That's actually a pretty sweet tank, never heard of it before. As far as I mean for the importation of crap was that it took years to get up to date equipment.Major Tom said:
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Hehe, A Danish Resistance made like a WW2 Hitman game. Ends up with you having to defend a house L4D Survival style getting rushed by germans until death.
Or youknow, The France/Poland/Norway resistances. Since games are made by American firms though, all those games have the large chance of either 1. Stereotyping to the MAX. Or 2. Alienating the gamer.
Or youknow, The France/Poland/Norway resistances. Since games are made by American firms though, all those games have the large chance of either 1. Stereotyping to the MAX. Or 2. Alienating the gamer.
I agree, we need more WW2 games with canadians. And australians. And Ukrainians.
How about also a campaign from the point of view of the japanese?
The thing is, I doubt we'll be seeing any more WW2 games right now. People are just too sick of them to care.
How about also a campaign from the point of view of the japanese?
The thing is, I doubt we'll be seeing any more WW2 games right now. People are just too sick of them to care.
A Rape of Nanjing mission? I don't know if that will fly with the general public.Goldeneye103X2 said:
Ergh....I dunno. Just make some missions where you play as the japanese during one of their succesful missions.Pingieking said:
I'm not too good at this am I?
Well, the Rape of Nanjing mission could be counted as "successful".Goldeneye103X2 said:
The general idea is that people will object to it in a similar fashion to objecting to Nazi missions. Perhaps not as much in the west, but the Chinese, Koreans, and a shitload of people all over East Asia would flip out. For good reason too, since the Japs had more of a "we like killing everyone equally" than a "we like killing Jews the most" attitude.
Like said before, there are some hidden 'gems' in the WW2 setting that haven't been done yet: The Finnish-Russian war, the second Chino-Japanese war, French resistance, the failed landing at Dieppe. I'd love to see some more grit and mature game, not the usual FPS, but really in your face and not always victory. Playing as a German or Japanese soldier would also be a neat idea, someone who is human and does not agree with what is going on. Operation Barbarossa is still the biggest militairy operation in history, and yet as far as I know not a single game has used it.
I even already have an idea for this some kind of mission (but way more serious of course), like the AR-71 one in COD Blops. Instead you are a bomber of an B-17 at the raid of Dresden, while on the ground you are a German civilian who has been called (forced) upon for anti-air. He quickly gives up while he sees the horror that is happening. You know, a game that makes you think about war.
But what I'd rather want more then another WW2 game is a WW1. But to make a succesfull game in this setting (like said before, its not capable for the fast paced FPS), it would need to be the darkest and serious FPS to date. You could play as a miner in the battle of Messines, as a soldier who has to hold at Verdun, someone from a connaissance squad at night. But it would need to focus on the human aspect of war, and the horror that WW1 was (I think from a psychological, soldier POV this one was way worse then WW2)
I even already have an idea for this some kind of mission (but way more serious of course), like the AR-71 one in COD Blops. Instead you are a bomber of an B-17 at the raid of Dresden, while on the ground you are a German civilian who has been called (forced) upon for anti-air. He quickly gives up while he sees the horror that is happening. You know, a game that makes you think about war.
But what I'd rather want more then another WW2 game is a WW1. But to make a succesfull game in this setting (like said before, its not capable for the fast paced FPS), it would need to be the darkest and serious FPS to date. You could play as a miner in the battle of Messines, as a soldier who has to hold at Verdun, someone from a connaissance squad at night. But it would need to focus on the human aspect of war, and the horror that WW1 was (I think from a psychological, soldier POV this one was way worse then WW2)
Thats incorrect, the panzer III and IV we're equal and later on inferior to the allied tanks in armor, they were just used by crews that were better trained.notimeforlulz said:
However your right about the Aussie troops being too damn stubborn to let the Germans win
I'd really like to see a Burmese campaign. I'd love to play as the chindits, doing guerilla warfare with the Japanese. Failing that, a North Africa campaign where you fight in the Second Battle of El Alamein, or maybe a campaign in the earliest days of the war in France or Poland.
I believe the charge you are reffering to is the one at the battle of Krojanty, where Polish cavalry squadrons charged a german position. This charge was in fact successful, as it was meant to delay the German advance, which it did. And for the most part the Polish cavalry was quite effective against german infantry forces during the invasion of Poland. They almost never actually charged headlong into enemy emplacements. Also, your statement regarding the last cavalry charge being in 1939 is incorrect. There was a successful Italian cavalry charge in 1942, and another in Yugoslavia also committed by italians (in 1942 as well). As well, the Poles apparently launched a successful charge in 1945 against the Germans.Valagetti said:
More games from the German perspective. It seems to be some kind of Taboo but where we have games like MW2 where you play as a terrorist, a modern day evil, it seems stupid not to have some games from the perspective of what is ultimately just another soldier fighting for his country.
