BATTALION: Legacy

Battalion 1944 had everything it needed to become the next competitive shooter. Tight gunplay, rewarding movement, classic World War II combat, and enough old-school charm to make veterans feel right at home. The problem? You can't play against ghosts. When the servers were alive, every round rewarded skill over gimmicks. Winning came down to aim, positioning and teamwork instead of whoever had unlocked this week's overpowered meta weapon. Unfortunately, players drifted away faster than my motivation after dying to the same sniper for the sixth round straight. Before long, finding a match became the real competitive mode. Battalion 1944 wasn't a bad game - it was a good game that arrived at the wrong party, and by the time everyone noticed, the lights were already off. Sometimes the hardest shot to land is keeping a player base alive.

Вроде как дали её бесплатно, и сразу видно почему: проект оставили умирать, а поддержку официально свернули. В своё время она делала много шума как хардкорный шутер про Вторую мировую с прицелом на киберспорт, но в итоге разработчики разорвали отношения с издателем и просто выкатили финальную версию как есть. Сама идея - вернуться к корням классических шутеров вроде Call of Duty 2 - звучит неплохо. Тут есть режим 5v5 Search and Destroy, болтовые винтовки и упор на чистый скилл, никаких накопительных фишек. Но реализация, скажем так, хромает. Проект не без проблем: кто-то жалуется на кривую физику и неудобное управление, кто-то - на дизайн карт и визуал, который разошёлся с обещанным. Да и разработчики сами признавались, что теряли игроков после релиза, и для них это было нормой, но фанатам от этого легче не становилось . По сути, это, конечно, музейный экспонат для ностальгирующих ветеранов, которые помнят ощущение от старых шутеров. Но как игра, в которую можно залипнуть на вечер, она вряд ли подойдёт: онлайна почти нет, сообщество разбежалось, да и техническое состояние оставляет желать лучшего. Поиграл, вспомнил, и пошёл дальше. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣤⣄⡀ ⠀⠀⣶⡇⠀⣾⡇⠀⠛⠃⠀⠀⣾⠛⠛⠀⠀⡇⣀ ⠀⠀⣿⠻⣼⣿⠇⠀⢸⡇⠀⢸⡇⠀⢀⡀⠀⡏⠉ ⠀⠀⠟⠀⠹⠿⠁⠀⠘⠃⠀⠀⠙⠛⠋⠀⠀⠛⠛⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀

Id do anything to boot this up with the boys again

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me with wardogs, its double shame for you.

Back in 2016, I believe (don't hold me to the number), this game was on another level. Me and my friend made a Steam account just to play his game. The integration with FACEIT was also something else, and there's many memories, good and bad, about this game, but the nostalgia will never go away when it comes to this game. On my old Steam account, with over 1.5k hours playing the game at its peak, I can gladly say I'm missing this game. I return here and there to play a match of SnD with a random fella that joins the bot lobby, and the feeling of it is indescribable. The game is still good, I just wish they'd actually put in the effort and made it free to play in time, before the whole playerbase died. From great clips, laughs, and arguments about whose fault it was for not smoking off snipernest, this game will have a special place in my heart, and I wish the community would think the same. I'll put this as a yes for recommendation, but bear in mind there's barely any players. If you're an "OG" of the CoD 2 and CoD 4 era, you'll love the game, but you'll have barely anyone to play with beside bots. I'm aware Bulkhead is bringing Wardogs. I'm a victim of trusting them again too, pre-ordering after Battalion 1944 failed and after how highly they spoke of ProMod, but we'll see. One thing's for sure though: no game in the world will give me the feeling Battalion gave me back in the day. P.S I miss you Battalion 1944

Bring this gem back...

BATTALION: Legacy – бесплатный шутер от первого лица, который пытается быть Call of Duty на полях Второй мировой. Самое интересное – нашёлся всего один человек, что само по себе уже событие. Но если отбросить этот момент, то вполне себе ничего. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3728224814 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3728224911 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3728224991