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Wargaming => The Modern World => Topic started by: Undercovergeek on July 11, 2022, 10:04:50 AM
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Is there anyone able to talk me out of it?
Watching a guy on YouTube and it looks the perfect antidote to a shit night at work and just 30 - 60 mins of gaming instead of my usual 4 hour chunks at 4x
My first foray into PC wargaming was a lan set up of medal of honour and a couple of friends playing snipers and we played for hours and hours and hours
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I'm certainly not going to talk you out of it. Sounds like just what you need right now really. I remember not bothering with shooters for many years, and then when I finally grabbed some kind of FPS bundle I was like a kid in a toy shop for weeks.
In fact, I have Sniper Ghost Warrior Contacts in my library practically unused, and you've inspired me to install it. :)
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Have you played the earlier titles? If not, I'd say grab 3 or 4. I haven't played 5 yet but chatter on forums seems to indicate 5 tried some new ideas and thoughts on them are mixed. I'm waiting for a sale on 5 myself.
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Have you played the earlier titles? If not, I'd say grab 3 or 4. I haven't played 5 yet but chatter on forums seems to indicate 5 tried some new ideas and thoughts on them are mixed. I'm waiting for a sale on 5 myself.
Brand new to it SDR - I figured it didn’t matter where I started
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If that's the case, I'd start with 2, 3, or 4. Gameplay is pretty similar across all 3 with just a few new ideas thrown in for each title. Honestly, I'd say it's down to whichever theatre interests you most. 2 takes place in and around Berlin right at the end of the war. 3 takes place in North Africa, and 4 takes place in Italy. I'd skip the original as it's a bit long in the tooth now and the stories in it and 2 are very similar.
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Is there anyone able to talk me out of it?
Nope :2funny:
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Is there anyone able to talk me out of it?
Nope :2funny:
I knew you couldn’t 🤪🤪
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So, how is these better than all the previous versions? (non of which I have ever played).
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I haven't played 5 so I can only go by what I've read on discussion forums.
From what I gather, the story in 5 is a little more "what if" style alternate history than found in the previous games but not outrageously so.
For game play, the big changes are:
Invasion mode. Other players can drop into your session and take on the role of an enemy sniper trying to hunt you down while you play through a mission. Reception on this seems mixed with a fair number of complaints about people behaving as you'd expect, as in they are being asshats and just doing what they can to ruin your day by trying to break the game.
Character progression and customization. You can add certain skills and perks as you gain XP. Stuff like faster reloads, tossing back grenades, better stealth, etc.
Weapon customization. They removed a lot of the old standbys and went down the Battlefield route by adding in a lot guns that were either very rare or only on the drawing board. They also added in a lot more customization options for most firearms, much of it ahistorical (Stens with IR sites, 1911s with scopes, buttstocks, and gangster grips, silenced MP40s with subsonic ammo, etc).
Non-lethal melee takedowns. No idea why they added this in.
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Don't forget, there's also the Sniper Elite board game, designed by none other than David Thompson! :groovy:
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You can switch invasion mode off right?
I mean it sounds great but some 12 year old dick riding round in a kubelwagen trying to knock you over is not my idea of down time
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I'd invade you any day Geek. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
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<<deletes steam forever>>
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I mean it sounds great but some 12 year old dick riding round in a kubelwagen trying to knock you over is not my idea of down time
:ROFL:
Hey, I was a 40 year old dick doing exactly that in Battlefield online games back in the day, with the WG crowd :2funny:
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:ROFL: :ROFL:
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Plus I am, without doubt, totally hopeless at that type of FPS game.
Mind you, I recall playing LFD2 with Bison and TCT a few years ago and that was a lot of fun :-)
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Meanwhile, I've been enjoying Sniper Ghost Contract Warriors or whatever it's called. You're right Geek, it is a great way to relax after a hard day. Very satisfying to watch those bullets making skulls explode.
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👍👍👍
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You can switch invasion mode off right?
I mean it sounds great but some 12 year old dick riding round in a kubelwagen trying to knock you over is not my idea of down time
Yes, you can turn it off.
I read a bit more about 5 last night. They added the ability to play entire missions co-op which is kinda neat but they stripped out the co-op spotter/saboteur mode from 4. That's a shame because it was really fun. One player acted as a sniper/spotter and had to spit and tag objectives for the other player, the saboteur. They would have to sneak around and try to complete said objectives. It player out a lot like a FPS version of Commandos 2 but there were only a handful of maps featuring this mode.
The other thing they removed is the tripwire mine. Speculation is that it was too easy to take out other human players in invasion mode with these so they got rid of them. Big mistake IMO. They should definitely be in-game if you turn off Invasion mode as they're invaluable tools for covering your flanks in single player (and it's fun to blow Hitler's nether regions off with them on the kill the Fuhrer maps.
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Reading and looking around I think I’m starting with 4
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Super cheap at GreenManGaming for 3 and 4 right now.
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Super cheap at GreenManGaming for 3 and 4 right now.
Was in the process of transferring 40 to buy it on steam when I saw this!!!’
You’re a legend - deluxe edition 8
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
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:bigthumb: :bigthumb: :bigthumb:
The only thing better than the high velocity neutering of Nazis is the high velocity neutering of Nazis at a discount.
(Although if you bought 4 then I guess you'll be neutering Giuseppe, not Hans.)
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Can’t praise 4 highly enough so far - it looks stunning and it has just the right amount of sneakery and killing from 100m away
I always thought the gruesome kill cams were a bit peurile but find them quite rewarding when activated
As for my old man ‘get off my lawn’ moaning about invasion mode in 5 - having watched some YouTube guys playing it seems to be a total hoot IF the player you’ve invaded is up for the challenge AND both of you are sensible and not just out to spoil the others game
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That's asking a lot of humanity.
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Lol yeah I get that
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But since you got 4, I say it's time for co-op!
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Damn it! I decided to reinstall 4 and play through it again but for some reason, the game now refuses to run. it just stays on the loading screen forever and I can't even CTRL-ALT-DEL out, I have to do a hard reboot of the PC to get rid of it.
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That doesn’t sound good - driver thing?
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No clue.