Undercover: Operation Wintersun | 
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| From: Lighthouse Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $19.27
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 13561
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 2223259
Model: PC000250MB
UPC: 801023002503
EAN: 0801023002503
ASIN: B000SKXNVA
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Complex and detailed animations | | • | Intuitive user interface | | • | Highly detailed, realistic graphics | | • | Compelling Mix of facts and fiction | | • | Classic 3rd person point & click interface |
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Product Description
The year is 1943. Take the role of British scientist Dr. John Russell as you reveal the truth in Berlin's Heereswaffenamt. Documents confirm that the Nazis are very close to completing a nuclear device. Search through production facilities framed both by authentic details and actual events. Intricately designed backgrounds, detailed 3D animation and many cinematic cut scenes create a frighteningly real atmosphere. This point & click adventure set in WWII is purely fictitious with historical World War II facts to create a compelling gameplay experience. System Requirements - Microsoft Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP, 1 GHz Intel Pentium, AMD Athlon processor, 256 MB RAM, 4x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive, 1 GB free space, 64 MB DirectX-compatible graphic card, Direct X 9.0c, Direct Sound Compatible Soundcard
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| Customer Reviews:
 worth the adventure December 16, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
this is a very cool game, good puzzles,cool story,i enjoyed it...there are those boring puzzle games and there are the insane puzzle games and then you get games like ...black mirror,tunguska,next life,moment of silence,runaway,and so on....these are what makes us keep fighting for the adventure game experience.....buy it
 Know what to expect November 26, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I really wanted this game to be good. Sexy spies, villians, codes and exotic locations...sweet.
The graphics were good with detailed locations. The interface was straightforward and the inventory easily managed. It's a linear game with limited pathfinding so you generally just had what you needed.
There were numerous puzzles throughout which were on the difficult side but were varied. They could be interesting but oddly timed, destroying any tension there might have been.
Holding conversations in enemy hallways was common. Transmitting reports over the open air using the real names of everyone unfortunate enough to have met you was ridiculous. Adventure games require you to suspend belief, but this could have been done better.
Opening scenes and clips disappointingly had no subtitles, which are available for the playing part. There was a lot of dialogue, but while it was required to advance, not a lot seemed to depend on anything you learned from that until later into the game.
It wasn't a bad plot to start with but the implementation went awry. You had no idea why you didn't get shot. Frequently. And why anyone with a brain would bother helping you. I found a walkthru was essential. In the end, a so-so B-movie with decent mechanics, graphics and a little style. For anyone who can get over expecting something better, has a sense of humor and a walkthru, it would be worthwhile. I've certainly played worse.
It ran fine on my midline gaming system with no technical difficulties.
Undercover : operation wintersun September 22, 2007
Undercover : operation wintersun
This is a traditional point-and-click adventure set in Germany during WWII. The plot is reasonably believable which contrasts with the characters. The main protagonist is an intellectual professor who maintains a flat sarcastic output throughout which did not endear himself to this reviewer. Remaining characters are more lively, but not much and very stereotypical. The graphics are good. Movement is good. Background music is unobtrusive, which is fine. You can die within the game but you are given a second chance automatically. Such games rely on the puzzles. These are mainly inventory based. There are a couple which I believe are "not fair". These come early on in the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute when trying to open different containers (safe & desk). I was forced to a walkthrough for the solutions.
The interface I found clumsy and counter-intuitive. Single click to describe, double click to use (or go). Most games use these commands the other way about. This led to a few occasions when progress was halted until the confusion was sorted by redoing all actions within the scene. The inventory objects vanish back to the inventory after use, successful or not. Several times I wanted to see a close-up of the problem area to determine the likely nature of the required article but one was not available.
Several times the main character made pronouncements which later were negated ("I don't want to board the aircraft", "There are useless bits of paper on the desk").
Overall this is a short game. The ending came abruptly.
Verdict, could have been much better, an average game very much let down by it's flaws.
I played the European version of this game. I have no reason to suppose the US version is any different.
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