Heroes & Generals | Riding your bike through the battlefield going 'Ring ring motherfucker'

[Darth-Veger]

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Heroes & Generals is a free to play, online war game developed by Reto-Moto with multiple game modes accessible from multiple platforms. Play the game as the hero on the battlefield, the officer making the tactical decisions to win the battle, the general command devising the grand strategy and everything in between.

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[TD][U][B]Information
[/B][/U]Players can choose to play as 'Heroes' fighting in the trenches or take a step back and manage battlefield assets, army units and reinforcements as 'Generals'.

The war is fought out continuously across Windows, iOS and Android devices with thousands of players, and the result of every clash and battle alters the scope of the ongoing war campaign and might affect the final outcome. Every conflict takes place across diverse battlegrounds including contested cities, factories and airfields, each one represented on the strategic map.

[B]The Action Game
[/B]The core of the game is a team-based first-person shooter. The players can engage in combat using a variety of characters, customizable weapons and vehicles such as tanks, fighter planes and even bikes.

[B]The Strategic Layer
[/B]The action-game extends into a strategic top layer that binds the individual FPS sessions into a larger war with thousands of other players. On the strategic level players are able to command other players or entire groups in Assault Teams into combat. On top of that the strategic players have to manage resources and reinforcements in order to secure key locations on the battle map.

[B]The Campaign
[/B]Each part of the game can be played separately and are designed to be enjoyable for everyone no matter how deeply they wish to be involved in the war. Heroes & Generals unique combination of FPS and Strategy gameplay allows players to participate in the grand online war at hugely different levels. Once-a-week FPS gamers can play alongside hardcore 10-hours-aday master strategists, and all players play their role in the grand war.

[B]Multiple Platforms
[/B]Heroes & Generals is build for multiple platforms all connected to the same massive universe.
The action part of the game is playable on PC, and the strategy part of the game is accessible on PC and iOS/Android through the upcoming app Heroes & Generals: Mobile Command.

[B]Community Driven Development
[/B]The development of the game is community driven with players involved in the design and development decisions. This ensures that Heroes & Generals continues to be a game by gamers forgamers.

[B]A Team of Hitman Veterans
[/B]Reto-Moto was founded in 1997 and quickly transformed into IO Interactive, which went on to release Hitman and Freedom Fighters. In 2004 IO Interactive was sold to Eidos, however the founding members of Reto-Moto left Eidos and reformed their old company, bringing in some of the core developers from IO Interactive to work on Heroes & Generals.[/TD]
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[B]Links[/B]
[URL="http://www.heroesandgenerals.com/2/index.html"]Sign up the closed beta[/URL] (Soon open beta)
[URL="http://wiki.heroesandgenerals.com/wiki/Main_Page"]Wikipedia[/URL]
[URL="http://forum.heroesandgenerals.com/"]Forum[/URL]
[URL="https://www.facebook.com/HeroesAndGenerals"]Facebook[/URL]
[URL="https://twitter.com/heroesngenerals"]Twitter[/URL]
[URL="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93051095"]Greenlight[/URL] (They are greenlighted! yay)

[B]Media
[/B][video=youtube;ZoohC7IwIH8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoohC7IwIH8[/video]
[t]http://puu.sh/1Trq5[/t][t]http://puu.sh/1T00z[/t][t]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596979776469910400/5E06836416C20DEE322783FF3506925C4236A0A2/[/t][t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/596979776470040716/C754714EB44444FA0C6D191E0489FDF3F4F043B1/[/t][t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/596979776469908117/5D0A38E3CA5B1973E5F91AAB7E136FBAE3B5C464/[/t][t]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596979776469894170/40D5FDF10E3FD4D9241377C3494A8CA66AC18273/[/t][t]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596979776469907071/2C31EECDFBB68CB38E3CDD6CD1080B4140828830/[/t]

[B]Hardware requirements[/B]

