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Anyone else who have tried or currently play World War II Online?
Since a little more then 2.5 years back is my favorite game by far WWII Online. No other game has made me as addicted as this game has. And it has, compared to many other games, a very good OS X support too. Patches for Mac and PC comes at the same time, and normally do we see bigger updates with new vehicles and stuff every six to eight week. Havn't you tried it out yet and you like WWII games do I recommend you to try it out. The game can download for free here. Approx. 200 MB At the moment is there a 14-days free trail to play on the gameserver, (with the last day to sign-up on Friday the 11th of Mars). There is no single missions, only an off-line "boot-camp" where all equipment can be tested out (strongly recommended). If you want to try it out should you go to Firingsquad.com and follow the instructions. On that side will you also find a couple of fair reviews on WWIIOL including a good basic "Beginners Guide" for the infantry play. Just a warning! This game isn't anything like Battlefield1942 or other games similar to BF1942. WWIIOL is all about realism with realistic damage models. Hence WWIIOL is rather demanding, why the player have to be patient or s/he will constantly face instant death without knowing what killed her/him. A general good advice is to communicate with the other players around you, and show as low profile as possible to avoid being fired at. You will find World War II Online's main site here. If you decide to try out this game is it a good thing to tune in channel 99 when you log on the gameserver. Ch:99 is monitored by the "Training Corps", one for each each side. The Training Corps consists (in most cases) of very experienced players who is ready to guide new players into this rather complexed and difficult game. Other then that? Well the map is over 28.000 square kilometers [sic!] and it contains nearly 500 towns and villages to fight over, and several thousand players is on the same server. Compare that to the maps in "Call of Duty" or "Battlefield1942" whos map at the most is never bigger then some 9 square kilometers, at the most, and you can never be more then 32 players on the same server. Another huge and important difference compared to the above games; a campaign in WWIIOL normally takes two to three months to finish before one of the two sides is declared a winner (the other side has only some 15-20 towns left). Sounds interesting? I hope it does. A few screenshots taken by different player. Just to give you a felling what's all the fuze is about. A close-up picture on a british Bren-gunner Allied High Command (AHC) changing Commander-in-Chief Fallschirmsjägers (paratrooers) rushing over an airfield toward their transport Fallschirmsjägers jumping over a british-controlled village Fallschirmsjäger drops over french defenselines A german Kampfgeschwader of He 111 (bomberplane) on high altitude flying to England for a Blitzraid. Picture taken from an escorting Bf 110 Player-made Movies (For those with a fast connection) WWIIOL's Movie contest 2003, 2:nd price (best movie in my opinion) http://www.mirror.wwiionline.com/dow...est/entry2.mpg (22 MB ) A french squadron of fighters intercepts a germen Kampfgeschwader of He-111's which is escorted by a Jagdgeschwader of Bf-109's. Taking place at an altitude of over 7000 meters. A big file, but a very good movie. Death at 22000ft http://www.303rd.org/uploads/kten/thor.mp4 (89 MB ) An excellent "promo-movie" made by a member to a german squad (aka clan) called"Stürmgrenadier". http://www.hobymarx.com/videos/wwiiol/Czackcom2.wmv (26 MB ) The battle from the view of the infantry British Sapper http://home.comcast.net/~g_rider08/British_Sapper.avi (24 MB ) A excellent movie made to look like it is an autentic movie from the war. Made by a member to an allied squad called "40 Commado". Cave Canem http://www.40commando.com/Gallery/40.../cavecanem.wmv (20 MB ) A british Hurricane assisting the ground-forces Snap-roll with Hurricane http://home.comcast.net/~g_rider06/HURRI.avi (15 MB ) A players made presentation of the four new aircrafts that was added the days before Christmans 2004. Another big file, but it gives an excellent picture of how well all the details works in this game. Christmas Planes ftp://64.45.193.111/video/christmasplanes.avi (57 MB ) |
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Something about Call of Duty made me sick. Literally sick. Its the first 3D game to ever do that to me. Its odd because I used to play MOHAA online all the time and there is not really to much of a difference between the two.
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Join Date: May 2004
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Oh I think there's a big difference in the graphic quality and the physics of the game. I can see how COD might make you a little woozy if you got too zoned out staring at the screen. MOHAA is much more flat in terms of how the worlds look, move, spin.
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I started playing WWII a couple of years ago when it first came out for Macs and I've not stopped yet.
In th two years I've been playing the graphics have vastly improved with another upgrade due in the next few weeks (April 2005). But what makes the game unique is the game play. No other game can offer such a variety of roles all combining towards a single goal. You can be a destroyer captain, a tank commander, a fighter pilot, long range bomber, various infantry roles, the list goes on and on. There's also a well established squad system that binds players together. The squad that I belong to, 40 Commando, specialises in hitting enemy airfields and bridges many killometres behind the front lines. We either load up a truck and drive or fly in using transport planes. But be warned, WWIIOnline isn't for the rambo type player. Those sorts of players usually die within seconds, never seeing what killed them. They just can't hack the very unforgiving kill system. As in real life, one shot and you're dead. There's no power ups or health packages to make life easier. But give it a try and you'll be well rewarded. www.wwiionline.com www.40commando.com http://www.40Commando.com/Gallery/40...bornforwar.wmv Last edited by Rheostar : 2005-04-06 at 16:12. |
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Gone.
Don't anyone bring up the WWII "deal" again. Free initial offer or not, I still define it as spam because it's a ploy to profit from soliciting our forums. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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