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    Men of War - CoH and BiA Fans May Enjoy!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Mar 20, 2009.

  1. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    Some of you may want to check out the game "Men of War" by 1C games (Russian).

    It has elements of Company of Heroes and Brothers in Arms. It is a WWII strategy game in that you control your army of men in an isometric view, but you can assign positions to each man or group of men. You can also take individual control of any man, and each man and machine have a finite inventory for stuff they can pick up and carry (like an RPG inventory). Enemy bodies can be inspected for ammunition or other munitions too after you have killed them.

    The environment is pretty much fully destructible. You can repair your tanks and other mechanical vehicles and devices.

    It is quite difficult but fun to master. There is a demo available, but I bought the full game, and while I have just been screwing around with it, it looks quite promising. So far it has received decent reviews both professional and users. So maybe try to give it a shot.

    It also has no DRM that I can tell. I installed it, removed the DVD and it played fine. You need a code for online play.

    Full game requirements:

    http://www.aspyr.com/product/game_specs/100

    Minimum:
    OS: XP SP3 or Vista SP1
    CPU: P4 3GHz or AMD Athlon64 3000+
    Memory: XP - 1GB, Vista 2GB
    HDD: 6.5GB + 1GB swap file
    Sound: Any Dx 9c card
    Video: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible card with 128MB VRAM (ATI 9600 or GeForce 5900)
    DVD-ROM Required.

    Recommended:
    CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz or Athlon 64 4400+
    Video: 256MB VRAM with Shader 3.0 Support (Radeon 2600 or GeForce 8600)
    RAM: 2GB

    It also says "Supported Mobile Chipsets:"
    nVidia GeForce GO 7900, 7950, 8400

    Demo can be found everywhere, but here's a few links:

    Men of War Site
    GameSpot
    Gamershell
     
  2. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    thanks alot for the heads up
     
  3. AznImports602

    AznImports602 Notebook Deity

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    Sounds good IGN gave it a 8.0. Play some more and tell me how it goes.