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Confidential Mission

Confidential Mission is a light-gun compatible shooting game most easily likened to Sega's Virtua Cop series. You play as either Howard Gibson or Jean Clifford, both super-agents a la James Bond, and you are…

60 14 May 2001

Confidential Mission is a shooter developed by Hitmaker, released 14 May 2001 on Dreamcast and Arcade. The main story takes about 2 hrs to finish.

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What Confidential Mission is

Confidential Mission is a shooter game developed by Hitmaker and released in 2001. It was published by Sega. It is available on Dreamcast and Arcade.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A group of terrorists have stolen the World's Coalition's satellite. The Confidential Mission Force (CMF) sends two of its agents, Howard Gibson and Jean Clifford, to investigate. They first infiltrate a museum, where they find out "Agares" is behind the plot of stealing the satellite. As soon as they grab the disc with the information, one of the Agares leaders prevent them from getting the disc. After they retrieve the disc, they are sent to a train traveling through the mountains. There, they find out that Agares has kidnapped satellite programmer Irina Mikhailova and forced her to reprogram the satellite. Howard and Jean manage to rescue Irina but are stopped by the General, whom they…
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

How it was received

Confidential Mission holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 12 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 3 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Confidential Mission launched on 14 May 2001, within three weeks of Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, Bejeweled, Flower, Sun, and Rain and Red Faction. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, Bejeweled, Flower, Sun, and Rain, Red Faction.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Confidential Mission — frequently asked questions

When did Confidential Mission come out?
Confidential Mission was released on 14 May 2001 for Dreamcast and Arcade.
How long does it take to beat Confidential Mission?
The main story of Confidential Mission takes around 2 hrs, or 3 hrs for 100% completion.

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