Seeking a nice wargame. Any suggestions?

[Lt.Fillipidis]

As the title says, im searching for a nice wargame. First person Shooter actually but without all the me-vs-the enemy army style.
I really enjoy playing Red Orchestra because its realistic but its a bit out-of-date on graphics.

PS They made subsims, tanksims, airsims, shipsims, simsims... Isnt it time for them to make an infantrysim?

Thanks in advance!

[Oberon]

Hmmm

ARMA/ARMA2
Battlefield II mod: Forgotten Hope 2
World War 2 Online
Operation Flashpoint
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising

But, really, ARMA/ARMA2 is the infantryman sim, I mean you can fly jets, drive tanks and all that, but at the end of the day it's really most tailored to being a groundpounder. Flashpoint is the original baby, again, quite tailored towards groundpounding with a nice Cold War setting and lots of mods to keep you occupied. Not really very knowledgable on Dragon Rising, so I won't say much for that other than check the reviews and ask people who have it, who no doubt will reply to this.
FH2 is not quite a realistic, particularly in the tank survival department, however it's a quite enjoyable afternoons blast.
I've not played WWIIOL, but have heard quite a few good things about it, the downside? It's a subscription only deal, like WOW but if you can afford that, then I've heard plenty of good things about it, although because of the distances involved you'll probably need to hop in a truck or tank at some point. Just watch out for Maraudering Ferrets hiding behind bushes with StuGs.

[Spike88]

I'm also looking for a nice wargame. WIll keep my eye on this thread.

[Safe-Keeper]

There is Project Reality for Battlefield 2. It is an incredibly deep, teamwork-oriented and realistic mod that basically turns BF2 into a new game. Go to the site and download the game's manual to get an idea of its scope.

Its biggest problem is really not its learning curve, but the community - PR has its fair share of a lot of obnoxious, intolerant and grumpy players who may not be very friendly to newbies or even experienced players who make too many mistakes. Having to put up with them is a hurdle you'll just have to cope with if you want to play the game.

See also Modern Warfare 3.

[Skybird]

Can't give advise on shooters, but a very good WWII command simulation is Conquest of the Aegean, and the upcoming Battle from the Bulge. Extremely challenging AI.

Info, screenshots and AARs available at Matrix Games' website.

[Blacklight]

As the title says, im searching for a nice wargame.

REAL wargames are played on a table with a board that has a map covered in hexagons with 100000000 little carboard counters all over it and stacks of combat charts and rules.

I reccomend Advanced Squad Leader !

If you wand the board wargame version of a first person shooter, check out Steve Jackson Games "Frag". It's like Quake multiplayer as a board game. MUCH fun !

[Lt.Fillipidis]

Thanks for all the info!

But Oberon, if i install the BF2 mods, i will still be able to play on vanilla servers?

Skybird, i've heard Hearts of Iron 3 is a nice strategy game.

[Raptor1]

I'd have to recommend Conquest of the Aegean (And it's predecessor, Highway to the Reich. Probably the coming sequel too) as well.

HoI2 and HoI3 are great games (Well, 3 is a good game that will become great in a patch or 2), but they are not the same type of games and so can't be compared.

Don't bother looking forward to R.U.S.E., I played the beta and they managed to take a decent concept and ruin it beyond belief.