The LZ is lukewarm? There's one guy down there, he's holding a shovel and he's a bit peeved that you're landing in his back yard. He's not really committed to starting a fight, but his wife is banging on the kitchen window and shouting at him.
Everything about this comment, including the name and picture is so perfect I spat out my coffee and suddenly want to dance around with a dragon dildo strapped to my face.
"Afghanistan, of course, famous for its red explosive barrels" How DARE you Mr Sterling, before the war Afghanistan was the central producer of the world's bright red explosive barrels. They were called 'the barrel basket of the world' before the invasion which, tragically, destroyed their capacity to export red explosive barrels. You haven't seen the pain of war until you seen an elderly, artisan, explosive barrel maker forced into the streets because all his barrels were needed for the war. I expected a lot of ignorance here, but this was just tragic.
+Serpico's Beard it was an on the rails shooters which we don't see much of and with Jim playing it mistakenly on the easiest setting he didn't do the game much justice. The game actually can be challenging.
Depends. We had a sergeant once (that guy was completely broken, if I would have been in charge I would never have sent that man anywhere to fight) who was sick enough (in a bad way) to think that grenades were pure beauty and who had to grin every time he thought about shooting a Panzerfaust at a tank because the people in there definitely wouldn't come out...
My apologies to the brave men/women in uniform who actually served in Afghanistan. Despite never having been in the line of fire before, I'm pretty sure this is not how it goes...
I understand your position. But your beef should be with the politicians/unscrupulous people who start/prolong the wars rather than the people fighting them. These men/women are just doing their job. You wouldn't want your occupation ridiculed like so would you now?
JewTube Why did you waste so much of your time writing that long inane dribble? I'll keep commenting on here proving how alive I still am, and how full of shit you are.
So basically, it's a soldier going through PTSD, killing civilians with his military issued rifle in his gun cabinet and "lighting up" the neighborhood, Rambo style. Yeah, sorry, a more tasteless interpretation that could burn your tongue. sorry.
I saw your picture and immediately thought of the fall of Cadia. I think this is what a chaos marine feels like mowing through astra militarum and adeptus astartes.
As a guy who spent 12 years in the British Army I can tell you that it wasn't as exciting as that in Afghanistan. During the times something did actually happen they didn't roll out into the middle of the street for us to shoot at nor did they hide behind red explosive barrels. I really wouldn't advise shooting ammo packs either. No, seriously, never do that. Ever.
"Shoot those ammo packs private!" "Why sir?" "To get your ammo back you inbusile!" "But sir, that doesn't make any sense!" "Nobody's paying you to think private! Now shoot the red barrels! Blow 'em up! Blow 'em to hell! Hoorah!" "Sargent, why are we killing these people again? Why are we here again?" "You're here to protect your country private! No more questions! Now quick time your ass up that ladder, double time!"
This feels like the antithesis to spec ops...as some will not understand how disgusting this game is, and will enjoy it at a visceral jingoistic level.
+FrankDaTank1218 I actually did enjoy playing it when playing it at a proper difficulty level. Jim mistakenly played it at a level of a ****ing ******* and thus got the experience with the game he got. I would like to see Jim make a return visit to this game and give it a real go through this time.
did the game seriously say at 20:18 "Uncle Sam would be proud" and give you 25 points for killing a bunch of people in succecion? Truly this the mature and serious take on the Afghanistan war the gaming world has been waiting for.
Was there uproar when the first game based on Vietnam came out ? I just wondered what people think is the statue of limitations when making a game based on real war
Thomas Parker Still drone attacks over the Pakistan/Afghanistan border, 10K+ soldiers there and people dying. If you don't call that a war (just a smaller one), I don't know what is.
Jim kills 540 people in this video. Which means his soldier is only 2 away from the all time confirmed kill record. Impressive accomplishment for 5 days soldieriny.
If you'd let me make an FPS, the story would be about a Taliban soldier mowing through US soldiers. Like US soldiers do in... well EVERY shooter EVER. That would cause sooo much controversy :D
Dah Magpie Because only doing that wouldn't be accurate. If you played as the Taliban there would also have to be missions involving stoning rape victims to death, mutilating women' genitals, and killing any civilians who did not believe in 100% exactly the same thing you did.
