Massive-scale terrorism has returned to American soil, with a vengeance. Without the bravery and expertise of the U.S.
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National Guard, the outcome will be truly disastrous. Through first-person shooter styled play, gamers assume the role of a National Guard serviceperson to help disarm a series of devastatingly powerful bombs that have been set to go off simultaneously in cities across the country.
The game's nine levels include familiar locations such as shopping malls, condominiums, and residential neighborhoods, where suicide attackers and desperate hostage-takers could be waiting around any otherwise-mundane corner. Patriots was developed by 4D Rulers Software with a keen perspective on its subject matter; project lead Joel Huenink served in the National Guard for eight years.People who downloaded Patriots: A Nation Under Fire have also downloaded:,©2020 San Pedro Software Inc. Contact:, done in 0.003 seconds.
From the moment you first run out of ammunition and literally explode a terrorist's head with your hammer, to the first time you trigger a Mexican-sounding terrorist into saying 'I like to shoot them 'een the eyes', you'll be aware of a stupid, illogical charm in Patriots.
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Patriots: A Nation Under Fire will require Radeon HD 2350 Pro graphics card with a Pentium 4 1.7GHz or Athlon XP 2100+ processor to reach the recommended specs, achieving high graphics setting on.
Sure, it's too hard to be any fun. Not hard in a challenging way - more in a stupid, dull way that has EASY opponents refusing to shoot, and HARD opponents taking perfect cover and sniping you from the moon.
And sure, I ended up walking outside the play zone - unable to reenter the combat, and leaving dentmarks on the invisible wall with my hammer. Sure, there's not enough ammo to give you a sporting chance, so many terrorists it just feels like a stupid zombie mod, and your squad love nothing more than to stand in your way and not move. Oh, and I couldn't get the sniper's alternate fire to work. It's easy to list a million ways in which this game fails to grip, entertain, engage or even work.
So Patriots: A Nation Under Fire may be one of the worst games I've played this year, but to its credit, it knows full well how rubbish it is. Hardly a reason to buy it, but you've got to admire the style of a company who make their terrorists sound like Speedy Gonzales. I want to give it a higher score, but I'd be quite justifiably ridiculed, attacked and sacked if I did.
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