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Conflict: Vietnam for PlayStation 2
Conflict: Vietnam for PlayStation 2 follows four American soldiers separated from their unit during the 1968 Tet Offensive. You switch between the team leader, sniper, heavy-weapons specialist and medic while the other soldiers follow orders. Through dense vegetation, villages, tunnels and ruined cities, you seek cover, mark targets and divide weapons, ammunition and medical packs among the squad.
The campaign has fourteen missions and rewards performance with points for twelve skills, including shooting, stealth, healing and explosives. The four soldiers can therefore grow more clearly into their roles during the campaign. Two players can cooperate locally on PS2 in split screen, each controlling part of the squad; two controllers are required. This version has no internet play, so both campaign and local co-op remain fully offline.
This product is the Platinum reissue without a manual. You receive the case and game disc, but no booklet; the title's notice about the missing booklet remains decisive. Conflict: Vietnam uses a DualShock 2 and saves progress to a PlayStation 2 memory card. The game contains war violence in a fictional story set against the Vietnam War and should not be confused with later digital releases or the Xbox version with different player counts.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 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
The manual is missing from this copy of Conflict: Vietnam for PlayStation 2. That is why the product title says “No Manual”. You receive the game in its box, without the instruction booklet. This makes the contents clear before you order.
The original printed manual usually contains at least English and often around six European languages. The languages vary by edition; Dutch is not always included. This information describes the original booklet and does not mean that it comes with this copy. A copy with a manual is offered separately when available.
The history of Conflict: Vietnam
Pivotal Games developed Conflict: Vietnam as the third Conflict title. SCi Games released the European PlayStation 2 version in 2004 alongside Xbox and PC editions. After the Gulf War setting of Desert Storm and Desert Storm II, the team chose an earlier war and a new group of soldiers. The campaign uses historical locations and weapon types but tells a fictional story about four men behind enemy lines.
The fixed-squad concept remained: every soldier has a speciality and the player can switch character at any time. A larger progression system with points in twelve skills was new. It gave rescues, accurate shooting and careful equipment use more weight between missions. The PS2 version supported local co-op for two players, while the Xbox edition allowed up to four local participants; Conflict: Vietnam did not include internet play.
Conflict: Global Storm followed a year later, moving the series to contemporary counter-terrorist operations and refining the controls. Vietnam therefore remained the only main entry built entirely around this war. It also shows how Pivotal connected its tactical formula to a continuous escape campaign: not separate historical battles, but one squad trying to return to friendly territory across fourteen missions.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Conflict: Desert Storm introduces four switchable specialists during the Gulf War and uses vehicles and open desert areas. Vietnam keeps the squad structure but moves combat to jungles, tunnels and villages and adds twelve developable skills. Desert Storm is easier to read; Vietnam more often forces short sightlines and ambushes.
Desert Storm II continues with the familiar squad and a conventional war campaign. Conflict: Vietnam uses four new soldiers, an escape story and denser terrain where enemies are harder to see. Both offer local co-op on PS2, but Vietnam ties performance more strongly to lasting improvements for individual team members.
Global Storm modernises the formula with counter-terrorist missions, contemporary equipment and refined commands. Vietnam takes place in 1968 and uses weapons and environments from that period. Global Storm varies more between countries and infiltrations; Vietnam maintains one continuous journey and grows skills over fourteen missions.
SOCOM places the player mainly in the team leader's role and accepts commands through buttons or an optional headset. Conflict: Vietnam makes all four soldiers directly controllable and lets two players share the same campaign locally. SOCOM offers modern covert operations; Vietnam follows one isolated squad in a historical war setting.
Road to Hill 30 uses suppress-and-flank commands in a Second World War story with fixed events. Conflict: Vietnam lets players switch directly among four specialists and manage each inventory. Brothers in Arms stresses suppressive fire and tactical puzzles; Vietnam focuses on survival, character growth and manual squad control.
