SO TELL ME...WHAT MADE YOU ALL START PLAYING A WWII BASED...
 

Why did you start playing a WWII based game??

I took real interest in these type of games after I watched, "Saving Pvt Ryan" and I got hooked...but that is not why I started playing.

I started doing my own research on WWII and discovered that I had 2 family members who served in both campaigns of the war. My great uncle who fouhgt in the European theater and my grandfather, who is still living, fought as a combat infantryman on the island of Okinawa from the beach landing until they secured the whole island.

My grandfather to this day will not talk about his experience so I had to do the research on my own and what I discovered just blew my mind.

Well...long story short....after months of tireless research and 100's of hours on the net and in libraries...I discovered that my grandfather had earned 5 service medals which he had never received. So...I started writing letters to the VA and our state congressman presenting the eveidence that I had uncovered and they agreed to issue the medals....

So I took the medals....and a letter of recongnition that they wrote for him....found and purchased certain patches, insignias, and other various items he wore on his uniform and assembled it all in a display case...and on Christmas eve 3 years ago.....presented it to him.....in front of the entire family....it was the most awesome thing I have ever been able to do in my life.....for a man that answered his call of duty, like so many others who made the ultimately sacrifice, when he was only 18. He fought for me and for all of us so that we could enjoy the awesome freedom what we have today.

That's why I play MOHAA and why I enjoy WWII games.

I rented the original for PlayStation and have played it in all of it's incarnations since. My interest has nothing to do with WWII... I'm just a gamer.

Reverse for me... saw the movie of Omaha on fileplanet and got interested. Saw the demo out and DLed it. It was only then that I had an interest for WWII movies.

But, I'm like bane... I'm a gamer not a WWII buff.

Before my father died when I was six years old I remember him taking me to see "The Eagle has Landed" in the theater. He left behind a ton of books that I have since read. I still pick up a book at least once a month on the subject of WWII. Mainly major battles and infantry tactics. Personally Donald Burgetts books have made a lasting impression of the horrors of war.

I played every version of MOH from the ps-1 to X-Box, and I got MOHAA for the pc the day it was released. I also have all of the Commandos versions as well. Hidden and Dangerous was a good game as well.

I won't support EA anymore after the Spearhead debacle but I am looking forward to Call of Duty when it goes gold.

I tried DoD but never really got into it.

You could say I am more of a history buff than a gamer because I am into WWII more than anything.

I downloaded the demo to mohaa and hot hooked on it. It also got me very interested in WW2 and i have started collecting various guns from the WW2 era. I have A German K98K Mauser, A P-1 which is a post War model of the P-38 Pistol.I have A M91/30 Mosin Nagant Rifle, A Mk4 No1 Lee Enfield Rifle,A 6.5mm Carcano Rifle, I Have an M1 Garand on lay away. My brother has a Nagant Revolver. Mohaa Turned me into a WW2 freak!

I got into WWII games because i've always loved war. I know how dumb that sounds, but i always found war interesting. Ever since i was elementary school drawing huge battles on pieces of paper to playin mohaa now. I remember buying MOHAA the day it came out, i still play it today and i'm damn proud of how good i got at it. My granfather was also in WWII but i have no idea how to search for him and to see what he had done. If anyone could tell me how to, it would be a great help.

liked ww2 before...like game.....done

bought the wrong game.

I always played "army" as a kid, but never was a real war buff. I picked up MOHAA on a tip from a friend that the game was impressive.

After playing the single player game through, I got really interested in WWII subject matter. I watched SPR for the first time (bought it on DVD) after playing MOHAA.

The rest is history, as they say.

I was interested in WWII stuff since before I could remember,

but I also like TASTEFUL shooters (as in opposite of Doom and Quake one-man-vs-horde-of-generic-zombies crap)
So I'm more into any shooters that deal with more or less real events (wars, counter-terrorism, etc) and shooters based on sci-fi that have a real plot (ie not Doom) like Jedi Knight.

I agree. Games that have "relavence" to events or topics either present or past give more of an emmercive experience while playing, it gives more of a sence of purpose rather than just a means of passing time.

I like the idea that games such as MOH attempt to instruct as to the meaning (historically) these battles played in our history and those that were involved. In some cases it may give a "feeling" as a textbook cannot, the sacrifices many have given.

