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Shellshock: Nam '67

ShellShock: Nam '67 depicts, for the first time in a video game, the true horrors of the Vietnam War. Focusing on one man's ordeals during one of the most controversial wars of modern times, Shellshock: Nam…

60 3 September 2004

Shellshock: Nam '67 is a shooter developed by Guerrilla Games, released 3 September 2004 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Shellshock: Nam '67 is

Shellshock: Nam '67 is a shooter game developed by Guerrilla Games and released in 2004. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

ShellShock: Nam '67 depicts, for the first time in a video game, the true horrors of the Vietnam War. Focusing on one man's ordeals during one of the most controversial wars of modern times, Shellshock: Nam '67 dares to go where no other war game has gone. The player assumes the role of a rookie soldier on his first tour of duty, as he experiences all the fear, chaos and atrocities of the Vietnam War.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Shellshock: Nam '67 holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Shellshock: Nam '67 launched on 3 September 2004, within three weeks of Rome: Total War, Fable, Burnout 3: Takedown and Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Rome: Total War, Fable, Burnout 3: Takedown, Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald.

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When did Shellshock: Nam '67 come out?
Shellshock: Nam '67 was released on 3 September 2004 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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