This

This is WHAT IM FUCKING SAYING DUDE! Fuck finally so done who gets it. The game is probably really good but Jesus Christ I'm not trying to play an hour and a half of just running and dying lol

Don't forget giving the rifleman something like the No 1 Mark III as their primary rifle, which would have both that Lee-Enfield speed and a 10 round mag. Also, can be re-used for all the other commonwealth factions when they're implemented.

What makes you think that the Lee Enfield is able to "shoot almost as fast as a semi-auto" or that it had a "famously fast bolt cycle". Fudd lore?

@@user-tx3xy7lw6w”The Mad Minute”

​@@user-tx3xy7lw6w It is much easier to shoot a Enfield fast than a Mauser and you can shoot at about a round a second. However the M1 is way way way way way way way faster.

@ravenwing199 I own both and yes the Enfield has a nice bolt, but it's really not significantly more smoother than a mauser. Honestly the biggest quality is the 10 rn mag.

so because you had a couple bad experiences it applies to everyone? ok

@@Dannyboi-re7vb in a game with around active 100 players? -ok

You must be on console.

Just team kill them and laugh at the reaction? 😂

The ridiculous part is, you have people arguing their favorite media is "realistic" when it is clearly sci fi/ fantasy. Like the people who think the Galactic Empire or Sauron should have realistic military tactics, or a realistic work culture. Gee if the Empire applied the latest information in motivating and hiring dedicated employees, then they probably wouldn't be very evil. At least, I would hope the path to success isn't with a giant planet destroying sphere. What then is the point of making sci fi or fantasy if everything has to be realistic? You might as well make contemporary or historical fiction. That and for some reason, these screeds on realism never seem to notice certain things. Like how medieval arms and armor enthusiasts will go on and on about how that version of armor is half a century too early, or the tactics are all wrong, but never seem to question what sorts of evolutionary pressures lead to fifty foot, flying fire breathing dragons. If realism is the goal, then shouldn't we include something that breaks the laws of biology, like a creature that can expel hot flame through its throat and out its mouth? How the hell did that evolve? What sort of crazy selective pressures would mean burning your throat and potentially making swallowing/ breathing very, very painful was worth it? Yet all the stuff outside their areas of interest are ignored. Almost like they don't care about realism, and just want to mentally jerk off. I think there is a place for more realistic media, but so often the whole thing comes off as little more than an ego booster for people who fancy themselves smart. A way for them to show just how uber intelligent they are, while they also call for every other work to conform to their version of realism. I might be able to tolerate it, but so many of these people come off as a bunch of manbaby jerks who think everything revolves around their interests.

The Russians, due to massive territory loss, were operating from a lower population base than Germany for most of the war

That’s great point….where’s the human wave?

Dude! I hate the canteen mechanic with a passion. Why not just use normal stamina like Squad?! Like I get some of the other more realistic mechanics in PS, like the G43 kicks a lot in PS, (whereas recoil for the G43 in HLL is like shooting a .22). And if that's your thing, it make sense. But the canteen in PS is just dumb. It might look cool on the surface because "Ooh! Realism!!!" But in reality it's such a chore that bogs down gameplay. It's possibly (no exaggeration) the worst mechanic in an FPS that I've played.

@@marcelthevirginian1656 it’s probably cause the devs wanted to add another thing to manage to make the game more advanced. Honestly it could’ve been just a way to distinguish themselves from squad lmao

glad to hear it. Looking forward to seeing what they do.

The original video was talking more about balance between factions and loadouts 🤙🏻

I still dont get what you mean dude, what should change or not change in your mind?

@@jacey320 the other video outlines that.

Bipod mechanic would make sense on MG42 as balance factor, irl MG34/42 were firing so fast that if everyone would just aim and hip-fire it, everyone would just rage-quit

Modding would be dope for this reason

Well HLL got marketed as a tactical WW2 shooter, obviously failed on that regard. I dropped the game for that reason.

