View Full Version : Men of War - Assault Squad: Sneak peek
Instinct
19-11-2009, 05:17
http://www.digitalmindsoft.eu/outcoming/devupdate/thumb/mow_a4.png
The new Men of War stand-alone expansion which is being developed by DMS and introduces an intriguing skirmish coop gamemode with up to 4 players and 5 nations to fight on 15 maps, got a sneak preview on the community website gamereplays.org
They are showing a screenshot of the new water shader model and a new buy menue slot in multiplayer displaying interesting sorts of bonus weapons that are very limited and require excellent teamwork to get the most out of them.
While some specifics remain clouded in mystery, we know that it will present a facelift to the original as well as a major overhaul to the gameplay model. What does this mean you can expect from the title?
Check the link to find out more! (http://www.gamereplays.org/menofwar/portals.php?show=page&name=mow_assaultsquad-sneakpeek)
And the water shader image in high quality (http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7967/0000u.jpg)
Enjoy!
★priv.alex(lv)☭
19-11-2009, 06:30
wow 8O ....war dogs ?
Heer_sturmfuhrer
19-11-2009, 08:30
Looks absolutely amazing. Instinct if you have any communications with the dev team, one aspect that shouldnt be overlooked is optimisation. Since SHOWW2 youve made a marked improvement in gameplay performance however multiplayer games do tend to slow down remarkably on 4vs4 maps, compare this to COH in 2007, 4vs4 games would generally run smoothly for me.
Cheers
Sturm
sgt_steiner
19-11-2009, 08:36
theres a sneaky wee tiger hiding in those trees on the far bank!!!
funny that only a few weeks ago the "war dogs" were mentioned in the thread about identifying strange vehicles!!!
its great to see black coats included (although i suspect they were imported from "Red Tide"), they were a fantastic unit in the war and we in the west dont get to hear much about them as our "propagandistic" documentarys and such make it sound as though we won the war alone, LOL LOL
Ural Factories, are we gonna be able to make a small amount of reinforcements?
and my personal fave TRENCHES, YEEHAAA
i suppose a lot of these things will be available to the other factions like the factories and trenches, but its all good guys!!!
BolliBomber
19-11-2009, 08:51
Special Unit: "Ural Factories" = a factory for producing tanks on the battlefield ?? :x
FrozenLiquidity
19-11-2009, 08:57
Special Unit: "Ural Factories" = a factory for producing tanks on the battlefield ?? :x
I am not sure what about "Ural Factories" would indicate the the factories are being placed anywhere but in the Urals... (Russian mountains) but the staple of MoW gameplay have always been without buildings and I highly doubt that will change now.
sgt_steiner
19-11-2009, 09:01
frozenliquidity has a serious point in what he said in his post above, a major part of this whole series has been that there is NO unit production or base building, so what the devil are they then????
Special Unit: "Ural Factories" = a factory for producing tanks on the battlefield ?? :x
Is a Bonus, if you have this bonus you get 2 free T-34/76 .
sgt_steiner
19-11-2009, 12:03
aaah thanks muchly Albus, thats much better than going down the road of base building and producing units!!!
look really good :)
there are some video for see a few freatures?
No, for the moment only available for subscriptors bronze, silver and gold
FearedxRawr
19-11-2009, 17:46
Wow, That is just insane.
Trench and Wardogs, To of my favorite things.
wow, thats really awsome, im really thinking of being a tester now
sgt_steiner
20-11-2009, 12:43
little tit bits of whats in the stand alone expansion would go a LONG WAY to getting people to join up to the testing, even me with all my trust issues would be tempted to join up with just a 5minute video of gameplay and a few of the hi-res pics,
maybe the publishers could be persuaded to release these as a way to get more fans involved!!!
AFTER ALL WHAT BETTER ADVERT IS THERE THAN A VIDEO OF A GAME BEING PLAYED?
ive said a hell of a lot on the patches and pay to test subjects, but when the crunch comes to the crunch, i would love to be able to test the "heroes badge" addition, and with just a little more written of what the testing involves, i and im sure more people would join and then would probably be "shut up" on our complaints, so is there any way you could try to make this happen for us instinct please?
Hartmann
20-11-2009, 15:52
Maybe there will be some live broadcast at some point again, last time didn't really work out. Anyway, it's only 10 euros for 3 months so it's not that big of a plunge.
sgt_steiner
20-11-2009, 18:51
it is if your unemployed and just been told by your doctor that the chronic pain in your shoulder is a bad case of artharitis, amd to top it all im only 38 years old!!!
Zebah (szebus)
20-11-2009, 19:27
It is sad what happened to you, but with all do respect, I do not think this is the right place to complain, sorry.
Instinct
20-11-2009, 21:09
so is there any way you could try to make this happen for us instinct please?
There will be, don't worry, we are readying up for a big announcement of the game this year including a promo website.
