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Sad but interesting tidbit, the soviets did train dogs to run under enemy tanks and blow up, thus disabling the tank but..... problem was, they trained them with their own tanks, which ran on diesel, German tanks ran on gasoline so the first time they used them, they blew up their own tanks!

Enemy: *surrenders* Jarek: *shoots them anyways* Me: great, enemy detained.

This game was originally "Iron Storm" (PC Exclusive), World War Zero was a heavily altered PS2 version (New weapons,improved weapon animations, heavily reworked character models, lowered difficulty, removed stealth and heavily simplified levels.) which got ported back to PC. Iron Storm PC is alot harder, it has scripted set pieces but they honestly mostly suck. (Such as forced stealth where being detected results in infinite health guards killing you.) Those things you say are missing were removed from the Original Iron Storm, the PS2 Version removed them first, then PC' WWZ version removed the splitscreen multiplayer. The Iron Storm devs later made Bet On Soldier, which is I think set in the same universe.

Oh my god I remember this game. My brother bought the ps2 version of this game years ago. I remember playing the game but I could never remember what it was called

If i get a pennie every time i've seen a interesting obscure game that takes place in a world where WW1 still went on, i'd have 3 pennies, which isn't alot but it's a weird coincidence that it happened more than twice

This games Mini-gun seems alot like the Venom Mini-Gun from Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which came out around the same time.

I remember watching a playthrough of this game like a decade ago when I was on a dieselpunk kick. I think it must've been the PS2 version because I remember there being cutscenes, but they didn't add much. The only thing I remember from them was that civilians back home could buy war bonds for specific soldiers in the war, which essentially had turned the war into a pseudo-gambling scheme. It was weird, but hey; it stood out. I think your Warhammer comment is apt for this game, and not just because 40k has serious dieselpunk vibes. I'm pretty sure the studio behind World War Zero also worked on Fire Warrior; a pretty lackluster 40k shooter not long after, and I think they might've reused assets for both this and a Judge Dredd game I'm certain they worked on. At least they know how to make due with what they've got, I guess.

I never played this World War Zero version of the game, but I did play the original PC version which is just called Iron Storm. I have vague memories of the cutscenes, and to my memory most of them were more about world building than character or plot stuff. The plot was basically that the war profiteer villain wanted to prevent the russian warlord from building an atomic bomb that could end the war. So first you kill the guy making the atom bomb, then you kill the profiteer. I do remember a few things from the game that were new to me at the time. Enemies could actually crouch, which was uncommon in most games of that era, and the grenade mechanic was unique. It was sort of like a halfway between having a grenade button and having to equip them as their own weapon. You would equip the grenade, and your character would hold it in his left hand and the gun in his right hand. You couldnt shoot the gun in this state, but you could just right click (or something, i forget) and he would put the grenades away and your gun was instantly at the ready. Judging from a moment in the video when you have a grenade equipped, it looks like they changed this mechanic for the ps2 port and pc re-release

Hey Jarek, there is a Vietnamese made FPS about the Indochina war named 7554. The game is from 2011 and free to download on its own website. It does have English translation and it would be really cool if you decided to check it out and show some love for us Vietnamese viewer. The game is laughably bad and would give you and your twitch some good time for sure.

When I was 10 I visited my grandmother's friend at her house in the country. She had a PS2 with a bunch of games and this was one of the cassettes sitting on the floor. I never played it, but seeing the cover art sorta just sparked a distant memory of a game I couldn't recall that had a man with a funny hat.

The concept art and enemy designs for this game are extremely badass, it's a real shame that the actual game is so bad. This whole game is a huge missed opportunity.

You can buy the original iron storm on steam. They have Iron Storm and World War Zero as 2 separate games.

Jarek, review these games: -Secret Service (2008), another Cauldron game. -E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy -Vietcong 1 and 2 -Deadly Dozen -The America's Army games

Good thing about shooters; you will never run out of options for videos

Speaking of alternate history WW1 game from the early 2000s, have you played Codename Eagle? It's from Refraction Games who then became part of DICE who basically used its engine and formula to make the Battlefield series from 1942-2142. It's alternate history ww1, and technically can be classified as the first "BF" single player. It's funny how the SP of it is much better than most BF singleplayer as it open map and uses the sandbox, iirc. Codename Eagle and it's MP is basically Battlefield 1942 before Battlefield 1942.

