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Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: SunKing on November 02, 2003, 12:06:30 AM
Alot on the plate this week

Red Orchestra (http://www.unrealwarfarex.com/redorchestra/)

Hidden and Dangerous 2 (http://www.hidden-and-dangerous.com/hd2/index.aspx?bhcp=1)

Call of Duty (http://www.callofduty.com/)

and the old faithfulls

DOD
Il-2FH
Enemy Terroritory
Combat Misssion Barbarossa to Berlin
BF1942

and in two weeks AH2
Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: Creamo on November 02, 2003, 12:16:45 AM
Call of Duty rocks.

It gets so intense at times you wonder why the FPS don't drop, and if it was that mad. Combat house to house was though I guess.

It's intense. Buy it.
Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: Creamo on November 02, 2003, 12:19:35 AM
Sunking, have you trown a grenade and have the NME try to throw it back? One guy did and he vaporized in the expolsion. Too cool.
Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: SunKing on November 02, 2003, 12:25:00 AM
unfortunately I'm victim to the ever parent  ATI crash bug. No matter what settings or drivers my game will crash 5-6 mins in any level during single player... but I can play all night in multiplayer.. go figure. I've only gotten as far at the beginning of the car ride.


I'm just going to wait for a patch or driver update before I try the single player campaigns.
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Post by: udet on November 02, 2003, 02:03:22 PM
COD rocks. have you tried the dawnville demo yet? I'm playing it at the highest difficulty level and get killed right away, but at least it makes the experience realistic. (u know, one bullet could kill you and most likely put you out of action in real life)
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Post by: Octavius on November 02, 2003, 02:09:50 PM
udet they're talking about the full retail version.  it was just released a few days ago!

I have yet to buy it... maybe in a few weeks when funds permit :)  Red Orchestra rocks.  I saw Saurdaukar and Makarov in a game the other night.  Mak naded me a few times and my feelings were hurt :(

How is H&D2 coming along?  I hope it's not as bugged as the original :)  Does it play relatively teh same as the first?
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Post by: Siaf__csf on November 02, 2003, 02:20:13 PM
Hmm I found the CoD offline demo with max difficulty to be boringly easy compared to online games. Enemy actually dies when you point and shoot at them.
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Post by: SunKing on November 02, 2003, 03:11:12 PM
H&D2 is really really good. The graphics are top notch and teh game play is near the orginal. Alot of Warbirds in that game too.. though you cant fly em...yet.


I see mak in RO almost nightly. I finally caught Saur in a game.. unfortuantly he was caught up in the  bayonet  attached = bad accuracy arguments running rampant in that game.
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Post by: Curval on November 02, 2003, 03:35:08 PM
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Originally posted by Creamo
Call of Duty rocks.

It gets so intense at times you wonder why the FPS don't drop, and if it was that mad. Combat house to house was though I guess.

It's intense. Buy it.


Is it multiplayer?  

Not too keen on that web-site...bt it looks and sounds awesome.
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Post by: Martlet on November 02, 2003, 03:45:44 PM
I thought about picking up H & D 2.

Which would you reccomend buying first, H & D 2 or CoD?
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Post by: SunKing on November 02, 2003, 05:22:52 PM
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Originally posted by Martlet
I thought about picking up H & D 2.

Which would you reccomend buying first, H & D 2 or CoD?


Well the COD campaign is really quick. The multiplayer is way to fast ( quake sytle ), the maps are incredible along with the textures but the game play is lacking compared to RO which will spoil you with their version of iron sight gaming. Personally I'm hoping for some realism mods with redone player/weapons models. Acutally when I think about it its just a redone MOHAA with iron sights. The squad teamwork gimmick gets old when you realize the bots run scripted paths and do the samething ie: console gaming. "Call Of Duty -scenes stolen from movies"
I don't see the realism when you unload a clip into an enemy and they just flap their arms and get back up and you have to shoot them again.

H&D2 of course is sqaud based tactical but there is an option to play online with up to 32 in deathmatch and cop games.

Try the COD demos... thats pretty much what you get in the retail plus the multiplayer aspect which I tired from fast.
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Post by: vorticon on November 02, 2003, 05:29:37 PM
ww2 fps's are the "in" thing right now...as soon as someone makes a good ww1 fps then everyone will go flocking to that...sheesh
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Post by: MajorDay on November 02, 2003, 06:06:49 PM
Aces High
Battlefield 1942
Battlefield 1942: Road to Rome
Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapon
Call of Duty(Demo)
Combat Flight Simulator 2
Combat Flight Simulator 3
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles
Medal of Honor: Breakthrough
Medal of Honor: Frontline(PS2)
Medal of Honor: Spearhead
Warbird(I hate that game and so I had to deleted after I played that game for 2 weeks)


I am looking forward to see coming soon games:

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun(PS2)
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
Secret Weapon over Normandy(PS2)

:D
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Post by: Fishu on November 02, 2003, 09:33:48 PM
COD is boring.. however HD2 is nice!
There needs to be more games following the lines of HD2 rather than COD.
We already have too many quakes in different clothes :I
Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: rabbidrabbit on November 02, 2003, 10:00:13 PM
I think this is a obvious question but RO is just a mod right?  Not the actual game?  I need Unreal tournament 2003 to add it?
Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: thrila on November 02, 2003, 10:03:37 PM
I'm bought HD2 on saturday and really enjoying it (had to remap just about every key tho). the intro to the first mission is pretty cool too.:)

Online play is really unstable, not been on a server that hasn't crashed at some point.  I'm finding quite fun when i do manage to play though.
Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: SunKing on November 02, 2003, 10:08:02 PM
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Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
I think this is a obvious question but RO is just a mod right?  Not the actual game?  I need Unreal tournament 2003 to add it?


