I Played This Free Ukraine War Game So You Didn't Have To

It was only a matter of time, right? Well, these Ukraine War mods for Operation: Harsh Doorstop are not at all what I expected and I don't think I'll be playing them again anytime soon...

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[MoiDawg]

I'm not linking the mods to this. Go play something more worth your time.

[NotShiggy]

I dont know why this would be "tasteless" or "too soon" when we've been playing games set during the war on terror for decades now lol

[masonharkness]

I don’t wanna sound like a hater cause this is better than anything I could put together but I think a certain couple of YouTubers are learning just how hard and tricky it can be to make a good, all round game

[aiv.]

more accurate title, "I played a community server on this free modding platform, so you didn't have to"

[fulconini]

Jesus christ you made it sound like this was a game about a currently going on war when its just a server

[Bluedrake]

Not sure if my comments are blocked on this channel yet, but I wanted to leave a comment (not for Moi) but for Skiddle, Ponchovie, and the other modders who made the content featured in this video (who I know will probably watch this) who have been getting targeted and bashed by content creators recently.

Guys... I just want you to know how much I have loved watching you be excited to make some of your first mods ever. I know for some of you... this is some of the first work you've ever created. For something made by people with little to no experience in Unreal Engine 4... what you all have made is (in my opinion) a huge achievement. I'm so happy that Operation: Harsh Doorstop has been a free place for you to happily experiment with Unreal Engine 4 development, and to make things you enjoy making. People like yourselves are the exact reason I made this game, and I love seeing people in the community who actually understand why having an open Unreal Engine game (even a barebones janky one) is so much dang fun.

I hope after you watch MoiDawg's video here, you'll see this comment... and you'll know that no matter how much people try to bash you for spending your own free time to make something you and your friends can play and enjoy... that you'll have still me (and our community) who support your development journey, and who believe in helping you create awesome things (even if we're still just a ragtag group of dudes living off minimum wage doing our best to make a fun game.)

Thank you all for making the dope mods you made. I know you all know for a fact how much fun both I and the rest of the community have had not only playing your work, but also watching how excited you have been to create it.

Please don't let videos like this discourage you. I don't care if you haven't yet updated that volume block on the edge of your map... who cares, its still dope... and I am super impressed with what you've made.

That's all I have to say here.

[pcrizz]

Fair criticism for sure, but the irony is that Squad was a jank sometimes broken mess for years and one of the most played maps is based on the War in Donbass, as in, Squad was effectively doing the same thing during it's development period. I think a couple others may be based on Chechnya.

It's fine to get political too, but saying you don't want to and then clearly want to while pulling up military budgets is odd. Just speak your mind, pretty sure that's what most people fight for to begin with.

[fireflyredux]

That's probably the point tho? Free open source modding tools to make whatever you want? I was never under any pre-conceptions that the game would be this amazing whole experience neatly bowtied... Squad, when it first released had infantry only PVP. Now look at it...

[quantrellbishop]

People when game about Afghanistan comes out during war on terror: 😁
People when literally 1 server has ukrainians: 🤬🤬🤬

[ChickentNug]

The "too soon" argument has never made sense. When does war suddenly lose its seriousness? Why are the world wars, vietnam, and middle eastern conflicts acceptable but not specifically ukraine? Did millions not die in the world wars or something or has it just been so long that it doesn't matter they died?
It should either all be acceptable to make art (games) about or none of it.
What about movies? Is it "too soon" for a ukraine war movie? What about drawings or paintings? What about songs about the conflict? All of those things are art intended to either inform or entertain the consumer, so what makes video games any different?

[FrostB]

People playing games portraying the Iraq / Afghan War in 2007 - 2011: 😃

People when they hear about games portraying Ukraine in 2023: 😭

[beyondbackwater]

Project reality had Syrian war maps with saa vs fsa during the war and no one cared. Why does it matter about ukraine?

[ShrekIsNotDrek]

I don’t understand how Moi is so biased against OHD when squad was just as bare bones when I started playing it in alpha of 2015.

You had to crouch jump over walls.

[CoolBluBoi]

The game does need major improvements like AI smartness, but I actually enjoy playing this

[theaxgame]

The Wagner one is mostly based around the 2010-2022 Wagner where most of their units were more traditional PMC style former Spetsnaz, VDV, and Russian Marines. However, since they are now in the thick of the fighting, they have conscripts from prisons to boost their numbers. Also, Ukraine got a patch to give most of them optics soon after, so it's more balanced now for anyone watching this after this comment.

[DameWhoGames]

there use to be a squad mod depicting the war but was removed. It was pretty damn good and nobody got political, just playing the mod

[DanielDuranamoPRODuran]

What’s wrong with recreating battles in a current conflict? We all do it with past battles throughout all of history via video games. What makes it so bad? How recent it happened? The US left Afghanistan a year ago yet people still play games with insurgents/taliban-type forces vs USA yet it’s no big deal. People need to stop being babies about everything.

[stanless]

Why are you so mad about the Ukraine mod? There's a million games set in the middle east. But now that's not arabs dying you get mad?

[a-man]

Don't remember any "too soon" sentiments regarding conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan or any other 3rd world country

[simplelogic]

Sorry to ask this but are we going to get a continuation of the war 83 series or a new foxhole series soon I watched the whole series in one night and I need to see the Royal spuds in action again you guys are awesome