A Day That May Finally Be Defeated
This game is like any FPS game. It is simple, to the point and nothing else really. You either love it or you don't. Since this is a WW2 based game, many gamers who like this genre (since WWII is a genre in itself) is a must pick. Although this game is based of the Source Engine, it has it's own problems, but good as well. Lets start with the ever popular "scope-zoom effect", when you hear about this you think, "Hey, great it will be like every other FPS".
Unfortunately, it isn't "all that and a bag of potato chips", whenever you "scope" you are enticed with the wonderful animation of a man, bringing his weapon up and waiting to still bring it up, and still waiting, and it's finally there. That is one main issue, that Valve seems to omit, from ever patching up, as they think it is not a big deal. Well, you're wrong Valve, it is a problem, especially when your in a big firefight, and have a rifle, for example, a M1 Garand, and you want to scope in to blast away at the guy who is running across to reinforce his teammates, but you can't because it is like you have arthritis. And as you wait for your animation to finish, he makes it and you get shot by the machine gunner or many other men, that don't need to zoom in to kill you. Another problem with the game is the recoil. Whenever you try to shoot a Sub-Machine Gun or the BAR/MP 45 you get a massive recoil, of which you can barely keep straight. I had a hard time alone trying to push my mouse down while firing. And, yes I know it is trying to be authentic, but come on this is ridiculous, I don't want to be firing burst shots every time I see an opposing player, I want to pump him full of lead. Sure recoiling is nice but Valve over does it, I mean firing full auto is completely pointless unless you are laying down, even while crouching it is pointless to fire; sure I want to be able to fire 10 bullets in a row, but not this way with my gun after 5 bullets staring at the sky, I'm pretty sure that soldiers in WWII could keep their gun straight after firing 10 rounds.
On a good note, the graphics are stunning, very realistic. As you fire you see a nice smoke cloud come up you can see and hear the bullets whizz by your head as your run for cover. As well, you can if you choose to run and gun, but it is best if you try to go slow, usually going out running into the open will get a sniper bullet in your head or your body looking like swiss cheese from the machine gunner over the hill or around the corner, so cover is your friend. There is some, not a lot, of strategy in how you advance, going out in the open as I said before to capture a flag will get you sniped or riddled full of bullets and you will ultimately be turned into swiss cheese.
I would recommend this game if you are a World War 2 shooter fan, and loved the originals such as Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, or any other WWII shooter such as the CoD franchise. This game although has many bugs and flaws, in the end turns out to be quite a good little shooter, although it is nothing more than multiplayer based game and does not offer you any type of single player. And after all the multiplayer will keep you busy for a quite a while. I give it a 4/5 stars.
*EDITOR NOTE* - This review was written a couple of years ago, so some of the stuff I have written may not be up to par as my other reviews. Thanks ;D
