Shellshock: Nam '67
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Shellshock: Nam '67 is a third-person shooter set during the Vietnam War
in which the player takes control of a newly drafted U.S. soldier. It was released for the PlayStation 2
, Xbox
, and PC
platforms on September 14, 2004. It was published by Eidos Interactive
and developed by Guerrilla Games
.
. A CH-47 Chinook
containing the player, Cal Walker, and other G.I.s, lands at Tan Son Nhut Air Base
in southern Saigon. Walker, along with his squad mate, Private Kowalski, are chosen by a CO
to participate in an air assault on a Viet Cong encampment within Kon Tum province
. Walker and Kowalski are put under the command of Lieutenant O'brien along with another G.I. nicknamed Short Timer. As Walker and his squad proceed through the area, a friendly fire incident, involving flawed mortar coordinates, forces another G.I. named Tomkins, to join the squad. Along with the help of a special operations squad, led by a Sergeant Ramirez, Walker and the others clear out the VC encampment. The encampment is soon after converted to a firebase which serves as a head quarters for Walker and his unit.
Soon after, Walker's squad is tasked with investigating VC activity in a nearby village. The squad is also charged with finding a journalist who had recently gone missing in the village. After learning about the dangers of booby traps, the squad then proceeds to the village. However, it becomes very clear that the villagers are aiding the VC when the squad is ambushed in the rice paddies just outside the village. After clearing out the VC, Walker begins the task of searching for weapon caches within the village. After finding numerous hidden weapons and supplies, the squad begins searching for the missing journalist, and shortly thereafter find him being held hostage by several VC. They jumped to the next task of seizing an old French fort and defend it from the Viet Cong. As the game progresses, the group members began to die one by one in various missions to come. New soldiers are later introduced and Walker joins special forces. They take on subversive, rescue, and assault missions. Cal's final mission is to defeat General Diem, the game's main antagonist. He succeeded and delivered the General Diem's severed head to the base.
The game ends with only Walker and another South Vietnamese Army soldier named Monty with the rest of the squad dead following a massive joint NVA and VC attack on the Kontum. Walker ends his tour of duty and continues a second tour of duty with his own special operations squad.
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
in which the player takes control of a newly drafted U.S. soldier. It was released for the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
, Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
, and PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
platforms on September 14, 2004. It was published by Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive Ltd. is a British video game publisher and is a label of Square Enix Europe. As an independent company Eidos plc was headquartered in the Wimbledon Bridge House in Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton....
and developed by Guerrilla Games
Guerrilla Games
Guerrilla Games is a first party video game developer and wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment. The company is based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, currently employs approximately 150 individuals, and is headed by managing director Hermen Hulst and development director Arjan...
.
Plot
The game starts in January of 1967 in Saigon, South VietnamSouth Vietnam
South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...
. A CH-47 Chinook
CH-47 Chinook
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its top speed of 170 knots is faster than contemporary utility and attack helicopters of the 1960s...
containing the player, Cal Walker, and other G.I.s, lands at Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Tan Son Nhut Air Base was a Republic of Vietnam Air Force facility. It is located near the city of Saigon in southern Vietnam. The United States used it as a major base during the Vietnam War , stationing Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine units there...
in southern Saigon. Walker, along with his squad mate, Private Kowalski, are chosen by a CO
Commanding officer
The commanding officer is the officer in command of a military unit. Typically, the commanding officer has ultimate authority over the unit, and is usually given wide latitude to run the unit as he sees fit, within the bounds of military law...
to participate in an air assault on a Viet Cong encampment within Kon Tum province
Kon Tum Province
Kon Tum province lies in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam and shares borders with Laos and Cambodia. It has an area of 9,934 square km and a population of approximately 330,000. The economy is primarily agricultural.-Name:...
. Walker and Kowalski are put under the command of Lieutenant O'brien along with another G.I. nicknamed Short Timer. As Walker and his squad proceed through the area, a friendly fire incident, involving flawed mortar coordinates, forces another G.I. named Tomkins, to join the squad. Along with the help of a special operations squad, led by a Sergeant Ramirez, Walker and the others clear out the VC encampment. The encampment is soon after converted to a firebase which serves as a head quarters for Walker and his unit.
