Whatever happened to WW2 games?

[KillerKat]

10-15 years ago, they were everywhere and I loved playing them. They were my favorite games to play. Then all of a sudden they just went away. Now I can't find any.

[cptx]

Do you like online or single player stuff?

 

I play Heroes & Generals and War Thunder. Both are free to play. No single player at all in H&G though.

[Chimera]

Market got over saturated.

[KillerKat]

Do you like online or single player stuff?

 

I play Heroes & Generals and War Thunder. Both are free to play. No single player at all in H&G though.

I started out online with the original Call of Duty, which I played the hell out of. I also loved the Medal of Honor games and Call of Duty games on the PS2. Then Brothers in Arms came out and took it to another level.

[Hugor Hill]

10-15 years ago, they were everywhere

 

There's your answer. They got played out.

[Zaximus]

Company of Heroes

[CarolinaNCSU]

My biggest thing with Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, etc. was the short campaign. Online play took over, and maybe those don't translate as well with the WWII theme?

 

I'd kill for a WWII game that had crazy amounts of gameplay hours.

[dos poptarts]

Not sure what you are looking for: SIM, FPS or strategy/tactical?

 

[cookinwithgas]

WWII sims ended when programmers were able to shoehorn all the glitzy technical stuff into the GUI to keep the twichy eyes and fingers moving at all times unfortunately. I still would rather start up another Call of Duty session throwing potatoes at scarecrows dressed up as Nazis before getting tossed into Stalingrad than have all the computer aided screens and stuff all over..

[CarolinaNCSU]

To expand on my earlier post, an RPG set in WWII, modeled after a Fallout/Elder Scrolls/Dragon Age would be the poo. I doubt you could have the same depth to the game and crazy amounts of missions, but it would be fun.

[KSpan]

The Nazis finally lost.

[dos poptarts]

To expand on my earlier post, an RPG set in WWII, modeled after a Fallout/Elder Scrolls/Dragon Age would be the poo. I doubt you could have the same depth to the game and crazy amounts of missions, but it would be fun.

 

Nice idea. Missions based on spying, sabotage could be cool.

 

[Paintballr]

WWII Fps was my poo back then.

I was way into MOHAA especially online. Was also in some tournaments and leagues playing with a clan. We played BF1942, MOHAA expansion packs, COD etc but I will always remember Brothers in Arms, me and a few guys ran a fan site for that game before it came out. It soiled any respect I had for Ubisoft.

We tried to get interviews, previews etc and had a pretty decent forum and site going and they either ignored us, or when they did give us stuff it was either completely different than how the actual game was or just flat out lied. I was so hyped for that game, and was so disappointed it was the last WWII Fps game I got super hyped for. I lost interest in about a week into that game.

Problem was every one was making FPS WWII games back then. It was oversaturated, you had EA bled the poo out of the MOH series (surprise surprise) BF had 1942 and its expansions but went to Vietnam etc and continued to today, you had mods Red Orcastra, RTS games everything. You can thank Saving a Private Ryan for this boom but it died around 2004-2006

[Niner National]

Could always play this: http://www.battlegroundeurope.net/home

 

All online WWI game that has been around for probably 10-15 years now. They've made massive updates to the game though, so the graphics, physics engines, and everything else has evolved and gotten better over time. The map is half scale of Europe and it is probably the most realistic war game ever made.

 

Entire cities are destructible. Each "game" can last months, although some have been as short as 10 days.

 

Contains infantry, navy, and air force. Really cool game, I just don't have a good enough PC to play it.