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[TD]CPU[/TD]
[TD]2GHz CPU w. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE3"]SSE3[/URL] instruction set - dual-core recommended[/TD]
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[TD]RAM[/TD]
[TD]1.5 GB RAM - 2 or more recommended[/TD]
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[TD]GPU[/TD]
[TD]ATI: HD X1800 or above (with >512mb RAM)
Nvidia: 7900 or above (with >512mb RAM)[/TD]
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[TD]OS[/TD]
[TD]Windows XP, Vista or 7[/TD]
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[TD]HDD[/TD]
[TD]1.3 gb on drive containing %temp%[/TD]
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Recommended hardware requirements at this time:
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[TH="colspan: 2"]RECOMMENDED[/TH]
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[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, colspan: 2, align: center"]Currently under revision[/TH]
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[TD]CPU[/TD]
[TD]CPU with a score > 3000 on this list – [URL="http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html"]CPU Benchmarks[/URL][/TD]
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[TD]RAM[/TD]
[TD]4 GB RAM[/TD]
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[TD]GPU[/TD]
[TD]ATI or Nvidia graphics adapter with >1gb RAM
and a score >1000 here: [URL="http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html"]Videocard Benchmarks[/URL][/TD]
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[TD]OS[/TD]
[TD]Windows 7[/TD]
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[TD]HDD[/TD]
[TD]>1.5 gb on drive[/TD]
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[B]Facepunch Players (Ask if you want to be in this list):
[/B]([I]Italic name [/I]= Facepunch username)
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[TD][B]Germany[/B][/TD]
[TD][B]America[/B][/TD]
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[TD]DrVagax
[I]Darth Veger[/I][/TD]
[TD]Garro
[I]Masamune[/I][/TD]
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[TD]CorePax[/TD]
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[TD]CptAsgard[/TD]
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[TD]Garro[/TD]
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[TD]SLNC[/TD]
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[TD]Te Great Skeeve[/TD]
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[TD]Erghantar
[I]Legolas[/I][/TD]
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[TD]SS.Prillen
[I]4NGRY MUFF1N
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[TD]Unspoken
[I]Sunkite[/I][/TD]
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[TD]Pilotguy
[I]Pilotguy97[/I][/TD]
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[TD]Hammer7_IL
[I]Hammer7[/I][/TD]
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[TD]Hanz
[I]Zillamaster55[/I]
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[TD]Noahi[/TD]
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And remember: The bicycles are your best weapon and vehicles.

[krakadict]

no british army? i'll guess i'll roll german then when i get in the beta

[Darth-Veger]

[QUOTE=krakadict;39379997]no british army? i'll guess i'll roll german then when i get in the beta[/QUOTE]

Honestly a British force would make more sense. But in-game both sides are named 'Axes and Allies' so i think that they might add more countries later on?

[SLNC]

RPS still has about 1000 keys.

[url]http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/keys/2013/01/18/the-big-heroes-generals-giveaway/[/url]

[Patremagne]

Played a bit earlier in the beta, made a new account so I could get a better name with one of the keys Silence so kindly linked to.

Playing as Garro for the Fatherland.
I don't really remember, can I unlock other classes? Like paratrooper and shit.

and wow, the ping is utter shit on every server.

[SLNC]

Yeah you can add me to the list too.

SLNC (datSLNC as Soldier name) for the Germans.

[Patremagne]

Played a few games and it seems just as unpolished as it was a few months ago.

[Zillamaster55]

I'll probably take Germany. If I get MG42, I'm cool.

[Vosk]

I already play, i'm on Germany as well. my name is Vosk in-game as well.

[Darth-Veger]

Tip: If you are going to play the FPS part, switch your screen from the Campaign to Customization.
The map eats up all your CPU and RAM. I had a 40 FPS boost after i did that.

[Te Great Skeeve]

I'm on the Germany side, add me to the list, I haven't played very much though because I haven't been able to connect to the servers

[Darth-Veger]

Joining a server isn't that hard, as the Customization screen press 'Enter Combat' and the matchmaking will start.
[IMG]http://puu.sh/1Tx4q[/IMG]

[Patremagne]

[QUOTE=darth-veger;39381570]Joining a server isn't that hard, as the Customization screen press 'Enter Combat' and the matchmaking will start.
[IMG]http://puu.sh/1Tx4q[/IMG][/QUOTE]
"No available hosting centers"

[Darth-Veger]

[QUOTE=Masamune;39381788]"No available hosting centers"[/QUOTE]

Got that as well, according to their recent news they are doing stress tests and general maintenance.

