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Title: Single Player FPS Set in WWII North Africa?
Post by: Gusington on July 01, 2021, 09:59:53 AM
Greetings all.

Anyone have any suggestions for a solid FPS with a SP campaign set in North Africa during WWII?

I see that Sniper Elite III is pretty much what I just described - however I have played a ton of Sniper Elite and want something more.

Is there anything else?
Title: Re: Single Player FPS Set in WWII North Africa?
Post by: Staggerwing on July 01, 2021, 12:05:48 PM
Mare Nostrum?
Title: Re: Single Player FPS Set in WWII North Africa?
Post by: Gusington on July 01, 2021, 01:44:43 PM
Would you believe I have no recollection of Mare Nostrum but it is in my Steam library?
Title: Re: Single Player FPS Set in WWII North Africa?
Post by: Skoop on July 01, 2021, 02:11:26 PM
Battlefield series.  1942 and Battlefield 5 have Africa maps.
Title: Re: Single Player FPS Set in WWII North Africa?
Post by: Gusington on July 01, 2021, 02:35:57 PM
^Thank you.
Title: Re: Single Player FPS Set in WWII North Africa?
Post by: JasonPratt on July 01, 2021, 04:21:18 PM
The old Medal of Honor series had an expansion called Breakthrough which was not only set in North Africa (and Italy) but also was the only truly contiguous campaign in the first series.

The main game had a bunch of different maps connected by a loose story of a special operative, who somehow got involved in the D-Day landings like any other 11-B bulletstopper  ::) ; the 2nd expansion, Spearhead had a bunch of different maps without a specific character connecting them. Breakthrough was by far my favorite of the set.

Incidentally, I ripped Michael Giaccano's music from those games, deleted the cue-bites (featuring only parts of the tracks) and the repeats (from one game to the next), and mixed them with the music from Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow -- they work very well together!  :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Single Player FPS Set in WWII North Africa?
Post by: JasonPratt on July 01, 2021, 04:26:21 PM
Regarding Mare Nostrum (not to be confused with the ancient ship-fighting sim ;) ): while it requires Red Orchestra 2 to play, Rising Storm 2 has its own mod Desert Rats which ports this expansion over there; apparently any further development to the mod will happen there, too. DR doesn't seem to be released yet.

Maybe more importantly, I'm not sure that MN (or DR) has a single-player campaign.
Title: Re: Single Player FPS Set in WWII North Africa?
Post by: Gusington on July 01, 2021, 04:37:24 PM
^Yeah I have been looking and I don't think they do.
Title: Re: Single Player FPS Set in WWII North Africa?
Post by: Silent Disapproval Robot on July 01, 2021, 04:41:06 PM
Hidden and Dangerous 2 has some good levels set in N. Africa.  What could be more fun than a jeep full of SAS psychopaths shooting up a bunch of hapless Italians at their desert airbase?  Answer: missing the German pilot on the first pass, then having him get in a Bf 109 and trying to fight him off with your Vickers MG while he strafes your jeep.

Title: Re: Single Player FPS Set in WWII North Africa?
Post by: Father Ted on July 01, 2021, 05:01:45 PM
Day of Infamy has IIRC some North Africa maps.  It is primarily a MP game, but you can take on bots offline I think.
Title: Re: Single Player FPS Set in WWII North Africa?
Post by: Gusington on July 01, 2021, 07:08:08 PM
Thanks SDR and Father, I will check them out.