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Posted: 23 Apr, 2016 @ 4:05pm
Updated: 24 Nov, 2016 @ 2:17am

December, 1944. - Belgium, Lutremange.

It was snowy, me and my buddies were in a forest. On our way to occupty a lumber camp, that wasn't too far from our FOB. We walked through the forest, completely aware of our surroundings, with our hands and butts freezing cause it was too cold. It was quiet for a moment, until suddenly we get ambushed by Germans.

Me and the guys dig in quick as possible, our pointman screams out "RETURN FIRE!". We clash in a lenghty firefight, until the Germans had gotten the upper hand with an MG-42.

We were being suppressed and we knew that we had to retreat back to our FOB, we were all shaken and scattered around the forest. A few guys tried to retreat back but were shot down by the MG-42 before they could even stand up and run.

One of the guys in patrol who was next to me popped a smoke infront of the Germans POV so they couldn't see us, he then grabbed me and said "Come on, we gotta move!". We tried running back to FOB, under heavy fire from MG's and rifles, we ran and ran, we were tired and exhausted. I took a hit on my foot causing me to trip and fall down onto the ground. The guy behind me tried to get me up before he took a fatal hit to the chest. I continued my retreat towards the FOB, a few minutes later, I found myself wandering in the forest, alone, no weapon, no ammo pouches.

Until a German popped up infront of me, he aims his rifle at me, but doesn't shoot. We both looked at eachother, I stood infront of him unarmed and he was infront of me with his rifle aimed at me. From the look of his face, I could tell that he was afraid, confused and tired, just a normal human being sent out to fight.

I take one step forward and *BOOM* I fell on the ground, bleeding out and slowly losing breath as I watch the snow cover my body...


Pro's.
(Things might get updated here)
- Good looking HD textures, don't expect to much though, this isn't a game from 2014.
- A good community.
- Long or short but also realistic battles.
- Almost realistic Wounding System E.g. some bullets doesn't end your life, leaving you badly wounded. If shot on the leg, you will be come unable to run for a few minutes.
- HUD isn't bad, just a simple weapon info, character info, compass and then your friendly map to help you navigate.
- Immersive combat and good looking weapons.
- Practice mode for newbies.
- Different classes with different guns and special equipment on the battlefield, E.g. Bazooka's, STG-44's, Radio Operator, Mortar Operator. etc, etc.
- Maps are well designed and look good.
- Tanks are also well designed, the best looking tank is probably the Tiger.
- Different factions for each country E.g. Paratroopers, 2nd Rangers, 29th ID, Fallshirmjagers, etc. etc.
- Game is trying to resemble tactical and realistic combat gameplay, so Communication and Teamwork helps to achieve victory on the battlefield.
- Devs & the small community are still active.

Con's
- Only one active server which is mostly active on EU time, sometimes US players get on.
- Game can be frustrating and hard for new players.
- A few maps are buggy.
- Lag spikes, doesn't happen often though.
- Bots are stupid, literally stupid and don't function well in Practice mode.
- Animations can sometimes glitch, when running or doing other things. But it doesn't happen a lot.
- Some maps can be a slaughter fest for attackers or defenders.
- Some maps are very hard for the attacking team.
- Only three'ish countries, the Commonwealth (Britain and Canada), the US and Germany.
- Voice acting isn't the best.

This is a good and fun mod to play and maybe one of the best mods/games to resemble World War 2 combat in the Western front.
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