Man, I love that movie....but it drives me nuts at the same time! It was on this morning and of course I had to watch it......this movie along with Braveheart and the Patriot are my must watch movies when they show up on TV. Every time I watch this movie, I then get into a huge mood of wanting to play a WWII game that can give the same excitement as the movie. Sadly, nothing ever comes close to the same kind of small-squad tactical game that would satisfy me, but nonetheless is puts me back in the WWII mood. I dream of a squad based game where you feel the emotions of the soldiers....give them personal bios/backgrounds and make you feel the pain when you actually lose one of them.
The search continues....
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on April 06, 2013, 01:57:50 PM
Man, I love that movie....but it drives me nuts at the same time! It was on this morning and of course I had to watch it......this movie along with Braveheart and the Patriot are my must watch movies when they show up on TV. Every time I watch this movie, I then get into a huge mood of wanting to play a WWII game that can give the same excitement as the movie. Sadly, nothing ever comes close to the same kind of small-squad tactical game that would satisfy me, but nonetheless is puts me back in the WWII mood. I dream of a squad based game where you feel the emotions of the soldiers....give them personal bios/backgrounds and make you feel the pain when you actually lose one of them.
The search continues....
RO2 is free to play this weekend, if that's your thing.
It's slowly growing on me. :D It's also occasionally nice when a few people use the integrated voice to coordinate instead of having oral diarrhea. Considering the game is quite tactical and about as hardcore a shooter as I've seen, there
has to be less punk-ass kids about on average.
Quote from: Nefaro on April 06, 2013, 02:01:21 PM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on April 06, 2013, 01:57:50 PM
Man, I love that movie....but it drives me nuts at the same time! It was on this morning and of course I had to watch it......this movie along with Braveheart and the Patriot are my must watch movies when they show up on TV. Every time I watch this movie, I then get into a huge mood of wanting to play a WWII game that can give the same excitement as the movie. Sadly, nothing ever comes close to the same kind of small-squad tactical game that would satisfy me, but nonetheless is puts me back in the WWII mood. I dream of a squad based game where you feel the emotions of the soldiers....give them personal bios/backgrounds and make you feel the pain when you actually lose one of them.
The search continues....
RO2 is free to play this weekend, if that's your thing.
It's slowly growing on me. :D It's also occasionally nice when a few people use the integrated voice to coordinate instead of having oral diarrhea. Considering the game is quite tactical and about as hardcore a shooter as I've seen, there has to be less punk-ass kids about on average.
Thanks, I already own it along with most WWII FPS...just not the same. I want my soliders to have unique personalities and attributes to the degree that I actually care about them....I know I am just dreaming though.
-Silent Storm
-Hidden & Dangerous
-Eric Young Squad Assault
-Soldiers- Heroes of WW2
-Men of War
-Commandoes
Soldiers at War by SSI. God I wish someone would make a game like that again!
Quote from: bbmike on April 06, 2013, 02:44:39 PM
Soldiers at War by SSI. God I wish someone would make a game like that again!
Yep, me too...might have been the closest.
I find movies like Saving Private Ryan have the opposite effect on me. I find movies like that bring the reality of war too close to home and it turns me off to small unit games for a while.
I cry at war movies but I hate The Patriot. That time period has so many interesting and true stories; hollywood just has to churn out this enormous
heap of steaming crap. I did like the part where they burned the church even if it was a steal from the SS. Disney's Swamp Fox with Leslie Nielson
as Francis Marion was so much better. Especially the songs!!
Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway...look no further.
Strange you should mention that one, JH. I was looking at it today and wondering how good it is.
I really liked the Brother in Arms series but could never win at them. Plus I'd get half my squad killed in one mission and then they'd be all alive again for the next one.
Afriend mentioned they had found SSI's old infantry battle game, Ambush, somehwere on the web. It played well with dosbox.
The good thing about that game was each soldier, on both sides, did have a personality.
Quote from: besilarius on April 06, 2013, 03:52:50 PM
Afriend mentioned they had found SSI's old infantry battle game, Ambush, somehwere on the web. It played well with dosbox.
The good thing about that game was each soldier, on both sides, did have a personality.
Loved that game back in the day and that is exactly what I was talking about....
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on April 06, 2013, 03:45:12 PM
Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway...look no further.
Played the first two through, but not this one. I enjoyed them - the scenery and sound effects were very atmospheric. My only problem with them was that occasionally you'd suddenly realise that you were playing an action puzzle game, rather than a war game.
Brothers in Arms itself had a fight with a Panzer (a PIII iirc) which reminded me of a boss battle in Ocarina of Time: you had to stay alive long enough to hit it with five fausts whilst it chased you round a farmyard.
Brothers in Arms is more like Band of Brothers which is the other Spielberg / Tom Hanks collaboration.
Highly recommended.
Hell's Highway has more mainstream FPS feel than the previous ones but it does serve to close the story.
Crap, I just saw the whole Brothers in Arms 3-pack on Steam for $20.
Bought. Installing. I'm so weak willed.
I am not weak willed. I have no will. I am powerless over games.
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on April 06, 2013, 02:45:55 PM
Quote from: bbmike on April 06, 2013, 02:44:39 PM
Soldiers at War by SSI. God I wish someone would make a game like that again!
