Axis Infantry video at IGN is out!!

[Megajames]

Axis Infantry video at IGN is out!!

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/743/743961/vids_1.html

From what I can see:

The axis have pioneers instead of engineers.

It looks like you can give troops different weapons.

[Tesla]

i am so hyped about this game, MUST PLAY!

[Soldier of Dest]

Yeah, better talk in the Thread "German uniforms" about it. We've already started :evilnod:

[Megajames]

lol, mind you, i does look like the graphics have degraded

[Tesla]

probaly be like the full res thing in DoW

also i thought the physics looked a lot cleaner in that vid

[Megajames]

I loved the way that bow blew apart :)

[xtc-alec]

I love the way the game rocks so much :omg: :dance:

[Mogolov]

Personally i think this is the most amazing thing since Tommy Flowers built Colossus!

From what I've seen, its a truely jaw dropping experience. :buddies:

[Lochar]

What I am loving is that even if this game isnt the greatest, it could be the turning point for future RTS games. So now anything coming out afterwards better have AI and a physics engine on par with CoH or its gonna be a dud. No way in hell would I even consider a game after this unless it offers something to replace it with.

[Mogolov]

Certainly, just from watching those mortars blow chunks out of the riverside it sets a new level of detailed physics.

[Tesla]

though personaly i view this game as the greatest :D, the small company level combat is going to make team play very intresting, i can expect just hoarding units in a area and charging might not be very effective, for the first time in history we might have a game were battles are not simply won by having a larger army

[Akranadas]

I know I am going to be screaming

"Move Move, Arh! Panzer Tanks!"

[Tranj]

though personaly i view this game as the greatest :D, the small company level combat is going to make team play very intresting, i can expect just hoarding units in a area and charging might not be very effective, for the first time in history we might have a game were battles are not simply won by having a larger army
Large armies can we decimated by smaller ones if the smaller ones are using combined arms, superior position, and better tactics. I got whuped by one of the testers last night after he lured my two calliope Shermans and a greyhound into a crossroads where he had a pak-38 stuck in the bushes on each side of the road with cheap pioneer squads spotting for the 38's to increase thier range, then when I tried to sprint through the intersection, I found he had laid mines right at the exit point. I had units that cost three times the resources and had three times the firepower that were decimated by superior tactics.

[Tiresias]

ha tranj got pwned :D

[LoneWolf666]

He can already play. Think about it before you start laughing. :D

[Soldier of Dest]

Oh my god everyone got owned :D

I also got... Because when I first saw the game pics on a gamers site I thought a new FPS was announced :hat:

[Tesla]

my greatest worry has now been smashed into the ground, this game is rely going to bring on some changes

[Klaus88]

Anybody notice that the Axis seems to have two versions of their basic infantry?

The Volksgreniders and the Greniders seemed to be eqipped with the same basic rifle.

But the greneiders had helmets and the Volks guys only had caps?

What's up with that?

[Moe]

Large armies can we decimated by smaller ones if the smaller ones are using combined arms, superior position, and better tactics. I got whuped by one of the testers last night after he lured my two calliope Shermans and a greyhound into a crossroads where he had a pak-38 stuck in the bushes on each side of the road with cheap pioneer squads spotting for the 38's to increase thier range, then when I tried to sprint through the intersection, I found he had laid mines right at the exit point. I had units that cost three times the resources and had three times the firepower that were decimated by superior tactics.
God the gameplay sounds awesome. :)

[DatonKallandor]

Anybody notice that the Axis seems to have two versions of their basic infantry?

The Volksgreniders and the Greniders seemed to be eqipped with the same basic rifle.

Weapons aren't the defining factor in whats "better" anymore. Grenadiers are better trained, which most likely means better cover search and smarter behaviour ingame. Also more accuracy and extra equipment.


Daton

[Klaus88]

Another thing, I didn't see any of the greniders with MP-40s only the MGs.

Perharps the greniders might be long range support while the Volksgreniders do close range work?

[LoneWolf666]

For gameplay purposes, that seems to be the case. I imagine both will have their advantages and disadvantages, like the Volksgrenadiers being cheaper etc. Hmmm... Anyone else here prefers the look of the caps over the helmets? :D

[Klaus88]

Yeah but methinks that one of the reasons why Volks greniders might be cheaper is that they are more likely to suffer fatal head wounds then the greniders.

[-VT-]

Me like the sniper..

also the mortar scene was tops, mass destruction...love it :)

[cyborg718]

You Are So Lucky Tranj!!! You Get To Play It!!

[Mogolov]

You just have to admit it, some jobs really do have the perks. :D :lol:

[Busby]

Yea... But Tranj has to scream at Gamespy every know and then.

[Mogolov]

We all have to scream at our suppliers or clients or customers from time to time. Thats life.

Relic being clients of gamespy. I can imagine going on gamespys form that he may have to do quite abit of shouting. And the customer is always right. ;)

[Lochar]

I guess its good that Im not in school writing papers because Im sure people would look at me funny when I wrote about the person I admire most is Tranj...........Because he gets to play CoH daily..

Hehe at my age all I can do is envy that bassid...:)

[Soldier of Dest]

LoL you're crazy :stick: :D

I'm getting :crazy: too, because I talked to a guy in another forum and he said :!!:the games looks deathmatch styled:!!: :screwy:

[retroholyfire]

I noticed that when one of the buildings in that video got destroyed by a panzerkfaust, the 1st floor (or 2nd if you cound the ground floor as 1st) seemed to vanish as the roof fell.

[Soldier of Dest]

Yes, noticed that too. But I think that'll be fixed.
Have you noticed the pieces of a U.S. Soldier coming down (Big explosion at the end)? ^^

[Lochar]

I noticed the 'bits' too , hehe when was going back it just happened to stop at a spot in an explosion that had a 'leg' flying thru the air.