Is This The End Of Men OF War

Men Of War is releasing a new game and their newest look at it shows something terrifying.

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[skippy]

Love the part where they go, "What are we, some kinda Men of War?" Really one of the games of all time.

[pixel]

I talked to RobZ around the same time this beta came out and asked him;
Do you realise you've effectively killed men of war?
Anything that the Devs put will now be compare to what you did and how it doesn't reach those standards.


He didn't really think about that but agreed mainly because of the poor reception he has seen for anything coming out of the series now. It's funny how one little mod can surpass the game it was built on and set a bar so high the devs cant even pass it.

[cryptohappy]

Men of war assault squad 3 is what we all want

[Caigul]

sounds like they went down to road a lot of devs try. trying to capture a more casual audience that will most likely have no interest in the game while pissing off the fan base and driving them away

[ThethRonin]

Well this was extremely disappointing.
Edit: THE TANKS HAVE HEALTH BARS!?
... I'm done. No buy.

[stephenb]

Men of war assault squad 2 multiplayer just needed the updated engine and netcode and some new maps and units and I would of be all over it

[FRANKCASTLE]

It wont be able to top Osfront. Ive beaten all the men of war games love them. Got ultimate edition of call to arms and all Osfront DLC, excellent games. Osfront holds the crown as it is right now. I really hope this game can turn itself around before release but i just dont see it. Osfront has insane micro managing, to the point it can be overwhelming, in a good way. Plus that level editor is just insanely detailed. And you have that endless mode, which is amazing. Thanks for the review, im on board with your opinion.

[voidable]

MOWAS player here. You are exactly right! I want penetration, not HP. I prefer a single tank and a single squad over 10 tanks. Airstrikes... ridiculous. The hollywoodish explosions, these tank dances as if they are in a battle arena. Why, WHY did the developers destroy Men Of War? I played GoH, now with Liberation DLC which adds the Yanks. So much more realism, no big explosions, just a gentle "whack" when you open up the enemy tank. Sometimes it cooks off, and it's beautiful to watch. Grenades just go "pop". The 1st person view which makes sense sometimes and drags you deep into the immersion. My heart cries that one day I will quit my outdated MOWAS and move to another... no Men Of War series anymore.

[maverick]

@3:54 While I agree with you that this looks somewhat arcade all the GEM based games including MOWAS2 and GoH have tank health bars. Sometimes they are hidden from the player.

[wojszach]

im not moving form my ostfront, dont disturb me when im sobbing that men of war died

[jeylonblake]

They need to move on from WW2 honestly. Korean war, iran- iraq war, iraq war, desert storm, russo-ukranian war, WW2 games in my view have saturated the market already

[Clearwood_]

What is there to learn for the companies? People keep buying the games so as long as sales are good why change? Plus most people will rely on the modding community to save these games. I do wonder if that's why companies have gotten lazy in their development because they know the modding community will make mods to suit people's tastes.

[theartificerchannel]

The Hud and UI really killed it for me in the play test and took away from the epic campaign style missions I used to love in MOW, something like the Algiers or the partisan missions were epic! Nothing will ever replace the feeling I had playing missions on RED TIDE! This was a great review and I hope they move away from this cookie cutter design that ruins the WW2 immersion! Nice stuff mate! 😎

[sabbatus]

i'll stick with gates of hell if it comes out like an arcadey shit

[mowfo]

I've accepted by this point that modded MOWAS2 will forever stay where it is because game companies are all deaf, blind and ran by businessman who have no idea how real people work

[turtlerx]

Shame because the competitive gameplay in men of assault squad was some of the best rts I've ever played.

3 thing that would make men of war better

Dynamic ground physics

More advanced soldier physics kindy like how vehicles have modules. Would love to see soldiers getting shot in the arm and not being able to use their weapon properly or can only crawl if their legs get hit

More advanced building battles. Right now it's a bit awkward putting soldiers in certain positions

[teslo]

the playtest was garbage, didnt feel like assault squad 2 in all the wrong ways

[MRDaved]

I have a few thoughts of my own. I really enjoyed the PVE gamemodes. I liked the troop selection and deployment it reminded me of tabletop Warhammer 40k. I'm hoping for mods and fixed netcode to really patch the rest of all this. I'm not into PVP.
I'm also really tired of the GEM engine. It's outdated and needs to be replaced with an entirely new different engine. The graphics and performance are too held back by it. Granted I never got a slowdown playing, it's still a major issue. With engines like UE5 and such existing and seeing great graphics on RTS games in that, and it still running smoothly I'm disappointed. Also destruction isn't really any better. Placing troops in houses are still the same. It's just sad at this point where the franchise has gone, and that's really nowhere. Hell they have direct control but it's the most clunky thing I"ve ever seen it's not even fun to use.
As for knowing where to hit a tank, I don't want to learn where to hit the tanks, and I feel like its not really needed. Tanks have obvious weak spots.

[crowdozer]

I am so glad Gates of Hell Liberation was announced because I was really hoping MoW2 would scratch that western europe itch

[WindHaze]

There is no reason to try out MoW 2 since GoH Ostfront exists. I have little hope they managed to remove arcadyness of their game in short window of playtest and release date.