Men of War titles - Singleplayer

[teblin]

Hey all, this post will concern the SP/ co-op side of the games.

I loved the singleplayer in Men of War, the Battle of Vernon and the Sevastopol missions instantly come to mind. They had plots, were actually situated on the WW2 timeline and had a variety of objectives and methods of completion (stealth, defence, assault, engagement etc.).

I was upset to find Assault Squad simply had a Skirmish mode, every level had the same objective and the same premise. It was basically multiplayer offline. There was no heart or soul to the missions, they felt cold and lifeless. The MoW missions were intense and very fun to play. The Soldiers: HOWW2 missions and Faces of War missions were equally fun to play.

I ask the Developers this: with your next WW2 title (if there is going to be one), can you implement a campaign that was as good as/better than Men of War's? I understand Vietnam went some way in this direction but the Second World War appeals to me much more in video games. MP is all fine and dandy but there's nothing like relying just on your own skill and tactics to set up a defence to stop an oncoming vanguard of forces, sneaking through deserts or forests and blowing fuel dumps and supplies or levelling cities with air support or artillery.

I hope the developers consider this. It would be nice for those who love to play offline to get something satisfying as well as the online players.

[Charlene2005]

Hey there teblin! I actually have the same opinion as you do and I do believe you're right about this particular topic over here. It was really nice to read this post of yours! Toodles!

[Dean Quinn]

Totally agree with you Teblin...The skirmish mode is ok, but they had a problem. Once you tried moving up the difficulty level its like, the AI goes into cheat mode and sends everything at you...Tanks, armored cars...while your working on infantry and low-end AT guns. In a true WW2 setting, once an objective is taken...like a beachhead or anything, tanks should be made available, even the low-end tanks or armored cars, that way at least the player can be maintain some defense while he builds up. I had no less then 10 tanks and 5 armored cars against me, during Normal mode of Skirmish, that is stupid. I mean when I play easy, its like just a few armored cars and infantry, but with Normal its like dropping the hammer, I would love to see about hard or even heroic. Turn that crap down some per difficulty level, I mean go up some on the vehicles, but with that, they your team should have vehicles or AT guns at the start of the mode then, and it should go up after that....give it some balanced...If that ever happened, armored would have moved up...Watch DDay...when the Brits attack Caen...They had tanks with them...US had tanks once they broke through the wall, but there wasnt any german tanks, because they didn't get there yet...do better research on your mission areas......Other that that...I do like the game...

[Trotskygrad]

Totally agree with you Teblin...The skirmish mode is ok, but they had a problem. Once you tried moving up the difficulty level its like, the AI goes into cheat mode and sends everything at you...Tanks, armored cars...while your working on infantry and low-end AT guns. In a true WW2 setting, once an objective is taken...like a beachhead or anything, tanks should be made available, even the low-end tanks or armored cars, that way at least the player can be maintain some defense while he builds up. I had no less then 10 tanks and 5 armored cars against me, during Normal mode of Skirmish, that is stupid. I mean when I play easy, its like just a few armored cars and infantry, but with Normal its like dropping the hammer, I would love to see about hard or even heroic. Turn that crap down some per difficulty level, I mean go up some on the vehicles, but with that, they your team should have vehicles or AT guns at the start of the mode then, and it should go up after that....give it some balanced...If that ever happened, armored would have moved up...Watch DDay...when the Brits attack Caen...They had tanks with them...US had tanks once they broke through the wall, but there wasnt any german tanks, because they didn't get there yet...do better research on your mission areas......Other that that...I do like the game...

skirmish was designed for replayability, not historical accuracy.

However, you might find the skirmish pack 2 missions to your liking, they resemble the original missions in vMoW.

If you want more missions, try the various mods that have been made for vMoW, a lot are excellent and add a lot of interesting content and missions.