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The squad then recieves orders to destroy an Iraqi air base and radar to clear the way for allied air superiority. The team is successful in extracting the Emir via a Royal Air Force (RAF) chinook helicopter. They also link up with Connors on the way to the LZ, who is under heavy fire from Iraqi forces behind enemy lines. David Jones.īradley and Foley then help evacuate Emir Jaber III from Kuwait City after Iraqi forces ambush his armed security services convoy. The fate of the incognito operator remains unknown.įollowing this, Foley is integrated into Bradley's team, along with heavy weapons specialist Cpl. The operators proceed to the landing zone (LZ) for helicopter extraction. He then frees Foley before reclaiming the C4 that was confiscated by the Iraqis and destroying the bridge. Bradley approaches the building by using a dry river bed that runs underneath the bridge. Intelligence suggests Foley is being held in a small building north-east of the MSR.

John Bradley successfully infiltrates the area via helicopter insertion. The following day, 3rd August 1990, SAS/Delta Force operator Sgt. This results in the capture of Foley while the unidentified operator (perhaps a demolitions expert due to the fact he is tasked with setting the explosives) is presumably either Killed In Action (KIA) or taken to a separate interrogation centre.

Subsequently, the two operators engage in a firefight with the Iraqis. However, at around 2300 hours, the men are compromised by a patrolling Iraqi soldier and they fail to finish setting the explosives. As the operation commences, the special forces team covertly infiltrate the Iraqi checkpoint along the Kuwait-Iraq border. This team includes sniper specialist Cpl. On 2nd August 1990, a special operation involving destroying a bridge along a Main Supply Route (MSR) critical to Iraqi logistics is assigned to an SAS/Delta team. The elite team consists of either British 22nd Special Air Service (SAS) or 1st SFOD-D (US Delta Force) operators deployed during the 1991 efforts to repel Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Set during the first Gulf War, the story follows the covert operations of one of these coalition special forces patrols, call sign Alpha-Two. The war was codenamed Operation Desert Shield during the build up of troops in Saudi Arabia, and Operation Desert Storm during combat operations (hence the game's title).Ĭoalition special forces teams were deployed during the conflict (most notably from the United States and United Kingdom), targeting key communication facilities, Main Supply Routes (MSRs) and mobile SCUD launchers. Iraq did not comply, resulting in conflict. In response to this invasion, US-led coalition forces consisting of 35 nations (including the United Kingdom) issued Iraq with a formal deadline to withdraw its troops from Kuwait midnight of 15 January, 1991. 4.1 Alpha-Two (US/UK special forces operators):Īfter Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded the Gulf nation of Kuwait in early August 1990, widespread outrage occurred across the world.A prequel, Conflict: Vietnam, was also released.
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Conflict: Desert Storm is the first instalment of the Conflict Series and is followed by a number of sequels which include: Conflict: Desert Storm II, Conflict: Global Storm, and Conflict: Denied Ops. It was developed by Pivotal Games and Synergenix (EU, mobile) and published by SCi Games (EU), Gotham Games (NA) and Kayak Interactive (EU, mobile). A mobile version of the game was released in Europe on 20 August 2005. It was later released on GameCube in Europe and North America on 17 April 2003 and 22 April 2003 respectively. It was initially released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox on 13 September 2002 in Europe and 30 September 2002 in North America. Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, MobileĬonflict: Desert Storm, also referred to as simply Desert Storm, is a third-person tactical shooter video game that takes place during the first Gulf War. Tactical shooter, third-person shooter, action SCi Games, Gotham Games, Kayak Interactive