Yes. UTK3 is 19.99 now.. good price and worth your cash.
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Post by: Fishu on November 03, 2003, 12:07:36 AM
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Originally posted by thrila
I'm bought HD2 on saturday and really enjoying it (had to remap just about every key tho). the intro to the first mission is pretty cool too.:)


I had to do the remap also..  quite bad default keys, unless if you're left handed, then you might keep those.
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Post by: Octavius on November 03, 2003, 12:25:14 AM
I need to know one thing about H&D2... do the enemies still snarl and have their guns waving about when not alerted or engaged?  

The atmosphere and ambience is a big thing for me.  As long as the AI isn't as dumb as the original, I'll pick the game up right away :)
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Post by: udet on November 03, 2003, 08:35:43 AM
do u have to have UT to play RO?
Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: drone on November 03, 2003, 09:10:45 AM
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Originally posted by SunKing
Well the COD campaign is really quick. The multiplayer is way to fast ( quake sytle ), the maps are incredible along with the textures but the game play is lacking compared to RO which will spoil you with their version of iron sight gaming. Personally I'm hoping for some realism mods with redone player/weapons models. Acutally when I think about it its just a redone MOHAA with iron sights. The squad teamwork gimmick gets old when you realize the bots run scripted paths and do the samething ie: console gaming. "Call Of Duty -scenes stolen from movies"
I don't see the realism when you unload a clip into an enemy and they just flap their arms and get back up and you have to shoot them again.

H&D2 of course is sqaud based tactical but there is an option to play online with up to 32 in deathmatch and cop games.

Try the COD demos... thats pretty much what you get in the retail plus the multiplayer aspect which I tired from fast.


As I write this my clan the 1stSF is writing the realism mods for CoD --we will have our server switched over from MOHAA to CoD within a month --we are a tactical realism clan and it will have the basic Mods we have run in MOH---No RanG and pee pee dancing --weapons mods will fix both damage models and recoil-- we will also NOT run the kill cam......Our test server is up and running now and it should be unlocked by this weekend if not before,,Look for the 1stSF name on the server. If you are interested in joining/forming a tact clan let us know, we are trying to promote this form in CoD also.
Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: SunKing on November 03, 2003, 12:15:23 PM
Drone that sounds really good. Post back here when the server is up and running this.
Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: SunKing on November 03, 2003, 12:18:13 PM
Here's two more for the game list

Commandos 3

Silent Storm
Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: Reschke on November 03, 2003, 01:33:02 PM
What about "The Great Escape"? I almost picked it up this past weekend but passed on it till I could find out a little more about it. So far I haven't seen a "review/preview" anywhere but then I haven't busted my balls looking for one either.
Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: Martlet on November 03, 2003, 01:40:35 PM
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Originally posted by Reschke
What about "The Great Escape"? I almost picked it up this past weekend but passed on it till I could find out a little more about it. So far I haven't seen a "review/preview" anywhere but then I haven't busted my balls looking for one either.


I played it on PS2.  It was entertaining.  Not worth 50 bucks though IMO.

I just rent PS2 games online.  It's much cheaper, and I can try out the ones I want with out forking out the dough for them.
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Post by: XNachoX on November 03, 2003, 01:42:34 PM
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Originally posted by vorticon
ww2 fps's are the "in" thing right now...as soon as someone makes a good ww1 fps then everyone will go flocking to that...sheesh

Because trench warfare never gets old.
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Post by: Reschke on November 03, 2003, 02:42:13 PM
Thanks Martlet. I was out with my son looking at Xbox games and saw it. I will head over to Hollywood Video here in town and rent it tonight and see what its like for him to play around with.
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Post by: Martlet on November 03, 2003, 02:50:58 PM
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Originally posted by Reschke
Thanks Martlet. I was out with my son looking at Xbox games and saw it. I will head over to Hollywood Video here in town and rent it tonight and see what its like for him to play around with.


If you buy a lot of xbox games, you may want to check out  Red Octane (http://www.redoctane.com/index.html)   I use them for PS2 rentals.  It ends up being cheaper for me in the long run.  I pay 19 bucks a month, and can have two games out at any time, and keep them for as long as I want.  I mostly joined because there were a lot of games out that looked like something I may be interested in, but not enough to risk buying them.

