00:00Hell Let Loose Vietnam is an intentionally hellish experience. The game's firefights
00:04are intense, often unfair, sometimes heroic, and occasionally funny. On one side, you have
00:09the USA, a military superpower. On the other, the North Vietnamese Army, who are, on paper,
00:15vastly outmatched. Just as in real life, however, the NVA have a host of tricks up their sleeve
00:20to level the playing field. The large-scale battles are gripping affairs, sound design
00:24is absolutely sensational, and every role is well implemented and equally important.
00:28However, balance is slightly tilted in favour of the NVA. The fun is heavily dependent
00:32on your squad's coordination, and poor visibility can make for frustrating deaths.
00:36For a game that's so rooted in history, with a strong sense of the atrocious nature of the
00:40conflict it's based on, Hell Let Loose Vietnam largely succeeds in recreating reality in all
00:45its bloody business. That is for both good and ill, but its undeniable frustrations are
00:49never quite able to take away from the game's stomach-churningly brutal battles or its moments
00:53of sublime teamwork.