Well you see in a real life heavy fire battle scenario the strategy is when the ammo and healing bandages are far away from you, you shoot a ricochet shot so as to launch said ammor and healing bandages right at chest level like a perfect quarterback dime. this video is such a classic in your catalog. When you start doing the American soldier impressions ya got me in tears.
The enemy guns make no noise. They just flash. I postulate they're actually flashing morse code at you trying to communicate since they don't speak English. "Stop, you fools! We're trying to help you! AARRGGGGHHH!!!"
I'm pretty sure this is how the "Fearsome Yellow Booyah-men" of Haze experienced their battles while high on nectar. EDIT: Oh blast, it was 'BOOSH!' and not 'Booyah' wasn't it?
Other thing is the language. It says "Afghanistan Operation" in Arabic on the menu. It's wrongly written (like saying a car blue instead of a blue car), and in Afghanistan the language is Urdu, not Arabic. Also some of the sings was saying "And Cambodia" for some reason.
I get the impression the game is intentionally tasteless and attempting to glorify war. Like how the character says at the start that he's already there in his mind, and the fact it's an ultra-cliched on-rails shooter, as if that's how he thinks war will be. It'd be great if the last level was him waking up in the barracks on his first day there having dreamt everything up to that point, then he walks outside the base, and is immediately shot and killed.
Well not only are American Soldiers better than Rambo but dang those enemies have one hell of a moral. They don't care if hundreds of their friends died to one guy, they keep on coming.
You know what this game needs? Mini games in between levels where the protagonist is remembering boot camp, and you mash a button really fast to do hundreds of push-ups with a gunnery sgt. "INSPIRING" you at the top of his lungs.
If the LZ is so hot why don't they just marry it?
They prefer to invade and pull out.
wolfspam Damn, that's a mean burn. My hats off to you, sir.
You fucking turkey
Concurssi They've been married, but divorced, they've actually been dealing with paying it alimony.
It's been hot since before F.E.A.R.
The LZ is lukewarm?
There's one guy down there, he's holding a shovel and he's a bit peeved that you're landing in his back yard. He's not really committed to starting a fight, but his wife is banging on the kitchen window and shouting at him.
This comment made me loose my shit lol
Everything about this comment, including the name and picture is so perfect I spat out my coffee and suddenly want to dance around with a dragon dildo strapped to my face.
"Afghanistan, of course, famous for its red explosive barrels"
How DARE you Mr Sterling, before the war Afghanistan was the central producer of the world's bright red explosive barrels. They were called 'the barrel basket of the world' before the invasion which, tragically, destroyed their capacity to export red explosive barrels. You haven't seen the pain of war until you seen an elderly, artisan, explosive barrel maker forced into the streets because all his barrels were needed for the war. I expected a lot of ignorance here, but this was just tragic.
Exactly what the gaming world needs, a brown and grey military shooter. This is a genre which is yet to be fully explored!
+Serpico's Beard it was an on the rails shooters which we don't see much of and with Jim playing it mistakenly on the easiest setting he didn't do the game much justice. The game actually can be challenging.
"What do you mean the LZ is not hot? I'm not trained for this." I can't stop laughing.
I'd love to know how many times , in any war ever, that a soldier has actually uttered the phrase "Nice shot!". -_-
"Shoot the red barrels! Blow them up!"
Depends. We had a sergeant once (that guy was completely broken, if I would have been in charge I would never have sent that man anywhere to fight) who was sick enough (in a bad way) to think that grenades were pure beauty and who had to grin every time he thought about shooting a Panzerfaust at a tank because the people in there definitely wouldn't come out...
I've heard it said a few times in the various bits of gun camera footage i've watched over the years.
'That was real horrifying mate, his head blew clean off, I'm going to see that one when I sleep, thats for sure!'
More than you would think
My apologies to the brave men/women in uniform who actually served in Afghanistan. Despite never having been in the line of fire before, I'm pretty sure this is not how it goes...
