A new modern online shooter has arrived. The game is set in Indonesia and features helicopter transportation and some of the more lethal American, British and Russian weapons. That graphics are impressive, not quite farcry but Novalogic sure knows how to code terrain.

The fact that you can die so quickly makes it important that you approach Joint Operations differently than you would Battlefield 1942 or any other comparable games. Instead of rushing brashly forward, taking a few hits, and then calling for a medic, you have to hang back and scout your target from afar. There’s a very strong predator/prey dynamic going on where you have to stalk your victims, kill them, and then fall back lest you fall victim yourself (tracer fire and the little directional fire indicator in the corner minimap can draw a straight line back to you). The most success we’ve had was when we slowed down and took our time.”

Organization and tactics count. Sounds like my kind of game.

Now there are some bugs at launch so reviewers are skewing their score to 80’s range, but the bugs have been acknowledged by Novalogic and are being worked on. With 150 players on maps and very little lag or performance hits, I’ll be picking this one up when GoGamer has it on madness mall ( in about 2 weeks ).