In theory, it's a nice idea, but it's largely unnecessary, as it generally takes less time, effort, and button presses to just switch to that character and perform the action yourself. Generally speaking, these fall into four categories: go here, pick this up, attack this target, and heal this person. Through a series of button presses, you can remotely order characters to embark on various tasks. You can also give specific orders to a teammate. When you're not directly controlling a character, that character will move and shoot autonomously, though you can issue several general orders such as hold fire, fire at will, stand ground, and follow. You directly control one team member at a time, but you're free to switch between them at will.
You take control of four grunts, each with a specialty: a medic, a heavy gunner, an assault weapons expert, and a sniper. The game is actually a squad-based third-person shooter. In an interesting twist, you also play the potty-mouthed fellow soldiers. Like every other recent Vietnam War game, you play a raw recruit, learning the ropes from your potty-mouthed fellow soldiers. Points earned during a level can be traded for character skill boosts. It's a solidly average game whose few original ideas are compromised by screwy controls, some pacing problems, and a punishing save-game system. Unfortunately, it earns that distinction primarily because of how bad the competition has been. Conflict: Vietnam is the best of the recent spate of Vietnam War-themed shooters.
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