[OFP] The Daily Grind by Azraell

Review by Anmac

Overview

Usually, I prefer a one-page overview, but Azrael is trying to develop the storyline, so he gets away with it this time. A nice custom picture punctuates it nicely.

Intro

In an effort to immerse you in storyline and atmosphere a nice Intro includes custom music and nice camera work. The length, however, is too long. After the initial feeling of “kewl man… this should be a good mission” by the end of the Intro you are left feeling “yes, ok, nice music and all, but can we play now”. You know what they say… too much of a good thing…

Briefing

Short and to the point. Kill the other dudes and don't die. Map links, weapon selection and notes are all included.

Mission

Do you like “hold the fort” type missions? Yes, well read on.

If it wasn’t for the Intro and Outro being so good this would be quite a basic, yet challenging, mission. Stand your ground against a large number of enemy troops.

Some small inclusions, that may go unnoticed, really set this mission apart from others of its type. For example your squad start in firing positions around the area, so you don’t need to worry about setting them up, if you don’t want to. (Just try and keep them alive). ;)

A mid-mission cutscene has me a little worried. Although I wasn’t ever killed while the scene played, I’m not sure it couldn’t happen.

Updating the retry position is an important part of any mission over 10 minutes at least. Thankfully this was an inclusion.

You have lots of ammo and hiding places to be able to complete this mission alone, but I would recommend keeping your troops alive and in firing positions. Otherwise you may get a little sick of being shot in the back.

Outro(s)

As per the Intro.

Overall

(Review version 1.1 - Date: Jan 2003) Due to the atmosphere and cinematics this single mission has a campaign feel. Playing time was approximately 30+ minutes and difficulty was medium to challenging in veteran mode. I enjoyed it.

Edit by Walter_E_Kurtz -
Please view the beta thread. hmmwvsas_spoof.pbo is required to run this mission. It replaces a badly configured addon.