Men of War
Men of War
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Product Description
Men of War takes place in Europe and North America during the height of WWII, the story unfolding across three different campaigns played out through the eyes of the Soviet, Allied and German soldiers. Each campaign has its own scenario and structured timeline bringing a different story of the war to life. The main Soviet campaign sees two student comrades, Smimov and Kuznetzov, join the army and quickly become brothers in arms as they rise through the ranks and experience the rigour of war. The whole story unfolds across three campaigns, with five German and five alied missions, each telling a different story of WWII.
Details
- Stunning graphics and accurately reproduced war machines and environments
- Three separate war campaigns: Allied Forces, Soviets, Germans
- Full control of inventory and damage systems features for more realistic gameplay
- Graphics include "war fog", breakable ice, visible damage to vehicles, and more
- Single player or Multi-player gameplay for up to 16 people via LAN or Internet
Popularity: 8% [?]
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about 1 year ago
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As others have noted, this game has a few rough edges. However, it is the most engaging real time tactical game that I’ve ever played; indeed, in my opinion it is the most enjoyable tactical game to hit the PC since the original X-COM came out in 1994.
Men of War puts you in the shoes of Russian, American and German forces during the height of World War II. You may be thinking, based on this, that it’s just another Company of Heroes (“CoH”) clone. It is not. The focus, pace and structure of the two games are hugely different. While CoH is a real time strategy game with limited base building and unit recruitment, Men of War gives you some soldiers, and perhaps some heavy weapons and vehicles, and that’s basically it – everything else in the mission you will have to find on the battlefield. Your men can drive every vehicle they find on the field, can use trucks to pull artillery weapons, can load either high explosive or armor piercing shells into the heavy guns. Tanks can drive through buildings and walls.
The detail here is incredible. From the realistic physics (the angle of impact an armor piercing shell hits a tank, and where it hits the tank, make a big difference, for example) to the fact that each and every soldier has his own inventory and weapon proficiencies, there’s a lot to fiddle with, which is great. A lot of times, you will control only a small front in a much larger battle. I haven’t ever seen such a large scale simulation of battle in a game of this type before.
Two other fantastic features are “direct control” – you can take direct control of each unit in the game (enormous fun with tanks) – and multiplayer coop, enabling you to play through the campaigns with your buddies online.
I could go on, but I won’t. For the discerning strategy gamer, Men of War is a must buy. It’s not for everybody – I have read some complaints from those expecting another CoH; there is almost an overwhelming amount to manage, and the game can be very difficult – but what the game does, it does extraordinarily well. I think it’s a modern classic.
about 1 year ago
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fantastic,you can complete your mission any way you want.gameplay is simple,graphics are great,highly reccomend this game.
about 1 year ago
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If you liked Soldiers At War and Faces Of War, you’ll like the third in the series. Nothing too groundbreaking here, and there is no need to break it when the system still holds up pretty well. One noticable exception is that the scale of the battles have gotten bigger. While the big battles are impressive and it gives you more of “command” feel by ordering squads and platoons instead of individuals and calling for reinforcements to meet the enemies breakouts on your line, I still perfer the small unit and individual actions. I’m almost finished with the Russian campaign and there has been a good mix of large and small engagements. Cut scene narrative is still pretty comical in a lost in translation kind of way. But once you get in the game and you order one of your soldiers who has the last Antitank grenade bundle in the squad to attack the PzIV that is shooting up all your men and he tosses it before his health bar runs out as the tank turns it’s MGs his way and WHAM! the tank’s turret flies off! you realize that there are not too many games that deliver so much fun on so many levels.
about 1 year ago
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This game is a real challenge. Every bullet is modeled and you can’t save yourself by merely outproducing your opponent. Every man, every shell matters. It makes for a steep learning curve, but is ultimately rewarding for those who can master it.
about 1 year ago
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I bought this game digitally on a impulse buy because there was a half off sale… if i had knew the amount of fun that was in store i would have paid full price immediately!
It is different from regular Stradegy games, much more difficult in my opinion, but you can read about the specifics in other reviews, my point is simply that i was surprised by it. hard to get a hold of it at first, but once you play it for a couple hours it is great fun.
the multiplayer is kinda retarded, you need a gamespy account, and i hate gamespy…
but the lan play with friends is fun and adds a new competition to the gameplay.
my major complaint is the lack of a skimish mode or random situation genorator. after playing through the campaigns 10 times I could go for a random battle here or there with simple blowing up of enemies
all in all its a great game and would highly recommend it to a WWII game lover like me!
about 1 year ago
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Sorry for my poor written review.
