Deadly Dozen

Deadly Dozen is a 2001 World War II oriented squad-based first-person shooter video game developed by nFusion Interactive. The title refers to the famous World War II movie The Dirty Dozen. As in the movie, the main protagonists are military misfits sentenced to death or long term imprisonment who are given a chance to redeem themselves by going on dangerous missions. The game was followed by a sequel titled Deadly Dozen: Pacific Theater.

Deadly Dozen
Cover art
Developer(s)nFusion Interactive
Publisher(s)Infogrames
Platform(s)Windows
ReleaseOctober 31, 2001
Genre(s)Tactical shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

The twelve characters have different specializations: sniper, demolition expert and so on. For every mission, the player selects four of European theater.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings61.33%[1]
Metacritic56/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
GameSpot7.1/10[3]
GameSpy60/100[4]
GameZone8.5/10[5]
IGN6.4/10[6]
ActionTrip50%[7]

Deadly Dozen received mixed reviews from critics upon release. On Metacritic, the game holds a score of 56/100 based on 7 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[2] On GameRankings, the game holds a score of 61.33% based on 12 reviews.[1]

References
  1. "Deadly Dozen for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. "Deadly Dozen for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. Wolpaw, Erik (21 November 2001). "GameSpot: PC Reviews: Deadly Dozen Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 23 November 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  4. Suciu, Peter (December 2001). "Reviews: The Deadly Dozen". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 4 January 2002.
  5. "PC Game Reviews - Deadly Dozen". GameZone. 12 November 2001. Archived from the original on 28 November 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  6. Sulic, Ivan (27 November 2001). "Deadly Dozen review on pc.ign.com". IGN. Archived from the original on 29 November 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  7. Grbavcic, Dejan (20 November 2001). "Featuring Deadly Dozen Review at ActionTrip". ActionTrip. Archived from the original on 5 December 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

This game was also the inspiration for The DeadlyDozen Clan - https://web.archive.org/web/20090417070118/http://www.deadlydozen.co.uk/


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