Soldiers: Heroes of World War II

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strategy / real-time / tactical

1.4 GB

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June 30, 2004

Windows XP & Windows Vista (32 & 64 bit)

Best Way / Codemasters

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Soldiers: Heroes of World War II drops you into the heart of the most intense WWII combat action. Take control of the most elite American, British, German, or Russian forces ever to impact on the war-zone. Up against overwhelming odds, you must complete your missions incorporating stealth, guile, speed and aggression.

Mission objectives include blowing railway tracks, kidnapping enemy officers and destroying convoys. Be warned that much of this activity will take place behind enemy lines!

Use the fully interactive environment, tools and equipment around you to complete your objective, the way you want to complete it. Maximize the effectiveness of your squad by assigning tasks relevant to their individual skills. As long as you keep your men alive, you can do whatever it takes to secure victory... nothing is pre-set.

If flying bullets and knocking-down explosions are what you like the most, then this game will feel like home to you. Take the lead and crush your enemies. Take no prisoners! Victory is ours!

This game has been patched to the latest official version: 1.28.3 E and includes official Map Editor.

Age requirements: ESRB Rating: TEEN with Blood, Violence. PEGI Rating: 12+ with Violence.

Minimum system requirements: Windows XP or Windows Vista, 1 GHz Processor (2 GHz recommended), 256MB RAM (512MB recommended), 3D graphics card with 32MB compatible with DirectX 8 (ATI Radeon 9xxx and above, Nvidia GeForce FX and above recommended), Mouse, Keyboard.
Combatibility notice: This game is incompatible with the Conexant High-Definition SmartAudio 221 sound card - the card needs to be disabled in order to launch the game.

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Average customer rating 4.5 out of 5.0

Little heroes in a big war (by Scribe

Scribe)

I found this game a few years ago, in the bargain aisle of my local game shop. It looked interesting, so I picked it up and started it that day.
About two weeks later I had finally finished all the missions on easy mode and I started again on hard. They really mean it.... full review

Soldiers: Heroes of World War II is one of the most exciting, difficult and rewarding games you will ever play. You can steal every vehicle (trains, tanks, motorbikes and planes) blow up the entire map and even steal the hats off bullet-riddled SS corpses.
The physics are fantastic and very satisfying. Fire an armour piercing shell at the front of a Panzer and it will ricochet off and shatter a tree. Fire one at the back, at the vulnerable engine and fuel tank, and the turret will pop off like a cork and crush a nearby soldier.

The missions are varied and very replayable. No luck on the right flank? Take the left side and find a fuel truck, drive it up to the blind side of a garrisoned building and take a few pot-shots at it. A heavily defended position blocking your objective? Skirt around to the artillery on the other side of the map, capture a Nebelwerfer and rain explosives down on the fortifications.

It is also one of the few WWII strategy games that allow you to play from the German perspective, as the commander of a Tiger tank. Now, during the English, Russian or American missions, the sight of a Tiger will have you running for cover, scrambling for something to slow it down, to get behind it and hit the engine.
Once you get to command one, it’s a similar story but for the other side. One mission sees you picking your way carefully through an idyllic French country village, demolishing buildings to crush bazooka teams inside and firing through walls to destroy unsuspecting Shermans.

There are some problems. Your soldiers function pretty well on their own and if you place them on a fixed gun position they will happily fire on anything they see. However, if you leave them standing around they are likely to get killed since they only seek cover after they have been injured. Normally you only have 4 or 5 men at a time and this is not a problem. There are also some pathing issues. Units will take the shortest route to their destination; over minefields, through water and even stray buildings. Once, two of my soldiers were moving their anti-tank gun to a new position, found a barn in the way and just went straight through it. The collapsing walls killed them both.

It is a very unforgiving game, and one well placed AP round from a gun you just drove past can ruin all your plans. Taking things slowly and carefully is the best way to succeed and the missions with a time limit are very frustrating because of this.

You do get a real sense of achievement at the end of a mission, having successfully ambushed a tank convoy with only some mines or slipped into a heavily defended airfield to evacuate a recon pilot with vital information. The overwhelming odds require some deft tactics and frequent saves to overcome but once you do you will really feel that your little heroes made a difference.

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Great but overlooked little classic! (by Kriisi

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This WWII RTS-game is originally of Ukrainian origin and has probably been overlooked mainly because its many name changes and relatively late entry into the larger European market. ... full review

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A RTS in a Class of Its Own (by Faithful

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I had only vaguely heard of [b]Soldiers: Heroes of World War II[/b] in the distant past, but never really gave it a thought of any kind. Now that I bought the game from gog I will give a brief review from a new players perspective.... full review