Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn
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Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn, otherwise known as Chase the Express (チェイス・ザ・エクスプレス Cheisu Za Ekusupuresu), is a video game created by Sugar and Rockets for the PlayStation, and released in 2000. On March 16, 2000 Activision announced that they had acquired the North American publishing rights to Sony Computer Entertainment's Japanese action-adventure game, Chase The Express. The game was then renamed Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn for the North American market.
strike on the Blue Harvest, an armored train. He is aided by Christina Wayborn throughout the game, the French ambassador
's bodyguard and the NATO council. Traveling around the various carriages of the train, the player must defeat the terrorists, find the French ambassador, and prevent the terrorists from using a nuclear weapon
.
The terrorists, under the leadership of Boris Zugoski, detonate some C4 charges in parts of the train, kill all those who resist and take the French ambassador's family hostage. At a certain point in the game Boris is killed by Jack and it appears that the ambassador's assistant, Phillip Mason, is actually a double agent
sent to steal a data disk from the Blue Harvest.
The ending depends upon what data disk the player gave Mason.
Good endings consist of Mason attempting to escape in the helicopter but being stopped by Jack who stops the nuclear bombs on board. The Ambassador is saved as is Billy.
Bad endings consist of Mason escaping and remaining at large. Jack then stops the nuclear bombs however the Ambassador dies as does Billy.
, with other elements including puzzle solving, key searching, stealth and, at several points, driving the train. The game is divided into levels which take place on each carriage of the train, one such carriage may require the player to find key A that opens door B, while another could lead to a boss battle before disarming a bomb. The story here is not totally linear, events can change the entire game's course. The player can use hand-to-hand combat or ranged combat using a variety of weapons. Weapons can be customized using parts obtained throughout the game.
Game saves are completed in the train's toilets, where there is also an item box to store items inside.
! Actor/Actress || Role
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| Avi Landau || Jack Morton
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| Colleen Lanki || Christina Wayborn
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| Dean Harrington || Boris Zugoski
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| Mike Worman || Pierce Simon
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| Jeff Manning
|| Phillip Mason
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| David Schaufele || Billy MacGuire
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| William Ross
|| Anderson
|}
gave Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn a poor 4.8 out of 10 criticising the gameplay of the game for bad controls and game design despite praising the graphics stating the game had "detailed environments and solid player models".
Plot
The player controls Lieutenant Jack Morton of NATO, the sole survivor of a terroristTerrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
strike on the Blue Harvest, an armored train. He is aided by Christina Wayborn throughout the game, the French ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
's bodyguard and the NATO council. Traveling around the various carriages of the train, the player must defeat the terrorists, find the French ambassador, and prevent the terrorists from using a nuclear weapon
Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first fission bomb test released the same amount...
.
The terrorists, under the leadership of Boris Zugoski, detonate some C4 charges in parts of the train, kill all those who resist and take the French ambassador's family hostage. At a certain point in the game Boris is killed by Jack and it appears that the ambassador's assistant, Phillip Mason, is actually a double agent
Double agent
A double agent, commonly abbreviated referral of double secret agent, is a counterintelligence term used to designate an employee of a secret service or organization, whose primary aim is to spy on the target organization, but who in fact is a member of that same target organization oneself. They...
sent to steal a data disk from the Blue Harvest.
The ending depends upon what data disk the player gave Mason.
Good endings consist of Mason attempting to escape in the helicopter but being stopped by Jack who stops the nuclear bombs on board. The Ambassador is saved as is Billy.
Bad endings consist of Mason escaping and remaining at large. Jack then stops the nuclear bombs however the Ambassador dies as does Billy.
Gameplay
The game is a third-person shooterThird-person shooter
Third-person shooter is a genre of 3D action games in which the player character is visible on-screen, and the gameplay consists primarily of shooting.-Definition:...
, with other elements including puzzle solving, key searching, stealth and, at several points, driving the train. The game is divided into levels which take place on each carriage of the train, one such carriage may require the player to find key A that opens door B, while another could lead to a boss battle before disarming a bomb. The story here is not totally linear, events can change the entire game's course. The player can use hand-to-hand combat or ranged combat using a variety of weapons. Weapons can be customized using parts obtained throughout the game.
Game saves are completed in the train's toilets, where there is also an item box to store items inside.
Cast
{| class="wikitable"! Actor/Actress || Role
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| Avi Landau || Jack Morton
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| Colleen Lanki || Christina Wayborn
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| Dean Harrington || Boris Zugoski
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| Mike Worman || Pierce Simon
|-
| Jeff Manning
Jeff Manning
Jeff Manning, sometimes credited as Jeffrey Manning, is an English-language voice actor who is known primarily for his work on the North American English dub of Iron Chef, as well as roles in several video games, and voice-overs on numerous television commercials. He previously worked for Mickey's...
|| Phillip Mason
|-
| David Schaufele || Billy MacGuire
|-
| William Ross
William Ross
-Politicians:*William Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock , Secretary of State for Scotland in the 1960s*William Ross , merchant, ship builder and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada...
|| Anderson
|}
Reception
IGNIGN
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gave Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn a poor 4.8 out of 10 criticising the gameplay of the game for bad controls and game design despite praising the graphics stating the game had "detailed environments and solid player models".