Chase the Express, known in North America as Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn, is a 2000 third-person shooter video game developed by TYO Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. The game focuses on players taking on the role of a NATO officer tasked with rescuing hostages aboard an armored train and defeating a terrorist group who threatens to use nuclear weapons to devastate Europe.

The Story Behind Covert Ops - Nuclear Dawn

There he reveals a safe containing the disc Morton requested, alongside a fake. Billy MacGuire, a grievously wounded soldier. Upon regrouping, Jack learns the terrorists have wired six nuclear warheads into the Blue Harvest's engine, and is tasked with defusing them before it gets too close to Paris, forcing the NATO council to remotely destroy the train to prevent a nuclear disaster.

He soon becomes confused when Boris demands not only the IC Chip, but Pierre, having assumed the terrorists had him. Jack is forced to fight Boris and kill him; Billy, if he is treated for his wounds before this, is shot before the fight, only surviving if players ensure he was given Jack's bulletproof vest. Regardless of which disc he is given, Morton attempts to get rid of Jack and Christina, before escaping by helicopter.

How Covert Ops - Nuclear Dawn Plays

The main focus is to explore an armoured train, visiting each car, searching for useful objects, while dealing with hostile enemies - with the game borrowing notable elements from both Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid. Heading to the last car on the train, Jack confronts Morton, who reveals the disk contains the blueprints for creating a hydrogen engine - the same kind used by the Blue Harvest, which supplies it with almost limitless power - which he intends to use to make himself rich. During his search, he comes across a piece of hardware known as an IC Chip, but has little knowledge on what it does.

There he reveals a safe containing the disc Morton requested, alongside a fake. Documents can also be found, providing background information on the story or useful hints for solving puzzles. Jack is forced to fight Boris and kill him; Billy, if he is treated for his wounds before this, is shot before the fight, only surviving if players ensure he was given Jack's bulletproof vest.

Why Players Still Load It Up

Petersburg, French ambassador Pierre Simon makes his return to Paris aboard a NATO armored train called "The Blue Harvest", accompanied by his wife Catherine, their daughter Jane, and Simon's secretary, Philip Mason, are guarded by a NATO team led by Lieutenant Jack Morton. Daniel Erickson of NextGen called it "A good weekend rental with nice graphics but nothing to really sink your teeth into." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 30 out of 40. Shortly after the train nears the borders of Ukraine, a terrorist group known as the "Knights of the Apocalypse," led by ex-KGB agent Boris Zugoski, attacks the NATO team and boards the train.

Following the fight, Jack discovers Mason is a double agent, sent to steal a data disk and the IC Chip from the Blue Harvest, and who was responsible for helping Boris capture the train. Searching for them, Morton encounters Christina Wayborn, the only surviving member of the ambassador's protective detail, who works alongside him, and Sgt. Uncle Dust of GamePro concluded, "Twitch-oriented gamers should pass on this rather sluggish thriller."

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