World War 2 Total War

[BloodnSteel]

has there ever been any kind of mod attempt to make a WW2 game out of TW's? I think WW2 would easily fit into the category of a total war, maybe even more so than some of the previous TW games, but it'd have to be basically the whole world, or close to it for a map, as a great deal of the world actually hosted combat and battles then. I know planes would be trouble to add in, but modders have done the impossible before, and come out with great results. I think a WW2 total war would be great and would be a nice change from the blade/shield, and bow kind of warfare, and a thousand times better than empire was at least IMO. also it'd be nice if CA would attempt one, but I doubt they will, but I hope they do as there will come a point where just remaking their old games is going to not work anymore. (don't get me wrong, I'm excited for Shogun 2 to come out, but it's not like they're gonna be able to keep making Shoguns, Romes and Medieval 2's over and over endlessly and still maintain the same vast audience they have now) I think a WW2 mod or official CA game would be fantastic, as I've looked and haven't found any kind of similar empire building WW2 era game

[Uber Patriot]

If you want the Empire building WW2 without the TW style battles try Hearts of Iron 3

[beckyolt]

Did you even think about the problems there would be?

First, the battles in modern ages aren't great, quickly battles beetween great armies. They're long, intense guerrilla beetween squads. Hours behind a wall, to take out a machinegun. Direct combats were not possible because an army would be exterminated in minutes, if not seconds. That plus a hundred more problems.

It just wouldn't work for a RTS. For shooter games yes, but not for rts.

[Xion]

WW2 TW..god no. How would you balance out the tanks vs Infantry, air warfare, artillery, and machine gun? Also, the battles would be..estimated at around 1-3 hours, depending on what you do? It's good for traditional rts like Company of Heroes, or FPS, but I can't see a WW2 TW happening.

[Heavy Weapons Guy]

Would be cool, but it's impossible to make it!

[beckyolt]

And also, Planes , have you think about that? How would they work? In real life they didn't stay stuck in one place otherwise they would fall. And also it would be a ridiculous feature have to keep planes moving.

[RangerGxi]

Maybe WW1 but thats a longshot. The Modders are doing a good job on the mod but an actual CA game would be interesting.

[Xion]

WW1..hard, but possible, maybe make airstrikes an ability that a unit, say a spotter could call down. A airplane shadow would appear, the sound, and it would either machinegun or bomb the target.
Tanks, slow, 2x as slow in inclimate weather, strong vs inf, weak vs artillery and AT guns(did these even exist in WW1?)
Also maybe have the maps have trenches made into them, just like some ETW and NTW have buildings.

[Darkhorse]

has there ever been any kind of mod attempt to make a WW2 game out of TW's? I think WW2 would easily fit into the category of a total war, maybe even more so than some of the previous TW games, but it'd have to be basically the whole world, or close to it for a map, as a great deal of the world actually hosted combat and battles then. I know planes would be trouble to add in, but modders have done the impossible before, and come out with great results. I think a WW2 total war would be great and would be a nice change from the blade/shield, and bow kind of warfare, and a thousand times better than empire was at least IMO. also it'd be nice if CA would attempt one, but I doubt they will, but I hope they do as there will come a point where just remaking their old games is going to not work anymore. (don't get me wrong, I'm excited for Shogun 2 to come out, but it's not like they're gonna be able to keep making Shoguns, Romes and Medieval 2's over and over endlessly and still maintain the same vast audience they have now) I think a WW2 mod or official CA game would be fantastic, as I've looked and haven't found any kind of similar empire building WW2 era game

As far as I know, there are no 2WW mods planned or in development. Your closest match will be the NTW mod "The Great War" and the ETW mod "Advance to Contact". AtC is a series which focuses on post 1945 warfare starting with the present Afghanistan war.

Did you even think about the problems there would be?

First, the battles in modern ages aren't great, quickly battles beetween great armies. They're long, intense guerrilla beetween squads. Hours behind a wall, to take out a machinegun. Direct combats were not possible because an army would be exterminated in minutes, if not seconds. That plus a hundred more problems.

It just wouldn't work for a RTS. For shooter games yes, but not for rts.

AtC are working on this.

WW1..hard, but possible, maybe make airstrikes an ability that a unit, say a spotter could call down. A airplane shadow would appear, the sound, and it would either machinegun or bomb the target.
Tanks, slow, 2x as slow in inclimate weather, strong vs inf, weak vs artillery and AT guns(did these even exist in WW1?)
Also maybe have the maps have trenches made into them, just like some ETW and NTW have buildings.

Once again, AtC are working on the implementation of CAS in game. It's possible, (As far as we know) to represent air support in some way, its just how accurate the representation is.

AT guns did exist toward the end of the 1WW too Those and high velocity rifles were around pretty much straight after the tanks introduction. IIRC there is actually a plan for a tapered 28mm (down to 20mm) anti tank gun of German design that dates back until 1902, However, that particular weapon wasn't introduced until 1941. But it shows the thinking was there back in the early 1900's.

[allthedamnnamesweretaken]

yesits for napolean callled the great war mod

[BloodnSteel]

it's amazing so many are opposed to the notion of a new era of TW, you say it's impossible, but pushing the boundaries is what games do and they usually achieve at least some sort of great feat in doing so, it would be hard, but not impossible, and it's kind of strange to not want it at all, where's the harm in having another TW? besides, it's always good to have something different. and you need to read up on WW2 if you think all of it was un-epic guerrilla fighting. also many a tank had fallen to infantry, there are many factors in it

[devans]

yesits for napolean callled the great war mod

Look at your hand, now facepalm.
Great War is the First World War.

And the game industry is overflowing with WW2 games, just buy one of them.

[THANGDACLAC]

WW2 ...the same World In Conflict.