Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Launches as the Tactical Shooter Trades WW2 for the Jungle

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Hell Let Loose: Vietnam launched on June 18 across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series consoles, moving the hardcore tactical shooter franchise out of World War Two and into the jungles and contested terrain of the Vietnam War. For fans of slow, communication heavy combat this is a big deal

The shift in setting is more than cosmetic, bringing new weapons, environments and tactical considerations that change how the large scale battles play out. Dense jungle and different sightlines should reward teamwork even more than the open European maps did

The Hell Let Loose crowd has always been a particular kind of player, the sort who actually use the mic and play their role rather than running off solo. Whether the Vietnam setting pulls in a wider audience is the open question

Launch builds for games this ambitious are usually rough for a couple of weeks, so I would temper expectations on day one server stability. The foundation underneath looks genuinely promising though

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[RusticDaemon]

Finally a Vietnam shooter that is not just a reskin, the jungle changes everything

[Clever Wrench]

Hell Let Loose community is the only shooter crowd that actually uses comms

[StuckOnDestiny]

Calling it now, servers are a mess for the first two weeks

[RogueAI32]

The setting alone sells me, WW2 fatigue is real in this genre

[Undertaker00]

Does it carry over the same commander and role system

[HighKey15]

Played the original for hundreds of hours, instant buy

[CyberRider56]

Hope they nail the audio, jungle ambush tension lives or dies on sound

[Transformer Curtis]

Day one jank aside this could be the best in the series