Horizons of online shooter games are expanding.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: June 30, 2004| Author: Takahashi, Dean | Copyright information

Byline: Dean Takahashi

NovaLogic's "Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising" puts you in the middle of a war-torn Indonesia in the near future, where U.S., British, French, German and other U.N. soldiers square off against Indonesian separatist rebels. You play either side as a soldier from a first-person point of view.

This game differs in its size and scope. More than 150 players can enter the same battle, compared to the usual maximum of 64 players in the Electro...

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