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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Quickly: I have all game systems. Mac/PC/Nintendo/Playstations/XBOX, all of em. And all the games too. I have stopped playing them all for the past 6 months. The first week of this game is aweful. Then it starts to dawn on you, you start to get it, and then your hooked like a bad habit. Do they have any self-help groups out there? I dream this game at night.

Suggestion: Find someone who knows the game, watch them play for 15 minutes. Steep learning curve. But once you get it, you got it baaaaad.

Shockingly real. Stunning. Frightening and Exhausting.

Best Online Game Ever Made

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks. I have been playing it since it launched and have loved every minute of it. It never gets old due to the constant updates and it has a great player base. Buy this game.

In my opinion....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The game has come along ways from where its tragic beginning was, you have to remember this game has a huge patch that comes along with the disc and having a dial up will be no fun. Its best to get a friend to DL the patch or buy the patch disc for this one. At three dollars for the game thats an excellent price for the KEY number to start the game on-line. This game is no an offline game!

The patching for this game is slow compared to larger companies and they come with there problems also. All in All what the C.Rats are trying to accomplish is exactly what the gaming community wants in a WAR game. The Realism (not the graphics) but the action of the game is right there. This game isn't really intended for someone under 12 and yet they have to have allot of majority to play with some of the older community which relies heavy on team play to win. There is little or no support if the game doesn't work for you or on your computer which will need the current fastest running vid card and processor along with ram. The game is not finished and may never be there is currently one theater and they have been stuck in 1941 for the last two years as to the vehicle set. It can be addictive but frustrating at times just as much.

Plain Disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: January 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I can not share the enthusiasm of my fellow reviewers. In my mind, this game is just plain disappointing in all aspects.

First of all, the game doesn't even come with a manual, keeping you guessing. For the most parts, regular FPS-style key controls are used, but for many things, there are custom keys. And besides: Not providing a manual with a game is just plain unacceptible.

But the main problem I have with this game is not the fact that the download mechanism is pathetic or that the lag time seems to be extreme. The main problem I have is that it just ain't fun.

I have never seen a game that leaves you in the dark about what to do as often as this game. This already starts out with how to get into the game. Instead of starting the game, a web page is opened. That web page then has a million links, a few of which will get you into the game. Once you started the game, you are left in the dark about how to get into a mission. Once you figure that out, you have no clue about how to start a mission. Then you realize that in order to get a gun, you need to equip a *vehicle*.

Once you are finally in a mission, you are in the middle of some area, and no one else is there, because they are all off to wherever the battle is. And at that point, you are on your own. More than once did I spend 15 minutes just to get to the battle, and as soon as I got there, I got killed instantly. Argh! While this may be realistic, it does not entertain me.

The graphics of this game are pathetic to say the least. Trees for instance are 2 dimensional, meaning they are paper thin. There are few textures and the objects are very simplistic. Nothing nice to see here. Some gaming magazines said (about a year ago), that the "graphics get the job done but aren't pretty". Well, that may have been then. I just plain expect more, even a year or more ago.

And what makes matters worse is that rendering engine is dog slow. No I have to admit that I do NOT have a state of the art game machine (mine WAS state of the art about a year ago), but if I can run Grand Theft Auto, Dungeon Siege, and Medal of Honor without a problem, then I would expect I can run this OK in low-res mode.

Don't waste your money. Get Battlefield 1942 instead. Yes, it may be a different setting with not as many players, but still.

As terrifying as real war

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is stunning, Screaming divebombing Luftwaffe planes strafeing convoys, terrific artillery barrages, dozens of bombers carpet bombing entire cities, stunning panzer vrs. tank battles, bloody infantry battles where wits and tactics are the hero of the day, become a high ranking general and plan massive operations agaist the enemy front line or stick out as a grunt fighting for country and people.

This game is worth every penny.

Amazing game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The game is very fun. There is a slight learning curve but once you get over it, it is simply amazing. You can play infantry, tank, sea, or plane. The graphics are getting better with each patch, and so is game play. What really puts it over other MMOs is there is much less of a time commitment and CRS really keeps in touch with their more mature playerbase.

frequent gamer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have played all the games out there, and there is no other game like world war 2 online. This is not your average first person shooter, as you can play as a soldier, tank, boat, or aircraft. And instead of just trying to beat levels, you and thousands of others from around the world are trying to "Move the map" in an attrempt to win the war, and rewrite history.

you cant go wrong at this price either--dont waste your money on other FPS games, wwiiol is the best out there, just try it for a month and you will see why!

AMAZING!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is amazing, I have played nothing which comes near its standards..

Best game I've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When it came out this game was bad. But now ... it's by far the best game I've ever played. The developement staff works VERY hard to improve and the game changes so much so often that even if you don't like it for a period it usually changes so you will. The part that makes this game so good: Teamwork. In no game have I ever seen the amount of teamwork present in WW2OL. I've played a LOT of games too and none of them even compare. It is the STANDARD for teamwork in the future and while games don't want to say it, they are building off of it. For $20 it is DEFINATELY worth buying it if you like world war 2, flying sims, FPS, or tank sims. If you just want to experience the best teamwork available online now, you MUST get this game.

Once you get the game, you should immediately join STURMGRENADIER if you play axis or BKB if you play allied. They are the games premiere squads and they are what makes the game worth playing with their teamwork...My game name is "dukeacem" and I hope to see you in there!

Some people must be blind

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have tons of PC games. I get new ones every so often. I have only two games left that I ever play. One is Master of Orion 2, and I only play that if I'm in a position that I can't reach my joystick and kill some baddies in the masterful creation that is World War II Online. Cornered Rat Software is small, but they are the most dedicated people in the software business. The current version of the game, 1.8, is mind blowing when compared to when I first started playing about a year ago. The graphics have been completely changed, the netcode is much improved, the number of vehicles has at least doubled, and the best part of all, is the outstanding community of players. They love their game and the game somehow loves the community back, because the devolpers listen to us. When developers listen, and change your playing experience, or fix a mistake because you brought it to their attention...there is nothing better than that. I pay my money every month because there is no other game developer on the planet that deserves it more. I tried Battlefield 1942 and it made me want to literally cry because of the way EA warped my vision of a world at war. If you are a war simulation player, and want to really get involved in a game, buy this one. You'll be happily eating ramen noodles every day so you can upgrade your hardware, just to make the nose on that German soldier a little clearer.

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