Secret Service, is a first-person shooter

First-person shooter

First-person shooter is a video game genre that centers the gameplay on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through first-person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist. Generally speaking, the first-person shooter shares common traits with other...

 video game, developed by Cauldron HQ

Cauldron HQ

Cauldron is a game developer located in Bratislava, in Slovakia. The studio was founded in 1996 with their first project, Quadrax being released in the same year. According to the official website, Cauldron currently has 64 employees divided into 2 separate teams...

 and published by Activision Value

Activision Value

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 for Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

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, PlayStation 2

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 and Xbox 360

Xbox 360

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. The game is set in Washington D.C. on Inauguration Day, where the player assumes the role of an elite agent named Pierce, whose task is to eliminate enemies to prevent them from attacking the capitol. The game uses the CloakNT in-game engine. The game was released in North America on and was released in Europe on .

Plot

The game centers around fictional country Costa Sentava and it's attack on the United States

United States

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.

Gameplay

The gameplay is very similar to Die Hard: Vendetta

Die Hard: Vendetta

Die Hard: Vendetta is a first-person shooter video game that was exclusive to the Nintendo GameCube. It has since been released for both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and is not to be confused with the PC-exclusive Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza, also a first-person shooter.Taking place after the first...

, the James Bond

James Bond

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games, and Soldier of Fortune: Payback

Soldier of Fortune: Payback

Soldier of Fortune: Payback is the third installment of the Soldier of Fortune game series. Unlike the previous two Soldier of Fortune games, which were developed by Raven Software utilizing the Quake 2 and Quake 3 engines, Payback was developed by Cauldron HQ, developed with Cauldron's in-house...

. The game contains puzzle elements, where players must defuse bombs and unlock doors. It also uses the same reloading animations from Soldier of Fortune: Payback

Soldier of Fortune: Payback

Soldier of Fortune: Payback is the third installment of the Soldier of Fortune game series. Unlike the previous two Soldier of Fortune games, which were developed by Raven Software utilizing the Quake 2 and Quake 3 engines, Payback was developed by Cauldron HQ, developed with Cauldron's in-house...

and 007: Agent Under Fire. For instance, the Uzi in this game has the same reload animation as the Ingalls Type 20

MAC-10

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 that appeared in the latter game.

Reception

Secret Service has received generally negative reviews. IGN

IGN

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 reviewer Charles Onyett awarded the Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

 and Xbox 360

Xbox 360

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 version a 4.5 rating, praising some of the game's artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence

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 for having a bit of challenge. However, Oynett pointed out the game's single-player campaign for being too short and not featuring a multiplayer mode.

External links

• Secret Service: Ultimate Sacrifice on IGN
  IGN
  IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...