Shipping is free each way, and is fairly quick.
Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: vorticon on November 03, 2003, 03:41:41 PM
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Because trench warfare never gets old.


neither does running around with "realistic" ww2 rifles in historical settings...

who said anything about the slogging day to day thing for ww1??? i was thinking more along the lines of the major battles
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Post by: XNachoX on November 03, 2003, 03:45:31 PM
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Originally posted by vorticon
neither does running around with "realistic" ww2 rifles in historical settings...

who said anything about the slogging day to day thing for ww1??? i was thinking more along the lines of the major battles

The major battles were trench warfare, with large amounts of men rushing into No Mans Land at the sound of a whistle.  Then they'd get mowed down by machine guns, the other side would do the same thing.  Rinse, Wash, Repeat.

Ever read All Quiet On The Western Front?
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Title: It's a good time to be a WW2 gamer
Post by: vorticon on November 03, 2003, 04:02:07 PM
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The major battles were trench warfare, with large amounts of men rushing into No Mans Land at the sound of a whistle. Then they'd get mowed down by machine guns, the other side would do the same thing. Rinse, Wash, Repeat.


true...but how is that different than what happens in the ww2 games...only there arnt any trench's in the ww2 games...
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Post by: XNachoX on November 03, 2003, 05:24:26 PM
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Originally posted by vorticon
true...but how is that different than what happens in the ww2 games...only there arnt any trench's in the ww2 games...

How is it different?  WW2 was a war of mobilization, fought with weapons that allowed swift movement, WW1 was fought with rifles and heavy .30 cal stationary MG's.  In WW2 games you have the objective to capture something (IE documents in CoD or blow something up).  The only objective you could have in a WW1 game is: Decimate the enemy waves. You can't  tell me that snipers are like the riflemen in trench warfare.
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Post by: Reschke on November 03, 2003, 06:18:26 PM
Thanks for the site Martlet. I will be signing up for that one soon.
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Post by: Wanker on November 04, 2003, 10:13:41 AM
Alright, gents. You've convinced me, again. Gonna pickup UT2003 tonight after work and download RO when I get home.
 
What server do you guys play this on? Maybe it's time to reunite the Fighting Johnsons?
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Post by: Animal on November 04, 2003, 10:16:03 AM
Anyone who considers COD not fun should have his fun sensors readjusted.

And he should get fired from his job.
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Post by: Octavius on November 04, 2003, 10:56:53 AM
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Originally posted by banana
Alright, gents. You've convinced me, again. Gonna pickup UT2003 tonight after work and download RO when I get home.
 
What server do you guys play this on? Maybe it's time to reunite the Fighting Johnsons?


hey I forgot about that!

Last night was by far the best time I've had in RO.  I pop into a server and a few minutes later I see Saurdaukar drop in followed by Makarov.  An hour later Blckmgc pops in.  Saur was ripping a new hole in everyone (literally) with his Stg44.  He's an incredible shot.  My fascination with the G43 is somewhat dulled... it seems the bullet drop is very high... or it's bugged =]  Long range shots *sometimes* work and sometimes they dont (and I know I'm dead on when testing it).  Only happened in the Berlin map so far.  

We changed our names to [AH]octavius, [AH]Saurdaukar, etc... but the Fighting Johnsons always had a nice ring to it.  
[FJ]octavius?  or octavius_johnson?  :D
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Post by: Wanker on November 04, 2003, 10:59:21 AM
Octavious Johnson, banana Johnson, Saurdaukar Johnson, Makarov Johnson, Sunking Johnson, Curval Johnson, Udie Johnson....has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
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Post by: stiehl on November 04, 2003, 12:09:34 PM
Stiehl(steel) Johnson sounds pornorific:aok
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Post by: Engine on November 04, 2003, 01:44:42 PM
I just missed you, oct.  :)  Saur left shortly afterwards (he really is a butcher with the STG44), but I did get to snipe Blk a bit on Stanislalovlolalislalovo.  

The G43 works wonders for me on Berlin.  Haven't noticed much bullet drop at all, though it does seem to be a little weak.  That's mitigated by RoF, though.
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Post by: vorticon on November 04, 2003, 02:04:09 PM
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How is it different? WW2 was a war of mobilization, fought with weapons that allowed swift movement, WW1 was fought with rifles and heavy .30 cal stationary MG's. In WW2 games you have the objective to capture something (IE documents in CoD or blow something up). The only objective you could have in a WW1 game is: Decimate the enemy waves. You can't tell me that snipers are like the riflemen in trench warfare.

dont forget the artillery baragges(sp)

as for not having to capture anything...well what about vimmy ridge??? and what happened on the eastern front (except russia getting its bellybutton horribly whooped)

anyway who knows maybe they could make it fun...it could be like bf1942 in 1916 with slower more tactical gameplay (planes spotting artillery [though the canadians managed to take out enemy artillery with 90% accuracy...without planes) and bombing...artillery barrages...tunneling...all in a mmog consistent 24/7 world...) of course if all else fails they can make a "war of independance" fps...because standing in a line at 20 feet firing at the enemy is ever so much funner...