82nd|Centurio
20-11-2009, 21:32
I hope it will be really great campaign. MoW were too little promoted so it isn't that known on the game world like for ex. CoH.
sgt_steiner
21-11-2009, 08:55
@ szebus, i was not complaining about my shoulder or seeking sympathy, i was mereley pointing out to hartmann that even the small monetary outlay for the testing is a lot when you arnt working and living on government handouts which i despise, its even harder to find a job with this problem,but i will find a new job just not in my usual line of work which was hard manual labour!!!
however i can see why you may think from the way it was written that i was simply complaining, no hard feelings m8 :D
@ Instinct thanks for your answer, and i look forward to the announcment of this upddate with much anticipation,
who knows even a sceptic like me may be convinced to join the testing after seeing this update (the small one with the attack dogs and ural factories already has me thinking!!!)
am i the only person to spot the tiger hiding in the bushes on far bank of water in the sneak peak?????
downloading the demo for "RED TIDE" as i write this and cant wait to try the snipers that have been spoken of already by by some forum members!!
★priv.alex(lv)☭
21-11-2009, 09:17
Lol, Eye Spy a Tiger, Hiding Near By.
For those that have older computers will the new features prevent playing Heroes ?
Or can we turn down the graphics and still play?
I guess my real question is will this increase the minimum specs?
Or will this just raise the recommended?
Instinct
26-11-2009, 10:23
There won't be an impact on minimum specs, you can turn down all the new stuff in options.
I can still play, Yeah. but when (if ) I get to upgrade it will be there waiting (for me)!!
Thanks.
filon102
26-11-2009, 22:29
Looks good, I hope Instinct that you guys will "patch up" on the special effects (arty, bombs, etc.) and of course sounds :)
Date of release? :P
SS-Kommando
04-12-2009, 07:25
I'm looking forward to the Skirmish mode I must say, and I'm also very interested to see how that Ural Factories code works!
sgt_steiner
10-12-2009, 21:34
the ural factories is a kind of bonus you can choose that gives you a couple of t-34's i read in this thread earlier, or are you meening that you could maybe mess with the code for a mod kommando so that you could use it to produce tanks?
EDIT: i notices that the links to the preview pics of this new addition took us to GAMEREPLAYS where a hell of a lot of MOW stuff has been appearing, like instincts Q&A thread which is updated very regularly, so i have to ask why were they not announced here 1st and a small link placed on gamereplays?
it looks like this "official" site is being placed second!!!
maybe weve grown "too big" :lol:
but that other place does tend to get more info than us here, oh well then
sgt_steiner
10-12-2009, 23:49
i do have an idea of why gamereplays is getting info early :ninja: and its a thing that would make perfect sense, but i want to see what is said before i "come clean" as to why that may be!!!
Instinct
11-12-2009, 00:07
The game is not officially announced yet, when this will happen there will be a huge amount of info and regularly updates here. It's just that information can leak more easily on less "official" places ;)
News posted here will get fetched by press and thus shared to the rest of the world which is not what we want to see at the current stage.
oh ok, well that does make a whole lot more sense to me, i guess ill have to take a look at the smaller places from now on then
sgt_steiner
13-12-2009, 22:26
@ Instinct
:ninja: as i was thinking :ninja:
DANIELWW2
28-12-2009, 16:55
Hi all, wow war dogs and trenchs, very good work. Include new vehicles?.
Any news concerning the new expansion..
Last I read was full of great news, and just was hoping to read more about it..
wondering how long testing will take :huh: and if there would be any sight on
the day we all can experience :realbig: and :hurray:
Looking forward in doing more coops :-)
Instinct
02-02-2010, 10:53
Soon, we are expecting a global announcement this month with many screenshots and information to come.
DANIELWW2
02-02-2010, 12:47
Good more screenshots :wow: :wow:.
Mack the Knife
02-03-2010, 22:48
we are expecting a global announcement this month
this month was february. any update on an announcement (read release date)?
FearedxRawr
02-03-2010, 23:09
Um, it is still early in the month.
I'm sure we will get info later on.
~Feared.
Instinct
03-03-2010, 00:43
We are waiting for some stuff to be finished on publisher side, afterwards there will be plenty of news.
Mack the Knife
05-03-2010, 01:09
We are waiting for some stuff to be finished on publisher side
thanks for getting back to me (us)
:beer2:
Mack the Knife
16-03-2010, 02:26
http://www.myemoticons.com/images/objects/home/hourglass.gif
kulik242
16-03-2010, 11:44
We are waiting for some stuff to be finished on publisher side, afterwards there will be plenty of news.
What has a publisher to do with releasing news of an expansion anyway? We can live without a release date, just eager to see what new stuff will be in that thing.
dsmigiel
20-03-2010, 19:10
I have not been seeing much news about the new game comeing is it being worked on?
Instinct
22-03-2010, 10:28
Yes, here is a screenshot for you:
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/4433/85201123.jpg
We are still waiting for the official website to be finished.
Yes, here is a screenshot for you:
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/4433/85201123.jpg
We are still waiting for the official website to be finished.
