Comments on: Order of War review fact check http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2009/09/26/order-of-war-review-fact-check/ The Best Strategy Game Blog in My House Mon, 21 May 2012 20:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Troy http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2009/09/26/order-of-war-review-fact-check/comment-page-1/#comment-225427 Troy Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:34:38 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/?p=1811#comment-225427 In shooters, sure. But this isn't one and it would have been very easy to check the information on this. In shooters, sure. But this isn’t one and it would have been very easy to check the information on this.

]]> By: ginja http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2009/09/26/order-of-war-review-fact-check/comment-page-1/#comment-225424 ginja Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:54:23 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/?p=1811#comment-225424 To be fair, shooters from the German (and Japanese) perspective are still exceptionally rare. In an abstracted war or strategy game it's easy to get around sticky things like fascism and the Holocaust; there's a bit of distance there. It's not so easy in a less abstract genre. To be fair, shooters from the German (and Japanese) perspective are still exceptionally rare. In an abstracted war or strategy game it’s easy to get around sticky things like fascism and the Holocaust; there’s a bit of distance there. It’s not so easy in a less abstract genre.

]]> By: James Allen http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2009/09/26/order-of-war-review-fact-check/comment-page-1/#comment-221715 James Allen Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:45:05 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/?p=1811#comment-221715 This is all you need to know: you get tactical air assets to bomb or arty the enemy, but there is no fog of war. Seriously. AI strategy: bomb your initial base in the first 5 seconds of the game. Ha! I'm done with this one, kids. This is all you need to know: you get tactical air assets to bomb or arty the enemy, but there is no fog of war. Seriously. AI strategy: bomb your initial base in the first 5 seconds of the game. Ha! I’m done with this one, kids.

]]> By: James Allen http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2009/09/26/order-of-war-review-fact-check/comment-page-1/#comment-221713 James Allen Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:30:02 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/?p=1811#comment-221713 I didn't see anything in the press materials for Order of War that specifically highlighted the German campaign, other than mentioning the fact that there is a German campaign. Order of War is World in Conflict light, but more limited in every single area: units, tactical aids, multiplayer (conquest only, 2v2 only, 6 maps only), interface, pathfinding, AI...everything. No reason at all to get it. Period. I didn’t see anything in the press materials for Order of War that specifically highlighted the German campaign, other than mentioning the fact that there is a German campaign.

Order of War is World in Conflict light, but more limited in every single area: units, tactical aids, multiplayer (conquest only, 2v2 only, 6 maps only), interface, pathfinding, AI…everything. No reason at all to get it. Period.

]]> By: Dave Long http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2009/09/26/order-of-war-review-fact-check/comment-page-1/#comment-221654 Dave Long Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:45:22 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/?p=1811#comment-221654 It just reinforces the idea that publications don't really care about who's reviewing the games on their sites, and that the vast majority of readers don't care either because they only look at the number, not the text. It just reinforces the idea that publications don’t really care about who’s reviewing the games on their sites, and that the vast majority of readers don’t care either because they only look at the number, not the text.

]]> By: Quinten http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2009/09/26/order-of-war-review-fact-check/comment-page-1/#comment-221612 Quinten Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:18:26 +0000 http://flashofsteel.com/?p=1811#comment-221612 From your description of the multiplayer it sounds almost identical to Men of War, except MoW has no superweapons and is individual based. You call in squads, but you can select individuals and they each have an inventory so you can pick up a dead mans weapon and use it. Instead of super weapons there are flame throwers and mortars and such. You can choose in game settings the size of the battle and whether it is infantry, vehicles, or combined arms. From your description of the multiplayer it sounds almost identical to Men of War, except MoW has no superweapons and is individual based. You call in squads, but you can select individuals and they each have an inventory so you can pick up a dead mans weapon and use it. Instead of super weapons there are flame throwers and mortars and such. You can choose in game settings the size of the battle and whether it is infantry, vehicles, or combined arms.

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