A 𝙏𝘼𝘾𝙏𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙇 𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙊𝙏𝙀𝙍 WITH 1000+ PLAYERS

World War II: Online is releasing out of early access Steam... and you can play FOR FREE. Download here: store.steampowered.com/app/25...

[@Chonkems]

Knew this would be ww2 online. Loved this game as a kid, didn't realize it was still going. Me and my dad used to play it together as pilots or tank crew, or sometimes a logistics detachment.

[@acid3129]

When we finally got Internet mid 2000s I tried getting it to run on my old Windows 98 pc it didn't work

[@Lapegacorn]

I think hamburgers and cheeseburgers pair well with fries

[@Rathalos1205]

W comment fr fr

[@ronnelcacho3506]

I think soo to

[@floobthegoon1804]

True. But my controversial opinion is that the fries should be free

[@cheesebucketman1606]

I think beans on toast with a side of mayonnaise and chips is a good combo. Of course you have to down it with your 2 gallon of Root beer. With KFC mashed potatoes and chicken and gravy.

[@THUNDERBOLT-II]

Grimace shake and pink sauce.

[@ricktheexplorer]

I used to play this all the time with one of my local friends. We would play until 3 in the morning, and we started a guild in there. Great Game!

[@maestro-zq8gu]

Add to my library. Woulda never known if not for you Bluedrake so thanks again, you do good work informing us!

[@CaelumHarrison]

Hopefuly with the decline of players in BF and COD WW2 Online could have a break through.

[@trashcompactorYT]

Those players are going to Battlebit, not looking for a 22 year old MMOFPS

[@sergeyveryreal]

the graphics wont let it

[@EUROBEAT.Volkskombi]

They will do a Rework of this game with Unreal Engine 5

[@FlakonFraggs]

Never played it before, yet already feels incredibly nostalgic. Gives me memories of classic Battlefield, CoD and Medal of Honor.

[@bendrenth441]

Finally another game with PlanetSide 2s scale in a different setting? SIGN MY ASS UP!

[@peloentupantalla7768]

It has existed for a long time, its name is WWII Online, its basically an actual real time WWII front where players managed the war. I think bluedrake would work with the original developers to make a newer WWII Online but im not sure, im speaking out of memory

[@Kyuschi]

if you can deal with a top down game foxhole is the same concept but it's not a subscription service, and also if you get bored of combat you can go in the back and do logistics if you also happen to like playing factorio

[@pavlost1108]

@@peloentupantalla7768is it getting ported to unreal engine

[@raz_hz]

​@pavlost1108 Yeah but it's gonna take a lot of time and money, at least a good 3 years+ to get a decent prototype

[@youraball18]

I love how you become a some kind of field journalist while fighting a battle

[@thejosephchrist]

I played so much of this back in 2005. And he's right. To this day there is still nothing like it.

[@jayhosh8126]

Planetside 2

[@thejosephchrist]

Love me some Planetside 2 as well!@@jayhosh8126

[@ushiri2399]

Planetside is also tactical with 3000 players on the same server

[@Kyuschi]

planetside isn't very tactical, it's got the same large persistent servers but it's basically battlefield tf2 with it's actual gameplay lol

[@dracoalpha]

It's impossible to be tactical with 1000+ players.

[@MRDaved]

@@Kyuschi Well at least you see more than 10 players on your screen

[@Kyuschi]

@@MRDaved yeah, it's sad that the closest I can get to what I want with any population is foxhole, and even then that's not really as tactical as I'd like

[@tylerwhitney3443]

Original Planetside was peak gaming

[@DCGMatthew1]

I remember forcing my friends to play this game with me.

[@paulyost6849]

Loved playing this back in the day. Someone needs to take up the challenge and remake this even better.

[@jefferyblake6321]

The DEVs are! Go check it out, they are updating the game to Unreal Engine 5. It will take some time though. The map is huge.

[@timix465]

DEVS remaking this game in UE5 as I speak now

[@diorflowers9893]

Game is fun but is usually pretty dead. That and you need to pay a decent amount per month to use all load outs. If they dropped the price I could see it being continuously fun.

[@JizzMaster3000]

You don't have to buy the game mate

[@diorflowers9893]

@@JizzMaster3000 was referring to the original WWII Online, you need to pay a monthly subscription to use all load outs after a free trial period ends. Then you’re stuck with just riflemen basically… Had fun until then

[@bebopsaxxx]

​@@diorflowers9893they implemented a very good steam subscription that allows for a good variety of loadouts. I think it's 7.99 monthly?

