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Title: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: Toad on July 21, 2020, 09:12:25 AM
Gentlemen:
I was wondering if some of you could suggest some good WW2 FPS games? I am finally updating my old, slow computer. My son has already purchased a hot rod rig. Even my grandson is getting into it.
Basically, we are looking for a fun, online game that is focused more towards action rather than the big, strategic win the war stuff. Primarily an infantry game; not WW2 Online with all the attendant hardware.
We know about Call of Duty series. My son doubled his kill rate when he went from the Playstation to the new fast computer.
Although not a WW2 game, we've been playing some America's Army. It has the fast paced action we seek. So something like that maybe?
Appreciate the input.
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: perdue3 on July 21, 2020, 09:38:38 AM
Hell Let Loose would be my number one recommendation. It has a sophisticated comms system and a great gun model. The servers are 100 people, so there is plenty to shoot at and cooperate with. It is not an arcade and plays more like Squad. I really have no complaints about it except that it is an FPS and I generally do not play them often.
Post Scriptum is along those same lines as Hell Let Loose, but it seems to be less polished. I do not own it so I cannot comment to a great extent on it.
Battlefield 5 is a WWII Battlefield. It is a bit of an arcade and has your typical Battlefield models, ballistics, and issues.
Red Orchestra 2 is aging, but for a very long time was the best WWII FPS on the market. It is still great, although it looks 10 years old because it is.
Finally, Heroes and Generals is a lot of fun. This game was an ambitious attempt at a better WWII Online and did not miss by much. You choose a country to play as in the war, which is real time and dynamic. All of the soldiers, tanks, planes, etc. are owned by players and the players move their units around the map. I'll not explain it away here, but Heroes and Generals is free and worth checking out.
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Post by: CptTrips on July 21, 2020, 10:26:43 AM
IMHO,
I prepayed for Battlefield V. and hated it. I would not recommenced that version. I've played every Battelfield since 2002 so that takes a lot for me to hate one.
It's not WWII, but Battlefield 1 is pretty fun on the lighter side. Battlefield 4 can be picked up for $20 and is completely awesome. Favorite FPS of all times and the servers are still full every evening.
:salute
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Post by: whiteman on July 21, 2020, 12:03:16 PM
BFV is hot garbage, but kids may like it.
Hell Let Loose is the best in my opinion, very tactical and working as a squad is a must for success. It’s in early access so it’s being updated regularly, so it does have issues from time to ti E but they clean them up. It’s only 12 guys from Sydney so they do what the can, so far it’s amazing.
Hero’s & Generals is free to play but a mayor grind fest if you don’t pay. Not as good as it use to be.
I haven’t played Post Scriptum in a year or 2, was in early stages at the time and ran like garbage on my pc. It’s been cleaned up and very similar to HLL, more gv’s. Not as pretty if graphics mean much.
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: Toad on July 21, 2020, 02:21:16 PM
I'm not interested in the WarThunder buythis/buythat system.
I'll pay for a game but not to get better weapons, etc.
Hell Let Loose does look pretty good.
Stumbled across an Alpha too, called Enlisted. Have to watch a couple of youtubes on that.
Thanks for the input! Keep em coming.
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: whiteman on July 21, 2020, 03:25:27 PM
I'm not interested in the WarThunder buythis/buythat system.
I'll pay for a game but not to get better weapons, etc.
Hell Let Loose does look pretty good.
Stumbled across an Alpha too, called Enlisted. Have to watch a couple of youtubes on that.
Thanks for the input! Keep em coming.
I believe Enlisted is made by the same guys doing war thunder. Going to be the same type of system.
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Post by: Ack-Ack on July 21, 2020, 05:01:12 PM
Day of Infamy is also good, basically an updated version of Day of Defeat.
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Post by: Arlo on July 21, 2020, 06:30:04 PM
I was noticing that I still have an account active with HAG. I enjoyed it, well enough. I didn't find the grind to oppressive. The only thing I didn't like is the youngsters who like to play constant hoppity hop on foot while firing like I suppose they learned to do in other FPS games.
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Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: svaalbar on July 22, 2020, 05:32:14 PM
Some other fun games id recommend are rising storm 2 and killing floor 2. They aren't ww2, first is Vietnam and second is a zombie killing game that is coop and really fun with friends
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: Traveler on July 22, 2020, 07:23:46 PM
Anyone play Arma 3? There is also Squad?
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Post by: Volron on July 22, 2020, 08:28:56 PM
If you are not hunting specifically for a WW2 themed FPS that is face paced, svaalbar has pointed out a solid one: Killing Floor 2.
