Good morning, Vietnam! You've rocked it from the Delta to the DMZ, but today the big show is at CGN, courtesy of Gamescom. In my completely unbiased opinion, this right eclipses every announcement in this year's edition.
It might have taken over twenty years, but the wizards at Team17 have finally fragged the Vietnam game curse that had lingered since Battlefield Vietnam. Built on the solid foundations of its World War 2 predecessor, the new game will be called Hell Let Loose: Vietnam.
The cinematic teaser-trailer unveiled at the Future Games Show showcase doesn't reveal many details, but it gave me just enough to say that we are, in fact, back. This is the spiritual successor to Battlefield Vietnam that I'd waited twenty years for.
Charlie Don't Game: The Vietnam Curse
Your life changes when you watch Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket as an impressionable youngling. It's nothing like the heroic war stories you used to hear about your grandparents and great-grandparents in World War 2. Vietnam in pop culture is often depicted as wet, pointless, yet somehow still alluring, thanks in large part to the Woodstock-at-war soundtrack.
And yet, despite the period being...
