Men of War II Review (triggerfinger42)
Really don't understand the negative reviews at all, there is a lot of content and pretty good models, the AI is the least jankie I've seen in this title. The game modes are fun and offer endless replay-ability, and streamline a lot of stuff that was annoying in GoH. Always needing to be online IS annoying at times, but I've only had one issue with this playing single player, and I'm literally in a place that needs StarLink in order to be online, So I don't really see the issue here besides people just not having a good internet connection, and also, the devs HAVE said MULTIPLE times they are fixing this mistake. which I agree with, it's a mistake. I play on realistic settings, so I have no idea what people are talking about when they say there are health bars. The sounds are terrible, they sound bad, I highly recommend the BattleField sound mod, its so much better. Combat feels fun, I actual can use scouts to scout positions without the AI just immediately seeing them and sniping them. also the garrison in building options is A LOT better than having to place my soldiers in the perfect position in a building in order for them to have a good shot at the enemy. and being able to have those troops fortify a building is great for holding locations from other infantry. The trench function is great, the only problem is having it cave in on troops and they just die, which is very annoying. but something you need to realize that will happen when you are the commander of troops in The Second World War. I've also seen a complaint about constantly needing to move artillery around because counter artillery and aircraft can track where they are shooting from and fire back at them. Ya, that is how real artillery works. Like look it up. ask a artilleryman what its like shooting and moving all the time. its a MoW title, its hard, you are gonna lose. Learn some defense in depth and hasty ambushes to counteract that. that is what the title has always offered. All in all its not perfect by any means. but I am having an absolute blast playing. and do not believe it deserves the ridiculous, Purist hate it is receiving right now. Its the same as most titles: "It needs to be exactly this way in my head or its a bad game!" Don't listen to them. and try it out