[@kamaljitbains5735]

@@bebopsaxxx why dont they just outright charge for the game..i wouldnt ever pay a monthly for a game..in the long run it will be more expensive..but tbh this game looks like crap.

[@kamaljitbains5735]

o wait nvm its a mmo..LMAO thats why it costs monthly.ahhaha

[@yesIfuckPigs]

thanks Pvt Petey for patiently training me and teaching me the basics!

[@vonslakken6518]

Game looks very cool. Will check it out. Planetside 2 is still doing its thing too with hundreds vs hundreds vs hundreds, and it really holds up. It isn't a tactical shooter, but it is an epic combined arms game for sure.

[@Tinylittledansonman]

Planetside is PTW though. Tried it once and it was terrible. Seemed cool but then you shoot one guy in the face 50 times while hes AFK and he just spins around and one shots you because he spent 2k on the game.

[@mattmakescovers]

@@Tinylittledansonman I disagree. PS2 is definitely not pay to win. It is definitely a hard game to get into as a new player because the vets skill wise are way better than newer players for obvious reasons, but the default guns are good and you can unlock every single gun in the game with in-game certifications. I haven't spent a cent on the game and do great. Sure, the progression is slower to unlock new guns when you don't pay, but that's fine by me since the guns are balanced.

[@Tinylittledansonman]

@@mattmakescovers What skill allows you to just stand there AFK while people shoot you in the head? Or is that maybe the effects of spending a lot of money? Ive never heard of the not dying when AFK skill lol but perhaps it exists? Do these people have psychic powers IRL or something?

[@FriarJoe66]

@@Tinylittledansonmanps2 is insanely grindy and despite how much it has frustrated me in the past it’s definitely not p2w

[@jayhosh8126]

​@@Tinylittledansonmannot p2w at all

[@domesticonion8026]

The graphics aren't even that bad tbh. People these days cant play a game that doesn't look 10x better than the last game.

[@snuggles3277]

Would love to see a game like squad try a persistent over world situation. You pick your faction and fight over a world map with smaller battles going on in that map.

[@sam_15_svk90]

The idea behind this game is great and nothing can beat it. However with the super old graphics even the new wave of players (if any tbh), they won't stay for long. The experience includes both the meta/large-scale teamplay and visual feel/look. I personally like games in which I can experience that the environments where I am fighting, actually feel natural (like in HLL). And that's not possible without a good graphics anymore. Can't wait till the UE conversion. However again... if that conversion won't change the nature of the map (very generic-like feel and empty streets just with more detailed textures and lighting), it can't change the semi-dead status of the game.

[@sam_15_svk90]

Personally I won't bother even launching the game if it won't look at least like HLL or like their Chokepoint (the worst case) or like Resolve (the best case).

[@sam_15_svk90]

Not to mention that despite a large European map, the Normandy region (a pretty important region since we are talking about 6th of June) is not included. And that is for me as a Normandy theater fan an unacceptable negative thing.

[@useritiswhatitis4655]

The downside for me is that this is the Western front only, something that is overdone and boring compared to the Eastern front. Southern front is rarely done, same with the Pacific front, which would be very interesting.

[@sunder739]

eh, I would play it in the long term. Fuck all of those Call of Duty realism level of shit, I want it more or less arcadey and definitely optimized. But yeah, that needs more expansion like Eastern Front Chapter 2 or Pacific Theater, that'll be awesome

