The Encounter is a nice proving ground to get to grips with the game, but having to play that single map over and over until you level up and unlock the next game mode (Skirmish) is a bit of a pain. No floating nameplates or healthbars, if an enemy is sitting in a bush and you run past them, hell, if they're standing out in the open and you're just not paying attention, then you simply won't see them and the first clue you'll have that they're there is a bullet in your dome. With no overhead map, or anything more than a single red marker popping up saying "spotted" when an ally sees an enemies last location, you really have to keep your eyes peeled. The game automatically puts you into squads, which is cool, so you can move with the same people and talk over squad chat (most unlikely at the beginning but still useful), at least you can try and stick with them and focus on a single target. The same linear progression also comes into play with the game modes, starting out you only have access to Encounter mode, which is a single map that allows around 15v15 two way battle fighting to capture a single objective. Acquiring new gear is a little on the slow side and is very linear for early game, the biggest issue being that using your items gives them item degradation and you constantly have to repair them, as well as purchase new consumables, so it is a constant balance of spending currency to keep your current weapons in action whilst at the same time saving up to buy new ones. Guns, ammo, and vehicles all work in a similar fashion where you need to use lower level ones in order to acquire higher level (again this might be something you can bypass with premium currency). And almost unlikely.Īcquiring new gear comes with both using items and earning medals/proficiencies which also acts as prerequisite to buying higher level gear. Hardly game breaking but no doubt a frustration for some people. With this in mind we can see why the game gives you access to all of the nations, in reality most players are only going to level up a specific faction most likely, however, the easy access to any factions low-level unit does seem like it could make cross-faction spying a possibility for competitive gamers and planting an infantry in your clans/guilds opposition army and feeding back information. Each nation has five different characters (six including Generals) that essentially act the same as a class Infantry, Sniper, Pilot, Paratrooper and Armor Driver, with Infantry being the character everyone starts out with and players having to pay in game (or premium) currency to unlock the others. The game offers incomparable early hands-on access and participation: A real opportunity for gamers to influence everything from map layout to weapon handling, evolving the game’s design alongside dedicated interaction with Reto-Moto team members.So, you get to play as the three available nations in the game Germany, Russia and America, and you can play as any of them on the same account, switching between them from game to game and level each character up independently. Heroes & Generals is being developed in close collaboration with the community at every step – including the current playable Alpha stage. Detailed infantry and vehicle-based battles erupt in sprawling, sophisticated environments flanked by cutting-edge effects and audio.
Heroes & Generals is a PC game that’s fully playable in a browser, yet it offers state-of-the-art graphics and sound thanks to the proprietary Retox engine. Players can enter the fray as ‘Heroes’ in the trenches of war torn Europe or take a step back and manage battlefield assets, army units and reinforcements as ‘Generals’.
Heroes & Generals is a Free2Play Massive Online FPS with a Strategic Multiplayer Campaign, taking place in the European theater of war during WWII. The game is currently in Alpha-stage, so bear in mind that the graphics and sound shown here is still far from final. This new videolog takes gamers behind the scenes for a closer look at the development of Reto-Moto’s upcoming Massive Online Strategic Shooter. Reto-Moto has released a new videolog for their free-to-play first person shooter, Heroes & Generals.