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Hey Jarek, huge fan of your channel. I have a game that you haven't reviewed yet and it's the Shadow Warrior franchise. The one I have played the most is Shadow Warrior 2. But I'm sure you'll put this game series as one of your favorites. Keep up the great, work stay safe
instead of world war zero there is another one called iron storm which is the first version of the game that does have all the cinematic sonly iron storm no world war zero iron storm both have the same story but the simple iron storm of 2002 is complete even with cinematics that in the end in world war zero changed
Sad but interesting tidbit, the soviets did train dogs to run under enemy tanks and blow up, thus disabling the tank but..... problem was, they trained them with their own tanks, which ran on diesel, German tanks ran on gasoline so the first time they used them, they blew up their own tanks!
@@AParticularlyConcernedCitizen Askhually ThAT IS RuSSIa nOT tHE SovIEt UniON. Same difference. Tsarist Russia was incompetent, Soviet Russia was incompetent, and now modern Russia/Russian Federation is incompetent.
This game was originally "Iron Storm" (PC Exclusive), World War Zero was a heavily altered PS2 version (New weapons,improved weapon animations, heavily reworked character models, lowered difficulty, removed stealth and heavily simplified levels.) which got ported back to PC. Iron Storm PC is alot harder, it has scripted set pieces but they honestly mostly suck. (Such as forced stealth where being detected results in infinite health guards killing you.) Those things you say are missing were removed from the Original Iron Storm, the PS2 Version removed them first, then PC' WWZ version removed the splitscreen multiplayer. The Iron Storm devs later made Bet On Soldier, which is I think set in the same universe.
@@ElatenlBecause WWZ changes alot, it has the minigun/flamethrower as new weapons and the game is shorter due to removed/simplified gameplay sections. Also the final boss is new.
@@Soonjai I think some releases of Iron Storm had the "World War Zero" subtitle. Confusingly, some versions of the PS2 game are ALSO "Iron Storm: World War Zero". Still, since there's versions of Iron Storm that are just "Iron Storm" and versions of World War Zero that are just "World War Zero" those have stuck as the names for each version.
Oh my god I remember this game. My brother bought the ps2 version of this game years ago. I remember playing the game but I could never remember what it was called
I never played this World War Zero version of the game, but I did play the original PC version which is just called Iron Storm. I have vague memories of the cutscenes, and to my memory most of them were more about world building than character or plot stuff. The plot was basically that the war profiteer villain wanted to prevent the russian warlord from building an atomic bomb that could end the war. So first you kill the guy making the atom bomb, then you kill the profiteer. I do remember a few things from the game that were new to me at the time. Enemies could actually crouch, which was uncommon in most games of that era, and the grenade mechanic was unique. It was sort of like a halfway between having a grenade button and having to equip them as their own weapon. You would equip the grenade, and your character would hold it in his left hand and the gun in his right hand. You couldnt shoot the gun in this state, but you could just right click (or something, i forget) and he would put the grenades away and your gun was instantly at the ready. Judging from a moment in the video when you have a grenade equipped, it looks like they changed this mechanic for the ps2 port and pc re-release
If i get a pennie every time i've seen a interesting obscure game that takes place in a world where WW1 still went on, i'd have 3 pennies, which isn't alot but it's a weird coincidence that it happened more than twice
@@gabrielsantosbastos5257 ah I love Redcon one of the best mobile games still available. Never got to beat the game personally but I enjoyed it none the less.
I remember watching a playthrough of this game like a decade ago when I was on a dieselpunk kick. I think it must've been the PS2 version because I remember there being cutscenes, but they didn't add much. The only thing I remember from them was that civilians back home could buy war bonds for specific soldiers in the war, which essentially had turned the war into a pseudo-gambling scheme. It was weird, but hey; it stood out. I think your Warhammer comment is apt for this game, and not just because 40k has serious dieselpunk vibes. I'm pretty sure the studio behind World War Zero also worked on Fire Warrior; a pretty lackluster 40k shooter not long after, and I think they might've reused assets for both this and a Judge Dredd game I'm certain they worked on. At least they know how to make due with what they've got, I guess.
