History VideoGame / DeltaForce

** * ''''VideoGame/RainbowSi Lone Wolf'' is basically made almost entirely from assets from Delta Force Urban Warfare''

* GrenadeLauncher: The [=M203=] is available for the [=M4=] by default in the first game and as an option (with the Masterkey shotgun as an alternative) in the second. It's one of the reasons the [=M4=] is so versatile, as it makes secondary weapons such as satchel charges and hand grenades completely redundant.

* GoodGunsBadGuns: The enemies are generally armed with Kalashnikovs, while Delta Force themselves have a variety of traditionally "good" guns, most notably the [=M4=]. ''Land Warrior'' and ''Task Force Dagger'' zigzag this, though less by giving the player more non-Western options than by giving the enemies more of the guns you can take, leading to every other random Eastern European terrorist having a [[RareGuns G11 or Jackhammer]].

* RareGuns: ''Land Warrior'' adds some pretty obscure guns, like the [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Pancor Jackhammer]], the H&K [=P11=], the APS Underwater Assault Rifle and the H&K [=G11=] to its arsenal. The H&K Mark 23 SOCOM appears regularly throughout the series as a standard sidearm from the second game onwards.

* AKA47: Generally averted. Most guns appear under either their real names or their US military designations. The only exception is the 1911, which is given the generic designation of "Spec Ops .45".
* AllUpToYou:
** The majority of the legwork is done by Bravo team, which consists solely of the player, while Alpha and Charlie are two man teams of AI squadmates provided as support. While they can assist with general pacification missions (if they're not running into walls or attempting to shoot through solid objects), the player is generally left to complete the objectives by themselves. This can be subverted with CoOpMultiplayer.
** ''Land Warrior'' occasionally supplies a lone squadmate, but the majority of campaign missions are solo ops. Oftentimes, they're even ''less'' useful than Alpha and Charlie teams from the previous games due to being less numerous and having wonky AI that's so bad that in one mission, they'll just sit in the helicopter while you do everything.

* CameraPerspectiveSwitch: The games allowed to switch over to third person view, which a lot of first person shooters tended to in the late nineties. However, much like other games at that time, it wasn't all that useful.

* GoodGunsBadGuns: The enemies are generally armed with Kalashnikovs, while Delta Force themselves have a variety of traditionally "good" guns, most notably the [=M4=].
* GrenadeLauncher: The [=M203=] is available for the [=M4=] by default in the first game and as an option (with the Masterkey shotgun as an alternative) in the second. It's one of the reasons the [=M4=] is so versatile, as it makes secondary weapons such as satchel charges and hand grenades completely redundant

** Aside from some new weapons and a couple of features, ''Delta Force 2'' didn't change up the formula much from the original game.
** ''Task Force Dagger'' is a standalone expansion to ''Land Warrior''.

* NewWorkRecycledGraphics: ''Delta Force 2'' reuses many of the same assets from the first game, most notably with the returning weapons. Egregiously, [=NovaLogic=] didn't even bother to change the ingame model for the unsilenced pistol, which, despite being a Mark 23 in the menu, still appears as a 1911 ingame. Which is very strange considering they already went to the trouble of creating an ingame model for the Mark 23 with a suppressor to replace the .22 from the first game.

** ''Delta Force'' was one of the earliest games to depict the [=M4=] with a three round burst mode and a semi auto mode instead of just being a fully automatic weapon. The [=MP5=] and [=M249=] can also be toggled between full-auto and semi-auto (with the [=MP5=] also having a three-round burst mode).

* SniperRifle: The early games give two dedicated weapons for sniping; The [=M40A1=] and the Barrett. The [=M4=] comes with a scope, allowing it to be used for sniping, albeit at shorter distances, but adequate for the game.

* StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly: This was one of the earliest first person shooters where the enemy wasn't starting guns blazing, instead patrolling around calmly. Silenced weapons allow for OptionalStealth, but eventually, the mission inevitably turns into a full on firefight.

* SwissArmyWeapon: The [=M4=] Carbine in the earlier games can be used as a close quarters weapon and to pick off enemies at a distance with its scope, comes with either a [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Masterkey]] or a GrenadeLauncher depending on which game you're playing, and has semi auto and three round burst options. About the only thing it doesn't have is a silenced option. In ''Land Warrior'' and ''Task Force Dagger'', the OICW fills this role, having a decent rate of fire in bursts for close-quarters, a 6x scope for long range, and its integrated multi-shot grenade launcher to take care of heavier threats. To a lesser extent, the Steyr AUG falls into this category, but has a smaller magnification scope, but a larger magazine.

