Tour of Duty, Vietnam, what are the differences?

Embis · 11-07-2018, 08:18 PM,

Someone just asked me this question and it made me realise I wasn't entirely sure. If I remember correctly the main differences are:

the addition of the campaign game in ToD,
Vietnam has about 70 scenarios whereas ToD has just 40.

Are there others?

rahamy · 11-10-2018, 11:30 PM,

They cover differnt actions - so it's not a rehash of the same scenarios.

Embis · 11-12-2018, 06:53 AM,

Thanks Rich.

kolc · 11-21-2018, 06:33 AM,

You can also download and play the House to House scenarios with TOD...highly recommended

Wolfgang · (This post was last modified: 01-26-2020, 08:43 PM by Wolfgang.)

IMO,

Vietnam is more focused on the Marine involvement in Vietnam - a lot of that stuff happened in I Corp area along the DMZ. The Khe San hill fights for instance.

Tour of Duty is more focused on the battles fought by the Army - Central Highlands, (but has marine scenarios too). The game now includes the house to house series which references a text regarding the Tet Offensive.

There are classic battles found in both titles. I tend to enjoy Vietnam as it has that early 60s Cold War feel to it and has scenarios for the some of the first engagements of the war.

I think both are essential for a complete retrospective of the war though. I recently watched Ken Burns Vietnam doc and every battle in that I could find a scenario for in either one of the two games.

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