Why isn't there more Vietnam war themed games?

Men of Valor (is one sided though), Vietcong 1 and 2, Men of War Vietnam, Conflict Vietnam (also more one sided I think).

Those are just a few games about Vietnam that I actually have. Might not be the newest, but there are more Vietnam games around than just BF:V.

Because Americans lost in Vietnam. Simple as that.

mostly because any war themed games are usually too boring to bother with :)

America had their ass handed to them during the Vietnam war. I doubt they want to relive that so much.

What about Tunnel Rats?

Should probably get the people behind Spec Ops: The Line on this... Not that they've made a Vietnam thing, but they'd probably do a good one.

I really loved Men of Valor it was made by MoH devs.

As far as triple A games go, I don't see publishers being convinced they can make money on a shooter with limited weapon selection or attachments. Designing or balancing for asymmetric warfare seems to be a challenge too. I recall playing BFV at release and enjoying the differences between the NVA, VC, and US, but as the game was patched it felt like balance got worse.

Real reason: Because many consider the Vietnam War a failure. Nobody wants to play as a loser.

I don't want another game about Viet Nam war, i've play CoD: Black Ops , they created a fake story makes our country looks like bad guys when we just protected our country.

my guess is that, vietnam was a lost war, nobody wants to be in a game with the losing side with no opportunity to win, plus playing as the vietcong was a little too controversial, barely any american wants to play as the other side shooting its own people, also since they did a lot of fucked up shit, (the americans did too but most people sympathize with them more i guess, maybe cause it wasnt as much as vietcong)

however there is still battlefield 2 vietnam, and magicka vietnam rescue mission which was in the humble jumbo bundle

It's a perspective issue, and that can be said on a number of levels. I did an intensive course study on Vietnam films solely from East Asian filmmakers; most interpretations of the war are heavily distorted. I almost feel the plot of "war videogames" is too surface to tackle the subject of what that war was really about (I mean, we still ignorantly call it the Vietnam War, for fuck's sake), at least in the traditional sense (CoD, Medal of Honor, etc.)

Try "7554" :P it's a game made by vietnamese people. it's buggy but you play as a vietnamese soldier in the campaign and are not a supersoldier. also you fight against french and usa.

Check out the Shellshock series,some cool FPS's set in Vietnam.

Not what you are looking for but...

http://www.hpssims.com/pages/products/SB/SBVietnam/SBVietnam.html

http://www.hpssims.com/pages/products/SB/TOD/TOD.html

http://www.hpssims.com/pages/products/ModAir/WOV/wov.html

http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?89217-COAAR-Vietnam-Combat-Operations-Volume-1

also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_in_games

and

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3287387&mpage=1&key=&#3287387

There is some good reads to go with your game, like Fire in The Lake or The Best and The Brightest.

As to your question, guerilla wars are not easy to recreate, a mod for ARMA might exist. And yeah politics. Nazi zombies are one thing, americans bombing civilians is another.

Holding your M60 shotgun inside of a Huey copter, listening to Fortunate Son whilst you're overflying the Halong Bay

cause usa lost! :3 /thread

1) Lack of epicness - no titanic forces crashing against each other, which is the centerpiece of the current war genres

2) Lack of diverse settings, all jungle all the time

3) Lack of heroism - no widespread perception in the world public of Vietnam War being good guys vs bad guys

4) Lack of recognition - say "Vietnam War game" to people, and it doesn't get many excited, unlike WWII or modern

5) Political heat - a war filled with fragging, drugs, and burning civilians. Most big companies don't want to have their brand associated with such things

Because its a period in time which America is deeply ashamed of itself but really only because it lost.

We gotta remember, no country truly engages with war for purely altruistic reasons. Not even now.

You should write a letter.

Battlefield Vietnam was really fun, the flying in that game was the best in any game i have played imo. Spent most of my time in that game playing with bots and flying the jets around.

The USA didn't win Vietnam, so there's not much ignorant patriotism for the BF/COD franchises to exploit for sales.

There would be too much controversy from Fox News if they get it too historically accurate in today's War On Terror environment.