U.S. Marine Corps Enters Videogame Arena

Posted by simoniker on Friday June 25, 2004 @06:09PM from the cue-star-trek-duel-music dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for its initial impressions of squad-based Xbox/PC FPS Close Combat: First To Fight, as it's explained: "The United States Marine Corps is looking to get into the [game licensing/development] action with Close Combat: First to Fight, a project it is working on with Destineer, a company formed by several ex-Bungie employees [and who also own MacSoft]." Apparently, in this Gathering-published title, a reboot of the Close Combat strategy game series: "You'll command a four-man fireteam of marines engaged in intense urban combat in a yet-to-be-named city in the Middle East", and the article author muses: "It may sound a lot like Full Spectrum Warrior... [but] instead of commanding the fireteam from third person, you'll actually play in first person as the fireteam leader."

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Sounds really similar to SOCOM... by Arkhain · 2004-06-25 19:49 · Score: 1, Offtopic

...only without using the headset to sell. Honestly, the only new 'gimmick' that sets it apart from other squad-based tactical shooters is, well, Marines, I guess. Nobody's done them yet, at least, not ground marines. Sure, Space Marines, been there, done that, gatted that Tyranid/Zerg/Alien/etc, but marine Marines, shooting terrorists?