WinBack: Covert Operations

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
• 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.
• 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.