* VaporWare: ''Delta Force: Angel Falls'' was announced in 2008. As of 2017, there's still no sign of it.

** ''Land Warrior'' removes the option of taking a GrenadeLauncher for the [=M4=], leaving only the Masterkey. However, you can still take the GrenadeLauncher attached to the Steyr AUG, which also has superior range, at the cost of a smaller scope magnification.

** On the flip side, enemies aren't that much better - they'll usually just stand around in the open firing in your general direction, not even attempting to move or take cover. Some enemies will actually attempt to go prone when you open fire on them... and then promptly try to shoot through the ground.

** The AI of the squadmates is rather primitive, given the era. In the earliest version of the original game, they never even seemed to be armed, and even in later versions, some missions have them happily making a beeline past several enemies and inevitably getting shot.

** ''Land Warrior'' occasionally supplies a lone squadmate, but the majority of campaign missions are solo ops. Oftentimes, they're even ''less'' useful than Alpha and Charlie teams from the previous games.

** ''Land Warrior'' occasionally supplies a lone squadmate, but the majority of campaign missions are solo ops.

* ItsRainingMen: Some missions in ''2'' have the player and their team insert by parachute with the descent controllable.

** The Barrett Light 50 has the opposite problem. While it comes with a scope and is powerful enough to take down vehicles, being an anti materiel rifle, it has a relatively small number of reserve magazines, to the point where running out of bullets is a very real concern without doubled ammo. Additionally, its slow rate of fire means that the player will be at a disadvantage during the inevitable close quarters mopup that tends to occur towards the end of most missions, forcing the player to either tread with extreme caution or switch to a sidearm. ''Land Warrior'' attempted to alleviate this by allowing the player to take a submachinegun as an additional weapon.

* ActionGirl: You get the option of making your player character female from the second game onwards.

* AllUpToYou: The majority of the legwork is done by Bravo team, which consists solely of the player, while Alpha and Charlie are two man teams of AI squadmates provided as support. While they can assist with general pacification missions (if they're not running into walls or attempting to shoot through solid objects), the player is generally left to complete the objectives by themselves. This can be subverted with CoOpMultiplayer.

** The Barrett Light 50 has the opposite problem. While it comes with a scope and is powerful enough to take down vehicles, being an anti materiel rifle, it has a relatively small number of reserve magazines, to the point where running out of bullets is a very real concern without doubled ammo. Additionally, its slow rate of fire means that the player will be at a disadvantage during the inevitable close quarters mopup that tends to occur towards the end of most missions, forcing the player to either tread with extreme caution or switch to a sidearm.

* ExcusePlot: Most of the plot you'll get is in the mission briefings, telling you who you're shooting and why you're shooting them. These can be mostly skipped over if you don't feel like reading a wall of text. There's not even a large story arc to most of the games with the games being broken down into several mini campaigns. The second game introduces standalone missions. It wasn't until ''Land Warrior'' that an overarching plotline was introduced.

* LimitedLoadout: Before embarking on a mission, the player is required to choose a loadout. [[EmergencyWeapon A knife]] is always available and the player must choose one pistol, one rifle and a couple of extra supplementary weapons.

* SwissArmyWeapon: The [=M4=] Carbine in the earlier games can be used as a close quarters weapon and to pick off enemies at a distance with its scope, comes with either a [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Masterkey]] or a GrenadeLauncher depending on which game you're playing, and has semi auto and three round burst options. About the only thing it doesn't have is a silenced option. In ''Land Warrior'' and ''Task Force Dagger'', the OICW fills this role, having a decent rate of fire in bursts for close-quarters, a 6x scope for long range, and its integrated multi-shot grenade launcher to take care of heavier threats.

* LittleUselessGun: The P-11 Underwater Pistol is by far the worst sidearm in the series because its effective range is a paltry 15 metres. For comparison, every other sidearm has an effective range of 50 metres.

* LittleUselessGun: Averted by the Ruger Mark II in the first game; it's just as effective as the 1911 in terms of stopping power, despite being chambered in .22 and comes with a larger magazine and [[HollywoodSilencer inbuilt suppressor]] to boot. This is probably why later games just offered a standard sidearm (usually the H&K Mark 23) with an optional suppressor.