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

Hell Let Loose has some of the least technically impressive core mechanics and sloppiest engine work I've ever seen. I say that lovingly because it's a good and fun game but the map design is almost laughable. They push it as a realistic game when it doesn't even have fire selectors or bipods where they should be granted. An item called "Hammer" exists in the game. The BARman with a hammer? Okay, I guess. Three howitzers bunched up in the same spot every time where a mini game takes place of recon. Play the game without the graphics turned up. Look at what happens on the tactical map. It's just battlefield. It isn't close to a milsim. In 2003 there were PC games with better gnplay than HLL. HLL also has a sound design that is pretty amateurish considering it is a game built on dev tools that were probably fine in 2015 but they have gotten nowhere since Alpha. I'm sorry to say it but new factions? The new maps? These are wasting dev time when the game itself has things about it that players begin to understand and no longer want to play with the "relaxed" crowd who never opens their map or thinks during their gameplay. It is a strongsuit of HLL historically but MP games are always built around the community and I think the fun is mostly over because the game systems do very little new. I don't mean to be harsh but HLL is such an easy game if you think with your brain. They're having the SL issue because the game is actually not as good as it seems. I'm sorry to say that but it's tough love on Hwll Let Loose. Good fun but it takes itself so seriously when it's pretty much a confetti wrapped iteration of a bunch of game systems. HLL 2 is needed at this point because you can't even zero a sight in the game after all these years. The reason why: ballistics don't exist in HLL the way they happen in reality. The sense of scale in all their maps is lost. Graphics matter, point taken. But I feel the need to say that HLL was inferior to Post Scriptum in every way except playerbase. HLL is the new battlefield until DICE can get people away. But after a while people get tired of watching a game try to sell more copies rather than fix its issues. The retrospective on HLL is going to be a lot of this tough love. It's great but it's literally beaten by games that were programmed to run on Windows distributions from 20+ years ago. Day of Defeat has more buildings you can enter than HLL. I don't like to needlessly criticize but it has been the default WW2 fps for years for one reason: it's where the players played. The concept of WW2 online is so advanced and it's implementation is more about functionality. Enjoy whatever you find fun and don't let me ruin the experience, but I cant play 4 squares with people who don't even talk on HLL. If no one wants to talk, it isn't a milsim. But HLL could just do simple things to make their game more accessible feeling , but it would be a very short video because the game is so simple compared to even a game like Squad. It's just a pretty game and it's fun. Imho

[@pancakebro3674]

I think pancakes And maple syrup with a touch of sprinkles would do

[@Rawdoggamer]

I played this game many years ago. I was a officer in the GHC. 😊

[@JizzMaster3000]

I play this game and it's awesome

[@brendanm7336]

Would play this with my friends and Dad on our LAN back in 2005/2006. It was fun, but the player base was never that great. We’d fly around looking for enemies for hours and never find anyone. We’d end up going head to head and play opposite teams just to see what combat was like lol. Hell let loose is basically this game on steroids. That’s why I’ve enjoyed that game so much

[@NightMaker120]

there is also a game called Foxhole that also does this with the exception of an air force, but it is a lot more grinding in the production for weapons and vehicles.

[@thepinkplushie]

Nowhere near this scale. The map for WW2O is incomprehensibly large. And the game in theory supports significantly more players since foxhole has region limits that are relatively low.

[@lamsmiley1944]

I've been wanting a modern upgrade for this game for years. Given they reached their kickstarter goal I hope it happens.

[@not_hAck3r]

Or they just gonna take all the money like lots of these devs where they do kickstarters

[@lamsmiley1944]

@@not_hAck3r they were only asking for $30K. It’s not like that’s enough to run away with the money.

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

@@not_hAck3rgiven they actively update the 20+ year old game chances they won't 2 month old comment. Not every game developer does that, a lot of modern gaming today does though.

[@Suzuki_Hiakura]

Found this while looking up Heros and Generals after their Kickstarter debacle. So from what I see, this is a massive shooter with the potential for thousands of players... but does it have a massive world map? It's one of the parts I loved about Planetside 2... the ability to casually have a conversation with friends, and get in a plane heading to an intense firefight not a minute away... Are the maps large enough to give that feel? I do intend to play, as it seems amazing and precisely what I am looking for lol. Edit: just got to the part of the video where you stated there are tons of towns similar to the one you are assaulting that people are trying to capture as well... download has to hurry lol

[@DuckAllMighty]

The only other game I know, that gives the same kind of feeling of sheer scale and amount of players, is Foxhole.

[@karacreed0723]

WWII Online. A lovely game I never got to play online properly. The graphics and animations are very.. CoD2-like, lovely for older gamers, but possibly confusing or even irritating for younger ones. They're still making a remake of this game too. I think it's called WWII Online: Chokepoint.

[@viewer54322]

me young child gamer me get grumpy and confused at this game graphics. me want battlebit and roblox.

[@HannaManful]

cannot wait to get stuck into this. i put it on the other day but tbh didn't get beyond the menus and couldnt figure out for the life of me how to actually get into the game. very interested to learn more tho!

[@apropercuppa8612]

Which side. Axis or Allies?

[@HannaManful]

@@apropercuppa8612 I'll go Axis since i assume like in the game Foxhole, most people choose Allies to live out their Band of Brothers dreams.

[@apropercuppa8612]

@@HannaManful Dunno. I see lots of players on both sides. Don't be afraid to ask plenty of questions using the Help Chat (f6)

[@Chalkyyyy]

i love this game so much.