@@Th3Raz96 bet on soldier is aperently a sequel to this game achualy hints of this are shown in the first level witch is earely similar to the first mission of iron storm. And many guns are modernized versions of the ones in iron storm.
Hey Jarek, there is a Vietnamese made FPS about the Indochina war named 7554. The game is from 2011 and free to download on its own website. It does have English translation and it would be really cool if you decided to check it out and show some love for us Vietnamese viewer. The game is laughably bad and would give you and your twitch some good time for sure.
The concept art and enemy designs for this game are extremely badass, it's a real shame that the actual game is so bad. This whole game is a huge missed opportunity.
I agree. I play (and sometimes still do) the two versions of this game. And I love the concept of an alternate timeline world wars/cold war mix. The PC version is a nightmare because the goddamn SNIPERS, they make me love the ones on Medal of Honor Allied Assault when you steal the King Tiger tank. The PS2 is easier in hard than the easy difficulty in the PC version, except for the freaking final boss. TOOK ME A WHOLE HOUR IN FIND A WAY TO DEFEAT HIM.
When I was 10 I visited my grandmother's friend at her house in the country. She had a PS2 with a bunch of games and this was one of the cassettes sitting on the floor. I never played it, but seeing the cover art sorta just sparked a distant memory of a game I couldn't recall that had a man with a funny hat.
Speaking of alternate history WW1 game from the early 2000s, have you played Codename Eagle? It's from Refraction Games who then became part of DICE who basically used its engine and formula to make the Battlefield series from 1942-2142. It's alternate history ww1, and technically can be classified as the first "BF" single player. It's funny how the SP of it is much better than most BF singleplayer as it open map and uses the sandbox, iirc. Codename Eagle and it's MP is basically Battlefield 1942 before Battlefield 1942.
I was just reminded of this game, told the villain was far more interesting than we ever knew, than I at least. I was saying - what happened to games that were well written. The story was what attracted me to this title back in the day. Yes, I am that old - played this game on bare metal.
One thing you missed about the "villain" Ugenberg - he is inspired by a real White Russian Baron under the name of Ugern-Sternberg, which was so traumatised by the Russian Civil War that he went insane, and basically desired for what Ugenberg in this game is trying and succeeding in doing, of creating himself into Genghis Khan and conquering everything from Pacific to the half of Germany ( if you exclude the Atlantic Ocean borders ) Original game also mentions few references to the Russian Civil War people, such as Anton Denikin but there's not much more than it. Just a fun fact at best
Really now? It took me like 1-2 years after I beat ironstorm and world war zero to know of the existence of bet on soldier. I'm interested to see what this third game is.
Jarek, review these games: -Secret Service (2008), another Cauldron game. -E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy -Vietcong 1 and 2 -Deadly Dozen -The America's Army games
Honestly? We need more Warhammer 40k FPS games. Vermintide takes place in a completely different time period, I don’t even know how good Space Hulk: Deathwing is, idek where Darktide is taking place, and Space Marine(the Doom-like one), is probably gonna take ages to come out
actually suicide explosive dogs were really used during WW2 against german tanks, only this tactic pretty soon showed that its not working as should, cause in battle dogs usually dont recognize well where is enemy tank and where is friendly
I played this a child and this review is jokes because your right in every way but I still loved it back then XD pure nostalgia of the dreary brown palette world texture that matched the ambiguous storyline of a depressing, unending war of attrition, something about the style and clunky gameplay caught my attention, even if I never got past that specific train level which now watching this makes me cringe over the hours I spent wandering around a dull empty room before giving up on the story. Plus splitscreen PvP was actually low key on point 👌
Multiplayer in this game was fun. I really liked all the character and weapon models. I couldn't finish the campaign as it always crashed after the 2nd level, and I was a kid, so I didn't think to find a workaround.
