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After a rocky start, WWII Online has transformed from a disaster to one of the best, and most succesful online games in the world. With around 50 new players each day this game just keeps growing and growing. Yet improvements are still being made to the game as we speak which is only going to make the game even better.
Back in 2001 WWII Online was re-leased into stores all across the UK and the US. With over 100,000 copies sold the first week this game was expected to be the biggest online game ever. However, the game was re-leased 6 months before CRS (Cornered Rat Software) wanted and therefore the servers and even the game were not ready to cope with all the players. The servers net codes were written wrong which made almost half the players unable to play due to unstable connections, also the game wasn't finished and over 150 bugs still present. In other words this heart breaking event still haunts WWIIOL to this day. WWIIOL still has a bad rep. and this discourages players from coming back.
Well I got news for you WWIIOL is now one of the most succesful massive-multi player games in the world. This game was rewritten from almost scratch after its re-lease and now its almost bug free. However just like other games it will never be bug free. GAMEPLAY: Ever imagine fighting on the front lines back in WWII? Ever want to get into a battle of 150+ players and fight over a capture point? Well WWIIOL will deliver that and oh so much more, much more. With over 450 towns,cities,and ports to capture along the map of europe in half scale and yet CRS is adding more towns and cities every update, this game will keep you busy for hours and hours. Fight along side with thousands of players as the fight for europe rages along the 1300 mile frontline. With over 80 different units,vehicles,planes, and ships to choose from there will hardley ever be a dull moment in WWIIOL. This is a pure muli-player online game, which means anything that moves is controled by a player, excpet for a few AI MG nests that protect undefended towns, its all players. The WWIIOL servers have been tested up to hold 10,000 players!
The objective of the game is to win the war for your country, currently the 3 countries are, Germany(Axis),British(Allied), and French (Allied).For the allies French take the South while the British take the north. We are expecting an American Amry within the next year. To win the war you must capture the enemies towns,cities and ports, until they give up. With around 475 towns,cities, and ports, a war can last from 3 weeks to about 4 months totaly depending on how well each side can get organize a attack or defense and succefully execute it. A town or city is made up of around 3-6 depots(a place where infantry can spawn) and no more than 2 army bases(infantry and tanks can spawn from here) and the way to capture these points is that there is a table in the the capture point buildings, you will know the building when you see it, it will have a flag on the top of it of which country owns that CP, and when you find the table stand next to it for 2 minutes until the timer is complete to capture that CP. Once all the CPs and the Army Base is captured you own the town.Oh and by the way the Army Bases have a bunker, and in the bunker is the table to capture the AB. The game is formed on a chain of command so of course when you first start you are ranked as a recruit and can only get limited supplies like rifles,light tanks and light anti-aircraft and tank guns. When you work your way up the chain you can get more and more units and other goodies.
There is a RDP(Research and Development) cycle in play in this game. Which means when you start a new war each country is given early war tanks and guns and what a RDP cycle does it adds new units to the game, like stronger tanks and guns. These RDP cycles are based on how well there countries factories are doing. So bombing the enemies factories will slow down there RDP cycle and which means that you will get the better equipment first and will have the advantage over them until their RDP cycle completes.
The ground war is the star of the show, the tank battles are the battles you will never find any where else. The infantry still needs a little work but still is very very fun to play with. With tanks you can either command a entire tank by-yourself or you can invite someone to command the turret and mgs while you drive. The modeling is very percise, meaning you will have almost a garantee kill if you shoot a tank in the back where there is less armor than the front or side where there is more armor. Also the tanks are a sort of sim of real tanks, you can track enemy tanks(destroy there tracks),blow up their engines, kill their crew members one by one, jam there turret gun, or blow them up with sappers. Also you can see your friends with there icons on, however enemy units dont so be careful where you go and keep a sharp eye out for the enemy. Plus the terrain is detailed to what it acctualy is in real life so there is alot of hills and cliffs to hide behind or put up a anit-tank gun and shoot the approaching enemy tanks.
The infantry units are very detailed to damage modeling and detail, there are several infantry units to choose from:Rifleman,SMG(Sub-Machine Gunner)Machine Gunner,Sapper,Sniper,ATR(Anti-Tank Rifle), Grenadier, and Paratroopers. With paratroopers you can acctualy get into a transport plane and jump out over enemy towns and capture the CPs and AB.
The air war has its own cause tot he war effort itself, bombing RDP factories in massive formations to cripple the enemies supply lines and bring there forward advance to a complete hault. The damage modeling to the airplanes are extremely detailed br />
The navy is another side show this is so far the least popular career in WWIIOL. The battles when you get to them are ok and are long.
Heres somthing you might not see anywhere else,Night Time. Thats right WWIIOL runs on a 15 hour clock, 12 hours of day and 3 hours of night. Night is where you can see all the action, every little muzzel flash to the explosions of tanks and aircraft miles away as the sky lights up with light.
GRAPHICS: Well there really is not much i can say with graphics cause it truely all depends on your graphics card, but i have a X1950 and 2.5 gigs of RAM so the graphics are amazing for me. Every unit is detailed in design, the infantry has all the belts and buttons, tanks with bolt and nuts. Just very detailed units and detailed terrain. Graphics are amazingbr />
SOUND:The sound is by far the best ive ever heard you can hear explosions from miles away and all the action going on around you. It is undescribable to explain the sounds in WWIIOL. You can hear approaching tanks from every direction and even the enemy infantry.
OVERVIEW:I tried to tell all the cool things about WWIIOL in this review but what you have read so far is not even close to half of what is in WWIIOL. If I told you everything there is then we will be on page # 17. So for more information visit the WWIIOL website at www.wwiionline.com Enjoy!