Vietnamese FPS '7554' retells First Indochina War

We're familiar with western developers revisiting western military victories, but it's rare to play a 'foreign' developer's take on a 'foreign' victory against a western power. Vietnamese studio Emobi Games is trying just that in '7554.'

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We're deeply familiar with games from western developers revisiting western military victories, but it's rare to play a 'foreign' developer's take on a 'foreign' victory against a western power. 7554 from Vietnamese studio Emobi Games is one such game, and a North American release has just been announced for March 2012. Curiously, it's all looking very Call of Duty.

7554 takes place towards the end of the First Indochina War, leading up to France's surrender on 7 May 1954 after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu--hence '7554.' Emobi says it "puts gamers on the front line of a colonial independence movement locked in battle against a technologically more advanced modern Western occupier."

Emobi explains, "Like many other Vietnamese game studios, the biggest objective of the 7554 team is to get Vietnamese gamers to play Vietnamese games, which will limit the dependence in foreign products and witness the thriving of high technology in Vietnam."

However, a "foreign" influence is still clearly felt, as a trailer shows 7554 bearing a striking similarity to Call of Duty and its heavily-scripted ilk. Given the global proliferation of western culture and the overwhelming success of the series, it's not at all surprising.

"Though 7554 is based on historical events, it is not an attempt to recreate the past," director Nguyen Tuan Huy says in the announcement, "but rather it is a vehicle meant for entertainment."

7554 will be released for PC in March 2012, priced at $12. Check out the official website for more information.

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    December 6, 2011 5:30 PM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Vietnamese FPS '7554' retells First Indochina War.

    We're familiar with western developers revisiting western military victories, but it's rare to play a 'foreign' developer's take on a 'foreign' victory against a western power. Vietnamese studio Emobi Games is trying just that in '7554.'

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      December 6, 2011 5:45 PM

      I just finished reading The Quiet American about 12 hours ago, so this is interesting.

      Looks better than Arabic Uncharted or Iranian God of War...

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        December 6, 2011 6:14 PM

        Yeah I'm interested too. Hope shacknews mentions it again on release.

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      December 6, 2011 6:13 PM

      Looks decent.

      Are there any other anti-imperialist/anti-colonialist games, or is this the first?

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        December 6, 2011 6:17 PM

        So this a PS2 game?

        Trolling aside it honestly looks like they took the character models from Call of Duty 2. I will probably still try it out for the perspective.

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        December 6, 2011 6:34 PM

        Red Faction to a degree has those themes.

        You get to play scenarios like that all the time in Paradox Grand Strategy games like Europa Universalis, Victoria, or Hearts of Iron series (not so much doing them but starting them in your enemies' country).

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      December 6, 2011 6:43 PM

      The landscapes look really good.

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      December 6, 2011 7:08 PM

      SIDEJACK: The Battlefield: Vietnam (Documentary series not the game) is a great series on the origins of the Indochina War and the VIetnam War. It covers pivotal campaigns, battles, and decisions that changed the course of the war. It approaches it all with a top down look from leaders to equipment to training and to the troops. Stuff like Dien Bien Phu, Tet Offensive, and the Siege of Khe Sahn.

      It's the Sequel to Battlefield which covered WWII in the same manner.

      Link to part of first episode, looks like more is on youtube:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa1U2z9GTr8

      I already have these on VHS, which I don't remember what that stands for anymore haha.

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