@@Jarekthegamingdragon Yeah the PS2 version (Named World War Zero and made all the changes this version has.) made it alot easier. For instance, when you get captured, it's a long stealth section with gun turrets and invincibile enemies if you trigger the Alarm. (While you're stuck with the game's knife as your only weapon.) Also Enemy Snipers do 70 percent of your health, on normal, per shot. (I hear it's outright an instant kill on Hard.)
I remember playing the game in PC with all the removed things, I don't know if I was playing a mod or an emulator but I remember playing for a while in third person and quick saving a lot of times
6:35-6:50 was anything in the sound department not a stock sound there. I swear the industry humming is a 2 sec stock loop. the weapon fire is stock. the reload magazine metal scraping is stock.
Man. This game got the warhammer 40k feeling in terms of gun look. I was just typing this as the video was on and you literally said that XD. I will keep the comment because it's help with the algorithm.
i got a copy of this game from a value bin when i was like ten, thought it looked so cool but i could never get it to work on my moms laptop. awesome to see what was actually in the game
i wish someone recreated this game in todays time,but with more detail,more and better scripted sequences,old soldiers look,more boses ,ability to handle all available weapons ,keep the gritty atmosphere but they could add more colors,like yellow,green,red and blue not just bland grey and brown.I liked the trench levels from the og game more than wwz's one,it had that dark and gritty feel of the sludge trench fields and the horrors of war,with blood bones,decay and death all over the place,you can also imagine the smell,thats how dark it felt.This game had so much potential,it fucking sucks that it was never continued.There was also a plan for Iron Storm 2 but they scrapped that which is a shame.
Started playing this today on Steam Deck using PS2 emulator and I'm enjoying it way more than I thought I would. Gunplay is good and the precise aiming mode works really well. It kind of reminds me of the first Killzone a bit.
I just did a little bit of searching on Iron Storm and 4x Gaming Studio, these guys are actually called Kylotonn now. They made WRC games 5-10, and Flatout 4(which is so much better than Flatout 3 by the way). You can guess that they’re more into racing games now…
I always remember this game from the magazines and always wanted it well I got it recently and played it then I found out it was disappointingly cheap and stereotype I liked it I saw so much potential in it but its sadly lost I could see someone taking this game and improving it I can see what too do to it
this game would have been so cool . most people who palyed this dont know who he is but the villain Roman Von Sternberg wasa a real man who larped as genghis khan
I've played this game on the ps2, I was a og xbox guy but when I got the ps2, this game was with it and I played thinking it was bad, it's was because I'm bad at it, but none the less I enjoyed it
If ww1 were still going on 50 years later there'd be no Europe. Could probably say the same for 2. Modern war just seems to be ak 47 pot shots and random missile strikes, not civilian carpet bombing/ charging at machine guns
"Someone on the Western side is trying to continue to fuel the war so that it never ends, for profit, vaguely interesting because this has been done before, and done much better." You mean in real life right? XD Also, that minigun kinda seems like it's just the Venom gun from Return to Castle Wolfenstein
You could have used RivaTuner to cap the game framerate instead of V-Sync. And there are Bomb Dogs on an older game, Maken X for Dreamcast and it's heavily altered port for PS2, Maken Shao. One thing that always bothered me is how a number of shooters on the PS2 looks worst than Perfect Dark and Turok 2 on the N64, this one being one of them.
The story is based on an actual person called Baron Ungern von Sternberg that reformed the Mongolian horde to fight off the Bolsheviks after October Revolution. He sadly failed to fight off the communists but legacy lives on. PS2 version you played is, as you pointed, is quite mediocre in terms of lack of the content but the original game, IronStorm, is an absolute cult gem! I fully recommend giving that version a go considering it is very different in terms of level layout, the feel and the cutscenes and the setting it creates are absolutely sublime alt history!