4 Difficulty settings: Normal: Slow paced, very easy going; Hard: Things kick up a little, can still mess around; Suicidal: Ramps up a bit, messing around not advised; Hell on Earth: You'll see why they call it that. :devil Length of a match determines how many waves, how many zeds are in each, and when you encounter powerful ones; it doesn't necessarily mean how long each wave is. Short is 4, Normal is 7, and Long is 10. The number of zeds and their health increases based on how many are in the match as well, similar to Diablo 2 if you have ever played that game online. Note: It's very bloody and gore-y, though I would not think you will have an issue with this, I have to point it out. Look up a couple of youtube video's, recent ones mind you, of Killing Floor 2 and make your choice from there.
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: Volron on July 22, 2020, 08:51:20 PM
Another game I could suggest is Deep Rock Galactic. It's not as fast pace as others listed, but can get very hectic very fast. It's a Co-Op based game where you and up-to 3 others will carry out various primary tasks, such as mining minerals to eliminating Dreadnoughts, as badass Space Dwarves. :D
some of the pigs play that game. I have never tried it.
semp
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: Toad on July 22, 2020, 09:16:45 PM
Thank you all for the suggestions. Keep 'em coming.
Yeah, right now we are looking at the WW2 genre. My son and his friends are already playing Call of Duty in it's various iterations. We'll start with that but I'm saving these other titles to check out later.
I'm pretty interested to see how this goes. I just brought home a Dell S3220DGF monitor. VERY nice. Easily the best I've ever had. It's hooked to my old MacBook at the moment. Just wanted to see how it looked.
Tomorrow Dell delivers my new laptop. Haven't upgraded a computer around here for about 7-8 years. I still do as little work on the road, so I went with a gaming laptop. Dell Gaming G5 15, Processor is 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-10750H (12MB Cache, up to 5.0 GHz, 6 cores), NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2070 8GB GDDR6 with Max-Q Design, 16GB DDR4-2933MHz, 2x8G, 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive. What can I say; it had to be a laptop and Dell took $250 off. Was about $1350; seemed like a reasonably fast laptop for the money.
I'll probably give AH another try but last time I was in the action was pretty slow for a fighter guy. I will definitely give the War Online Pacific a shot as it's all about the fight, right?
Then the WW2 shooter(s); some old AH squaddies are going to join in as well as my son and his friends.
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: Volron on July 23, 2020, 01:00:14 AM
Thank you all for the suggestions. Keep 'em coming.
Yeah, right now we are looking at the WW2 genre. My son and his friends are already playing Call of Duty in it's various iterations. We'll start with that but I'm saving these other titles to check out later.
I'm pretty interested to see how this goes. I just brought home a Dell S3220DGF monitor. VERY nice. Easily the best I've ever had. It's hooked to my old MacBook at the moment. Just wanted to see how it looked.
Tomorrow Dell delivers my new laptop. Haven't upgraded a computer around here for about 7-8 years. I still do as little work on the road, so I went with a gaming laptop. Dell Gaming G5 15, Processor is 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-10750H (12MB Cache, up to 5.0 GHz, 6 cores), NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2070 8GB GDDR6 with Max-Q Design, 16GB DDR4-2933MHz, 2x8G, 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive. What can I say; it had to be a laptop and Dell took $250 off. Was about $1350; seemed like a reasonably fast laptop for the money.
I'll probably give AH another try but last time I was in the action was pretty slow for a fighter guy. I will definitely give the War Online Pacific a shot as it's all about the fight, right?
Then the WW2 shooter(s); some old AH squaddies are going to join in as well as my son and his friends.
Well, I can highly recommend Deep Rock Galactic as an alternative start. :D A bit of a tip if you decide to give it a go, trigger discipline, especially on the higher difficulty levels. While you'll be fine on Haz1-3, but on Haz 4 and especially Haz 5, you want to make your shots count since you are limited with not only the ammunition you start with, but what you can call down later on in the cave. Nitra, the material you need to mine and is used to call down supply pods, can at times be quite scarce; and you need 80 to call down a pod. So prioritize Nitra as much as your primary objective, as it will make the difference between succeeding and failing. Make it a habit early to find and mine Nitra, so that when you eventually go into Haz 4 and Haz 5, it will be "second nature", so to speak. :aok
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: Maniac on July 29, 2020, 02:55:56 AM
Seems to be an good range of options when it comes to "realistic" style WWII FPS games atm.
Im looking to get either Hell Let Loose or Post Scriptum, Hell Let Loose has seen an big bump in players since the latest update it seems, i think i might buy that one tonite when i get off work. Might get Post Scriptum at an later point aswell.
Found a couple of what it seems unbiased pretty recent comparison videos of them, but they were made before the latest Hell Let Loose update that apparantly was quite big.
