Conflict Denied Ops preview Xbox 360

The Conflict series returns later this month with new instalment Denied Ops, which marks a bit of a departure from the tried and tested format of the military shooter series. Instead of squad-based play, Denied Ops presents a first-person shooter with just two characters to switch between. We've had the chance to go hands-on with Conflict: Denied Ops this month and we have a full preview to help you decide whether this might be a Conflict you want to get involved in.
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Conflict Denied Ops preview for Xbox 360
The Conflict series has always been a little more cerebral than your average military shooter. It's always been about planning and strategy more than running and gunning. And it's always been about micro-managing a squad of four men. Well, forget everything you know about the Conflict series so far, because Denied Ops is nothing like that.

It might help to know that the original title for the game was Crossfire. We can only assume that Eidos decided upon the name-change to give it a recognised branding, because otherwise it bears little resemblance to what's gone before. Denied Ops is a first-person shooter which has you swapping between just two characters - sniper Lincoln Graves and heavy weapons hulk Reggie Lang. Much like Eidos' other recent pairing, Kane and Lynch, these two don't like each other very much - which begs the question: why were they chosen to work together? Old hand Graves refers to Lang as ‘Junior', while Lang frequently calls Graves ‘redneck' - it's all a little immature, really. Thankfully, this presumed witty banter is kept to a relative minimum, with the two grunting grudging acknowledgements of effective gunplay during combat.

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