With that in mind let us not forget that we are playing a game,,,,, but that these diversions are based on the real experiences of those who fought and died just so we can have the freedom to enjoy such diversions.

xcuse the spelling...

IMHO Mung:

I always loved the history behind WWI or WWII. Started playing online games like doom. I hated playing inside tunnels and shooting laser guns. I wanted something more real. I wanted to play a game that you could roam around OUTSIDE. I started playing Delta Force and loved it. Then along came this WWII shooter. Not as open as DF but loved the weapons.
The rest is history, no pun intended biggrin:

Re: SO TELL ME...WHAT MADE YOU ALL START PLAYING A WWII BASE
 

[quote="[187th]ws[eNduRe[MW5]":b0aa7]Why did you start playing a WWII based game??

Well...long story short....after months of tireless research and 100's of hours on the net and in libraries...I discovered that my grandfather had earned 5 service medals which he had never received. So...I started writing letters to the VA and our state congressman presenting the eveidence that I had uncovered and they agreed to issue the medals....

So I took the medals....and a letter of recongnition that they wrote for him....found and purchased certain patches, insignias, and other various items he wore on his uniform and assembled it all in a display case...and on Christmas eve 3 years ago.....presented it to him.....in front of the entire family....it was the most awesome thing I have ever been able to do in my life.....for a man that answered his call of duty, like so many others who made the ultimately sacrifice, when he was only 18. He fought for me and for all of us so that we could enjoy the awesome freedom what we have today.

That's why I play MOHAA and why I enjoy WWII games.[/quote:b0aa7]


Nice, not many people would make the time or effort to do something like that. I became very interested in WWII after reading Citizen Soldiersand watching documenteries on the history channel about three years ago.

I agree with what bane said. I am just a gamer and wasnt after a WWII game specifically. I am after good game play and MOH had it. I think the succession was UT, Q3, then a few single player games - red faction, RTCW, and then MOH.

I certainly didnt think that my next game would be a WWII game but Call of Duty is the best game (demo) that I have been able to lay hands on lately, and has a very nice feel to it. Unless I am too entralled with HL2 to even look at it when it comes out.

My obcession with WWII began when i was 12 and was first introduced to Air Warrior for DOS. It was a multiplayer flight simulator game that grew 5 versions to Air Warrior 3D. In the end the game ended up supporting 50+ aircraft, and up to 350 players in one arena. I have found that since then any game that has some sort of historical plot to it also leads to a general education about the subject. Since the death of Air Warrior III I have shifted my focus from learning about the aerial combat over europe and the pacific to try to grasp an understanding of what it was really like for those who fought for our freedom on land and in the sea. I think that in the end the invaluable portion of gaming is the historical education one recieves. Having fun is just an added bonus.

I used to play AWIII allllllllllllllllll the time. Woot. rock:

Hehe, nothin like the good ol' days of PJ's and a spitty or two turnin it out at 1k.... oh i never did like those B&Z 190 pilots:) ping, ping BOOM

The first time I played MoH:Frontline because my friend showed me that Medal of Honor had that Omaha Beach scene (turns out he had Allied Assault biggrin: ) So I bought Frontline for PS2 and really liked it, however, after playing it for the 15th time, I wanted a different version, so on came Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.

I got intrested in WWII games after seeing a lot of movies about WWII such as Saving Private Ryan, A Bridge too Far (or was it near?), The Longest Day, and Patton.

ALways had an interest for history. I feel games like mohaa cod keep the memory alive. This keeps or generations from forgetting what they did. I to often see pasavists going on about how it glorfies war. In fact it doesn't. It only makes us remember that ultimate sacrafice they took .

Re: SO TELL ME...WHAT MADE YOU ALL START PLAYING A WWII BASE
 

i have no idea but for a reason i only like WWII games

G.I. Joe and WWII History
 

I have always love war stuff.... playin jeeps, tanks, g.i. joe.....and then video games... they just remind me of my relatives trials and tribulation....there isnt a day in my life thinking about them.....wwI, wwII, korea ..and vietnam...

andy

p.s. funny thing.. i dont think any of them knew english ;o)

rolleyes:

I started for a pretty simple reason...I watched Saving Private Ryan when I was younger, then, I borrowed C&C Renegade from my friend, then noticed this MOHAA demo, so, I installed, it blew me away, I bought the full game.

