A Good WW2 Shooter

DonTadow · Nov 12, 2006

A few months ago I caught my dad in one of his secret obessions. Playing a WW2 shooter game over the internet. It was a farely old shooter with little graphics and I believe it was shareware. I want to get him something a bit more upgraded for christmas but FPS are a genre of games I really don't keep track of.

I am looking for a game that is fairely simple as far as controls, not too bloody (blood's ok but i my dad probably doesnt want to see entrails), and fun. Any suggestions?

Neo · Nov 12, 2006

Any of the Call of Duty and Medal of Honor games are pure gold as far as WW2 shooters go.

KenM · Nov 12, 2006

If he likes to play online, Battlefield 1942.

DonTadow · Nov 12, 2006

KenM said:
If he likes to play online, Battlefield 1942.

I guess with their popularlity I was under the assumption that both call of duty and battlfield 1942 had complicated controls. Essentially I need something where shooting and moving is the basic functions.

Neo · Nov 12, 2006

DonTadow said:
I guess with their popularlity I was under the assumption that both call of duty and battlfield 1942 had complicated controls. Essentially I need something where shooting and moving is the basic functions.

Ive no experience with BF 1942 so I cant comment on its controls, but Call of Duties controls are a breeze arrow keys to move, separate key to crouch/crawl and jump, mouse lets you look around freestyle and both mouse buttons activate primary and secondary fire modes of any weapon used. The number keys switch between weapons... simplicity itself.

Lazybones · Nov 12, 2006

I agree with Call of Duty as the best choice. It runs on rails but has a lot of nice scripted sequences, and it's not too hard to master (and IIRC it has low difficulty levels). I think you can get the original for about $15.

Man in the Funny Hat · Nov 12, 2006

On a random tangent, whatever game you get him give him the additional gift of having downloaded the latest patch and burned it to CD so he won't have to waste as much time updating it before trying to play. Just seems like a nice added gesture.

Nyarlathotep · Nov 13, 2006

I was a fan of Red Orchestra. Eastern front, little more complicated by the lack of a crosshair, but it was definately fun (after a few games to figure out the play style). I'm not sure how many people still play it, but it was good.

Henry · Nov 13, 2006

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault's controls are pretty much like DOOM's, if I remember correctly: Easy as can be.

Kid Charlemagne · Nov 13, 2006

All of the first person shooters (MoH, CoD) use the standard FPS shooter controls, with some minor variations. Call of Duty is pretty cool, especially the first one which has a D-Day scenario right out of Saving Private Ryan, and a Siege of Stalingrad series of levels which are also pretty amazing. Call of Duty 2 is really pretty, but none of the levels have been quite as impressive - I'm playing thorugh it right now.