Zakhal -> RE: WW2OL receives a graphics update (3/23/2004 10:30:21 AM)
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From aces high boards: quote:
An Unbiased Opinion of WWIIOL Why am I posting this here? Well, I think WWIIOL compliments AH well, and the AH community is my home so I'd like to share my experience. For those that do not know me, I've played AH for 3 years running, and before that I was active with Air Warrior. Recently, there was a thread about a graphics upgrade to WWIIOL so I finally decided to try it. Here's what I've gotten in the first 3 days. *The community is awesome! People fall all over each other to help you when the hear your new. It's like CRS is paying them a bonus to help the noobs. One man from Finland spent an hour with me teaching me the ropes from shooting to saluting. One flaw is that there are many non-americans playing this game, so you will see some foreign languages in the text...about 10 times as much as AH Community of WWIIOL= A- *Gameplay is interesting. I've only played as a rifleman, and a truck driver so far, but both are entertaining. I hopped a ride on an armored car, teamed up with a machine gunner crew and had plenty of teamwork. Of course, these still plenty of lone wolves, but so far, its pretty entertaining. I've got a few kills, but most of the time, I get wasted and have no idea what killed. Enemy soldiers and vehicles have no icon, so they are tough to spot, especially at night. And even after you see 'em, they're hell to hit with a bolt action rifle. So Gameplay gets a B+ *Graphics...about the same timeframe of AH..maybe earlier...but the graphics as they are now are throughly UNIMPRESSIVE. I'd give this section a C+ *Sound....Not good at all. Needs some work. The sound of your own footsteps will make you crazy in an hour. It's sounds like your walking on dried leaves wrapped in Dorito's. I'd give sound a C-. Finally, overall program.- I've not seen any bugs, had any CTDS or even had trouble installing and running the game. Now I'm not on a prime system, butI have to say so far the game is smooth as silk. Overall, I'd rate my experience in WWIIOL a B+. It needs work, but I'll be paying for it for a while. P.S.- Though I've not tried their planes yet, I get the feeling AH still owns the virtual skies. More to Follow. http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=f2819f114973685ba60d5c6a7c8aa85f&threadid=112205 Notice that hes talking of the current graphics which are soon to be updated in 1.3. Also the footsteps are getting new sounds in next patch(es). Hers another from the same link: quote:
I pretty much agree with most of mucks post, just want to add/argue over a few things. footsteps: yeah they suck crs said they will be basically changing footsteps in 1.14 or something. graphics: unimpressive, but in some weird sense they really conveyed well the sense of wwiieurope-just the style of the foliage, buildings, and the roads. I would also like to add- this game is alot of fun because of what I like to call "unscripted diversity and coolness." Take a scripted game like medal of honor allied assault and lots of cool stuff happens like the opel next to you blowing up and guys flying out...and it has scripted varying missions. However, WWIIOL a little while ago we were doing an amphibious assault with 4 DD's. Each was packed with 10 or so player infantry (not including all the of the DD's). As we were pulling up to the beach something (may have been artillery or another destroyer) opened fire. I watched as the DD next to me blew up an sank...all guys on board died. In a sick, twisted, unscripted way, that was so cool... There are also many varieties of gameplay-from 5-person behind-enemy-lines sabotage missions with the buds in your squad to amphibious assaults to large scale battles to urban warfare fighting its all there. Though CSR denies the game being an rpg, you do get a very roleplaying feeling of being a wwii soldier imo.
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