Platoon

05.11.2002
Genre: Strategy
Strategy game which takes place in vietnam. You control a platoon of GIs through a campaign with 14 missions. Platoon is the second video game adaptation of the 1986 war film of the same title, following the 1987 game by Ocean Software

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Platoon

05.11.2002

Strategy game which takes place in vietnam. You control a platoon of GIs through a campaign with 14 missions. Platoon is the second video game adaptation of the 1986 war film of the same title, following the 1987 game by Ocean Software

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