I played the 1st moh a long time ago and got a likeing for there games and played tell i found out about mohaa in a egm ad but i dont follow moh much any more bt i do like ww2 games still like BF1942

Don't know when I started playing MOHAA, but I liked it so I got the expansion, SH


PS. i hope to get "Breakthrough" soon



comegetsome:

well. i started playing WW2 FPSs back in wolfenstien days. when i wuz little that wuz my fav game. I dont know y but for some reason butchering hordes of the worst ppl on earth is fun to me. I had bought most T rated first person shooters cuz my mother doesnt like M rated games. then MOH came out i was so excited i had beat the original 3 times. then i got underground and then AA. I loved the multiplayer in it. soon i started looking on the internet for mods to it. so far it has led me to a job at mohfiles and started making my own mods.... so thats the story of my lifr. sadly i quit mohfiles. but i know this site in particular since the LEON days. he was and still is one of my fav modders.

I've always been thoroughly interested in WW2. Speaking purely existentially, the Second world war had it all. The hardships, the heroes, the the most effective Bad guys in History, and a come-from-behind victory in the end. Both my grandfathers served (one in the RAF, the other in the Australian Imperial Force, or AIF), and so i've always had an interest. Gaming-wise, it was 'Commandos - Behind Enemy Lines' that got me started on WW2 Gaming. MOHAA was the pinnacle of that genre, and, even with CoD and BF1942 around, I still think that it is biggrin:

Lots of good replys there , good topic. I hope I do not offend with mine.


I have always despised Vidio games , outdoor type ya know. Never owned a Nintindo , Sega , or Playstation. Always considered it a waste of time.

I was U.S. Army like my father and his and his and so on.

So serving in Germany I learned the language , and by the way Germany is an awsome place if you have never been. Apon my return to the U.S. I began collecting war memorbillia. I managed to get ahold of some WWII Nazi stuff , I was hooked! I began seeking all sorts of military historic items.

Now the transition is interesting , My wife bought the game for me for my birthday. She said " Its about WWII , you may like it." It sat on the desk for 2 weeks before I even looked at it. 3AM , couldnt sleep , decided I would pop it in and see.

If the EA guys had not spent the time to make this vidio game Historically acurate , I would have taken it back the next day and got my money back. Yet when I played it the Germans yelled at me and to each other in German , the uniforms and weapons were as I had been reserching , and.......well you get the point.

I find it very entertaining now and have even commited my time to a clan. I became adicted if you will and have even changed my college plans from Archeology to Grafics and Information Technology.

Strange what life brings us........

Well, I have liked FPS games since DOOM and the original Wolfenstein, though I played neither very well, or very far. When Return to Castle Wolfenstein came out I got it and played through the entire single player in a few days and loved it. So when I saw MOH:AA, I knew I wanted it to. I bought it the day it hit the shelves in my area and worked my way through single player in a a few days and then went online. I played the objective maps up until Spearhead. Since Spearhead neglected to include any true objective maps I ended up playing mostly Team Death Match. I tried the Tug-of-War maps, but I got horrible lag on most that made them unplayable, so I stuck with TDM. Eventually I got my own server and formed a clan, mainly so I could disable rockets. The clan I was in had a server admin who called me when he wanted to do something and some days realism would be on and other days it would be off. Some days map rotation would be 5 minutes and other days it would be 30. I wanted a more stable playing environment.

I have been interested in WWII since I was a 11-12 and played Axis and Allies board game. My friends and I spent many a weekend playing that game. Too bad the computer version had the net code cobbled together from a Commodore 64 and a TRS80.

Throughout my teen years I watched war movies, such as Kelly's Hero's and the Dirty Dozen or The Great Escape. Saving Private Ryan was an amazing theatrical experience and while I think it may be entertaining to watch these movies, I am glad war is something I do not have to endure. Just this past year, I received Band of Brothers on DVD from my wife and I ended up watching all 10 episodes back to back in a marathon viewing session. This series opened my eyes more than anything I have ever seen to the horrors of war. Sometimes it was hard to realize it was just a movie...albeit one based on fact.

I bought Breakthrough and played through single player in 4-5 hours and had planned to take my server to it until I hit the no LINUX server brick wall. I cancelled my upgrade request and am awaiting Call of Duty now.