Hello all :).

Finally got World War II Online working and after 2 days i thought i would write a small review of what i thought so far.

After installation of the game i had quite a few problems with PlayGate, so i had to re-download an older version and manually update the game through patches that their ftp server didnt have working, so i had to go to other sites and get them. Alot of hassle but that was really it.

After getting online, i went through the basic training - i love FPS games and the training was fairly similar to everything else, just abit more realistic in terms of how it was used.

After training i wanted to get into the action as soon as possible, so i joined a random brigade, and spawned into an attacking mission on Achen.

The MSP truck was a fair bit off, so i started running, taking cover in bushes and finally laying infront of the town inbetween some shrubs. I sore an enemy german infranty run by and i shot, and then shot again after adjusting the range on the rifle. At first i didnt think i hit him, but then i sore him slwoly fall down to the ground. I then joined the rest of my squad and took the town.

I think the only complaint that i had was the running, it took awhile to get from place to place and then one small mistake gotta start all over again. I know its part of the simulation of real life and that one mistake is the last.

But other than that, i really enjoyed it. I joined a good squad first off based in US/Europe - nice guys, vets who have played since open so they took me around and showed me the ins and outs.

I will continue to go through the 14 day trial and see how i continue to like it or not. Im rank two and i really want to get to sniper haha, or para! Rank 5. Hald way through 2 so getting there slowly.

Graphics wise, personally i don't mind them, sure they are not the best, and sometimes you would wish to have better realistic graphics with the same performance, but thats a no go with this technology at the moment.

Overall i really am enjoying it :).

 

Welcome aboard and glad to hear you are enjoying yourself. The MSPs can be from 400 to 1400 meters from a target. The proximity of an enemy building can make someone have to park further than they would want. You can be too close to the enemy bldg and that will effect your msp pos. Curious about the playgate issue. That usualy goes well. Email Bloo@playnet.com with the particulars so they can find out what the issue was. Use the f6 help channel cause newbies are more than welcome and the only dumb question is the one not asked.:-) If you have a joystick, learn to fly offline and they help with driving. You can play with a mouse KB but the JS addons a lot to the game. If you decide to fly, practice offline till you can takeoff and land. We expect you to die fighting but not learning the basics. Remember each aircraft lost takes 7.5 hours to replace. Think it takes about 4 hours for tanks and inf etc. Again, glad you are enjoying yourself!

First thing I learned in WW2online when I started was this:

I spawned in an AB, ran out waving my rifle wildly. Then splosh, got ran over by a Char tank :) I repeated this a few times, got gunned down from somewhere and I had no clue from where. So then I started sneaking. Moving around with one thought in my head. "How do I move now so I wont be seen or shot?" That is something I repeat myself constanly when I play, how do I move now so I wont be shot or seen?

Think like this, there can be an enemy in every bush, every window, every corner etc. Then start playing with that as your base thought and you suddenly find yourself beeing the one taking out "carless" targets who run in the open etc. I love classic nade traps. Throw a nade through the front door, then go in through the back door and pick off defenders who looking at main door is a classic one.

Other than some spelling issues in your review it doesnt seem bad... a bit one sided.   You didnt try the otherside, you didnt try anything else in the game just one part of a really expansive game.  

One small thing thats driving me nuts in your review...

Its, SAW not SORE

SORE- is a wound, a injury.

SAW- is a cutting instrament, or past tense to see somthing.  "I saw him"

And you are Halfway through rank 2.  

Skip the grammar police. It's a personal review of a game, not a scientific review with empiric data that is going to be published.

Good review, and hope you get into the game friend. Remember that we all experience the game differently, there is no right way or wrong way to play. You play the way you feel is right.

Carry on!

ps. Get a unit to join and it will be much more fun.

There will always be grammar police around jumping on people for it. Wonder how these people would do if we decided to switch language on a board that is not their primary language, would they still be as "up tight"?

Originally posted by Hodo

Other than some spelling issues in your review it doesnt seem bad... a bit one sided.   You didnt try the otherside, you didnt try anything else in the game just one part of a really expansive game.  

 

One small thing thats driving me nuts in your review...

Its, SAW not SORE

SORE- is a wound, a injury.

SAW- is a cutting instrament, or past tense to see somthing.  "I saw him"

And you are Halfway through rank 2.  

Yes i know, sore and saw - i personally always write sore, even though people always tell me saw, gotten use to writing it haha. Alwell, not like i was trying to go for review of the year :).

I do undetstand i did not play both sides, but after two days and with limited time to play i think i did well on my first try.

Thanks to everyone else who liked it - i have joined a squad (ANZAC), nice people and within my timezone.
 

dood, theres nothing wrong with his gramma.

A note on the graphics. You can either choose a shoebox game like Call of Duty with an excellent graphic. But as with all shoebox games can will you only be able to see a few hundred meters, at the best, and you can only play with 31other players, or 63 at the best.

In WWII Online is there no limits on how many other players you can with at the same time. In WWII Online can you see infantry and ground vehicle up to 3000 meter, and aircrafts and ships up to 8000 meter.

Add to this the sound. In a shoebox game can you only hear what is very close to your self. In WWII Online can you hear hundreds of different sounds at the same time, and from several hundred meters away. Heavy guns is heard from severel kilometers distance.

It might sound strange, but if you want to hear lots of sound sources, and at distance to make it more realistic so will it have a penalty on the graphics.

At some end is it a good statement to say that other games has a "more realistic graphic", but that graphic makes those games less realistic. At the same time give the "less realistic graphic" in WWII Online the oppertunity to have a really good realistic gameplay in WWII Online.

With that said, I am very exited about what CRS can with the graphics after their new graphic engine that will be upgraded with the next patch is introduced. :)