Which "War" Game?

john_s · 9 Oct 2009 at 11:13

I'm fancying a new "war" type game, but can't decide which one to get:

Arma 2
Call of Duty: World at War
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

and that's before I even think about the coming Modern Warfare 2.

Any recommendations?

Or am I going to end up getting all 4 at some point?

'Wes · 9 Oct 2009 at 11:15

Medal of Honor: Airborne?

RaMDOM · 9 Oct 2009 at 11:22

I think that you should get Op flashpoint DR. then you can join the bashing on this thread:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17934363

:cool:

Seriously though, ArmA2 and OF-DR are different games to CoD:WaW, which you prolly know.

And yes, if you like this type of game, then you will end up getting all of them. I know I do.

Squark · 9 Oct 2009 at 13:00

'Wes said:
Medal of Honor: Airborne?

Please no.
That game is rubbish

RaMDOM · 9 Oct 2009 at 13:02

Squark said:
Please no.
That game is rubbish

No its not. Not great, but certainly not rubbish.

demon8991 · 9 Oct 2009 at 13:07

I just completed

Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway

Thought it was pretty good but i am not really into WW2 games.

Hank_Marvin · 9 Oct 2009 at 13:17

yeah the new brothers in arms is good.

moh airbourne is no mohaa thats for sure, sp is ok but mp is a joke.

danny_mac · 9 Oct 2009 at 16:13

Arma:2 for realism. Good sim although i wasn't massively impressed, but my brother spent about 2 weeks of his life playing it solidly.

Hamoodii · 9 Oct 2009 at 16:19

Hells Highway was pretty good, can be had new for very cheap as well.

I didn't really like Airborne at all, just didn't really like the movement in it. Althought I only really got past the first level, so i may install the game and give it another whirl.

COD1-2 single player is also very good so that's worth a look.

Tefal · 9 Oct 2009 at 16:20

I'd avoid Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising if i where you.

marlos · 9 Oct 2009 at 16:57

Tefal said:
I'd avoid Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising if i where you.

Why ?????

Tummy · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:14

Tefal said:
I'd avoid Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising if i where you.

oi Tefal, brief review?

Is it that bad? I was looking forward to it

Fanatic · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:15

It isn't that bad, I just played through the first single mission, was fun for me. Much prefer it to Arma2 so far.

Though neither is as good as OFP1 + Conquer the Island

john_s · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:16

Oh no! More options! LOL

Thanks for the input so far... feel free to add more.

ThorpedoUK · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:28

Just got Arma 2 today £17.99 free delivery, can't go wrong, I'm hoping its as much a simulator as its supposed to be - I'll let you know! (installing now while in the Aion queue lol)

philstanbridge · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:32

If you want an accurate war game, Combat Mission Shock Force is simply amazing. Add to it the British and the USMC modules and it cannot be beaten.

Tefal · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:37

marlos said:
Why ?????

Tummy said:
oi Tefal, brief review?

Is it that bad? I was looking forward to it

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17934363

read the last few pages.

The AI is quite buggy, the graphics are average and nothing like what they where hyped to be.

The radial command system is terrible as it works of WASD not the mouse so you can't move while issuing commands, and worse still it doesn't disappear after you issue an order, so you say "move here" go to run off and acidently issue them another comand.

When switching weapons with the mouse wheel you can't move at all, and when changing ammo types he starts loading each one as you go through it which is annoying, and if you use the separate change ammo key you've got a 50/50 chance of losing your mouse wheel function and mouse pointer in menus.

Worst of all, for the multiplayer an d coop they dcecided dedicated servers where unnecessary and made it p2p making anything over 4 player coop completely unplayable.

This combined with absolutely no CD key, and no anti cheat protection means even if you do get a working MP game it's going to be full of hackers using the pirate copy.

Tummy · 9 Oct 2009 at 17:57

Thanks for that Tefal, might have just made my mind up to skip this game.

Such a shame, as the first was / is a fantastic game.

Gin0rm0 · 9 Oct 2009 at 18:17

COD WAW is the better of the 3 u listed.

Modern Warfare 2 will be out soonish though.

'Wes · 9 Oct 2009 at 20:58

Squark said:
Please no.
That game is rubbish

Personal preference, just because you don't like it, doesn't mean you need to slam it to the ground.