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This is something else...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've never played an online game before, so didn't know what to expect. As far as a wargame goes...this is as real as it gets. I've played games like soldier of fortune on mac, but as far as realism goes...not even close to this.
The only thing I wasn't crazy about was the monthly fee to play. But, when you realize all that goes into this thing at the website and headquarters, you understand why.
What you do basically, is choose your side. The war is always going on, and the battlemap shows where the hotspots are. You can join anywhere you want, but must be from a friendly base. You choose the available vehicles, or just go on foot with rifle and grenades. Then, off you go. You basically are by yourself, unless you join a troop. So, you can either defend your base if you're under attack or do patrol or whatever you want...it's a real world. Sometimes I just go on patrol, and never even see enemies, just like a real war. There are no "missions" unless you choose one, so...it's really open-ended...unlike other games like soldier of fortune, and others.
This is a great game, run by a great webserver. The world is incredible and huge...and the realism is really something.
The good thing about this game is that it goes on and on...no end in site, and the war is raging whether your on at 2am, or at work all day.

It will be the best Mac game when it comes out

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've played the pc version and am currently beta testing the mac client and let me tell you this is a remarkable game. Despite what some people will tell you, this game and the company are going strong and will continue to do so in the future.

While the game doesn't have the eye candy many people have come to expect nowadays, it's the playability and community that draws many. How many people buy a game and will still play it a year or even 6 months later? Not many games come to mind that can do this yet WWIIOL can and does. Every month the developers release a new patch that expands the terrain, adds new vehicles, and increases the strategic and tactical depth of the game. Just recently the 1.6 patch was released and this brought the infantry up to today's first-person shooter standards with recoils, reloads and enhanced cover throughout the towns. Things will only get better too, currently the developers are working on a new capture system that will end the frustrating flag rushes that plague the game. Attrition is also in the works, giving players that ability to wear down an enemy before making a final, decisive assault on a town.

I leave you with this, how many games have you played where you have enjoyed the experience of full combined-arms military operations with real people instead of a dumb, scripted AI? How many games let you play as infantry, then let you jump to a plane and mix it up with a dozen friendly and enemy planes knowing that below you a full battle is being fought for control of a strategic town. How many MAC tank games have played where a group of friendly infantry rescued your vehicle from a group of approaching sappers? I can honestly say this game is what wargamers have waited and hoped for since the beginning of computer games; a virtual battlefield combining ground, air and sea.

Have IBM version and love it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 20 / 20
Date: November 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

First of all this game has had its ruff times. When it first came out it was incomplete. Since then the company has worked tirelessly to getting this game up to speed. The game that you get in the box is not the finished version. New patches are always introduced every couple of months (somtimes every couple of weeks) that adds new and improved game play. I have had this game since june 12th and have never had any problems with it. My roomate just got this game a week ago because he was tired of having to sit and watch me play. He has minimum computer specs (cept for 256 mb of ram, which is actually the min) and even a 400mhz processor and it works fine.
Dymanically ww2 online is in a league of its own. I only play the allied side, with them I have the choice of being; 3 types of infantry, 4 kinds of airplanes(including one bomber) 3 types of tanks, a naval ship ( only one so far but it rocks, 8 guns that eat tanks alive) and this will still be added to in future patches. On top of all this you can multicrew tanks, ships and the bomber. If you dont know what multicrewing is, its when two people use the same vehicle. In the bomber one person flys while the other is the bombadier and the tail gunner.
The area of land in this game is huge, and the player numbers are rising into the thousands. They answer questions and let us in on the future advancements that will take place. They even take suggestions from the players.
This is a dynamic game world that is unrivaled and will continue to expand with no end in sight. Jump in and have a blast and ill see ya on the battlefield. If you have any questions about the game I'd be happy to answer them honestly. I love this game and want to get more people playing it for even better battles than we have now. The more the merrier.

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