You can fly in a variety of helicopters and a selection of boats from dinghies to destroyers. However 4x4s find it hard going through shallow water - so hard, in fact that they stop altogether - not exactly what you would expect from an apparently robust, military vehicle. These are fun to drive and can also transport your fellow team-mates in multiplayer games. There are 4x4s, lorries, and armoured vehicles - useful for travelling the many long and tedious distances. The landscape, which varies from flat planes to hilly banks and built up villages, never repeats itself. Inevitably this means slow loading times and a slight reduction in graphics quality but the price paid for new terrain each time you play is worth paying. The game is set in Indonesia, with over 52km² of maps to fight in and explore. But with its new and innovative functions, Joint Operations manages to pull that off. It’s hard to imagine a game capable of integrating vehicles and players into a map and create multiplayer magic in the way these forerunners have. (Pocket-lint) - Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising is the newest in the ‘war zone first-person shooter’ genre attempting to beat the stiff competition of Battlefield Vietnam and Battlefield 1942. The game is currently scheduled for release in early March. * Take out targets and remove threats in single-player mode while gaining valuable experience in vehicle control and weapons handling * Numerous multiplayer game types including a co-operative mode. Travel on vehicles across vast terrain or use the dense jungle canopy for cover while on foot. * Play as either a member of the Joint Operations Force or an Indonesian separatist, with a choice of weapons and vehicles at your disposal. * Wage war with driveable modern combat vehicles and up to 64 players online via the NovaWorld games service, or through LAN connections. * Use LCACs (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) or Chinook helicopters to transport teammates and vehicles from island to island or across expansive terrain for mass troop deployment. * Developed using the Black Hawk engine, Joint Operations promises superior rendering technology and an enhanced third-generation multiplayer experience. * Fly helicopters, pilot boats, and drive fast attack vehicles as part of a skilled combat team, firing on-the-move. or fight for independence as a well armed separatist. Play as either a member of a Joint Force and neutralise the threat. The missions are dangerous the threat is real. Escalating violence threatens innocent civilians and Western economic interests. Regional independence movements have acquired advanced weaponry as the nation's military splits into competing factions. One of the most populated countries in the world is disintegrating. Based on the premise of that in the near future Indonesia will factionalise, in Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising you play as either as a separatist or part of the Joint Force team sent in to restore order.

Joint operations typhoon