I understand your position. But your beef should be with the politicians/unscrupulous people who start/prolong the wars rather than the people fighting them. These men/women are just doing their job. You wouldn't want your occupation ridiculed like so would you now?
tomatodamashi Being polite = Pro army nut. Brilliant Troll is Brilliant.
Rhyas9 I'm just "doing my job" working in a warehouse, yet somehow I think there's somewhat a disparity between that and being a soldier.
JewTube Why did you waste so much of your time writing that long inane dribble? I'll keep commenting on here proving how alive I still am, and how full of shit you are.
Another obvious Troll in need of attention. Here, feed on this.
The twist of this game is that those weren't insurgents they were just dudes with flashlights.
So basically, it's a soldier going through PTSD, killing civilians with his military issued rifle in his gun cabinet and "lighting up" the neighborhood, Rambo style.
Yeah, sorry, a more tasteless interpretation that could burn your tongue. sorry.
I saw your picture and immediately thought of the fall of Cadia. I think this is what a chaos marine feels like mowing through astra militarum and adeptus astartes.
As a guy who spent 12 years in the British Army I can tell you that it wasn't as exciting as that in Afghanistan.
During the times something did actually happen they didn't roll out into the middle of the street for us to shoot at nor did they hide behind red explosive barrels.
I really wouldn't advise shooting ammo packs either.
No, seriously, never do that.
Ever.
"Shoot those ammo packs private!"
"Why sir?"
"To get your ammo back you inbusile!"
"But sir, that doesn't make any sense!"
"Nobody's paying you to think private! Now shoot the red barrels! Blow 'em up! Blow 'em to hell! Hoorah!"
"Sargent, why are we killing these people again? Why are we here again?"
"You're here to protect your country private! No more questions! Now quick time your ass up that ladder, double time!"
Clearly this is the sequel to Spec Ops: The Line that everyone wanted...
This feels like the antithesis to spec ops...as some will not understand how disgusting this game is, and will enjoy it at a visceral jingoistic level.
tomatodamashi Nobody enjoys this game, moral objections aside, it's shit.
+FrankDaTank1218 I actually did enjoy playing it when playing it at a proper difficulty level. Jim mistakenly played it at a level of a ****ing ******* and thus got the experience with the game he got. I would like to see Jim make a return visit to this game and give it a real go through this time.
"it was clear we were not welcome here"
That's surprising, you only killed thousand of peoples.
As an army veteran with two tours in Afghanistan I find this seriously offensive, and dumb, lets not forget dumb...
did the game seriously say at 20:18 "Uncle Sam would be proud" and give you 25 points for killing a bunch of people in succecion?
Truly this the mature and serious take on the Afghanistan war the gaming world has been waiting for.
Extensive and exhausting tests just to enlist? Which military is this guy talking about?
Alexander B So this isn't a regular thing, then?
"Ever since I was 7 and played Heavy Fire: Afghanistan... I wanted to be a marine"
We have assault rifles, they have knives. We're the Imperial Stormtroopers messing with the freaking Ewoks!
Your accent no longer fools us Jim... you are truly American.
Thank Allah for jim
I laughed so hard upon seeing "CHUNGUS has been promoted to Private First Class"
From the same sorry saps who made the Rambo game, lol.
It sure did look familiar.
It's over Johnny!
He's a man not a god!
John!!!!
Oh god asset flip ha shameful display!!!
Was there uproar when the first game based on Vietnam came out ? I just wondered what people think is the statue of limitations when making a game based on real war
Well at the very least, not a war that is STILL occurring!
tomatodamashi aren't they just training Afghanistan secruity forces now though not fighting ?
Thomas Parker I could be wrong, but I think the original version of this game *was* out during the actual conflict.
Released November 15th 2011 according to the official site.
Thomas Parker
Still drone attacks over the Pakistan/Afghanistan border, 10K+ soldiers there and people dying. If you don't call that a war (just a smaller one), I don't know what is.
Derp Ops: The Rail
Jim kills 540 people in this video. Which means his soldier is only 2 away from the all time confirmed kill record. Impressive accomplishment for 5 days soldieriny.
