Call of Duty: 1968 Tunnel Rats

Call of Duty: 1968 Tunnel Rats is a First/Third Person Shooter (depending on what perspective you play on) set in the Vietnam War. The game was Developed by Ubisoft and Treyarch and Published by Activision in 2019.

Call of Duty: 1968 Tunnel Rats is the most violent CoD to date for example if the player were to shoot an enemy in the head or arm it would explode in a shower of gore with them screaming in pain.

ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ for:

Blood and Gore

Intense Violence

Partial Nudity

Use of Alchohal

Sexual Content

Strong language

Gameplay and Setting
The game is set in the violent war called the Vietnam War. For most of the game the player will fight the Viet Cong and be either in tunnels or jungles.

Features include disarming traps, traveling back in time if the player were to make a mistake, graphic violence and vehicle driving.

Gameplay is a mix of Gears of War, Call of Duty: Black Ops and puzzle games. You're probably saying "Why is puzzle games in this mixture?" Well it's suppose to represent disarming tripwire traps and such.

Engine
The game runs on a heavily modified ConnorEngine 4 which powers games like GTA 6, Medal of Honor: Airborne Operations and Wii U Sports.

The ConnorEngine 4 includes Dynamic lighting effects, physics, sound and great graphics.

This was originally going to run on Unreal Engine 5 but Treyarch thought the ConnorEngine 4 was a better choice.

Story
The Story can either be played solo or 4 player co-op.

Solo:

As Lt.Cole Griffin you lead your squad through the harsh combat that is the Vietnam War.

Mission 1: Waking up to a nightmare

You wake up after your helicopter crashes inside a village full of Vietcong with 2 squadmates dead.

Objectives:

Find equipment

Secure village

Find missing sniper team

Get into tunnels

Put charge on supplies

Escape the tunnels before it explodes

Find Sergeant Gordan Calhoun

This part will be finished later on.

Multiplayer
In Multiplayer skins and cosmetic items can be unlocked by either completing challenges or ranking up. There are the total of 150 cosmetic items and the total of 205 weapon skins. (I'm not even going to list them)

There are 3 new gamemodes in CoD: 1968 the first mode is "Assault Squad" which is a competitive gamemode mainly used for tournaments. The second gamemode is"Hold the Line!" In this mode a team of 10 players fight against infinite waves of Vietcong soldiers while 2 their player are on the Vietcong side. The third and last new gamemode is "Duel" which is just an easier way to have 1v1's.

The factions in Multiplayer are:

South Vietnam

United States

North Vietnam

Vietcong

Maps
Jungle

Tunnels

Cave

Airfield

Crash site

Motel

Hanoi

Trenches

There are more to come!

Weapons
AK47

M16

M1911

TT33

Mosin Nagant

PPSH41

M1A1 Thompson (Drum Mag Only)

Trench Gun

Nagant Revolver

Knife

Machete

Springfield 1903

M3 Grease Gun

M1 Carbine

Colt Python

MP40

Kar98

Luger P08

SVT40

PPD 40

Sten

Sheilhandgranate

Pineapple grenade

M2 Flamethrower

Tank

MAC 10

MAT 45

AK74

Regional differences
Some countries either censored the game or banned it entirely.

German Version:
Blood is removed entirely and replaced with oil

Vietcong is replaced with robots

Graphic violence is taken out and is replaced with gears

Korean/Japanese Version
Banned

Reception
Call of Duty: 1968 Tunnel Rats received mostly mixed to positive reviews from critics. Metacritic gave a Metascore of 74/100 stating "It definitely has some good replay value and the multiplayer is great!". GameSpot gave it a score of 4.5/5.