass off watching you by the way you played the game. Your teammates cannot keep up and are so damn slow, so you run ahead and step into a punji or trigger a wire trap? LOL. We called guys like you the rambo type and just waited for you to get wasted, then proceeded the mission carefully. The likes of you stayed a while till they realized they didn't respawn, tried to relog and got killed or kicked off by our AA (Auto-Admin) after a few warnings, telling them to commit suicide.^^ Man, watching your review instantly dropped so many memories of assaulting morons and the good laughs we had after hearing one single Mosin round taking one down, sitting together in the jungle, thanks for that!

This game. This game is a masterpiece in its own right imo. Multiplayer, oh god the maps...while a pretty good campaign, multiplayer is where this game excels at.

I loved this so game so much. Played it for 6 years. I remember so many clan matches with great players.

I remember this one. Tried to play the demo way back in 2003, my rig couldn't handle it. Line of Sight:Vietnam, who came out the same year, was quite good (for a 2003 game). As I am currently playing through old titles, gotta say, this one does go in my "to play"list. Awesome channel.

Try Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis

I remember when I was in kindergarten I learned "screw you" from this game and I thought I was hot shit because some SF guys were saying it lmao

An excellent review and I was going to subscribe but it looks like I already had. : )

I love how you mentioned PC Powerplay. I used to read that religiously.

You can see where the mannerisms and memes he still uses today started in some cases here

The idea with the radio man in the squad is really brilliant! Much more immersive and interactive than a small objective box in the upper right corner.

Wow, happy days. Brought back good memories. I played the demo multiplayer probably 23 hours a day back then.

5:33 lol same here, specially if you had the volume up. Great review man, Vietcong 1 is still is kind of a cult classic game. I personally enjoyed the pixle sharp eye thing to spot enemies and players on lan plays, good times.

This game is one of my fave fps games of all time. Nice review bro.

I used to leave the mainscreen on while not playing and doing other stuff just to listen to the main theme, love it till this day.

This is one of the best shooter I have ever played :) It is nowhere near the System Shock 2 but pretty damn high on my list of awesome games (night jungle missions rocks)

Great review! My utmost respect to the developers they created something special!

So you complain that in order to avoid traps you have to walk slowly and actually look for them and you call that cheap. Cheap would be if they would not be possible to spot but the grenade in can is always there sitting in plain sight. I think your complaint is out of place complainging that you have to walk slow jesus christ its vietnam game FFS.

This series needs a reboot, or a remaster of the original. Get on it, 2K!

i wish there was a shooter with a campaign where you could play as an actual vietcong or a soldier of the north vietnamese army. It would be a most welcome thing

Somebody remaster this game! This game was way ahead of its time.

This game was so good back in the day. They need to remake this with today’s graphics.

Finally found you again, couldn't remember channel name cos I always watch you spacy 😂

The menu theme, Pseudo Hendrix still gives me goosebumps, such an awesome and nostalgic theme song

This game was the best online shooter for me. Played it for years on clanbase in the top clan and also won some nations cups with the NL team. Would love an exact remake with now a days graphics.

Amazing game series for the time. I loved them all.

One unique feature of sound design was that loud noises, like explosions or to lesser degree gunshots, would affect your hearing sensitivity. If creeping through jungle, Hush Puppy in hand, you could hear cases falling into grass and, more importantly, hear Charlie before you could see each other. There's no better stealth than one that isn't seperate mechanic to begin with.

I used to play this on my old laptop, crappy HP pc but it worked. I still miss it, I think this and Battlefield Vietnam are my favorites.

there was me, thinking this was a review of Purple haze VIETCONG. NOW THAT is a game i would to watch you rip to shreds

classic ... damn 17 years passed im getting really old

I remember when we first got this game! Loved it, and after the story mode we played the online for at least a few years!

ahhh, the soundtrack will never grow old!

Kinda makes me wanna hear your thoughts on Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

Memories! I really had enjoyed this game!

one of the most underrated pc games.

This game introduced me to the greatest guitar riff of all time, pseudohendrix.

Made it through the main game and its expansion on Vietnam difficulty several times. Great game. For getting through the expansion on Vietnam, an editor I know from the German PC Games magazine sent me a gift! :) Those were good times. I sold my boxed German versions for cheap years ago; the game came out in 2003 but still had DirectX 7 graphics, so for example the water has no shader effect :(. But the gun handling was awesome, I spent hours on the shooting range trying out new weapons: Early in the game, use the Mosin Nagant, it reloads slow, but has a decent zoom and kills with one shot. Later, the MP32, or what its name is fires very fast, and even later, stick to the AK47.

Always wanted to play this, I used to tease myself with this PC magazine even though my computer could never handle more than runescape and I remember reading the Vietcong article like 100 times

My favorite FPS ever! I was in clans and played so much Multiplayer I could play Halong port blindfolded :D Im gonna install it now after 7-8 years! Make a remaster!

It was awesome to play with Xfi sound card, you really hear the bullets go passed your head and into trees. Also the ringing in the ear when a handgranade explodes too close.

i love all the small,unnoticeable little things that vietcong is filled with, like for example when u stand or crouch with heavy machine gun like degateryev it has quite a bit of push-back that makes it rly hard to aim, but once u go down to crawl position, its considered that u pulled out tripod under gun for stabilization and gun in perfectly steady.

the multiplayer is so good , i can remember playing it on lan parties back then

The M16 noise was spot on

The pointman is there to show you the way AND detect traps

wow! i remember playing the demo of this game! never had money as a kid. have you heard conflict: veit nam? was on the old xbox and had 4 player co-op

The mood of this game was tremendous. Total classic.

A remaster/reboot of this would be dope, so long as it stayed faithful to the originals mechanics

"Hawkins looks mentally challenged" - GmanLives 2014

Was also the first fps that usually played without crosshair on multiplayer servers. One of my favourite games of all time. Intense firefights.

This game had an amazing multiplayer, camouflage really worked well, when somebody goes prone you cant see him. Was fun doing ambushes. Real vietcong warfare

Would like to see you review other Nam games of that era like 'Shellshock '67'

Hey gggman, I just now noticed that there's also a Vietcong 2. Will you review that later on maybe?

My friends and I used to LAN and play this on Co-op mode to see how many waves we could get through. Good times! Cool thing was it didn't require any check to play online, so we only used one copy of the game for multiplayer.

This had some of the best multiplayer for the time, especially Capture The Flag. Aim-down-sights was standard and necessary -- A newer development in the early 2000s. The weapons all kicked like mules in both directions. The maps had great flow, and the jungle environments made each match play differently. The devs even WENT to Vietnam to make their photorealistic textures of the environment -- including the Cu Chi Tunnels. There was one map in an old temple ruin that acted as the "de_dust" meatgrinder everyone wanted at the time, but even IT had great routes for sniping or flanking. I spent countless hours in this game, sometimes just spooling up the main menu to hear the "Pseudo-Hendrix" theme by Rude Kostry.

miss this game so much...

Back in the day i bought this game for $10 on rack at an Office Max store. It was tucked away with a bunch of shovelware games at the time. Played and beat the game over a weekend and now it's used to keep a cabinet level

man some of the footage you show here as in the spider hole one looks like black ops running on the source engine

Awsome review :) Do you make also a review about the second Vietcong?

was such a good game, way ahead of it's time

Would you consider in make an episode where you review, or mini-review some mods of that era that mods realy was a thing. Quake Team Fortress, Action Quake 2, Quake 2 DDay (this one have many things of this video game on it and its even older), Urban Terror, etc. ?