Jarek doesn’t usually like zombie games, and it’s also a TPS. You CAN play in first person, but you need Aftermath for that. The only exceptions are L4D2 and Killing Floor 1.
The PC port honestly reminds me a little bit of the original Half Life; mostly the animations, graphics, high framerate, stuff like that. However, HL1 is LEAGUES better than this game ever was
A realistic flamethrower. They are bloody overpowered they literally spew ignited fuel which gets into every crack and sucks the oxygen from bunkers. Alas, I do remember this game from my childhood and it was shit
I remember getting this game for 5 bucks when I was a kid at wal mart. Not a bad time for little me. And world war z the game isn't all that bad, right?
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also, great vide as always. Love your stuff!
The story seems interesting it sounds like a type of game that would be good for a remake
Hey Jarek, huge fan of your channel. I have a game that you haven't reviewed yet and it's the Shadow Warrior franchise. The one I have played the most is Shadow Warrior 2. But I'm sure you'll put this game series as one of your favorites. Keep up the great, work stay safe
Do a review on the game Blood West
instead of world war zero there is another one called iron storm which is the first version of the game that does have all the cinematic sonly iron storm no world war zero iron storm both have the same story but the simple iron storm of 2002 is complete even with cinematics that in the end in world war zero changed
Sad but interesting tidbit, the soviets did train dogs to run under enemy tanks and blow up, thus disabling the tank but..... problem was, they trained them with their own tanks, which ran on diesel, German tanks ran on gasoline so the first time they used them, they blew up their own tanks!
in ww2 not ww1
@@Fjdjfjsz92938 @GHOSTLY_MOSTLY Yes, but the suicide dogs are in this game as shown in the video, hence the tidbit.
@BL Dontmatter We're seeing a lot of that right now in the Ukraine too, and probably much more later on.
@@AParticularlyConcernedCitizen Askhually ThAT IS RuSSIa nOT tHE SovIEt UniON.
Same difference. Tsarist Russia was incompetent, Soviet Russia was incompetent, and now modern Russia/Russian Federation is incompetent.
@@Web720 Yes, it doesn't matter what you call them, it's the same people doing the same things over and over.
This game was originally "Iron Storm" (PC Exclusive), World War Zero was a heavily altered PS2 version (New weapons,improved weapon animations, heavily reworked character models, lowered difficulty, removed stealth and heavily simplified levels.) which got ported back to PC.
Iron Storm PC is alot harder, it has scripted set pieces but they honestly mostly suck. (Such as forced stealth where being detected results in infinite health guards killing you.)
Those things you say are missing were removed from the Original Iron Storm, the PS2 Version removed them first, then PC' WWZ version removed the splitscreen multiplayer.
The Iron Storm devs later made Bet On Soldier, which is I think set in the same universe.
@@ElatenlBecause WWZ changes alot, it has the minigun/flamethrower as new weapons and the game is shorter due to removed/simplified gameplay sections.
Also the final boss is new.
@@Elatenl While a bit more boring, I'd say World War Zero is less frustrating to play.
That is why it is so different from the PC version i played, i thought i was going insane
@@samz8691 And here I was, thinking for years that World War Zero was just a alternate name / subtitle for Iron Storm.
@@Soonjai I think some releases of Iron Storm had the "World War Zero" subtitle.
Confusingly, some versions of the PS2 game are ALSO "Iron Storm: World War Zero".
Still, since there's versions of Iron Storm that are just "Iron Storm" and versions of World War Zero that are just "World War Zero" those have stuck as the names for each version.
Enemy: *surrenders*
Jarek: *shoots them anyways*
Me: great, enemy detained.