Yep, me too...might have been the closest.
Have you not played
Silent Storm?
Quote from: Toonces on April 06, 2013, 10:31:20 PM
Crap, I just saw the whole Brothers in Arms 3-pack on Steam for $20.
Bought. Installing. I'm so weak willed.
I
almost pulled the trigger on that one as well.
Quote from: Nefaro on April 07, 2013, 12:28:10 AM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on April 06, 2013, 02:45:55 PM
Quote from: bbmike on April 06, 2013, 02:44:39 PM
Soldiers at War by SSI. God I wish someone would make a game like that again!
Yep, me too...might have been the closest.
Have you not played Silent Storm?
I have not...I thought I read somewhere that it had some crazy modes or characters that show up that aren't lifelike...unless I am thinking of something else.
This thread begs the question, why are their no WWII squad level computer role playing games? I always wondered why some one didn't use the Jagged Alliance, Silent Storm or X-Com game engine and try to make a WWII squad level game out of them.
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on April 07, 2013, 06:36:27 AM
I have not...I thought I read somewhere that it had some crazy modes or characters that show up that aren't lifelike...unless I am thinking of something else.
You mean these buggers? ;)
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It's been mentioned by several forumites that there is a mod to remove the Panzerkleins from Silent Storm.
Quote from: jomni on April 07, 2013, 05:12:42 PM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on April 07, 2013, 06:36:27 AM
I have not...I thought I read somewhere that it had some crazy modes or characters that show up that aren't lifelike...unless I am thinking of something else.
You mean these buggers? ;)
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi006.radikal.ru%2F0910%2Fe7%2F42867e55ca2c.jpg&hash=13973dbe31100dd99644f008d083bc47fce294b6)
Yep, that would rule out the game for me...unless my history books were wrong and robots did fight in the war.
Those aren't robots they're Anime V-weapons. I thinks they are in the second part not the first.
Hmm, if they could be modded out and this is like Soldiers at War I may have to give it a try. I see that GOG.com has this game!
I have it but haven't played for ages, Cheap on GOG. It seems to me it had it's moments but there were short ranges and some really annoying dumb humour.
But that is a foggy recollection. I remember mostly enjoying it.
Although not a squad-based game of infantry combat, I always grew "attached" to my crews in B-17 The Mighty Eighth...
Quote from: Jack Nastyface on April 07, 2013, 06:47:38 PM
Although not a squad-based game of infantry combat, I always grew "attached" to my crews in B-17 The Mighty Eighth...
Hhhmmmm....game I bought long ago, but didn't really play. Maybe worth installing again. Wonder how it will work nowadays. Thanks for mentioinng.
Quote from: bbmike on April 07, 2013, 05:22:36 PM
Hmm, if they could be modded out and this is like Soldiers at War I may have to give it a try. I see that GOG.com has this game!
It's better than Soldiers At War ever was. Mod 'em out if that's what you wanna do.
It's the same X-Com style stuff, set in WW2. But! There is also a
lot of destructible environment to be had. It's nice being able to shoot through some walls, blow 'em up, etc. Just be careful that the unknown person you hear on the other side of the door isn't a civvie before you go unloading the Bren through it. ;D
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on April 06, 2013, 01:57:50 PM
Man, I love that movie....but it drives me nuts at the same time! It was on this morning and of course I had to watch it......this movie along with Braveheart and the Patriot are my must watch movies when they show up on TV. Every time I watch this movie, I then get into a huge mood of wanting to play a WWII game that can give the same excitement as the movie. Sadly, nothing ever comes close to the same kind of small-squad tactical game that would satisfy me, but nonetheless is puts me back in the WWII mood. I dream of a squad based game where you feel the emotions of the soldiers....give them personal bios/backgrounds and make you feel the pain when you actually lose one of them.
The search continues....
The ARMAs have various WWII mods. You can customize your troops at bit.
CMBN actually is a good tactical game. One of my favorite moments when it first came out came when I accidently ordered an entire US Parachute company to advance and about 100 little guys stoically went running into a little town in long files from all over the place. Somehow it all worked out; a barrage fell behing them and they suppressed and overran a German MG.
In a related vein, I'm doing the 101 drop 15 km northwest of Eindhoven in Where Eagles Dare. It's grand tactical (500 meters, 2 hours, companies), but has a lot of good flavor -- German garrison troops, replacement tanks in a repair shop, tiny Kampfgruppes galore and of course the 101 parachuting in (over half the division landed pretty close to Eindhoven).
So there are a range of choices, though Dr. Strangelove is my favorite war movie.
Quote from: Nefaro on April 07, 2013, 07:24:45 PM
It's better than Soldiers At War ever was. Mod 'em out if that's what you wanna do.
It's the same X-Com style stuff, set in WW2. But! There is also a lot of destructible environment to be had. It's nice being able to shoot through some walls, blow 'em up, etc. Just be careful that the unknown person you hear on the other side of the door isn't a civvie before you go unloading the Bren through it. ;D
Now I must get this game. Better than Soldiers at War!? Please let it be so!
This is a proper war movie. It was a Disney series that got made into a theatrical release.
What a war movie should be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADesK3Wa_D0
Sometimes I just Loooove Americans.
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