[@edekkluch]

in this game u have to pay for better class with better weapons or to play as a tanker or pilot

[@tatertot8701]

I would pay for a Cold War version

[@EinfachnurLoki]

,,The only tactical shooter with 1000+ Players" Roblox Napoleonic War Games: Am i a joke to you?

[@ced5552]

isn't like 700 players?

[@EinfachnurLoki]

@@ced5552 Nope there are 3000+ Player battles

[@johannesvlogsz]

Still play this a lot! A real fun game!

[@misap123]

battlebit could implement a similar mode and it would be great i think

[@Geekysam713]

That's rad!

[@JizzMaster3000]

Top commedy

[@Tzhz]

Its not the only one, Planstside 2 is a modern version of this.

[@marcorocchi6758]

The lower the graphics, the higher the accessebility for players that can't afford a gaming PC or good console

[@Lazy_berry]

If they can't afford a good enough PC, they can't affort the sub to the game

[@SolarNeonFlare]

will they lower the sub price for the "release"? Around 20 euro is too steep, it's one of my most fav games but couldn't be arsed to pay after they recently increased the sub price, lowering the player base even further meaning you'd barely get anyone on during day time EU time and at PEAK it became a thing of only weekends and not even as many as before, making paying that much per month a waste of money. Hopefully they lower it.

[@tex64]

Check out the recently expanded Starter sub for $7.99/mth.

[@chilbiyito]

What was that tech you showed years ago that could be used to have lots of players in a server?

[@sam_15_svk90]

It was SpatialOS.

[@sam_15_svk90]

And the company that made it is called Improbable.

[@sam_15_svk90]

Seems YT auto message filter doesn't like links and removed it, but I will do it at least this way - the BD's video about it was called "This company is truly innovating... introducing SpatialOS"

[@Journeyman107]

always pay service to the OGs

[@nolicanolisproli]

Love you blue drake

[@matthewdekorte373]

i was in BTZ I WAS THERE, and im back luv this game,20+tank zergs ,bomber formation flying 50+ppl jumping out of the sky AAA fire ,ship barrages oh and ARTY ...... sigh ive said enough

[@pvt.lucio.4173]

i need a vr version of a game like this or like project reality bro, i neeeeeeed it

[@leftright6940]

69 peak players atm....

[@HeteroMeatLoverPetrolLov-nk8qx]

Why didn't i explore this game if its 20yrs old..Damn!

[@maxiawesomekid899]

By non steam version do you mean the physical version?

[@ziggymorris8760]

I miss this game. - Odolf !S

[@alexlsclls5445]

bluedrake should cover darkest hour servers still poppin

[@mheannethony]

This is literally the 1st battlefield game but on steroids

[@ebgedebge7236]

Middle ball reveal when

[@SDNearo]

I think pink sauce and spider verse burger are a good pair Edit:don't forget the grimace shake

[@cinemahorizon5109]

That physically made me gag

[@Moshiko926]

@@cinemahorizon5109 that physically made me gag

[@kiethzpequit7951]

wait until for more yrs the graphics of this game is evolve it is like real thing

[@ghostofotm7414]

Aye bluedrake your the only person that thinks about us the gamer's

[@rantanplan178]

I wonder how the networking code looks like or what it is based on.

[@CrescentSickle]

Proprietary C++

[@tex64]

It works pretty well until you start pushing towards 200 people within a small area. That's when you can see some lag/warp so you are encouraged to spread out to other places on the map when that begins to happen. There is a 168 player visual limit within your sphere of vision. Join us for OP MAELSTROM on Sunday. All-access equipment kicks off Friday.

[@sethbettwieser]

aside from player models, it looks like a ww2 roblox game I used to play

[@alessa7312]

this is not the only tactical shooter with 1000+ players

[@dracoalpha]

I don't know how tactical this game could be with 1000 players. But in the video you don't see that there was 1000 players.

[@iwannadie2574]

I think coke and pepsi pair well

[@cinemahorizon5109]

While waiting. Let's debate... which fast food has the best chicken? Not chicken sandwiches. Just chicken 1. Chickfila 2. Popeyes 3. KFC

[@Treder-mw7en]

The issue of this game is only mouse settings for me

[@_np7]

I would consider playing this if they ported it to UE5!