Soon after, Walker's squad is tasked with investigating VC activity in a nearby village. The squad is also charged with finding a journalist who had recently gone missing in the village. After learning about the dangers of booby traps, the squad then proceeds to the village. However, it becomes very clear that the villagers are aiding the VC when the squad is ambushed in the rice paddies just outside the village. After clearing out the VC, Walker begins the task of searching for weapon caches within the village. After finding numerous hidden weapons and supplies, the squad begins searching for the missing journalist, and shortly thereafter find him being held hostage by several VC. They jumped to the next task of seizing an old French fort and defend it from the Viet Cong. As the game progresses, the group members began to die one by one in various missions to come. New soldiers are later introduced and Walker joins special forces. They take on subversive, rescue, and assault missions. Cal's final mission is to defeat General Diem, the game's main antagonist. He succeeded and delivered the General Diem's severed head to the base.
The game ends with only Walker and another South Vietnamese Army soldier named Monty with the rest of the squad dead following a massive joint NVA and VC attack on the Kontum. Walker ends his tour of duty and continues a second tour of duty with his own special operations squad.
Soundtrack
- Bobby BlandBobby BlandRobert Calvin Bland better known as Bobby "Blue" Bland, is an American singer of blues and soul. He is an original member of the Beale Streeters, and is sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues"...
- "Yield Not To Temptation" - Country Joe and the Fish Country Joe and the FishCountry Joe and the Fish was a rock band most widely known for musical protests against the Vietnam War, from 1966 to 1971, and also regarded as a seminal influence to psychedelic rock.-History:...
- "Bass Strings" - Eddie FloydEddie FloydEddie Lee Floyd is an American soul/R&B singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s and the song "Knock on Wood".-Biography:...
- "Big Bird" - Eddie KirkEddie KirklandEddie Kirkland was an American electric blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer, and songwriter.Kirkland, known as the "Gypsy of the Blues" for his rigorous touring schedules, played and toured with John Lee Hooker from 1949 to 1962...
- "The Hawg, Part One" - Jimmy Powell & the Five DimensionsJimmy Powell (singer)Jimmy Powell is a British former soul and rhythm and blues singer who recorded and performed throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, and is best remembered as the lead singer of Jimmy Powell & The 5 Dimensions, a group that briefly included Rod Stewart.-Early life and career:Powell was born in Selly...
- "Sugar Babe" - John Lee HookerJohn Lee HookerJohn Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark...
- "I Don´t Wanna Go To Vietnam" - Juicy LucyJuicy Lucy (band)Juicy Lucy is a blues-rock band formed on April 1, 1969. After the demise of The Misunderstood, vocalist Ray Owen, steel guitarist Glenn Ross Campbell, and saxophone player Chris Mercer formed Juicy Lucy...
- "Who Do You Love?" - Percy SledgePercy SledgePercy Sledge is an American R&B and soul performer who recorded the hit "When a Man Loves a Woman" in 1966.-Early career:...
- "Warm and Tender Love" - Roy OrbisonRoy OrbisonRoy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...
- "In Dreams" - Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty WomanOh, Pretty Woman"Oh, Pretty Woman" is a song, released in August 1964, which was a worldwide success for Roy Orbison. Recorded on the Monument Records label in Nashville, Tennessee, it was written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees. The song spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100...
- Sonny & CherSonny & CherSonny & Cher were an American pop music duo, actors, singers and entertainers made up of husband-and-wife team Sonny and Cher Bono in the 1960s and 1970s. The couple started their career in the mid-1960s as R&B backing singers for record producer Phil Spector....
- "The Beat Goes On" - Status Quo - "Technicolour Dreams"
- The Carnaby - "Jump and Dance"
- The MonkeesThe MonkeesThe Monkees are an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork,...
- "Someday Man" - The Quik - "Bert's Apple Crumble"
- The SeedsThe SeedsThe Seeds were an American rock band. The group, whose repertoire spread between garage rock and acid rock, are considered one of the pioneers of punk rock.-History:...
- "Pushin' Too Hard" - Small FacesThe Small FacesThe Small Faces were an English rock and roll band from East London, heavily influenced by American rhythm and blues. The group was founded in 1965 by members Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, and Jimmy Winston, although by 1966 Winston was replaced by Ian McLagan as the band's...
- "Don't Stop What You Are Doing" - The Small Faces - "E Too D"
- The Spectres - "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet"
- The TroggsThe TroggsThe Troggs are an English rock band from the 1960s that had a number of hits in UK and the US. Their most famous songs include, "Wild Thing", "With a Girl Like You", and "Love Is All Around"...
- "66 5 4 3 2 1" - The Truth - "I Go To Sleep"
- TrafficTraffic (band)Traffic were an English rock band whose members came from the West Midlands. The group formed in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason...
- "Just For You"