Men of Valor

Men of Valor is a first-person shooter video game developed by 2015, Inc. and published by Vivendi Universal Games for the Microsoft Windows and Xbox platforms. Men of Valor is based on the Unreal Engine 2.0 and simulates infantry combat during the Vietnam War.

Men of Valor
Developer(s)2015, Inc.
Publisher(s)Vivendi Universal Games[lower-alpha 1]
Director(s)John Whitmore
Designer(s)Kris Jackson
Programmer(s)Mike Ramsey
Artist(s)Curtis Cannell
Matthew A. Campbell
Composer(s)Inon Zur
EngineUnreal Engine 2.0
Platform(s)Xbox, Windows
ReleaseXbox
  • NA: October 19, 2004
  • PAL: November 5, 2004
Windows
  • NA: October 29, 2004
  • PAL: November 12, 2004
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Plot

Men of Valor follows Dean Shepard and his squad of Marines from the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Marine Division through sixteen missions during the Vietnam War including missions at the height of the Tet Offensive. In historically-based scenarios, the player assumes a variety of roles in which they man the door gun on a Huey helicopter, steer a riverboat along enemy-infested shores, battle their way through enemy tunnel complexes, and call down fire as a forward observer. Mission types include pilot rescues, recon patrols, POW rescue, and search-and-destroy ops.

Reception

The game received "mixed or average reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1][2]

References
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  1. Released in PAL regions under the Sierra Entertainment brand name
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