I want to see this setting in a game again ww1 that is still being fought after 60 years.

I heard their working on a live action third installment to the world war series.

this game could definitely have been a 40k one with a few reworks

I was just reminded of this game, told the villain was far more interesting than we ever knew, than I at least. I was saying - what happened to games that were well written. The story was what attracted me to this title back in the day. Yes, I am that old - played this game on bare metal.

Seems like a good game for the current situation

0:29 I like how the scope creates a raycast that put a red dot where you are aiming

Hey Jarek! Hope your day is going well so far.

actually suicide explosive dogs were really used during WW2 against german tanks, only this tactic pretty soon showed that its not working as should, cause in battle dogs usually dont recognize well where is enemy tank and where is friendly

I wonder if Bet On Soldier blood sport will be rewieved one day

Multiplayer in this game was fun. I really liked all the character and weapon models. I couldn't finish the campaign as it always crashed after the 2nd level, and I was a kid, so I didn't think to find a workaround.

PC version This game brought my piss to boil. Sudden difficulty spikes, I have never swore so many times before playing this game.

One thing you missed about the "villain" Ugenberg - he is inspired by a real White Russian Baron under the name of Ugern-Sternberg, which was so traumatised by the Russian Civil War that he went insane, and basically desired for what Ugenberg in this game is trying and succeeding in doing, of creating himself into Genghis Khan and conquering everything from Pacific to the half of Germany ( if you exclude the Atlantic Ocean borders ) Original game also mentions few references to the Russian Civil War people, such as Anton Denikin but there's not much more than it. Just a fun fact at best

Always loved the front cover to this but one of the ones I never got around to

I remember playing the game in PC with all the removed things, I don't know if I was playing a mod or an emulator but I remember playing for a while in third person and quick saving a lot of times

i got a copy of this game from a value bin when i was like ten, thought it looked so cool but i could never get it to work on my moms laptop. awesome to see what was actually in the game

Hi Jarek thanks for the New Video! Greetings from Germany 💯🤙

I played this a child and this review is jokes because your right in every way but I still loved it back then XD pure nostalgia of the dreary brown palette world texture that matched the ambiguous storyline of a depressing, unending war of attrition, something about the style and clunky gameplay caught my attention, even if I never got past that specific train level which now watching this makes me cringe over the hours I spent wandering around a dull empty room before giving up on the story. Plus splitscreen PvP was actually low key on point 👌

@4:30 is that the sound of the cyclone from perfect dark reloading?

Ah that explain that Train Mission.. I got stuck there, and as a kid, don't know about online walkthrough 😂

Started playing this today on Steam Deck using PS2 emulator and I'm enjoying it way more than I thought I would. Gunplay is good and the precise aiming mode works really well. It kind of reminds me of the first Killzone a bit.

Ayy Jarek great vid could you review freedom fighters?

I remember the Demo for this, never found a copy in New Zealand. Demo was sick though.

This game was just called World War Zero in the UK. I remember playing it as a kid.

I see some 2000 AD influence there, especially NPCs It's Rebelion game after all...

bruh this game and your timing is perfect

i wish someone recreated this game in todays time,but with more detail,more and better scripted sequences,old soldiers look,more boses ,ability to handle all available weapons ,keep the gritty atmosphere but they could add more colors,like yellow,green,red and blue not just bland grey and brown.I liked the trench levels from the og game more than wwz's one,it had that dark and gritty feel of the sludge trench fields and the horrors of war,with blood bones,decay and death all over the place,you can also imagine the smell,thats how dark it felt.This game had so much potential,it fucking sucks that it was never continued.There was also a plan for Iron Storm 2 but they scrapped that which is a shame.

Man. This game got the warhammer 40k feeling in terms of gun look. I was just typing this as the video was on and you literally said that XD. I will keep the comment because it's help with the algorithm.

I just did a little bit of searching on Iron Storm and 4x Gaming Studio, these guys are actually called Kylotonn now. They made WRC games 5-10, and Flatout 4(which is so much better than Flatout 3 by the way). You can guess that they’re more into racing games now…

Speaking of satisfying miniguns in old games you should review Return to Castle Wolfenstein. I ran a quick search in your channel and didn't see it.

