Strategy Informer GamesCom 2010 Preview

[JamieSI]

[url]http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/redorchestra2heroesofstalingrad/previews.html[/URL]

It's hard to approach any World War 2 shooter these days without thinking it's been done already. In a general sense, this era is in danger of becoming boring and stale, and we're sure they are many that believe it's already happened. But with stagnation, comes innovation, and in an era where AAA publishers generally prefer to follow trends, it's best to look at the smaller studios for a change of pace. One such studio is Tripwire Interactive, and having sat down with them at this year's GamesCom, we're feeling a level of excitement not felt since we first saw Men of War or Mount & Blade.

 

[LemoN]

Good article.

Did we have the 10 maps confirmed somewhere already? If not, that's new info.

 

[FlyXwire]

This is a very good article (w/some opinion), and a good find JamieSI. TY!

Finally a journalist who sounds like he tried to connect the dots, instead of just reprinting the press kit media.

Lemon, the 10 maps struck me as new info too, and that the MP campaign mode will consist of battling over these 10 maps connected to represent the Stalingrad area (wonder how they'll be configured 2X5 would work).

Anyway, good read!

 

[Yoshiro]

Nice write up

 

[=GG= Mr Moe]

Nice article.

I did see the 10 maps in another article that was posted here on the forums, but I can't remember which one.

 

[Flogger23m]

Only 10 maps at launch? Not very much IMO.

Hopefully they will release so more quickly, and some good custom ones will come out.

 

[fiftyone]

I like this bit :

We hope it gets the mainstream attention it deserves - with improved accessibility, a dynamic online mode, and an expansion (of sorts) already in the works, this could prove to be one of the last great WW2 shooters.

Not so sure about the "last" great WW2 shooter but hey, who am I to go against the wind.

The reviews have all been pretty enthusiastic, things are looking swell.

 

[PNV]

10 maps isn't too bad, there weren't that many official maps in 2006 either. Arad, Basovka, Hedgehog, Barashka, Odessa, Krasnyi, Caucausus, Ogledow, Baksan Valley, Konigsplatz...I might be missing another one.

 

[RO.Player]

10 maps isn't too bad, there weren't that many official maps in 2006 either. Arad, Basovka, Hedgehog, Barashka, Odessa, Krasnyi, Caucausus, Ogledow, Baksan Valley, Konigsplatz...I might be missing another one.

kessel

 

[gyps]

Think dod was launched with 6 or 8 so 10 not to bad and there will be loads of community stuff after launch

 

[NoxNoctum]

People keep saying WW2 games are dead and have been done to death. Who cares. It's the biggest conflict in human history and for shooters, it's WAY better than "modern warfare", where you have lame things like everyone running around with automatic rifles, calling in JDAMs on buildings and launching a Javelin at a tank 2 miles away. Gay.

Now I WOULD love to see some ancient warfare "shooters"... ala the Peloponnesian wars or Alexander's march through Persia... Mount and Blade is really the only game that has pulled off a "shooter" in ye old times.

But WW2 games will never die, because everything about WW2 makes it perfect for games. Half the planet was a battlefield for 5 years, the sides were all basically "balanced" (none of this asymmetrical boring bull**** that we have now in modern warfare games), and there was a HUGE diversity in equipment and vehicles. How many types of tanks does the US use these days? One. Though IIRC there's like 2 or 3 variants in use.

Oh I and I hope we get a Leningrad port from DrGuppy, especially since he works for TWI now and has "influence" .

 

[[TW]Ramm-Jaeger]

Only 10 maps at launch? Not very much IMO.

Hopefully they will release so more quickly, and some good custom ones will come out.

DODS shipped with 3 maps, BF2 shipped with 10, so we are actually on the high end of games with the number of maps we are shipping with. And of course we'll release more post launch, we're Tripwire I think Ostfront shipped with 14 or so, but only about 10 of them were good. So this time we're going to do 10 good ones at the start and focus on quality over quantity.

 

[Zetsumei]

It would be awesome if those 10 maps would have a spring/summer version and a snowy winter version with perhaps some minor changes like some paths changed and more ruined buildings.

That way a set of 10 maps will suddenly become a set of 20 maps, while the additional man work would be lowered.

I would love playing the Grainsilo in both the early war time when its still intact and later on as a near ruin in snowy Stalingrad. Remember all the ground was fought for 2 or more times, once when the Germans took it and once when the Russians took it back.

So I think the 10 maps is somewhat of a trick question, especially considering that the same maps are used for countdown and territory as well.

 

[RO.Player]

DODS shipped with 3 maps, BF2 shipped with 10, so we are actually on the high end of games with the number of maps we are shipping with. And of course we'll release more post launch, we're Tripwire I think Ostfront shipped with 14 or so, but only about 10 of them were good. So this time we're going to do 10 good ones at the start and focus on quality over quality.

was baraksha one of the bad ones?

 

[husbert]

kaukasus? bondarevo? :IS2:

 

[Ralfst3r]

Pretty entertaining write-up. Sounded like the guy was a fan.

 

[Lustmord]

Only 10 maps at launch? Not very much IMO.

Battlefield 2 had (if I remember correctly) about 11-13 maps at launch and we're talking EA here.
EDIT: Ramm beat me to it.

 

[EvilHobo]

I don't mind having the few maps as long as the environments are diverse enough that there is a robust amount of assets and materials for community mappers to take advantage of.

 

[213]

Only 10 maps at launch? Not very much IMO.

Hopefully they will release so more quickly, and some good custom ones will come out.

wow, 10 maps isn't enough?

gotta love cod/bf kids just running through every map for 5 seconds and never appreciating the effort and artistry that went into the map making process. yes, don't pay attention to the details. turn motion blur up to full so your entire gameplay experience is one giant blur.

 

[Stormer]

i hope the maps are bigger and more open than in ro to give some tactical sense to this squad system