First I will cover the BAD things about it.
There are glitches here and there when you select multiple units and try to give them orders.. They get lost, or half the squad wont even reply. Also they might go right through enemy fire rather simple shortcut to avoid them. So you have to BABY sit them…
Graphics are good, but not as in COH good when zoomed in. Yeah I will have to compare this game to COH (Company of Heroes) because it feels similar in some aspects.
Story line.. nothing bad, its just Voice acting, seems the developers did it themselves. But who cars, it kept me more engaged over COH DRAMA story.
So the GOOD.
The game feels bit similar to COH like I mention above and Theater of War. Both good games, but this game takes best parts of both, realism of TOF and fun and fast paced of COH. It could also compare to COMANDO games, there are stealth missions, you can pick up gear from enemy or from barracks etc.
It’s really a must get, there should be no reason to explain why, if you love RTS, WW2 and bit of realism, this game for this price is a DEAL!!!!
One cool part about this game to mention is. You can take control of any single unit, from a foot soldier with a rifle, to a Machine gunner, to a jeep to a TANK! From driving it to controlling the gun torrent to picking ammunition even, heck you can even take position of guy with machine gun.
Even tho it has some bad glitechs with managment, they will always be fixed in future patches. Also game runs super smooth even with big scale warfare on very high settings and vist, I know it depends on Settings, but its smooth all the way through.
about 1 year ago
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Men of War is the third in a series of poorly-named WW2 real-time tactics games, following Soldiers: Heroes of WW2 and Faces of War. I say “tactics” rather than “strategy” because this is more of a sub-genre of games where you don’t manage bases or worry much about resources; rather, the focus is on in-depth tactics and keeping your men alive while killing the enemy. I played Soldiers (the first game in this series) and found there to be a number of problems that kept me from enjoying it, particularly the finicky control scheme, horrible user interface, and gruesome difficulty that was more frustrating than gratifying. This time around, however, Best Way has got it right.
The main difference between this game and other WW2 strategy games such as, say, Company of Heroes, is that this is is an organic battlefield; it doesn’t feel static, but dynamic. Every one of your soldiers has their own inventory, can sneak, or can be placed under AI auto-movement in order to cut down on your micromanaging. The game has both massive clashes with hundreds of soldiers, tanks, artillery howitzers, and special ops units, and stealthy night-mission commando raids where you surgically cut into your opposition.
To illustrate, one of my favorite missions begins with you sneaking four Russian commandos around behind German lines, placing bombs on guns and sweeping minefields. There are more guns than can be destroyed, so you have to think ahead and decide which guns, whether machinegun nests, mortars, howitzers, or anti-tank cannons, must be destroyed for the battle that will follow when the sun rises. When you’re ready, the next morning’s battle begins as you charge infantry across trenches, battle with tanks, and perform precision bombing runs. The mission continues as you fight through mountains, mined roads, and finally a German base; and it’s totally up to you the player how to accomplish your goal.
There are some very rough edges, but they can be forgiven when you realize how fun the game is. The voice acting is the worst I have ever heard in my life (with the exception of one voice actor out of around twenty), the difficulty is pretty rough at first (though you can slow down the action to about one-third speed, which helps in single player), and there are a few unit animations that are shoddy, but overall this game has become my most-played in the last year. I would recommend this to anyone who likes RTS games, and even to many who don’t.
about 1 year ago
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This is an excellent game. As mentioned previously it is different from COH in that you don’t build bases but start with finite resources that you need to preserve in order to win missions. You need to live off the land somewhat as well using abandoned enemy equipment when possible. Its a difficult game but worth persevering to learn. One of the more realistic war games I have played.
about 1 year ago
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The best Real Time Strategy Game out there. Realistic modeling and physics means no power bars like COH. Made for adults and smarter kids. Some criticize the ability to micromanagement which is great for the expert but you don’t have to do this in Multiplayer to still be good at it. The dozens of free game mods for this make it a long term playable game
about 1 year ago
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Very good game! And the shopping was very accurate, fast and safe!
Recommend to everyone