Issuing orders by pointing at where on the battlefield you'd like them to advance to, and then picking their targets when they're in range, you'll need to use your academy training to avoid getting them killed.Īlthough the enemy troops aren't the sharpest bayonets in the armoury, they offer a big enough threat that you'll need to tread carefully. It's here that you take control of your three commandos. After flying into the theatre of operations in the eponymous Black Hawk chopper (which resolutely stays up, much to you and your comrades' relief) and destroying all of the tanks and surface-to-air missile launchers, it's time to pound the ground. Not only is he useful for calling in air strikes and disarming mines, he has a magic medical pack that'll usually get you back on your feet in double-time, even if you've been blown up at short range by a bazooka-wielding terrorist. Along with a rifleman and a sniper, your trio also includes an engineer. You don't even need to worry too much about getting killed.
But there is a pay-off: you get to fly around in a military chopper, shooting a big gun at bad guys and tanks on a regular basis.
Quite a sartorial sacrifice, we're sure you'd agree. You might consider adding 'a member of the Delta Force' to the list, too, after playing Black Hawk Down, which pits your three-man squad against various ne'er-do-wells and ruffians in some distinctly sunny locations spanning Iran and Colombia.īut then, with all the kit that your modern commando has to wear – flak jacket, goggles, helmet, camouflage – you'd end up with a panda tan and little else. Graphics are still top notch albeit identical to the original - although this is only an add-on so we weren’t expecting much and the sounds of weapons fire will still get you immersed into the action.See a man with a suntan and he's one of two types: a builder or recently-returned holiday-maker. Suffering from the previous issues, six of the eleven levels can be chosen straight away and while this allows you to get past the difficult levels it does remove the storyline element. As you would expect new weapons and vehicles have been introduced, although don’t expect to see huge changes here. And this allows for you to choose weapons perfect for the task ahead if you didn’t have the foresight to load up with it at the beginning. There are a few changes, such as armoury caches allowing you to swap out weapons in the field. You will need the original to play this add-on and players of Black Hawk Down will be pleased to see that all the commands and controls have stayed the same, you can still control your team, jump into vehicles and use the 50 calibre machine guns when found. There are now two further campaigns to choose from Iran and Columbia, with Columbia providing the greatest change from the desert strewn landscapes. With the Team Sabre add-on, the operations have changed. (However, it didn’t prevent sales of over a million copies). (Pocket-lint) - When Delta Force: Black Hawk Down first launched in the UK, Britain was about to go to war and while the backdrop was Somalia not Iraq, the desert scenery meant for some the line between fiction and reality was too fine.