This is COOP gameplay right? Looks pretty interesting to be honest. I see lots of UI changes. Any word on the new patch for MoW that was supposed to be released after the Orthodox Christmas?
s.pz.abt.503
23-03-2010, 17:53
The map looks amazing, but i don't like one thing : the yellow circle under the Greyhound when the unit is selected (Red Tide style). I think the empty circle under the vehicle when it's selected (from original MoW) it is much more realistic. In Red Tide, for example i have eyes tyred when i saw 20-30 yellow circle same time in combat. To much candy. i want to see my tank, not the yellow circle under it. That thing distract attention from the unit itself.This is one reason because i didn't like Red Tide.
Mack the Knife
23-03-2010, 20:45
Instinct wrote:Yes, here is a screenshot for you:
http://forums.dieselstation.com/style_emoticons/default/drool3.gif
FearedxRawr
25-03-2010, 00:45
Wow.
That does look very nice.
Maybe I'll buy it when it is released instead of Making History 2.
So many games I'd like to buy and so little money.
I seriously need a job..
~Feared.
cant wait for a new expansion :realbig:
Sgt.Zoki
30-03-2010, 15:43
DMS it will be soon? Please give me more picture :rtfm:
But your last post is really good image :booyah:
And you need guys add to winter maps winter skin for units to be realistic and more more skins camuflaged Tigers. And many stuff. :typing:
DMS it will be soon? Please give me more picture :rtfm:
But your last post is really good image :booyah:
And you need guys add to winter maps winter skin for units to be realistic and more more skins camuflaged Tigers. And many stuff. :typing:
there is winter camuflage for all that stuff in gem editor for campaign they just need to make it for mp
I presummed more was on the way sometime ago as was stated and well I'm still very curious how things are going? and if there's some news for the fans of this great game :typing:
S~ Happy
Instinct
08-04-2010, 12:17
I think we won't show much before the end of May, when our publisher is announcing the game officially. It's taking a bit longer than we expected.
albero78
08-04-2010, 13:12
I will buy this expansion disk as soon as it will come out.
Mushroomcar
08-04-2010, 13:42
I think we won't show much before the end of May, when our publisher is announcing the game officially. It's taking a bit longer than we expected.
Any plans releasing it in local stores? I've noticed Red Tide is comming in stores now!
- Shroom
InFireBaptize
12-04-2010, 16:02
I'm so confused!! i have recently bought Men Of War and i saw this the above.
What is this Expansion? Assault Squad or Heroes Badge? are they mutiplayers or just single players? I have googled both but not enough info about them. Can someone shed some light? or provide links?
Thanks,
I have never played a game with so much details like MOF, when i first played this game my jaw dropped. I have been playing Arma for years and now Arma2 but i left both these game for this one, i got hooked on it :booyah: , it's so addictive.
Hartmann
12-04-2010, 16:24
The expansion used to be called Heroes Badge, but now it's called Assault Squad. It adds singleplayer skirmish (playing against AI with friends) and revamps multiplayer game mechanics, balance, and adds many new units and maps. There's also graphical improvements for all the units and some other stuff.
Basically there's a sort of beta period going on for AS right now, where testers have full access to the game and improvents and updates are released every few weeks for them.
InFireBaptize
12-04-2010, 16:33
The expansion used to be called Heroes Badge, but now it's called Assault Squad. It adds singleplayer skirmish (playing against AI with friends) and revamps multiplayer game mechanics, balance, and adds many new units and maps. There's also graphical improvements for all the units and some other stuff.
Basically there's a sort of beta period going on for AS right now, where testers have full access to the game and improvents and updates are released every few weeks for them.
Excellent! sounds like a must buy to me.
Thanks for the info Hartmann.
Will the skirmish mode be available for MP too? I mean players vs players.
Instinct
14-04-2010, 16:13
Will the skirmish mode be available for MP too? I mean players vs players.
No, it's a cooperative mode, for multiplayer we have done a redesign of existing gamemodes.
FearedxRawr
14-04-2010, 16:35
I don't really know what makes me so eager for the skirmish mode..
But yeah..I'm stoked for this. I'm curious as to if you have any idea of price range?
I'm abit strapped money wise and I'd like to know if I'll be able to buy this. :)
~Feared.
kulik242
19-04-2010, 11:58
The expansion used to be called Heroes Badge, but now it's called Assault Squad. It adds singleplayer skirmish (playing against AI with friends) and revamps multiplayer game mechanics, balance, and adds many new units and maps. There's also graphical improvements for all the units and some other stuff.
Basically there's a sort of beta period going on for AS right now, where testers have full access to the game and improvents and updates are released every few weeks for them.
And replay system oh god, lets pray for replays!!!!
Hartmann
19-04-2010, 15:00
For as far as I know replays are still up in the air, it's supposedly a tremendous investment of effort for a small team. Effort that can't be dedicated anymore to other new stuff. I'm still holding my hopes up for a decision to go through with it, but we just got to wait and see.
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