<s>
Vietcong	B-Application
is	O
a	O
2003	O
tactical	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Pterodon	O
in	O
cooperation	O
with	O
Illusion	O
Softworks	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Gathering	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
expansion	O
pack	O
Vietcong	B-Application
:	O
Fist	O
Alpha	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2004	O
and	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
Vietcong	B-Application
as	O
Vietcong	B-Application
:	I-Application
Purple	I-Application
Haze	I-Application
for	O
the	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vietcong	B-Application
:	I-Application
Purple	I-Application
Haze	I-Application
was	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2004	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
ported	O
by	O
Coyote	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
official	O
add-on	O
titled	O
Red	O
Dawn	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Vietcong	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fist	O
Alpha	O
is	O
a	O
prequel	B-Application
to	O
Vietcong	B-Application
,	O
occurring	O
three	O
months	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
that	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Vietcong	B-Application
are	O
present	O
initially	O
except	O
for	O
Le	O
Duy	O
Nhut	O
(	O
Nick	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
's	O
pointman	O
and	O
translator	B-Application
is	O
Vietnamese	O
Sergeant	O
Nham	O
Nguyen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vietcong	B-Application
has	O
the	O
player	O
take	O
part	O
in	O
military	O
operations	O
against	O
the	O
Viet	O
Cong	O
and	O
later	O
also	O
the	O
North	O
Vietnamese	O
Army	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vietcong	B-Application
aims	O
for	O
a	O
high	O
level	O
of	O
authenticity	O
and	O
realism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
missions	O
airstrikes	B-Application
can	O
be	O
ordered	O
to	O
bombard	O
specific	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
online	O
lobby	O
servers	O
were	O
hosted	O
by	O
the	O
now-defunct	O
GameSpy	B-Protocol
Arcade	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
gameplay	O
modes	O
typical	O
for	O
shooter	O
games	O
are	O
available	O
:	O
Free	O
for	O
all	O
deathmatch	O
,	O
team	O
deathmatch	O
,	O
capture	B-Application
the	I-Application
flag	I-Application
and	O
last	O
man	O
standing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
a	O
team	O
mode	O
is	O
available	O
where	O
,	O
similarly	O
to	O
Counter-Strike	B-Application
,	O
players	O
remain	O
dead	O
for	O
the	O
remainder	O
of	O
the	O
current	O
round	O
and	O
teams	O
only	O
score	O
a	O
point	O
if	O
the	O
opposite	O
team	O
has	O
been	O
completely	O
annihilated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
Vietcong	B-Application
sold	O
roughly	O
20,000	O
units	O
during	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
German	O
market	O
,	O
Vietcong	B-Application
was	O
the	O
top-selling	O
full-price	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
April	O
2003	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Media	O
Control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
2007	O
,	O
Vietcong	B-Application
had	O
sold	O
more	O
than	O
1	O
million	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vietcong	B-Application
was	O
voted	O
the	O
3rd	O
best	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
and	O
Slovakia	O
in	O
a	O
survey	O
by	O
Czech	O
web	O
provider	O
BonusWeb	O
when	O
it	O
received	O
1393	O
votes	O
out	O
of	O
13,143	O
as	O
every	O
reader	O
could	O
choose	O
for	O
three	O
games	O
to	O
vote	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vietcong	B-Application
was	O
named	O
the	O
eighth-best	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
2003	O
by	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fist	O
Alpha	O
expansion	O
pack	O
received	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
Purple	O
Haze	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
unfavorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