Oh my god I remember this game. My brother bought the ps2 version of this game years ago. I remember playing the game but I could never remember what it was called
I never played this World War Zero version of the game, but I did play the original PC version which is just called Iron Storm. I have vague memories of the cutscenes, and to my memory most of them were more about world building than character or plot stuff. The plot was basically that the war profiteer villain wanted to prevent the russian warlord from building an atomic bomb that could end the war. So first you kill the guy making the atom bomb, then you kill the profiteer.
I do remember a few things from the game that were new to me at the time. Enemies could actually crouch, which was uncommon in most games of that era, and the grenade mechanic was unique. It was sort of like a halfway between having a grenade button and having to equip them as their own weapon. You would equip the grenade, and your character would hold it in his left hand and the gun in his right hand. You couldnt shoot the gun in this state, but you could just right click (or something, i forget) and he would put the grenades away and your gun was instantly at the ready. Judging from a moment in the video when you have a grenade equipped, it looks like they changed this mechanic for the ps2 port and pc re-release
If i get a pennie every time i've seen a interesting obscure game that takes place in a world where WW1 still went on, i'd have 3 pennies, which isn't alot but it's a weird coincidence that it happened more than twice
What games besides this one?
@@DxWiggins Redcon and guns of Icarus
@@gabrielsantosbastos5257 ah I love Redcon one of the best mobile games still available. Never got to beat the game personally but I enjoyed it none the less.
I remember watching a playthrough of this game like a decade ago when I was on a dieselpunk kick. I think it must've been the PS2 version because I remember there being cutscenes, but they didn't add much. The only thing I remember from them was that civilians back home could buy war bonds for specific soldiers in the war, which essentially had turned the war into a pseudo-gambling scheme. It was weird, but hey; it stood out.
I think your Warhammer comment is apt for this game, and not just because 40k has serious dieselpunk vibes. I'm pretty sure the studio behind World War Zero also worked on Fire Warrior; a pretty lackluster 40k shooter not long after, and I think they might've reused assets for both this and a Judge Dredd game I'm certain they worked on. At least they know how to make due with what they've got, I guess.
"It's quiet."
I guess if you take this game and change everything to a red hue instead of brown it does look pretty much like Fire Warrior
They made another game called Bet On Soldier that sounds like what you're talking about, but that was PC only it looks like
@@Th3Raz96 bet on soldier is aperently a sequel to this game achualy hints of this are shown in the first level witch is earely similar to the first mission of iron storm. And many guns are modernized versions of the ones in iron storm.
Hey Jarek, there is a Vietnamese made FPS about the Indochina war named 7554. The game is from 2011 and free to download on its own website. It does have English translation and it would be really cool if you decided to check it out and show some love for us Vietnamese viewer. The game is laughably bad and would give you and your twitch some good time for sure.
The concept art and enemy designs for this game are extremely badass, it's a real shame that the actual game is so bad. This whole game is a huge missed opportunity.
That era was the best in that sense
I agree. I play (and sometimes still do) the two versions of this game. And I love the concept of an alternate timeline world wars/cold war mix.
The PC version is a nightmare because the goddamn SNIPERS, they make me love the ones on Medal of Honor Allied Assault when you steal the King Tiger tank.
The PS2 is easier in hard than the easy difficulty in the PC version, except for the freaking final boss. TOOK ME A WHOLE HOUR IN FIND A WAY TO DEFEAT HIM.
This games Mini-gun seems alot like the Venom Mini-Gun from Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which came out around the same time.
True, plus RtCW also had a pretty OP flamethrower
When I was 10 I visited my grandmother's friend at her house in the country. She had a PS2 with a bunch of games and this was one of the cassettes sitting on the floor. I never played it, but seeing the cover art sorta just sparked a distant memory of a game I couldn't recall that had a man with a funny hat.
Your grandma had a PS2 that played cassettes? Lol!
You can buy the original iron storm on steam. They have Iron Storm and World War Zero as 2 separate games.