Hell Let Loose 24h player peak : 5,174 Post Scriptum 24h player peak : 1,342
I think those numbers are the deciding factor for me atm, untill Post Scriptum comes out with an big update.
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: Maniac on July 30, 2020, 12:53:07 AM
My first match ever in Hell Let Loose, i die alot but i actually got 14 kills, didnt really know what was going on, but it shows the noob experiance of an full match. Was very supriced about the lenght of the games/sessions.
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: whiteman on July 30, 2020, 03:11:54 PM
My first match ever in Hell Let Loose, i die alot but i actually got 14 kills, didnt really know what was going on, but it shows the noob experiance of an full match. Was very supriced about the lenght of the games/sessions.
HLL can be confusing, if you can, try and get in a squad that is communicating. Makes it much easier to understand and let them know your new, lots people willing to help you out. My only complaint right now is there are a lot of game crashes caused by the Unreal engine. They're trying to fix it asap and I'm going to wait for that fix. I've had a few great rounds lost to this so no XP.
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: RichardDarkwood on July 30, 2020, 04:47:20 PM
I was wondering if some of you could suggest some good WW2 FPS games? I am finally updating my old, slow computer. My son has already purchased a hot rod rig. Even my grandson is getting into it.
Basically, we are looking for a fun, online game that is focused more towards action rather than the big, strategic win the war stuff. Primarily an infantry game; not WW2 Online with all the attendant hardware.
We know about Call of Duty series. My son doubled his kill rate when he went from the Playstation to the new fast computer.
Although not a WW2 game, we've been playing some America's Army. It has the fast paced action we seek. So something like that maybe?
Appreciate the input.
War of Rights
Civil War FPS. Artillery with Calvary on the way.
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: Maniac on July 31, 2020, 05:21:55 PM
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Post by: RichardDarkwood on August 01, 2020, 02:16:53 AM
https://youtu.be/ibEAd0EEXLE
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Post by: Maniac on August 01, 2020, 05:35:50 AM
Was about to post this video below yesterday but didnt think it fitted with the WW2 genre, but if you want infantry in an modern setting then ARMA III is still holding up amazingly well for its age.
And most people on it is really cool if you play on the correct servers.
Heres my session from yesterday on an "semi-milsim" or "milsim-light" or "relaxed-milsim" if you wish :D, COOP server.
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: bustr on August 03, 2020, 02:56:27 PM
Check with Monster. he setup a POTW ARMA III server and the pigs are there every night conquering some place in the middle east. I went on my first mission last night and screwed my slection of key presses. Was trying to heal a piggy who was down in a room by a sniper. Ended up finsihing the taard's job by accident. Man I'm a grreny at ARMA....derp.
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Post by: Shuffler on August 03, 2020, 04:31:05 PM
Check with Monster. he setup a POTW ARMA III server and the pigs are there every night conquering some place in the middle east. I went on my first mission last night and screwed my slection of key presses. Was trying to heal a piggy who was down in a room by a sniper. Ended up finsihing the taard's job by accident. Man I'm a grreny at ARMA....derp.
ROTFLMAO
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Post by: RichardDarkwood on August 04, 2020, 04:37:10 PM
https://youtu.be/SMg9F5JXgcQ
https://youtu.be/2T6wlu1x8hU
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Post by: CptTrips on August 04, 2020, 04:59:38 PM
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: Vulcan on August 04, 2020, 06:48:33 PM
If you've got VR - Onward is a ton of fun, especially on the Quest. It's not WW2 but the weapons aren't that fancy.
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Post by: CptTrips on August 08, 2020, 03:35:55 PM
Has anyone ever tried this one? Can't beat free....
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Post by: CptTrips on August 08, 2020, 07:01:33 PM
Project Reality has a WWII mode as well.
It's an older engine, but free is free. ;)
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Post by: Maverick on August 10, 2020, 10:15:38 AM
Are these games primarily PC or console. At my age trying to use a console controller is an exercise in frustration. Tried many times at my grandkids place.
Title: Re: Good WW2 FPS online games?
Post by: CptTrips on August 10, 2020, 10:22:03 AM
Are these games primarily PC or console. At my age trying to use a console controller is an exercise in frustration. Tried many times at my grandkids place.
I believe they all have PC versions.
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Post by: Shuffler on August 10, 2020, 10:27:12 AM
Are these games primarily PC or console. At my age trying to use a console controller is an exercise in frustration. Tried many times at my grandkids place.
LOL old habits die hard.
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Post by: RichardDarkwood on August 11, 2020, 06:42:12 AM
War of Rights has a huge role play following. Marching around a field being told you march like garbage does not sound fun, but it is more fun than you can imagine. The organized battles with 150 people are very fun compared to the FFA in the public arenas.