The fact that this game never got a sequel saddens me.

What I love on the audio is that when you zoom in an idle unit you can hear them chatter in their own respective language.

They included a piece of the Berlin Wall in their collector's edition. Who does that??! Insanely awesome game.

One of my favorite games ever. Too bad no one plays online anymore even on the free version. This is one game that certainly deserves a sequel that it will never see :(.

The best "Getting outnumbered by enemy tanks" simulator I have ever played 10/10

RIP Bannon

Who gave us this coordinates, we got blue on blue, Hunter Out! Gotta love the sound of WiC

The most epic RTS I've played, and this comes from someone who played the entire C&C series four or five times.

It's the explosions. OMG, the explosions. They are so great. And big. And, just, so, God-damn explosive. I've never seen better ones (though the ones I set off in my ex's bin were quite spectacular.)

I feel like this is a good time to play this again.

WiC has no right in the world to look, sound and feel so good, even for today and especially taking into consideration the release date of the game :P

Anyone here would like to play multiplayer? Even against bots? I miss it... Btw, did you evene realise, the longer you fight, the darker the skies are? What an amazing detail.

KZfaq recommendations has outdone its self this time

Just loaded this game back up a couple of days ago still love a good RTS.

How does a game win awards and get such great reviews and yet doesn't continue? I still have WIC on my PC and It's still one of my all time favorites.

We need a new edition of this game, I loved this. There is a very small WiC community on GameRanger. But even for the sole campaign is worth it. I truly don't know this game isn't more popular. We need a 2020 release with just better animations of the story, no more. Even the ingame videos are awesome. Controls are easy to learn and even if at first the interface is overwhelming, with a couple of hours you'll manage right. I repeat, this game deserves a "reboot" , same game, just better graphics. Same story, same actors. Just more advertisement

I just replayed WiC: Complete Edition a few weeks ago and it was a blast! The immersion in the campaign was fantastic and I was able to feel the "cold" war vibe throughout the sessions. The story, soundtrack, atmosphere and everything were just top notch for a game that was released 11 years ago. P.S: Thank you for the video! I'm glad someone finally made a retrospective video about World in Conflict, which has been highly overshadowed and underrated throughout these times. I wish you luck for the future of the channel! You just got yourself a notification troop! P.P.S: More classic game retrospectives please!!

Can we PLEASE get WIC 2

I hope you get more popular. Fantastic work.

So sad that is never gonna get a sequel

I wish it got a sequel for the world war remains unfinished

this game was a unicorn . never to be seen again in sequal. sheer brillinace . i still play it.

I still love the way that they had made some dialogs on different units and if you draw the camera close you can hear the units chatting on their own and in their own language (Soviet Unit in Russian, Leopard 2 crews in German.etc)， it just made more humanity in those units. Endwar(also by Ubisoft) have a similar approach that the infantry units also had chatting dialogs, and that's also one of the reason i like it, as well as Desert of Kharak that also would pop up random radio transmissions between units. Too bad most people dont pay attention to such details these days.

Such a beautiful game , such a gem. I was a ruthless hardcore fps gamer and then i found this game...it shows truly a beauty to RTS games

You mentioned the Soviet campaign missions letting you get used to the units, but from what I recall, the units are almost identical across all factions, with just a very small number of specific active abilities being unique (HESH rounds come to mind) - so, what would be the purpose of getting used to these units? All three factions play essentially exactly the same, the differences are barely more than cosmetic.

What set from this game among RTS games I played like (CnCG, CoH and Red Alert) is their unit grouping system. Like you have group of units assigned to one, then you can assign some units within group one into “two” without removing those units assigned to “one” This gave me more versatility and able to shift back and forth into safe formations without interfering the original order of the main group

do "act of war: direct action/high treason" a totally overlooked game thats basically the last golden age rts

I loved World in Conflict for its gameplay and its story, and the characters and just how everything so WORKED. And my god the off-map artillery support...SATISFYING. The fact that more than half of it was set in my hometown and let me enjoy the glorious feeling of defending our shores from the Reds was just icing.

Something subtle, but the camera was amazing, more immersive and cinematic and gave the whole maps a more open feeling.

WiC is not as groundbreaking as you make it out to be. It is a spiritual successor to Massives own Ground Control (2) which has very similar mechanics. Fantastic game though.