Good thing about shooters; you will never run out of options for videos
Speaking of alternate history WW1 game from the early 2000s, have you played Codename Eagle? It's from Refraction Games who then became part of DICE who basically used its engine and formula to make the Battlefield series from 1942-2142. It's alternate history ww1, and technically can be classified as the first "BF" single player. It's funny how the SP of it is much better than most BF singleplayer as it open map and uses the sandbox, iirc.
Codename Eagle and it's MP is basically Battlefield 1942 before Battlefield 1942.
I was just reminded of this game, told the villain was far more interesting than we ever knew, than I at least. I was saying - what happened to games that were well written. The story was what attracted me to this title back in the day. Yes, I am that old - played this game on bare metal.
0:29 I like how the scope creates a raycast that put a red dot where you are aiming
Seems like a good game for the current situation
I think if the movement speed was a bit higher it would be alot better.
One thing you missed about the "villain" Ugenberg - he is inspired by a real White Russian Baron under the name of Ugern-Sternberg, which was so traumatised by the Russian Civil War that he went insane, and basically desired for what Ugenberg in this game is trying and succeeding in doing, of creating himself into Genghis Khan and conquering everything from Pacific to the half of Germany ( if you exclude the Atlantic Ocean borders ) Original game also mentions few references to the Russian Civil War people, such as Anton Denikin but there's not much more than it. Just a fun fact at best
I heard their working on a live action third installment to the world war series.
Really now? It took me like 1-2 years after I beat ironstorm and world war zero to know of the existence of bet on soldier. I'm interested to see what this third game is.
I want to see this setting in a game again ww1 that is still being fought after 60 years.
Jarek, review these games:
-Secret Service (2008), another Cauldron game.
-E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy
-Vietcong 1 and 2
-Deadly Dozen
-The America's Army games
+1 for Vietcong
wish they bring it back to digital stores
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this game could definitely have been a 40k one with a few reworks
That is true, we do have a FPS in 40k that is ok
Now that you mention it, it kinda reminds me of Fire Warrior
Honestly? We need more Warhammer 40k FPS games. Vermintide takes place in a completely different time period, I don’t even know how good Space Hulk: Deathwing is, idek where Darktide is taking place, and Space Marine(the Doom-like one), is probably gonna take ages to come out
actually suicide explosive dogs were really used during WW2 against german tanks, only this tactic pretty soon showed that its not working as should, cause in battle dogs usually dont recognize well where is enemy tank and where is friendly
@4:30 is that the sound of the cyclone from perfect dark reloading?
I played this a child and this review is jokes because your right in every way but I still loved it back then XD pure nostalgia of the dreary brown palette world texture that matched the ambiguous storyline of a depressing, unending war of attrition, something about the style and clunky gameplay caught my attention, even if I never got past that specific train level which now watching this makes me cringe over the hours I spent wandering around a dull empty room before giving up on the story. Plus splitscreen PvP was actually low key on point 👌
Multiplayer in this game was fun. I really liked all the character and weapon models. I couldn't finish the campaign as it always crashed after the 2nd level, and I was a kid, so I didn't think to find a workaround.
I wonder if Bet On Soldier blood sport will be rewieved one day
PC version This game brought my piss to boil. Sudden difficulty spikes, I have never swore so many times before playing this game.
As far as I know, the original Ironstorm was much harder. The World War Zero rerelease is super easy.
@@Jarekthegamingdragon Yeah the PS2 version (Named World War Zero and made all the changes this version has.) made it alot easier.
For instance, when you get captured, it's a long stealth section with gun turrets and invincibile enemies if you trigger the Alarm. (While you're stuck with the game's knife as your only weapon.)
Also Enemy Snipers do 70 percent of your health, on normal, per shot. (I hear it's outright an instant kill on Hard.)
@@samz8691 Spot on mate, those god damn snipers were the worst.
Hi Jarek thanks for the New Video! Greetings from Germany 💯🤙
I remember playing the game in PC with all the removed things, I don't know if I was playing a mod or an emulator but I remember playing for a while in third person and quick saving a lot of times
Aren't the player grunts at 4:43 - 4:45 the same of Gothic and Heretic?