If you'd let me make an FPS, the story would be about a Taliban soldier mowing through US soldiers. Like US soldiers do in... well EVERY shooter EVER. That would cause sooo much controversy :D
I'd love to play that.
Reese Burns Wow you're so edgy and cool. I wish I was as cool as you.
Fast3nuf SLAP MY ARSE CHEEKS!
Bane Knight Ok, come over here babe
Dah Magpie Because only doing that wouldn't be accurate. If you played as the Taliban there would also have to be missions involving stoning rape victims to death, mutilating women' genitals, and killing any civilians who did not believe in 100% exactly the same thing you did.
The second someone shouts 'Fire at will!' it's game over. :3
LZ is frosty, stay hot muhreens.
This is exactly what real war is like. 9/11-IGN
Right i got my dose of patriotism filled for the year good thing i watched this in January.
"You can't shoot anymore, what's the point of living?"
Perfectly sums up this game's target audience.
Well you see in a real life heavy fire battle scenario the strategy is when the ammo and healing bandages are far away from you, you shoot a ricochet shot so as to launch said ammor and healing bandages right at chest level like a perfect quarterback dime. this video is such a classic in your catalog. When you start doing the American soldier impressions ya got me in tears.
I was at work while watching this and couldn't laugh. between the video and the comments I'm in tears haha.
The enemy guns make no noise. They just flash.
I postulate they're actually flashing morse code at you trying to communicate since they don't speak English.
"Stop, you fools! We're trying to help you! AARRGGGGHHH!!!"
... because a game about Fallujah, made with the direct involvement of veterans from Fallujah, would be DISRESPECTUL AND TASTELESS.
.... Remember there being a lot less in the way of Lens flare when I was in Afghanistan last...
This is...uncomfortable. And it's not because my chair is made of cactus.
Spike Rose BLOW THEM UP! BLOW THEM UP!
Aeio Uy Nice Shot!
+Derek Bum Hooaa!
+Sangie Nativus
Your profile picture is... unavoidable. Sorry to bring it up, but it is
Man, this is EXACTLY what the Afghan conflict was like. Jesus Christ.
Will Chungus! The greatest hero America has ever had!
Possibly my favourite video you've ever done, Jim.
And it fixed aaaaall the problems in Afghanistan forever!
I absolutely loved the Marilyn Manson reference in the into. That song in particular is his best in my opinion!
As someone who was in Afghanistan I can sign off on this. This video game shows what it was REALLY like. Almost had a few flash backs while watching.
Those are some impressive muzzle flash effects, perhaps the best the 1970's ever did see.
For some reason, I really want to play this.
Game industry seriously needs "'Murica Stronk" tag to label this genere...
From the same folks who brought us Rambo the video game...
Is anyone really surprised?
Somehow I am... unfortunately.
I really wanted them, just one time, to say "Get down, Get funky". I also would have accepted "Git Gud"
I'm pretty sure this is how the "Fearsome Yellow Booyah-men" of Haze experienced their battles while high on nectar.
EDIT: Oh blast, it was 'BOOSH!' and not 'Booyah' wasn't it?
Wow. a +4 combo earns you a "Uncle Sam would be proud" badge. just... wow.
There's no indication of you losing your health, you just have to remember the amount of bars...
A sensitive game where jim slaughters 540 people in the first half an hour of gameplay, 10/10
Anyone remember that spoof Epic did for Bulletstorm mocking FPS'.... This really reminds me of that.
duty calls, right?
Coming back here from 2017... even the _bad_ games used to be kind of good.
Stay frosty, Jim.
"Ammo in clip"
Clip.
CLIP!
10/10 would use wrong terminology again.
Never knew that M4A1s use "clips". **sigh**
540 kills in 22 mins. At that rate you'll probably wipe out the entire country by the end of the game ...
Other thing is the language.
It says "Afghanistan Operation" in Arabic on the menu. It's wrongly written
(like saying a car blue instead of a blue car), and in
Afghanistan the language is Urdu, not Arabic.
Also some of the sings was saying "And Cambodia" for some reason.
