Enlisted - Free to play WW2 MMO (PC, Xbox S/X & PS5)
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Enlisted is an MMO squad based shooter for PC, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 in World War II where you act as an infantry squad leader, tank crew or an aircraft pilot. The weaponry, soldier’s uniform, appearance and capabilities of the vehicles in the game are in line with historical facts.
Each squad consists of several soldiers who can be trained, equipped with new weapons and items and then taken into a battle. You control one soldier directly while other soldiers will be controlled by AI which obeys your orders. You can switch between soldiers and stay at the most interesting point in a battle event after part of your squad has been defeated.
Dozens of units with different specialisations participate in Enlisted battles simultaneously. This ensures maximum density and spectacularity of a battle while maintaining a high contribution with each participant for the victory of the team. Infantry, armoured vehicles and aircraft battle together and you can try several roles in just one game session.
There's currently 2 campaigns to play in:
BATTLE FOR MOSCOW 1941-1942
INVASION OF NORMANDY 1944
With two more (and possibly even more after) to come:
BATTLE OF TUNIS 1942-1943
BATTLE OF BERLIN 1945
Each has its own squads within that you level up, draft new soldiers, buy equipment etc. I thought it was a bit ott at first, but it's actually quite fun managing them and tinkering with lineups.
This is REALLY good fun, and the gunplay is great. I much prefer it to the Battlefield offerings of late. There's different maps and modes within each campaign....Conquest and Rush-alikes included.
https://enlisted.net/en/#!/
Open beta sign up here:
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Looks like a nice walk ruined by shooting.
It's like that time I played Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and had ideas about BMX-racing MP with walkie-talkie mission coordination. Am I so out of touch... -
I know right. I'd barely made it to the churchyard before my dog was flattened by a tank.
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I think some BMX’s would have definitely helped EGTTR. Couldn’t have made it worse.
If they recreate Bastogne where I sit miserably in a freezing foxhole for days before dying then I’m in. -
Not that I'd fancy a conchie crafter, I just think there are so many potentially fun gameplay ideas missing from these increasingly pretty, still-shooting-everything worlds, because either the imagination isn't there, or there's an absence of faith in the market to embrace reduced-combat shootmen.
The squad thing's from Flashpoint 20 years ago. -
This is made by Gaijin, who made Warthunder. They are pretty incompetent and have an aggressive approach to monetising the grind and whatnot.
I will be avoiding this. -
Warth Under.
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I've downloaded it. Just have to find the combination of the time and the energy to give it a go.Come with g if you want to live... -
You’ll have the time when football is banned.
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Aye, there is that.Come with g if you want to live...
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Matt_82 wrote:This is made by Gaijin, who made Warthunder. They are pretty incompetent and have an aggressive approach to monetising the grind and whatnot.
I will be avoiding this.
I've been unlocking stuff about the same rate as a Battlefield game, and the starting guns drop people as well as the later ones. -
FranticPea wrote:
I've been unlocking stuff about the same rate as a Battlefield game, and the starting guns drop people as well as the later ones.Matt_82 wrote:This is made by Gaijin, who made Warthunder. They are pretty incompetent and have an aggressive approach to monetising the grind and whatnot. I will be avoiding this.
Quoted for future reference
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I don't see how later guns could be any better. I aim and shoot at an enemy with a starting Kar98, it kills them.
Don't get me wrong, I can see the grind is there for unlocking everything, but you can unlock plenty and do just fine with the starting gear. I guess the tanks might be loads better on later unlocks but I just run up and chuck explosives on them.
I'll see how it goes as I play more. I'm having fun, it's like a Medal of Honour game but the (admittedly dumb) AI is being directed by multiple players. Dumb fun. -
Automatic weapons, rate of fire, and accuracy give an advantage, plus as you level up squads you can add extra squad members (my airborne squad is about 8 strong). But like you say, the starting weapons still do plenty of damage and they are all capable of a one shot headshot kill. Being clever with your movement and getting a good flank is far more beneficial than any weapon upgrade. -
Is that the first squad in the list? Think mine is 9 strong now!
I love the squad tinkering. I put a radio operator in my airborne squad and he's well handy for calling in artillery strikes on Conquest when you're trying to halt an advance.
The flame thrower is great for the Normandy beach landing as Allies. I tend to switch to the guys in my squad that have smoke, make a smoke wall and try and get under the outside of the front of a bunker. Then just look up at an angle and fill the bunker with fiery death.
Also, some of the kill counts are absolutely hilariously stupid.
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FranticPea wrote:Is that the first squad in the list? Think mine is 9 strong now!
I love the squad tinkering. I put a radio operator in my airborne squad and he's well handy for calling in artillery strikes on Conquest when you're trying to halt an advance.
The flame thrower is great for the Normandy beach landing as Allies. I tend to switch to the guys in my squad that have smoke, make a smoke wall and try and get under the outside of the front of a bunker. Then just look up at an angle and fill the bunker with fiery death.
Also, some of the kill counts are absolutely hilariously stupid.
Looks like the pea mafia.
I've got an engineer in my airborne squad, useful for plonking down a spawn beacon closer to the objective. -
Yeh i love the engineer squad. Barbed wire can really slow down the enemy if put in the right places. Just unlocked the AT gun but haven't used one yet.
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Are we playing this tonight? -
I will be.
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There's no time. You click play and you're in the game running about 10 seconds later.
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It looks like you can't add cross-platform friends so I won't be able to join you tonight. Also, the update has reset all my unlocks
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I think they've said they'll be returned. Maybe.
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so do you play on the same team, or is each player and their squad a lone unit in a bit of a free-for-all?"Like i said, context is missing."
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You play on the same side, but your actual squad is AI. It's not as teamwork focused as a BF where you're in the same squad, more saying which objective you're heading for or defending etc
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i had a brief go at this last night. i'd be up for a bash with badgers some time, but it's not really my thing. managing squads and load outs and stuff doesn't interest me, i prefer to just pick a class and jump in as the player i want. so generally i just charged in without really knowing what i was doing, and did the standard online shooter experience of repeatedly dying usually with no idea who/where/how it was done!
still, i did manage to get a few kills in so it wasn't all bad, and it all looked quite impressive with lots of people milling around."Like i said, context is missing."
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also it's only on reflection that i've given any though to my AI squad, and now realise that while i was running around trying to hide in bushes etc., my AI squad were prob following me along, scratching their butts and standing around drawing attention to us? "Like i said, context is missing."
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You can play solo rather than squad if you prefer.
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Had a torrid time of it with Franny last night. The positive early reaction has been eroded by the general clunky nature of it, it turned into a real chore to play.
We ended up on PUBG afterwards and that felt smooth and responsive in comparison, a damning indictment -
Oof was thinking of giving this a go but Sparky you saved me thanks.
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