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Conflict: Desert Storm II for Xbox Original
Conflict: Desert Storm II for Xbox Original continues the tactical action of the first Conflict. During the 1991 Gulf War, you undertake assignments behind enemy lines with four specialists. You choose the British SAS or US Delta Force and divide duties between a team leader, sniper, heavy weapons specialist and combat engineer. The campaign comprises ten missions including rescues, sabotage and combat around fortified positions. This is the original 2003 Xbox game, which also received the subtitle Back to Baghdad in North America.
You take direct control of each soldier and direct the others with orders. A sniper can cover a route while another squad member approaches an objective or plants explosives. Weapons have their own sights; you can switch to first-person view for careful aiming. Advancing also requires attention to cover, ammunition and injuries. Completing an assignment successfully gives soldiers more experience. It therefore pays to keep the squad together and help casualties promptly.
Alone, you switch between the four squad members; with friends, you share them during the campaign. The Xbox version supports up to four local players on a split screen, each with their own Xbox controller. With two players, each can control two soldiers. This cooperative play takes place on the same console. Agree who covers the passage and who moves, so the different specialists keep supporting each other during the assignment.
Region and language
Our Xbox Original games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Conflict: Desert Storm II for Xbox Original includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Conflict: Desert Storm II
Pivotal Games returned the Conflict series to the Gulf War in 2003 with Desert Storm II. SCi was again the British publisher; Gotham Games handled North American publication. There, Back to Baghdad was added to the title, while the European release is simply called Conflict: Desert Storm II. The story still takes place in 1991. Its 2003 release therefore does not mean the campaign covers the then-new Iraq War. The game offered here is the second standalone Desert Storm instalment.
The sequel retained the four specialists and direct squad controls, building on them with new assignments and weapon-specific aiming systems. Pivotal also described changes to lighting, effects and the reactions of computer-controlled soldiers. These developments stayed within the same framework: you move through combat yourself while also dividing duties. The ten missions vary in emphasis, from escaping captivity to fighting around vehicles and fortified positions. The squad remains the connecting element between these situations.
Desert Storm II sits between the first game and Conflict: Vietnam. That next instalment chose a different war and different soldiers; Global Storm later shifted the series again. The original Xbox disc of Desert Storm II remains separate from those games. Xbox cooperative play should not be confused with the player limit on other platform versions either. Here four people can cooperate locally, with four controllers connected to the same Xbox and no later release required.
Similar games for Xbox Original
Conflict: Desert Storm and Conflict: Desert Storm II both let you lead four specialists during the 1991 Gulf War. Both Xbox games allow up to four local players to share the campaign. The first introduces the squad and its order system; the sequel brings ten new missions, revised weapon sights and a different set of liberation and sabotage objectives. The second disc therefore contains a separate campaign, not an expansion requiring the first game.
Brute Force on Xbox Original also uses four directly controllable specialists and commands for squadmates. Its science-fiction team has distinctive special abilities, such as invisibility and alien senses. Desert Storm II uses military roles, anti-tank weapons and medical supplies within a historical war setting. The shared appeal lies in dividing duties: you decide who advances and who provides support, but the tools and the tone of combat differ clearly.
Full Spectrum Warrior shares the emphasis on cover, flanking and mutual support, but makes a different control choice on Xbox Original. You issue orders to two fireteams rather than aiming and shooting as an individual soldier. Desert Storm II instead combines your own shooting with squad commands. If you mainly want to plan positions, Full Spectrum Warrior keeps you further from the trigger; here you take direct control of it.
Halo: Combat Evolved on Xbox Original also offers a campaign to play together, but limits it to two players on a split screen. You control a supersoldier in a science-fiction war with energy weapons, shields and vehicles. Desert Storm II divides duties between four military specialists and lets you manage their positions and inventories. Halo therefore focuses more on immediate movement and weapon use, while here the whole team remains your responsibility.
Conflict: Vietnam on Xbox Original retains a four-soldier squad but moves the action to the Vietnam War. Dense vegetation, ambushes and traps limit your view there, while Desert Storm II more often uses longer sightlines and desert positions. The group also differs: Vietnam follows isolated American soldiers trying to return to safety. Desert Storm II centres on SAS or Delta Force assignments, with different preparation and military backgrounds.