Oh my childhood... This channel........ This guuuuy is heaven sent

Recently finished the campaign again, even in 2021 it still holds up as a genius piece of game design. Took me about 15-16 hours or so. Side objectives can be a bit of a pain in the dick to complete sometimes, but are all doable if you're quick enough to do so.

This game was so awesome, definitely the best RTS of the mid 2000's I think I enjoyed it more than Tiberium Wars at the time-I think this was Sierra Entertainment's last game before they went defunct.

If you ask me a very amazing game that is very underrated, It’s this beautiful game.

I remember from the time referring to this game as an "RTT" - real time tactics. A then new genre I think.

This is the video that capture what I love about WiC the best. You just earned yourself a subscriber.

You have reminded me of soooo many games I love. I played this game for so long and held it up as my favorite game

I have played the campaign so many times, never was a fan of the multiplayer though. I wish there was a mod that unlocks every unit in the campaign so you could try out various tactics.

Not only is the gameplay terrific but it's a very well written war story. I like how the complete edition shows both the American and Soviet points of view so it's not simply good guys versus bad guys. It also shows how the war affects the characters and their personal lives.

WIC has great sounds - sounds of war and soundtracks (Ola Strandh). Also I love their map designs looks like (I love maps like x-mas, riviera, farmland, radar, riverbed and powerplant).

The lesser popular Supreme Commander was commented by my cousin in 2016 that "you can fucking make a movie out of gameplay footage" is the best illustration of how intense the competition for RTS in 2007 is.

Omg i love this game... this game made my childehood ... i still have the ingame musics and songs

The first strategy game I ever played online was a fantastic game for its era. One day...maybe just one day we will get a sequel. Nostalgia!...great vid. Just subbed!

My Niece: Hey uncle! Look at this game called Fortnite! Me: Well, Almost 11 years ago...

One of the better OSTs for the game is Sniper Run - started playing at 7:30.

A comment I saw on GOG which may be valuable: "runs like a charm if you apply the patch to give it more memory" ~ Great video Zade, found it via your comment link in Red Alert review☺ It + expansion are currently $10 on GOG-wishlisted. It probably won't be my cup of tea as I prefer a lot more strategic gameplay, but certainly looks to warrant at least one playthru.

Wow thanks for this video, it definitely made me reminiscent the days of when I played video games a lot. Zade did you play way back when it first came out? I was known as a "pug star" My name in-game was "[THE]Supman". I was the 1st to get all gold metals in the achievements and the 1st to launch 1000 nukes. I also pushed to get #1 in the charts for a week. I quit before the expansion.

Loved the story of this game, never played multiplayer tho, but it seems so cool . great video

I actually go and play this fairly often to this day. Albeit I started playing it I believe back in 2014

Best RTS of modern warfare ever, especially with Modern Warfare mod and custom maps. There are a few "heirs" but no one can compare with WiC which is also the only one with nukes.

Very informative video. I may never have time to play this but it looks fun.

I cannot explain how good this game is - favourite PC strategy game, favourite PC single player game. If you like any Cold War movies or games or at all interested in the Cold War, buy it, period. It's all about the story, scenarios, and acting.

Gonna give this a go, wish it was remastered. Just finished Modern Warfare COD Remastered, total classic

Grew up playing RTS games starting with C&C and Warcraft. World in conflict and Company of Heroes being some of my all time favorite games! Would love to have seen a World in Conflict 2.

This is one of my top 5 games of all time. Woefully underrated. I find myself fortunate that a friend recommended the game to me or I would have missed this gem.

My god, how much time did i spent in a multiplayer... 10k+ matches, hundreds of hours... good days.

It's 2021. I'm about to play it again. This is one of the best RTS and I want it to know

Best strategy campaign outside of Wings of Liberty. Really touching story, great atmosphere, awesome characters. Nothing really compares.

I lived in Bellingham WA in 1989. I remember the King Dome. This game had a special place in my heart... and since the rise of CHAZ... it had a new creepy vibe.

I saw the thumbnail and thought this was some news report on world conflicts in 2018. I wasn't disappointed though.

I never finished WIC but it stuck with me and I loved the setting and once I get my PC fixed I so need to finish it

you also got tactical aid points for capturing points, if a team pools the points you can get a tripple nuke pretty early in the round and then place them with 10 second intervals to kill 3 spawn waves of enemies.

Ah this brings me back to the old days in 7th grade. WiC and Endwar were my jams!