They're stock damage grunts added in the PS2 version.
6:35-6:50
was anything in the sound department not a stock sound there.
I swear the industry humming is a 2 sec stock loop.
the weapon fire is stock.
the reload magazine metal scraping is stock.
Man. This game got the warhammer 40k feeling in terms of gun look.
I was just typing this as the video was on and you literally said that XD.
I will keep the comment because it's help with the algorithm.
Always loved the front cover to this but one of the ones I never got around to
Probably next video gonna be iron storm sequel “B.O.S Bet on soldier “
What a masterpiece
bruh this game and your timing is perfect
i got a copy of this game from a value bin when i was like ten, thought it looked so cool but i could never get it to work on my moms laptop. awesome to see what was actually in the game
Game doesn't have more than 60fps -> PC Gamer: I gotta get outta here!
It's not about getting more than 60fps here, it's about the game becoming buggy and unplayable above 60fps.
@@Jarekthegamingdragon I get that 😅 but one can tell from the beginning about a game like this that it won't run over 60fps 🙈
i wish someone recreated this game in todays time,but with more detail,more and better scripted sequences,old soldiers look,more boses ,ability to handle all available weapons ,keep the gritty atmosphere but they could add more colors,like yellow,green,red and blue not just bland grey and brown.I liked the trench levels from the og game more than wwz's one,it had that dark and gritty feel of the sludge trench fields and the horrors of war,with blood bones,decay and death all over the place,you can also imagine the smell,thats how dark it felt.This game had so much potential,it fucking sucks that it was never continued.There was also a plan for Iron Storm 2 but they scrapped that which is a shame.
This game was just called World War Zero in the UK. I remember playing it as a kid.
I used to love the multiplayer part of this
Started playing this today on Steam Deck using PS2 emulator and I'm enjoying it way more than I thought I would. Gunplay is good and the precise aiming mode works really well. It kind of reminds me of the first Killzone a bit.
Ah that explain that Train Mission..
I got stuck there, and as a kid, don't know about online walkthrough 😂
I see some 2000 AD influence there, especially NPCs
It's Rebelion game after all...
I just did a little bit of searching on Iron Storm and 4x Gaming Studio, these guys are actually called Kylotonn now. They made WRC games 5-10, and Flatout 4(which is so much better than Flatout 3 by the way). You can guess that they’re more into racing games now…
Ayy Jarek great vid could you review freedom fighters?
I always remember this game from the magazines and always wanted it well I got it recently and played it then I found out it was disappointingly cheap and stereotype I liked it I saw so much potential in it but its sadly lost I could see someone taking this game and improving it I can see what too do to it
7:05 at least this game has shockwaves most games today dont have that
This game was amazing. It had a really good atmosphere.
You gonna review bet on soldier too ?
I played this game when I was 13 I got it for my birthday
this game would have been so cool . most people who palyed this dont know who he is but the villain Roman Von Sternberg wasa a real man who larped as genghis khan
Speaking of satisfying miniguns in old games you should review Return to Castle Wolfenstein. I ran a quick search in your channel and didn't see it.
Oh my god, I haven't heard of this game in years....
IronStorm Multiplayer
how to play this game on windows 10?
Steam
wish they would remaster this game then make another ! could be a hit in today market
mouse scroll controls the mouse sens. too
Tried that, it doesn't.
I've played this game on the ps2, I was a og xbox guy but when I got the ps2, this game was with it and I played thinking it was bad, it's was because I'm bad at it, but none the less I enjoyed it
So weird to think how we've taken framerate-independence for granted.
How about "Venom. Codename: Outbreak" from GSC Game World?
Imho i want more althistory games
I remember the Demo for this, never found a copy in New Zealand.
Demo was sick though.
