WinBack: Covert Operations (Game)

WinBack: Covert Operations

GAME » on September 30, 1999

Nintendo 64 (Platform)PlayStation 2 (Platform)PlayStation Network (PS3) (Platform)

Play the role of Jean-Luc Couger, a special operative for a government agency known as S.C.A.T.

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Story

A terrorist group know as The Crying Lions takes control of the GULF complex, a military command center that controls a weapon of mass destruction. The Secretary of Defense responds to the threat by tasking the unfortunately named Special Covert Action Team (S.C.A.T.) to reclaim it. Winback was released as Operation: Winback in Australia and Europe.

Multiple Endings

The ending of the game depends entirely on the time it took the player to complete the game. A good and a bad ending result in either the success or failure of 'operation winback' and the survival of the main characters.

Characters

S.C.A.T.

Jean-Luc Cougar
Lisa Roberts
Daniel Stewart
Law Bruford
Jake Hudson
Mike Hawkins (Character)
Thomas Smith
Steven Legal
Keith Birdy
Matthew Brown

The Crying Lions

Kenneth Coleman (leader)
Bad Luck Lila
Leon
Ryan
Sergeant Thunder
Duke
Gunt
Banderas
Jin
Deathmask
Cecile Newcastle
The Traitor (a.k.a Daniel Stewart)

Influence

Winback was the first game to incorporate the cover mechanic in a 3rd-person shooter and influenced games like Kill.Switch, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Gears of War (Game).
As an homage to the game, Jean-Luc Cougar's dog tags can be collected while playing through the Plant level of MGS2:SoL on Easy. They are only available in the original version of the game, not MGS2: Substance.

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