I know this comment is old, but Afghanis speak Persian, not Urdu. You're confusing Afghanistan with Pakistan, where Urdu is the official language.
All I know is that Jim's American accent is amazing
I like being called an angel with the scabbed wings...
Did they get that "get down" from noble sacrifice in hearthstone?
Cus it really sounded like it
Afghanistan isn't Middle East, Jim, it's Central Asia. Yay Geography.
The average person doesn't know the difference. Yay News Media!
Oh god I love Jim's American accent.
These AI are stopping just short of saying "Do a barrel roll!"
Oh man, I remember when my friends and family in the military were total dudebros and shouted "Shoot the ammo boxes!"
Every time he picked up an item I was looking for a pop-up. I'm sure it's the same sound used for errors in a sound scheme.
I like how, if you don;t kill an enemy when its time for the camera to move you, they just go away and you move anyway.
I love how Rambo was a light gun game so people were like yeah..that's a great idea!
Love the painted on textures
Pfahaha. That bonus.
'Uncle Sam would be proud! x4!'
Jeez.
I remember times when on rail shooters came with actual gun and were fun. I don't even know how much time I spend in Time Crisis.
I get the impression the game is intentionally tasteless and attempting to glorify war. Like how the character says at the start that he's already there in his mind, and the fact it's an ultra-cliched on-rails shooter, as if that's how he thinks war will be. It'd be great if the last level was him waking up in the barracks on his first day there having dreamt everything up to that point, then he walks outside the base, and is immediately shot and killed.
The voices in this game wouldn't sound out of place in Team America.
Well not only are American Soldiers better than Rambo but dang those enemies have one hell of a moral. They don't care if hundreds of their friends died to one guy, they keep on coming.
Fun fact: In those 3 missions you killed already more than 1% of the total insurgent casualties in the entire conflict.
Maybe Insurgency is the game you're looking for...
Who-RArrr!!!!??
YOU-RARRRR!!
Stay Frosty the Snowman!!!
Chungus is a Man! Not a GoooOD!
My heart was racing when that water tower fell over.
I have seen this game for years in the bargin bin at Game or Gamestop for years.
So Six Days in Falujia gets cancled but this gets a release?
Even if I don't have time to watch the whole video I always make sure to watch the first few seconds to find out what colourful name Jim will call me.
Still... better than Rambo the video game
That's not saying much...
So was Ride to Hell: Retribution.
EvilCheesecake I would say it's worst but that's so last year...
+VulpineTaco please tell me with this game how they were making a political statement with it. If you can't then just please shut the heck up.
I remember renting this game, was an easy Platinum Trophy
I had finished playing Spec Ops: The Line when I pulled up this video and I actually cried when I saw the game was keeping score.
+Paper Bag it is a freaking on the rails shooter which is something that has always been arcade-like. Can you comprehend this?
Thank You. Just Thank You.
Hey, Jim. Stay Frosty.
Smoke Screen! Combo x3! Uncle Sam would be proud x4!
21:54 Missed that slick title drop bro! Must have been distracted by those sick graphix amirite?
its like if Duty Calls was trying to be serious...
Is this game how civilians view military life? (Minor complaint but I heard 1 of the Marines say "hooah!" but that the Army, Marines say "oorah!")
Looks like it belongs in a movie theater arcade in texas.
Game looks fun, like something I'd play in an arcade.
We're under Mild Fire! Please send no back up, we got this!
The guy who "voice acts" Will sounds like the voice actor of the helpful Mayan in Revelations 2012....
The beep at 5:35 was ripped straight from WoW, it's the alert when your health is low.
I bet this would still be pretty fun with a lightgun.
Little known fact about real life conflict: soldiers have no legs and instead float between cover points
17:22 Seriously? "Uncle Sam Would Be Proud". I'm starting to wonder just how seriously the dev(s) took this when this game was made.
You know what this game needs? Mini games in between levels where the protagonist is remembering boot camp, and you mash a button really fast to do hundreds of push-ups with a gunnery sgt. "INSPIRING" you at the top of his lungs.
I should honestly find a way to play Time Crisis, love that game.
This aged well...20 yrs well.