Men of War features more than 50 different units including tanks, APCs and artillery. The PC game includes 30 hours of single- player gameplay, which is quite impressive for a hardcore strategy game single player experience. It features 19 single player missions at the core of the campaings, and you can also play a number of bonus missions that involve both defending and attacking objectives.
The multiplayer mode of Men of War includes 5 different factions - The US, Great Britain, Germany, Soviet Union and Japan. You can play in different game modes such as Combat, Battle Zone, Frontline and Cooperative, and two new modes Victory Flag and Valuable Cargo. The multiplayer mode supports up to 16 players. It is really interesting that you can play through the missions and campaigns cooperatively with a friend, a welcome and unusual additon to a strategy title.
The most noticeable feature in Men of War is that you can take direct control of one of your units. This opens up a number of tactical options for you to follow as you can control your unit like in a third-person action game, pulling off some heroic moves and turning the tide of a battle. Plus you can use historically accurate war vehicles in it, and an absurd variety of them at that!
Honestly, I enjoyed the vintage war vehicles, but it is not easy to get into the game. The difficulty of Men of War really makes it challenging to succeed on the battle grounds. At times, it feels really tiresome when the gameplay is all about well trodden war strategies, threatening to overshadow the innovative part of the game and spoil its gamplay. Also, the music in Men of War sounds repetitive and becomes irritating at times, impeding your focus during the long missions. Even the visuals would have been much better and prolific. Developers should keep note of these small drawbacks.
Men of War does not require much to run on your computer.
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- 1.7 GHz Processor
- 512MB RAM
- nVidia GeForce 3/ATI Radion 9600 video card
- DirectX 9.0
- 4GB free HDD space
- DVD drive
- Compatible sound card
Most possibly, 4GB free hard disk space is the only concern to consider. But given the challenging and interesting gameplay of Men of War, I think we can compromise on that.