The setting is probably the only thing this game has going for it, why would anyone play it when RTCW does everything much better ?
RTCW is WW2, Iron Storm/World War Zero is alt-history WW1.
They play signifficantly differently.
@@samz8691 RTCW has distinctive occult/sci-fi elements so it's not a strictly WW2 shooter like MoH for instance.
@@dennisdavidov782 Yeah but it's still not quite the same type of alt-history as Iron Storm.
Could you analyze Warhammer 40k: Fire Warrior?
The mini gun is a lot like the one from return to castle wolfenstein
If ww1 were still going on 50 years later there'd be no Europe. Could probably say the same for 2. Modern war just seems to be ak 47 pot shots and random missile strikes, not civilian carpet bombing/ charging at machine guns
That Timesplitters 2 soundtrack tho...
I liked the game anyway :DDDD
Thank u for covering it tho
I loved this game, despite the bugs.
I hear you use the music from TimeSplitters 2! That soundtracks is FIRE!
My dad love this game. In fact, he copleted it 10-20 times, like some hardcore gamer (he's not).
"Someone on the Western side is trying to continue to fuel the war so that it never ends, for profit, vaguely interesting because this has been done before, and done much better." You mean in real life right? XD Also, that minigun kinda seems like it's just the Venom gun from Return to Castle Wolfenstein
hey i remember this game. And i remember killing my own allies just so i can get their cool guns
This game got cool general concept. It needs a remake since it's one of hell of a jank.
Oh Iron Storm.
Absolute classic
loved this game
World war zero? Wait, how did they make a prequel to a historical event?
The graphics and animations are giving me Postal 2 vibes for whatever reason.
You could have used RivaTuner to cap the game framerate instead of V-Sync. And there are Bomb Dogs on an older game, Maken X for Dreamcast and it's heavily altered port for PS2, Maken Shao. One thing that always bothered me is how a number of shooters on the PS2 looks worst than Perfect Dark and Turok 2 on the N64, this one being one of them.
Have this game for ps2 and im almost certain there is no 3rd person camera mode
Hey can you review call of duty big red 1 please
The story is based on an actual person called Baron Ungern von Sternberg that reformed the Mongolian horde to fight off the Bolsheviks after October Revolution. He sadly failed to fight off the communists but legacy lives on.
PS2 version you played is, as you pointed, is quite mediocre in terms of lack of the content but the original game, IronStorm, is an absolute cult gem! I fully recommend giving that version a go considering it is very different in terms of level layout, the feel and the cutscenes and the setting it creates are absolutely sublime alt history!
Jarek do a video on the 1st RAGE
There's so many games that need remasters. But we just get 2042
I hope he does bet on soldier next
Used to play this game all the time on ps2 but never finished it haha
History ran out of ideas. So they went Hollywood on us with the prequel route.
"world war zero is one of the games of all time"
I remember I played a different version of this game.
The game is not very good, but it stick with youz
world war Z ia actually a pretty badass game considering the movie was pretty MEH
Jarek doesn’t usually like zombie games, and it’s also a TPS. You CAN play in first person, but you need Aftermath for that. The only exceptions are L4D2 and Killing Floor 1.
The PC port honestly reminds me a little bit of the original Half Life; mostly the animations, graphics, high framerate, stuff like that. However, HL1 is LEAGUES better than this game ever was
You should play the original Red Faction
Weird i remember playing this on PC as a third person game
The original game was "Iron Storm" for PC, then Rebellion heavily altered it for PS2 as "World War Zero" which got ported back to PC.
A realistic flamethrower. They are bloody overpowered they literally spew ignited fuel which gets into every crack and sucks the oxygen from bunkers. Alas, I do remember this game from my childhood and it was shit
Oh and I thought this game is more hidden, but no, lot's of people know it actually
I remember getting this game for 5 bucks when I was a kid at wal mart. Not a bad time for little me. And world war z the game isn't all that bad, right?