I think you make a good point; what people think is realistic, and what is actually realistic are often markedly different. A large part of this is that popular fiction often portrays things in a heightened dramatic way, like having someone who is shot go flying backward. The idea is that, in a movie, you want to make the important bits (like a death) really stand out, and so naturally use exaggerated motions. There's TV Tropes pages, about various reasons to not be realistic, ranging from the rule of drama, to the rule of funny, to the rule of cool. More and more I'm starting to think they should be required reading for media creators, so they can dislodge the realism stick and use it for what it's meant for- a tool, not the end goal of all media. Then again the people crying about realism often ignore unrealistic stuff that they like. Like how Shadiversity or such will tear apart a movie for having too early weapons or armor, but allow for the biological abomination of a flying fifty foot firebreathing lizard.

I don’t know if highly realistic is the right word, there’s no advanced medical, no real command structure (every game pretty much turns into people free roaming the map), no stamina system, no weight system. It’s just a slower paced game really, still pretty immersive though

Yeah, I remember my grandpa telling me that on the beaches of Normandy he saw a ton of soldiers in winter coats who didn't say a word and just dolphin dived everywhere while headshotting a German with a Tommy gun from 200+

@@JustSkramoh trill shit? My granddaddy just told me the same thing

Yeah did you see the brits😂😂😂 if thats historical for you...

A realistic game then it would just be the Germans getting their asses kicked every match

@@zachballs7079 most of the time it would be the other way around

@@banger2998 I found the local wehraboo

that was be cool feature btw :D and tank will be able to destroy wooden fences xD

@@Monifans. want to explain how?

Like in a bad way? I’m still learning 😅

@@midlevelgeoff yeah i was watching it on my TV, your commentary was super quite while you other Audio was much louder. You got this tho keep it up

@@Kobe242x4oof thanks for the heads up man, I’ll keep working on it.

You and the thirty other people who play it are welcome to think that

@@midlevelgeoff yeah just some people suck man I get it…..one day you’ll get better I promise pal😃😃😃

The beauty of the game is that it’s a decent blend of both

Skill issues

Literally the game is visually stunning and I do enjoy that it’s not your typical run and gun. But Christ give us hit indicators at least. If this game is to be as “realistic” as they claim it to be, let me know where I’m being shot at.

HLL literally marketed itself and got most of its kickstarter funding because the devs were offering the elements of historical authenticity. You can always keep a fun balance between historical accuracy and gameplay, the issue is that the devs have shown that they don't give a fuck about the historical element and U14 was the straw that broke the cammels back for a lot of people including myself.

@@iratus4575 this is true, but at certain point you can’t be historically accurate or the game would be miserable. El Alamein map is made up from scratch, if they went off the actual place it would be a flat desert with land mines and maybe one building. Non historical map was a better choice.

The audience is significantly narrower than Squads. Its a niche game with a niche time period. I don't believe it to be the only contributing factor, but it sure didn't set it up for success either. Also might have helped if the studio did literally any marketing, but I don't believe it would have ever been bigger than the more accessible HLL. Even under the most charitable circumstances.

@MidLevelGeoff it wouldn't have had the reach of HLL, cause squad exists. Ww2 isn't really niche but squads gameplay is, and squad has both better gameplay and way more content

@@nitothefunkybunch6938 hardcore milsim in ww2 is niche tho. And it’s the blending of realism and arcade elements that make HLL what it is. At the end of the day, PS should have just been a mod.

Milsim is the niche. If the gameplay is good setting doesn't matter much. But back to the point, yes HLL is an easy to learn of Squads formula. But the "realism makes the game unfun" is far too general of a statement to roll with. In some cases its true, I don't think anyone wants assistant mgs in this game, but in some cases it's the opposite, like adding subfactions.

@@midlevelgeoff i'll chime in to disagree. PS died for alot of reasons but one of them was not a lack of appeal. terrible marketing, optimization, balance, a toxic and elitist community, hard to get into? yes. but the game was very appealable IMO.