10 best war games for different platforms

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Feel like a participant in grandiose military conflicts - both real and fictional.

1. DEFCON

Platforms: PC.

A free interpretation of the cult science fiction film War Games, in which the essence of the Cold War is fully demonstrated. You act as a general who must destroy the entire population of the enemy state and protect your country.

DEFCON is a global strategy in which breaking an alliance is as easy as making one. Every time you act against an enemy, you expose the location of your own units. Therefore, every now and then we have to weigh all the pros and cons.

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2. Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox.

A first-person shooter that will allow you to experience all the horrors of war in your own skin. This is the real story of an airborne platoon abandoned in one of the areas of Normandy. The soldiers will have to recapture Carantan, take part in the battle for "Hill 30" and help the infantry land on the beach in the Utah sector.

Project locations have been recreated from historical photographs. To make the project as realistic as possible, the developers interviewed veterans and even attended combat tactics classes. The result is one of the most elaborate World War II games ever.

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3. Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android.

Valiant Hearts is very different from most war games. The project is a mixture of not too difficult puzzles and touching plot inserts interspersed with rhythmic action. Against the background of all this, you have to watch how France is covered by the First World War.

The developers did not try to present the fighting in a realistic way - this is a cartoon game with exaggerated images of war. However, a collection of historical facts is available in Valiant Hearts, so if you wish, you can still get your portion of horror and suffering.

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4. Tyranny

Platforms: PC.

An RPG set in a world devastated by war and conquered by a despot. In the role of a commander with considerable power, you have to bring order to him or simply follow the path of satisfying your own ambitions.

Despite the fact that Tyranny is a fantasy game, there are many analogies to real-life wars in it. You will form alliances, make enemies and fight for your own beliefs.

And you are unlikely to find at least one more project in which you can take a child soldier as an assistant.

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5. Battlefield 1

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.

One of the few high-budget shooters about the First World War. The single player campaign is divided into six stories, each of which is told from the perspective of an ordinary soldier. Play as an inexperienced British tanker, an American impostor pilot and even a fearless assistant to Lawrence of Arabia.

But the most memorable mission in Battlefield 1 is the very first. In it you play at once for several soldiers who are dying on the battlefield one after another. Such an introduction is an excellent demonstration of the futility of any war.

The project also boasts an excellent multiplayer mode. In it, battles look no less spectacular than in story missions, and among the available classes of fighters and modes, everyone can find something suitable for themselves.

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6. This War of Mine

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android.

A game that reminds you that in times of war it is difficult for everyone - not only fighters, but also ordinary citizens who are unable to defend themselves. The project is based on the history of Sarajevo, which was under siege for 1,425 days during the Bosnian War.

You have to control people hiding in the ruins of buildings. During the day you will equip the shelter, craft tools and weapons, help neighbors, at night - look for supplies. The main enemies are the lack of food and medicine, cold and looters. The goal in This War of Mine is not to win, but simply to survive.

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7. Unity of Command

Platforms: PC.

Turn-based wargame set on the Eastern European Front during World War II. Complete with all the add-ons, the game is an extensive collection of the most important campaigns - from the "Barbarossa" plan to the victory of the Soviet troops over Germany.

In Unity of Command, it is very important to be able to control the supply. To win, you need to carefully study the map and carefully plan every action of the army, taking into account the long supply of supplies and the high probability of losing them altogether. If you can't feed and equip your fighters, then it doesn't matter how well they can shoot.

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8. Company of Heroes

Platforms: PC.

A real-time strategy game about World War II that set the bar for all games in the genre. You will hardly find any shortcomings in it: here and an amazing storyline campaign, and a very interesting multiplayer mode, and excellent visual effects for its time, and high-quality sound design.

Company of Heroes is a game in which you willy-nilly will empathize with every soldier on the battlefield, even the enemy. And the battles are not cold strategic maneuvers, but desperate skirmishes, the outcome of which is truly worried.

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9. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii.

Before the Call of Duty series morphed into a bunch of mindless sci-fi shootouts with a bunch of clichéd plot moves, Modern Warfare was born - a game that had a lot to say about modern warfare. In particular, the fact that now the power is not with those who have a larger army, but with those who have modern technologies and nuclear weapons.

Take, for example, the mission on the AC-130 aircraft: in it, you shoot groups of enemies from a safe distance, observing what is happening through the monochrome sight of the thermal imager. This is just one example that the war, contrary to popular belief, is still changing. And the task in Pripyat, which is the memories of one of the main characters and is considered by many to be one of the best shooters in the history of shooters, looks especially impressive against this background.

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10. Rome: Total War

Platforms: PC, iOS.

Global strategy about Ancient Rome. The developers decided not to make any radical changes to the gameplay of the Total War series, but simply took it and perfected it to almost perfect.

In this turn-based game, random events happen every now and then. Against their background, you are free to build buildings, expand and improve the army, engage in diplomacy or espionage, and fight.

In battles that take place in real time, it is very important to think over each action. Thousands of warriors can take part in them, which became possible thanks to a special graphics engine. Even the History Channel and BBC Two have used it to simulate important historical battles.