Product Description

Venezuela is left in a state of civil war after the government was brutally overthrown by a military coup. With factions fighting to reinstate democracy, the U.S. government has offered their assistance, though the new government regime has threatened to deploy nuclear weapons if the U.S. meddles in Venezuelan affairs. The threat needs to be neutralized, and the U.S cant risk nuclear war. The CIA Special Activities Division operates in isolation and secrecy. If captured, any link with the U.S. Government will be denied. Conflict: Denied Ops is a highly accessible co-op FPS featuring massive, extremely explosive firefights across destructible environments. Work as a team to utilize the specific skills of each operative and experience the ultimate in destructive satisfaction with tons of exploding objects and an endless barrage of terrorists who are begging to be blown to hell.

• Two-Man Tactics: Switch between team members at any time in single-player mode for maximum control, or have a friend join your game through either online, system link or split-screen.
• Explode Your Enemies: Levels are built around massive fire fights with a continuous stream of enemies, and tons of exploding objects littered around the level to help your cause.
• Destroy Everything: Obliterate your enemies with explosions, demolish buildings, blow through walls and destroy almost anything in the environment.
• Accessible Action: In single-player mode, give commands to your team mate simply by pressing or holding a single button. Concentrate on the action, not complicated menus or control schemes.
• Puncture-Tech: Utilize strategic destruction made possible with new Puncture-Tech technology developed by Pivotal Studios. Blast open new pathways, shoot unaware enemies through walls, or create holes in your cover to generate firing paths.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2688 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Eidos
• Released on: 2008-02-08
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Customer Reviews

A turd that isnt even polished
The first hour of Denied Ops is enough to demand a refund. The graphics are some of the worst on PS3. The cut scenes are absolutely terrible. But it does have some moments if you can stomach how ugly the thing is.
The ability to fail objectives and still complete missions does remove frustrating sections, especially ones requiring stealth or protection.

Most of the earlier missions can also be played in random order. However, some missions follow on directly from another and it isn't always clear which one that is. This can make the plot seem an even more jumbled mess. Squad commands are also complex and sluggish. Characters do shout helpful tips in situations, and commands work eventually, despite watching Lang shoot a brick wall first. Glitches happen far too often.

Graves' primary weapon, the sniper rifle, is desperate for another level of magnification. Headshots rarely count either, taking 2-3 shots to put down. This makes playing him feel like the weaker option; having to crouch to even take steady aim. Lang on the other hand, fires a massive, inaccurate minigun. Both agents earn upgrades by completing missions, like rocket launchers and shotguns, which are screwed onto their weapons!
It's a strange idea, original at least. But it does seem odd when enemies weapons cant be picked up.

The battles themselves drag out much longer than necessary. They nearly always finish on clearing a landing zone so the escape chopper can land. A helicopter or fighter jet usually needs destroying first. It all gets very boring, and despite some excellent later levels (the diamond mine in particular) the majority are below average. The duo; Graves and Lang, are almost hatable, and the graphics absolutely horrifying. Larger areas suffer most, empty looking with jagged edges. The whaling station level a laughable example.
Think long and hard before buying this.

Very disappointing
Having only had a PS3 for a couple of weeks I have been forced to compare this game with its PC competitors.
The gameplay is poor and the graphics are lacking in clarity.
Worst of all, the controls are completely bizarre. They have three different layouts for the controller but they vary in only the minutest detail and none are intuitive. Approach a step and sometimes you get told to press X to climb but other times you need to shuffle left and right before it appears. Why not just have a Jump button?

At 40 quid a go, I will think long and hard before buying an "Eidos" game again. I recommend buying something else!

Don't buy
What a waste of £39.99, I was going to try and sell it on Amazon after buying it today in a shop. But I don't think I could even give it away. Bad graphics, Bad A.I. Just don't bother