World War 2 Online: Readers' Choice Edition

by Strategy First

Product Features

• Massive multiplayer World War II battlefield simulation with rich RPG layer
• First-person shooter perspective
• New terrains, vehicles, and weapons
• Includes large foldout wall map of the battlefield
• Multiplayer (requires Internet connection)

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006G32D
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: July 30, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,567 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

World War II Online is an online combined arms simulation set in a relentless, action-packed environment where players can command and crew a variety of accurately modeled vehicles and aircraft, sling weapons, and fight as foot soldiers with and against thousands of other gamers. Set in 1940, it includes equipment and major battle points: strongholds, fortresses, forests, rivers and more--much as it was on the battlefields of Europe.

The Readers’ Choice Edition contains a new version of the game along with numerous new features and enhancements. It also contains special bonus items, such as a large foldout wall map of the battlefield; the official music track, and 20 original illustrations and wallpapers inspired by the game. These special bonus items are exclusive to this edition and will not be available anywhere else.

World War II Online is still the first and only massively multiplayer first-person virtual battlefield that covers a 1/2 scale map of Europe with accurate terrain modeling. It allows thousands of players to play 24/7 in a persistent world in which character advancement and career paths provide players with a rich RPG layer and strategic systems are driven by player missions and command structures.

An extensive web-based player services package is integrated with gameplay. Players from around the world can take part in recreating history and embarking upon a new adventure on their very own computer screens.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly the best game I have ever played, October 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: World War 2 Online: Readers' Choice Edition (CD-ROM)

I have been playing WWIIOL since its release day over a year ago. I am an avid gamer who plays a multitude of FPS shooters, flight sims, and space sims. Since I got WWIIOL I have bought several games (Medal of Honor, Warbirds III, Jedi Outcast, etc) None of them are on my harddrive anymore, WWIIOL is.

The sheer scope if this game is phenominal. It is a first person shooter that is also a flight simulatopr, and a tank simulator. They have one class of ship in now, and are planning on adding many more ships in the future. that is another great thing about WWIIOL. The designers are awlays adding new things to it and improving it!

Unlike so many other games WWIIOL has modelled the entire WORLD in 1/3 scale. At the moment they only have buildings and such in France, Belgium, and some parts of England, Germany and Holland. But what other game gives you that big of a map???

I look forward to playing this game for many years to come!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, absolutely astounding, August 6, 2003

By 

"hohoho32" (Truckee, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World War 2 Online: Readers' Choice Edition (CD-ROM)

This game has a steep learning curve, and also steep system requirements, but the game is by far and wide THE funnest game out there in my opinion. Thousands of players controlled by their side's respective high commands (I am a proud member of Oberkommando Der Wermacht in the game), slugging it out tank on tank, plane on plane, ship on ship. Many historically accurate weapons modeled already and more every patch.

With 1.90, we have gotten:Depot spawning representing reinforcements moving up the line, Strategic bombing which ACTUALLY effects what can be researched by the high commands and how much gets produced, new tanks and planes, and in 1.9x series, we get:
Zerstorer 1934A (German destroyer)
Javelin (J) Class Destroyer (British Destroyer)
Le Hardi Class Destroyer (French Destroyer)
Sdfkz 251 APC (German Halftrack)
Laffly with mounted 4.7cm Anti Tank Gun
Stewart (M3) lend lease purchasable to the French
and more!

I am, like many others, an extreme WWIIOL fanboy. I have been playing the game since 1.10, where we had endless tank swarms storming across the Belgian countryside, up until present, when we have organized infantry battles, naval sorties, strategic bombing, air support, and more. And with "Brigade Spawning", the High Commands will actually get to deploy Kampfgruppes and Brigades, Divisions, Korps/Corps, Armies, and even Army groups over the massivee 1/2 scale European map, which currently models in detail Northern France, Western Germany, Southern Britain, Belgium, and Southern Holland, including much of the Zeeland Islands where pure tankless battles take place between determined marines. The map expands almost every patch, oftentimes by leaps and bounds, and giving us more territory to conquer and fight over. Yes, there are occasional expeditions by determined gamers to the Alps, Norway, and Scotland, I have been on a few myself.

We have the most dedicated group of game devs in the world as far as I'm concerned as well, all of whom are active in the community, posting in the forums, and playing their game, truely it is a labor of love for them.

If you're a casual gamer and just want to drive a tank and blow [stuff]up, this is the game for you. If your a dedicated flight simmer who wants to escort bombers that actually affect the ground war and war at large, this is the game for you. If your a hardcore strategy enthusiast and history buff who aspires to lead an online army of fanatical troops marching through the streets of Paris, London, or Berlin, this is the game for you. If you are easily addicted to things, I must warn you:the game is regularly called "online crack", and for good reason ;). Accurate damage models (no hitpoints, actual damage and penetration data), large explosions, drunk people driving Opel troop transports at 80mph down a road with 15 people in the back, and more! Heck, come play for a month and become a flyboy.

PS:You actually don't need too great a gaming rig if you want "just decent" FPS, the hardcore guys will buy new computers practically just for this game.
I started out with:
Compaq with 750mhz AMD Duron
64mb of PC133 SDRAM
8mb Graphics Card

and upgraded to:
Compaq with 750mhz AMD Duron
704mb/640mb PC133 SDRAM
64MB GeForce 4 MX420

Decent frame rates though I had some issues, now I have:

AMD Athlon XP2800+ Barton (2.08GHZ)
128mb GeForce 4 Ti4200
512mb PC2700 DDR (Corsair)
Asus A7n8X Deluve Motherboard
homebuilt with lots of goodies plus monitor for about 900 bucks =)

If you want to play WWIIOL, Recommend the following:
1GHZ+ CPU
512mb+ RAM
Good Motherboard
Broadband internet (though 56k does still work, just not as good packet traffic)

!S and hope to cya at the front ;)

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some people must be blind, March 24, 2003

By 

Jay Godbey (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World War 2 Online: Readers' Choice Edition (CD-ROM)

I have tons of PC games. I get new ones every so often. I have only two games left that I ever play. One is Master of Orion 2, and I only play that if I'm in a position that I can't reach my joystick and kill some baddies in the masterful creation that is World War II Online. Cornered Rat Software is small, but they are the most dedicated people in the software business. The current version of the game, 1.8, is mind blowing when compared to when I first started playing about a year ago. The graphics have been completely changed, the netcode is much improved, the number of vehicles has at least doubled, and the best part of all, is the outstanding community of players. They love their game and the game somehow loves the community back, because the devolpers listen to us. When developers listen, and change your playing experience, or fix a mistake because you brought it to their attention...there is nothing better than that. I pay my money every month because there is no other game developer on the planet that deserves it more. I tried Battlefield 1942 and it made me want to literally cry because of the way EA warped my vision of a world at war. If you are a war simulation player, and want to really get involved in a game, buy this one. You'll be happily eating ramen noodles every day so you can upgrade your hardware, just to make the nose on that German soldier a little clearer.