6:35-6:50 was anything in the sound department not a stock sound there. I swear the industry humming is a 2 sec stock loop. the weapon fire is stock. the reload magazine metal scraping is stock.

Probably next video gonna be iron storm sequel “B.O.S Bet on soldier “

I always remember this game from the magazines and always wanted it well I got it recently and played it then I found out it was disappointingly cheap and stereotype I liked it I saw so much potential in it but its sadly lost I could see someone taking this game and improving it I can see what too do to it

I used to love the multiplayer part of this

I played this game last year, and it was so bland. I liked it, but I don't remember much of it even though I played it like 7 months ago. Good video as always!

I played this game when I was 13 I got it for my birthday

The mini gun is a lot like the one from return to castle wolfenstein

This game was amazing. It had a really good atmosphere.

I hear you use the music from TimeSplitters 2! That soundtracks is FIRE!

I tried this game a while back and remember it being okay but kinda boring. And then I ended up in a situation where I just couldn't progress and gave up there. Then a couple of years later I played a similar game called Iron Grip: Warlord which is like a tower defence FPS hybrid before Sanctum and thought it was great fun, which is cool since I don't really like tower defence.

That Timesplitters 2 soundtrack tho...

Absolute classic

7:05 at least this game has shockwaves most games today dont have that

Oh my god, I haven't heard of this game in years....

Game doesn't have more than 60fps -> PC Gamer: I gotta get outta here!

You’ll never see this, Mercenaries 2 world in flames has a massive vehicle/atry sandbox

wish they would remaster this game then make another ! could be a hit in today market

Could you analyze Warhammer 40k: Fire Warrior?

How about "Venom. Codename: Outbreak" from GSC Game World?

I've played this game on the ps2, I was a og xbox guy but when I got the ps2, this game was with it and I played thinking it was bad, it's was because I'm bad at it, but none the less I enjoyed it

Oh Iron Storm.

Have this game for ps2 and im almost certain there is no 3rd person camera mode

I hope he does bet on soldier next

You gonna review bet on soldier too ?

Jarek do a video on the 1st RAGE

loved this game

Used to play this game all the time on ps2 but never finished it haha

World war zero? Wait, how did they make a prequel to a historical event?

You could have used RivaTuner to cap the game framerate instead of V-Sync. And there are Bomb Dogs on an older game, Maken X for Dreamcast and it's heavily altered port for PS2, Maken Shao. One thing that always bothered me is how a number of shooters on the PS2 looks worst than Perfect Dark and Turok 2 on the N64, this one being one of them.

Aren't the player grunts at 4:43 - 4:45 the same of Gothic and Heretic?

Hey can you review call of duty big red 1 please

Imho i want more althistory games

IronStorm Multiplayer

"Someone on the Western side is trying to continue to fuel the war so that it never ends, for profit, vaguely interesting because this has been done before, and done much better." You mean in real life right? XD Also, that minigun kinda seems like it's just the Venom gun from Return to Castle Wolfenstein

hey i remember this game. And i remember killing my own allies just so i can get their cool guns

looks like firewarrior

how to play this game on windows 10?

I liked the game anyway :DDDD Thank u for covering it tho

So weird to think how we've taken framerate-independence for granted.

mouse scroll controls the mouse sens. too

You should play the original Red Faction

Weird i remember playing this on PC as a third person game

I loved this game, despite the bugs.

I only ever had the demo of this. It had like a 4 minute timer it was stupid

Do darkest of days next

If ww1 were still going on 50 years later there'd be no Europe. Could probably say the same for 2. Modern war just seems to be ak 47 pot shots and random missile strikes, not civilian carpet bombing/ charging at machine guns

What a out the FoV slider!??!?!!?

You should make a Utreon account

Wolfenstein on a budget

Wait, you actually played this game? Oh damn.

"world war zero is one of the games of all time"

My dad love this game. In fact, he copleted it 10-20 times, like some hardcore gamer (he's not).

This game got cool general concept. It needs a remake since it's one of hell of a jank.

The graphics and animations are giving me Postal 2 vibes for whatever reason.

What would make it run better, would be the hot wheels gaming pc.