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stabiz
02-20-07, 09:33 AM
I dint like the demo, so I didnt get it until now. I loved the old Soldiers: Heroes of WW2, but now I have to say this one is good as hell too. you just have to play a few missions before it sets in.

Some screens:

My Panther opens up:
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4505/facesofwar2007021820040vl3.jpg


Noooooo!

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/5146/facesofwar2007022003122as6.jpg

Some entrenched Tigers:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1637/facesofwar2007022003233ld3.jpg

This one was really cool, I blasted my way through a building with 10-15 Sherman 75mm shells to get at some troops on the other side. The physics are incredible.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9383/facesofwar2007022003285yk8.jpg

Havoc!

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9896/facesofwar2007022003313wf5.jpg

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/7580/facesofwar2007022003592gc0.jpg

Biggles
02-20-07, 11:23 AM
Very cool pics! And a very good game! But I HATE that the P-51s landing-gears are out! What the hell????

stabiz
02-20-07, 02:48 PM
Yeah, all this time I have been playing Company of Heroes, but this is more to my liking. The annoying squad-control system is optional after the patch, by the way. I like it when I can control each individual and really micro manage! Love this!

FAdmiral
02-21-07, 03:15 PM
I hope this game has all your forces in place ready to fight and
your supplies come from the rear (like they should in real life).
COH had it just the opposite...

JIM

stabiz
02-21-07, 05:05 PM
There is no base building in FoW, what you have is what you get. Loose the nice big tank, well then its gone. I love this approach, like in the good old Blitzkrieg.

You sometimes get reinforcements, though.

(Dont get me wrong, I think Company of Heroes is a great game too, but this is more "real")

Biggles
02-21-07, 05:33 PM
The music in FoW is dreadful.
Voice acting is so-so, I liked the half-humerous voices in CoH more.

American paratrooper: I hope the jerries don't mind us "dropping in"!:)
And when you press the units one time to many....
"yeah what the F*ck do you want?"
"What the F*CK DO YOU WANT!!?"

But I still miss voices á la Warcraft III.......

Tikigod
02-22-07, 01:51 PM
Anyone know where I can get a tank turret repair mod for faces of war? its a map/mission script that allows tank turrets to be fixed with repair kits like in Heroes of WW2. Apparently its bugged in FOW and someone made a fix for it.