[BAR]

BAR918 on German side.

[MoarFunz]

This sounds really great, I hate to hear that it's Free to Play, but whatever.
thanks for the keys, silence.

[editline]28th January 2013[/editline]

oh wow that trailer, these guys are brilliant.

[Darth-Veger]

[QUOTE=MoarFunz;39388420]This sounds really great, I hate to hear that it's Free to Play, but whatever.
thanks for the keys, silence.

[editline]28th January 2013[/editline]

oh wow that trailer, these guys are brilliant.[/QUOTE]

There are a few things you really need to pay real money for, right now i got a melee weapon, side arm and customized my primary weapon, all that within 2-3 days

[Ishwoo]

Would be nice to get some more allied players, 90% of games i've played allies are always outnumbered and it seems like the entire german army is equipped with MG42s

[editline]28th January 2013[/editline]

Anyone know if they're ever going to increase the player count in battles? Would be awesome to see like 100 players per side

[Dohman]

I got the weirdest bug on the rock, paper, shotgun site, it tells me that my IP adress has already been used to acquire a key.. But I'm absolutely positive that I didn't get a key earlier, there's no account associated with my email.

[Darth-Veger]

[QUOTE=mu ha ha;39389578]I got the weirdest bug on the rock, paper, shotgun site, it tells me that my IP adress has already been used to acquire a key.. But I'm absolutely positive that I didn't get a key earlier, there's no account associated with my email.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/keys/2013/01/18/the-big-heroes-generals-giveaway/[/url][B]?get_key=1[/B]

Are you sure the get_key=1 is not there? Otherwise try using a VPN

[Walkas]

Created an account before I found a key and now that I found one, I don't know where do enter it.
Really want to play.

Edit: Nevemind, apparently the key is already used, guess i'l just wait for them to send me a one.

[Mr. Agree]

Just started playing and was blown away. Expected nothing from this but it looks great. Reminds me of a mix of COD 2 and Dishonored for some reason.

[Skelosk]

Wasn't this game greenlit on Steam?

[Darth-Veger]

Oh man i can't wait for in-game voip. I will explode if voip would also use fmod because [I]holy fuck[/I] the sounds in this game are nice

[SLNC]

[QUOTE=darth-veger;39390386]Oh man i can't wait for in-game voip. I will explode if voip would also use fmod because [I]holy fuck[/I] the sounds in this game are nice[/QUOTE]

And the communication would improve, as of now there is little to no communication...

[Patremagne]

It'd be [I]fantastic[/I] if I could stop getting the "no room" messages for games that clearly have fucking room. 80% of the time I can't join a match.

[Darth-Veger]

[QUOTE=Masamune;39390880]It'd be [I]fantastic[/I] if I could stop getting the "no room" messages for games that clearly have fucking room. 80% of the time I can't join a match.[/QUOTE]

I just silently say to myself: [I]"Don't you complain because this game is in closed beta, everything will be better later on... I hope"[/I]

But there are going to be more and better servers once it goes open beta. Just use Matchmaking, that always works.

[Patremagne]

[QUOTE=darth-veger;39390979]I just silently say to myself: [I]"Don't you complain because this game is in closed beta, everything will be better later on... I hope"[/I]

But there are going to be more and better servers once it goes open beta. Just use Matchmaking, that always works.[/QUOTE]
Yeah but I don't remember having these problems several months ago when I first tried it. Matchmaking never works when the "no room" error appears, it gives the error I posted somewhere above.

[Zillamaster55]

Hanz, German

[Darth-Veger]

If both sides are getting equal weapons (stats, not weapon models) i think they should introduce auto-balance. I think there are a buttload more Germans then Americans \