Deadly Dozen: Pacific Theater PC Game

The action in Deadly Dozen: Pacific Theater shifts from the focus of the original Deadly Dozen to 1942 Japan. The gameplay and interface is nearly identical to the original game, but Pacific Theater contains two more missions than its predecessor (12 total), multiplayer action via a LAN or the Internet (supports GameSpy), and diversified locales such as the jungle, beach, and swampland. The budget-priced title offers 12-25 hours of gameplay with missions averaging one to two hours each.

Players can change perspective from first to third-person, utilize a "save anytime" feature, and build squads from a dozen commandos with unique abilities and skills such as toughness, infiltration, side arms, blades, rifle use, sniping, machine guns, throwing accuracy (grenades), explosives, and medicine. In addition to the standard-issue weapons of the original game (machine guns, pistols, rifles, etc.), players can now use machetes, bayonets, demo charges, swords, and flamethrowers.

The Deadly Dozen consists of commandos from the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps with a variety of specialties covering machine guns, demolitions, sniping, radio, artillery, scouting, intel, and covert operations, all led by USMC Colonel James "Bulldog" Barringer. Three difficulty settings allow easy, medium or hard gameplay, and a tutorial offers basic training on controls, equipment, vehicles, and weapons. Options include arcade-style play (characters absorb more damage) as well as the default campaign mode, with slower-paced, more detailed tactical warfare. ~ Michael L. House, All Game Guide