<s>
Uncommon	B-Application
Valor	I-Application
:	I-Application
Campaign	I-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
South	I-Application
Pacific	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2002	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
2	O
by	O
3	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Matrix	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
by	O
Gary	O
Grigsby	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Gary	B-Application
Grigsby	I-Application
's	I-Application
Pacific	I-Application
War	I-Application
and	O
a	O
precursor	O
to	O
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Pacific	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uncommon	O
Valor	O
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
that	O
simulates	O
the	O
war	O
between	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Imperial	O
Japan	O
during	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
key	O
conflicts	O
in	O
the	O
South	O
Pacific	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uncommon	O
Valor	O
was	O
made	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Gary	B-Application
Grigsby	I-Application
's	I-Application
Pacific	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
stepping	O
stone	O
and	O
teaser	O
toward	O
2	O
by	O
3	O
's	O
upcoming	O
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Pacific	I-Application
,	O
a	O
full	O
Pacific	O
War	O
follow-up	O
made	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
engine	O
and	O
general	O
gameplay	O
system	O
as	O
Uncommon	O
Valor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
development	O
,	O
Billings	O
noted	O
that	O
Uncommon	O
Valor	O
was	O
the	O
smaller	O
,	O
more	O
intimate	O
counterpart	O
to	O
War	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Pacific	I-Application
,	O
as	O
it	O
would	O
portray	O
the	O
Pacific	O
War	O
at	O
a	O
smaller	O
scale	O
and	O
with	O
less	O
detail	O
than	O
its	O
planned	O
successor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
In	O
my	O
12	O
years	O
of	O
reviewing	O
wargames	B-Application
,	O
I	O
’ve	O
never	O
enjoyed	O
a	O
deeper	O
,	O
richer	O
,	O
more	O
historically	O
plausible	O
simulation.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
PC	O
Zone	O
,	O
Steve	O
O'Hagan	O
was	O
more	O
negative	O
still	O
,	O
dubbing	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
interesting	O
"	O
but	O
flawed	O
even	O
for	O
dedicated	O
wargame	B-Application
players	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
"	O
ill	O
thought-out	O
interface	O
...	O
practically	O
collapses	O
under	O
the	O
weight	O
of	O
the	O
information	O
and	O
detail	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