I remember the one time I was playing the creek map and I moved my soldiers into the town on the one side of the bridge, that was the last I ever saw of em, not one but 2 nukes were dropped on that town to deny the enemy.

I brought the collectors edition that came with a fake piece of the Berlin wall. Loved this game.

Loved this game, this Gererals C&C 3 and Act of war DA where the best of the best of RTS

This game really needed a sequel

Well done!

1:53 Basicalliy the game is a Spin off of the novel by SIR JOHN HACKET: WORLD WAR III. THE UNTOLD STORY. if you everhave read that novel you immediately get some d´déjà vus in your haed going on. The book had been published in 1982 and became world wide a success. It has not only influence other computer games as you mentioned but also Tactical Board games like NATO were you had to defend Middle Europe in the way used in this game. Also the James Bond movie OCTOPUSSY refered to the book. Just mentioning If you are interested there are still a lot of copies of Sir John Hackets reknowned book around

I love this game. Thank you for the video.

The end of the first mission in which you liberate West Berlin left my Jaw on the floor. I've never seen carpet bombing depicted in such an awe-inspiring way.

Oh, man... I absolutely loved the campaign in this game. Maybe it's because I live in a country formerly under the Iron Curtain, or maybe Bannon's redemption arc... I dunno, but it was absolutely glorious!

Nice video, I wish you had talked more about soviet assault. The added soundtracks are even better than the previous ones. Not to mention its even super great story.

Oh yeah, it's a good time to replay it now with the proper PC at hand. I remember how FPS dropped severely (below 20) during massive clashings or major airstrikes.

One of the greatest games ever created...with a HELLIVA advertisement budget! God DAMN it was good!

They actually did motion capture for the cutscenes. It's an odd choice for an RTS, especially all the way back in 2007, but it looks good.

I loved this game was a great multi-player rts team work was soo important. General Jay was my tag had my own clan wish i had access to my achievements haha.

This and end war has the best nuke gameplay

love this game , great memories

This game had awesome trailers, storyline and one of the only games to show invading soviets as humans like any other.

This was my go-to game in college and remains the ONLY game I have ever enjoyed playing online.

An absolutely brilliant game, still looks good today.

Put in a lot of hours in this. Need to bring it back. WiC2 anyone?

I have played a lot of games. But this game I believe has the best Off map support system till now. Also, the engagement ranges of tanks are accurate. Very few strategy games have this. Company of heroes tanks have the engagement distance of 100 mts (based on the size of the streets and buildings) In World in Conflict, you place a Heavy Tank on top of a hill/cliff with a clear line of sight and it has the capacity to shoot halfway across a town. Which is actually realistic. And Bruh the range of the heavy artillery. Finally how an artillery should look like. (The range is still not fully realistic compared, but you can still shoot half way across the map.) Using 2 heavy Artillery in multiplayer and raining fire down on checkpoints is ❤️

Oh man, I only ever played the campaign when this cane out. Sounds like I missed out!

My favourite game ever. Loved it and still consider it the best.

It is available on GOG for about 3-4 € at the moment for the complete edition. Currently playing it again. EDIT: make sure to apply a large address aware patch afterwards to avoid crashes.

If it where remastered It’d be godly

This game built my childhood...

Just finished the campaign and yeah,y answer is a definite yes, even in 2021.

well, the story is actually ripped from a Tom Clancy novel. The premise is almost the same as in Red Storm Rising. Yeah, they mostly build their own story and characters on that premise, but there are plenty of throwbacks to events in the novel. And the alternating Soviet and American plot structure is also found in the book

WiC is like the top notch RTS for me, hopefully Massive will create a spiritual successor to it

You can also buy it on the Uplay store. I actually got it for free from Uplay a few months back.

2:52 Laugh in 6 teams of AT squads rushing

My favorite game ever

I played a few months ago on a half filled server. =0 Been playing since the demo! This game had everything going for it, I don't see why they didn't follow up with it?!?!

greatest rts of my early adulthood

Loved this game.

I used to play the shit out of World in Conflict. Almost 3000 hours. At its height, I was in the top 20 for the Air role on multiplayer.

god this game was so fucking good. so depressing there was no successor. 5:05 arty noob spotted! this game was a 10/10 the multiplayer is so satisfying if you play with good players - i've seen some epic comebacks from being totally overrun. miss this game so much :(