[@anguishedcarpet]

People saying the graphics will kill an old game with an entrenched playerbase WHILE a game like Battlebit is killing it

[@speedygamer2286]

the game is so good and big that it has mixed ratings and subscriptions. in the video, instead of 1000 people, I saw 20

[@mexicanjesus8672]

this has everquest vibes

[@timix465]

The devs making the ww2 online in UE5 right now ... This will be awesome

[@Mak933]

Hitech Creations: Aces High

[@RotartMedia]

why in the world are there comments from 3 days ago

[@houserouterhouserouter5808]

*Coughs in Planetside 2* *Coughs in Foxhole*

[@viewer54322]

Thousands of players sounds good and all until you find out that you will be waiting like 10-20+ minutes any time you want to try and log into this game because the server is always full

[@adirr7982]

Guys bluedrake is going live 😱

[@bababooey001]

Yeah me and the Bois took Gorisboek last night from the frenchies

[@driver1084]

Guys I want to have orange juice and milk but idk

[@LORIS8122]

Only to ask is the starter version a timed demo?

[@tex64]

$7.99 a month

[@jairomorabadilla6429]

If I do not pay the premium my games will be very affected, is there not a cheaper way to get the pass?

[@SolarNeonFlare]

no, now the Sub is on "sale" for like 13-14 euro? 25% off lol then after it's close to 20. Prior it used to be around 11 euro but they price increased to like 20 a few months back. Smart move no? Game would be better off with a sub price of 4.99$ since it needs people to be a playable game and lack of that = lack of paying people.

[@matthewblunderbuss4545]

Kinda like PlanetSide 2 in terms of player size.

[@F0nkyNinja]

This looks like FHSW for Battlefield 1942

[@primvscyborgai]

can UE5 and the actual hardware handle the 1000 players?

[@viewer54322]

lmao very doubtful.

[@banthebananad7763]

I think toothpaste and orange juice are a good pair

[@gamertardguardian1299]

Never could find out how to join a squad effectively, id join a squad and then be forced to spawn like 20 miles away

[@NotEnrali_XD]

Rookie problems, had the same problem mate, but i've figured it all out and also the community is nice and they welcome new players so don't mind asking them what you don't know or need to know! :D

[@tex64]

Use the .j anygamernick to immediately get into the proper mission of your squad mates. It cuts right thru the clunky UI amd is massively helpful for new gamers.

[@PaulBauer-de1ex]

Yep

[@AndroidFerret]

That would be awesome for mobile .

[@Rico9tysiecy]

This man doesn't understand the definition of Quality over Quantity.

[@bryce6543]

forgot about this game

[@billylindsey4014]

been free on steam for years

[@stevermacsoucher1625]

It's been two cool whats it called so I can just buy it

[@floridahd]

I'll be honest I never played it until steam release. The U.I is dated and confusing, and the graphics are not great at all, gameplay is very clunky. But hopefully with the engine update it'll be easier for the masses!

[@paskii_rlib]

looks like old unity game to me

[@Tom_Hillman]

Bragging about the massively multiplayer, the netcode looks worse than my old arma 2 server running on a netbook trying to host 10 players

[@user-bl5wm2pn3k]

its probably gonna kill my computer with lag xd

[@tex64]

Lol, our current game runs on potato PCs. The only challenge has been low-end laptops with integrated graphics and little RAM.

[@user-bl5wm2pn3k]

@@tex64 i just use my moms office pc its like 1k cash she says so will it run if it will i might try

[@michalszymanski2073]

do i have permission to smash a plane into a tank at full speed like a before the enemy even notices me?

[@KaiserRisOfficial]

uh no, cuz you'd be wasting supply also i don't think you're able to kamikaze anymore

[@michalszymanski2073]

@@KaiserRisOfficial i take that as a yes

[@KaiserRisOfficial]

well, you used to be able to take out a tank that way but i think its been removed since then

[@jessecardenas6971]

ahh yes, the tf2 equivalent of ww2 military sim games, its in-ability to die

[@void_official404]

The Grimace shake needs to addad as a boomb🤣

[@user-wl6rg4zw9j]

the graphics looks okay for a 20 year old game. the town looks wierd, especially the streets they are so wide.

[@WALKER-bm1uk]

You forgot about foxhole

[@nick8874]

its a top down game...

[@ThecultofCon]

Its also not a milsim mmo, Foxhole is a perpetual warfare game.

[@Damianskii]

I mean Planetside 2 is capable of this too just not too tactical I guess

[@stevecaponio4484]

Wish I had a PC

[@PiXarY]

download started, thx uwu my master bluedrake

[@jafran]

1:12 we know you don't just stop making time

[@SNAVIE]

So literally squad with more players with planes and massive ships?

[@vincethebanana]

Planetside 2 has done this for many years, just is more of a Battlefield game

[@aurora.radial]

If everybody who watches this starts to play, there will be even more soldiers... So... 6th of june today...