Delta Force is one of the few action games that takes place entirely outdoors. And, unlike Rainbow Six, you cannot control the AI players assigned to you. That means that you control only yourself. Missions are varied enough to keep it from being stale. Some of the missions include rescuing hostages, retreiving bombs and blowing up enemy supplies.
One of the reasons why this game was not as popular is because the graphics in Delta Force are poor as it does not use any graphic accelerator. Therefore, you need a very powerful computer if you want to play in a higher resolution. Even on my Pentium II equipped with 64MB RAM, it slows down to a crawl and I am forced to lower the resolution. So most of the time, aiming an enemy soldier means shooting at tiny moving pixels.
In short, only play this game if you want to find out how the Delta Force franchise was first started. Otherwise, play the latest Delta Force - Black Hawk Down, which is the fifth in the series. -LYK
Pros : Realistic combat, missions are not boring
Cons : no cutscenes, poor graphics.
Year released : 1998
Genre : Action
Rating : ***
But if you are a fan of the original, you won't complain much. The missions are almost similar with the original. The AI is still the same - dumb as ever. The AI only shines when they are outdoors as they can spot you from afar and they are not even using sniper rifiles ! Just normal weapons.
For a 1999 game, the developers seriously needs to update the graphics engine as there are more and more better choices out there.