Shellshock: Nam '67

The player experiences combat from a third-person perspective, with the character visible on screen as they navigate the jungles, villages, and tunnels of Vietnam. The game emphasizes a sense of realism rooted in the era, rather than carrying an over-sized arsenal, the player is limited to one heavy weapon, a sidearm (or two sidearms), and collection of grenades. Weapons are historically modeled from Vietnam-era rifles to mounted machine guns, with the player being able to pick up dropped weapons from defeated enemies, such as AK-47s.

Movement and combat reflect gritty, close-quarters warfare. The player can crouch, go prone, and lean to take cover behind natural features like rocks, trees, and terrain contours, which promotes a more tactical approach rather than a run-and-gun style. The environment is not just decoration: using foliage and terrain strategically allows the player to mask their presence and choose safer lines of engagement, evoking the tension and uncertainty of real jungle combat.

The game starts in January 1967 in Saigon, South Vietnam. s, lands at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in southern Saigon. Walker, along with his squad mate, Private "Psycho" Kowalski, are chosen by their CO, to participate in an air assault on a Viet Cong encampment within Kon Tum province. I.

nicknamed "Short Timer". I. named Tompkins, to join the squad. Along with the help of a special operations squad made up of Sergeant Ramirez, "Tick Tock" and "Eyeball", they help Walker and the others clear out the VC encampment.

ShellShock: Nam '67 received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

IGN found the game to have "many faults" and criticized the presentation of war as tasteless. Eurogamer also noted that the game was "a trivial representation of a bloody conflict for our personal entertainment" but thought that "when it hits the spot it's briefly thrilling" and admired the creators' ambition in at least attempting to make a game which was not bland and sanitized.