During my pc playing days, I have come across many WWII games. There have been a wide variety of treatments of this period. Some have treated the era as an excuse for propaganda, some have glorified war to increase sales and some have quite blatently reduced it to an event that only touched one side.
When the trailer came out for HOS a while back, I saw one forum post expressing concern that the trailer showed a preference for one side over the other. I believe the responses from other members set out to explain that this was not the case.
Tripwire have always treated this period as a war between two sides consisting of people. This is important to me. My grandfather died on the Eastern front in late'41. I not only have photographs of him but also the memories and stories my grandmother passed on to me. When he joined the army, it was for a career and at the time, he did not envisage being in a war at all.
Whilst I am playing RO, I do see it as a game and I do not play any particular side. In the pauses between, however, historical reality comes back to me and prompts thought about that period and the stories of not just my family but others too.
Different people get different things out of RO and will do so with RO2. For my part, it is to gain an understanding of what it was like being in that scenerio. With this in mind, I am especially looking forward to the single player intros.
That is my reason for interest; the historical context of the game followed by the game mechanics. I was wondering what other people's angle was. Is it the gameplay, the setting or something else that first sparked your interest in this game?
When the trailer came out for HOS a while back, I saw one forum post expressing concern that the trailer showed a preference for one side over the other. I believe the responses from other members set out to explain that this was not the case.
Tripwire have always treated this period as a war between two sides consisting of people. This is important to me. My grandfather died on the Eastern front in late'41. I not only have photographs of him but also the memories and stories my grandmother passed on to me. When he joined the army, it was for a career and at the time, he did not envisage being in a war at all.
Whilst I am playing RO, I do see it as a game and I do not play any particular side. In the pauses between, however, historical reality comes back to me and prompts thought about that period and the stories of not just my family but others too.
Different people get different things out of RO and will do so with RO2. For my part, it is to gain an understanding of what it was like being in that scenerio. With this in mind, I am especially looking forward to the single player intros.
That is my reason for interest; the historical context of the game followed by the game mechanics. I was wondering what other people's angle was. Is it the gameplay, the setting or something else that first sparked your interest in this game?