I am aware German squad tactics of infantry supporting the machine gunner hardly makes for captivating game play, but then again most WW2 are hardly accurate to real squad based tactics, so it's pretty much a non-issue. Maybe a tank simulator like Silent Hunter but with tanks. Who hasn't at some time wished they were in the tank raining down hell on you in *insert generic WW2 shooter here*. Panzers were pretty awesome.
Naturally there is a line, which is effectively anything further back from a front line soldier. For instance a game called "Hunt the Jew" or "Wheres Anne Frank?" would be pretty distasteful and insulting. But implying that every German was a Jew hating Nazi, is like implying that every American is a sister loving redneck.
I am aware German squad tactics of infantry supporting the machine gunner hardly makes for captivating game play, but then again most WW2 are hardly accurate to real squad based tactics, so it's pretty much a non-issue. Maybe a tank simulator like Silent Hunter but with tanks. Who hasn't at some time wished they were in the tank raining down hell on you in *insert generic WW2 shooter here*. Panzers were pretty awesome.
Naturally there is a line, which is effectively anything further back from a front line soldier. For instance a game called "Hunt the Jew" or "Wheres Anne Frank?" would be pretty distasteful and insulting. But implying that every German was a Jew hating Nazi, is like implying that every American is a sister loving redneck.
few things I would love to see
The invasion of ethiopia by italy (1935) whilst not technically WW2 nice intro with italians using modern weapons like mustard gas and tanks against tribesmen with muskets, bows and spears , guess who won? basically showed that the precurser to the UN,called the League of Nations was useless when they sat on their hands and watched. ended with Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie saying to the LoN "It is us today. It will be you tomorrow." I think playing as the losing Ethiopian army would be an awsome intro to any WW2 game as it show just how powerful these armies had become.
SAS the originals
little histroy for those who dont know SAS was one mans idea which in an attempt to get looked at by the top brass he broke into a military base with a broken leg (full cast) running around trying to hand his idea in. basically had to fight beurocratic shit all the way as British army was still very much a old boys club. initially based as an airborne unit first mission horrible weather told if you dont jump SAS is over they all jumped lost 2/3s of the men more than a few died dragged along the dessert by their chutes.
essentially invented wat we call special forces behind enemy lines stuff basically spent the rest of the war fuking shit up so much so Hilter ordered them to be executed if they were captured. during this time though they did some crazy stuff inventing their own explosives which the experts said couldnt be done, liberated belsen, destroyed over 8% of German aircarft in North africa not to mention one of the main guys famously ripped out the console of one with his bare hands.
They where the some of the craziest guys in the war.
Basically should show more than a few of the horrors of the war not neccesarilly the bits where you the player would win eg: japan the fire bombing of tokyo wooden city + incindiary bombs = firestorm and around 100,000 dead overnight.
Sorry for the length hope you enjoyed the history lesson
The invasion of ethiopia by italy (1935) whilst not technically WW2 nice intro with italians using modern weapons like mustard gas and tanks against tribesmen with muskets, bows and spears , guess who won? basically showed that the precurser to the UN,called the League of Nations was useless when they sat on their hands and watched. ended with Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie saying to the LoN "It is us today. It will be you tomorrow." I think playing as the losing Ethiopian army would be an awsome intro to any WW2 game as it show just how powerful these armies had become.
SAS the originals
little histroy for those who dont know SAS was one mans idea which in an attempt to get looked at by the top brass he broke into a military base with a broken leg (full cast) running around trying to hand his idea in. basically had to fight beurocratic shit all the way as British army was still very much a old boys club. initially based as an airborne unit first mission horrible weather told if you dont jump SAS is over they all jumped lost 2/3s of the men more than a few died dragged along the dessert by their chutes.
essentially invented wat we call special forces behind enemy lines stuff basically spent the rest of the war fuking shit up so much so Hilter ordered them to be executed if they were captured. during this time though they did some crazy stuff inventing their own explosives which the experts said couldnt be done, liberated belsen, destroyed over 8% of German aircarft in North africa not to mention one of the main guys famously ripped out the console of one with his bare hands.
They where the some of the craziest guys in the war.
Basically should show more than a few of the horrors of the war not neccesarilly the bits where you the player would win eg: japan the fire bombing of tokyo wooden city + incindiary bombs = firestorm and around 100,000 dead overnight.
Sorry for the length hope you enjoyed the history lesson
I can actually totally see something like that happenning,with the child panicking and being hard as hell to aim,with the weapon shaking and vision getting blurry with sweat/tears.Nashura said:
Only in my mind,it ends with a russian tank bursting from a wall and crushing the child in rubble.