Vietcong: Purple Haze
About Vietcong: Purple Haze
From the archive
This is the original PS2Home fact sheet for Vietcong: Purple Haze, preserved from the early-2000s archive. Details reflect the PAL release as catalogued at the time.
Official fact sheet
VIETCONG: PURPLE HAZE is a cinematic narrative-based First Person Shooter (FPS) set during the Vietnam Conflict. Players of VIETCONG experience the war from the perspective of a soldier assigned to join a squad of U.S. Special Forces running reconnaissance missions deep into the jungles of Northern Vietnam.
- Utilizing any means necessary, players of VIETCONG patrol various tactical regions gathering intelligence, calling in air strikes or ambushing enemy patrols.
- Fight for honor and freedom in a 19 mission single player campaign, featuring 17 of the best from the PC version and 2 new missions unique to consoles!
- Start a quick fight and jump straight into the action! Play either as a US or Vietcong soldier, choose a weapon, map, number of enemies and difficulty then battle the clock for the best time.
- Strike from the shadows choosing from more than 30 unlockable weapons including an M16, M79 grenade launcher, Mosin-Nagent, Sten MKII and the M60.
- Throw a grenade or utilize handheld attacks with a knife!
- Stay alert or your next step could trigger a trip wire, spring a Punji whip trap or drop down into a spiked pit.
