History VideoGame / MenOfWar

* NoCampaignForTheWicked: Only started with the German Campaign IS included in ''Desert Fox'', but it specifically follows [[TokenGoodTeammate Rommel's]] Afrika Korps (the only branch of The German Army that wasn't accused of war-crimes).

* [[LongTitle Call To Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront]] (2021): A DLC[[note]]originally its own game, but licensing issue forced the developer to retool it into a DLC.[[/note]] for ''Call To Arms'' that takes the settings back to World War 2.

The third game in the Outfront Series, ''Men of War'' is a 2009 RealTimeStrategy game set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It uses a unique UsefulNotes/GameEngine with fully realistic physics, enabling players to use the environment to their advantage. While it is similar to ''VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes'', more comparisons could be made toward ''Theatre of War''. Instead of base building, you are given an arbitary number of units (with the option to call in reinforcements in some missions).

* LudicrousGibs: The M4 Sherman "Crab" variant with the mine flail is this trope.
** Try killing an infantryman with an AT shell. He's going home in a bucket!

* VideogameFlamethrowersSuck: Inverted. The flamethrower is one of the most powerful infantry weapons. It sets any unit it touches on fire, [[ManOnFire with hilarious results]], it can destroy any vehicle and its crew within seconds, can burn away nearly anything that can be used for concealment, and is a good weapon for clearing out buildings.

* EpicTankOnTankAction: The third skirmish mission of each faction in Assault Squad 2 is this in spades. The player is tasked to defend their HQ from eight waves of enemy tanks, while the player gets a healthy amount of resources to deploy tanks (or anti-tank gun emplacements) of their own. To further drive the point home, the mission severely limits the dedicated infantry both sides can call into the battlefield. The AI can only spawn a small fireteam escort made of riflemen and submachine gunners, while the player can only call on a pair of rocket launcher troops or a five-men spare tank crew.

* Gorn: At the end of a mission or skirmish, the battlefield can (and often will) be a moonscape strewn with corpses and burnt-out wreckage of combat vehicles. Cities and villages will be reduced to piles of rubble. During the mission, catastrophic kills on vehicles make them explode in a glorious conflagration.

* MoreDakka: Men of War takes this trope to the T. Tanks mount multiple machine guns as it is in real life, AA guns are bad news for anything less armored than a medium tank, and most importantly, '''[[RemovableTurretGun any infantryman can detach HEAVY MACHINE GUNS like M2 & DSHK from vehicles and fire it full-auto on foot.]]'''

* GarrisonableStructures: Played straight and played with ever-so-slightly.

* [[LongTitle Call To Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront]] (2021): A DLC[[note]]originally its own game, but licensing issue forced the developer to retool it into a DLC[[/note]] for ''Call To Arms'' that takes the settings back to World War 2.

* [[LongTitle Call To Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront]]: A DLC[[note]]originally its own game, but licensing issue forced the developer to retool it into a DLC[[/note]] for ''Call To Arms'' that takes the settings back to World War 2.

* [[LongTitle ''Call To Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront'']]: A DLC[[note]]originally its own game, but licensing issue forced the developer to retool it into a DLC[[/note]] for ''Call To Arms'' that takes the settings back to World War 2.

* UniversalAmmunition: For infantry, there are 3 basic ammo types: Rifle, [=SMG=] and Machine Gun rounds. Vehicles are more picky, though as long as the side and the caliber matches, you can generally use weapons interchangeably. AcceptableBreaksFromReality as searching for specific ammo for your weapon would be very annoying.

The third game in the Outfront Series, ''Men of War'' is a 2009 RealTimeStrategy game set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It uses a unique GameEngine with fully realistic physics, enabling players to use the environment to their advantage. While it is similar to ''VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes'', more comparisons could be made toward ''Theatre of War''. Instead of base building, you are given an arbitary number of units (with the option to call in reinforcements in some missions).

* ''Red Tide'' (2009): Focusing exclusively on the Black Sea theater, the game is single-player only, doesn't include the editor, but offers the longest campaign in the series. It portrays major and minor engagements between Soviet forces (primarily Black Sea Fleet marines, although paratroopers also appear) and the Axis (German, Romanian, and Italian armies). Includes a controllable Leonid Brezhnev in one mission.

* ''Cold War'' (2019): Technically an official standalone expansion of VideoGame/CallToArms, with most assets and mechanism imported from it. Features a dynamic campaign generator and a healthbar-based vehicle combat system resembling the one in VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes.

* VideoGame/CallToArms (2018): A licensed [[UsefulNotes/WarOnTerror modern-day remake]] of Assault Squad ported to an updated engine, made by Digital Mind Soft and some modders. It changes the ARPG-like direct control mode into a FPS mode, causing a [[BrokenBase very divided reception]].

* UpdatedRerelease: A remake using the Assault Squad 2 engine was released in 2016 as DLC, completely replacing the older MOW models and effects with the new ones from MOWAS 2. The Narmy voice acting is also replaced, to a less stereotypical accent to voice acting that would be seen in a high school play.

* ''Call to Arms'' (planned for release 2018 although beta has been in service since 2017): A licensed [[UsefulNotes/WarOnTerror modern-day remake]] of Assault Squad ported to an updated engine, made by Digital Mind Soft and some modders. It changes the ARPG-like direct control mode into a FPS mode, causing a [[BrokenBase very divided reception]].

* ''Assault Squad'' (2011): A multi-player only installment with a handful of skirmishes for the single player. Prior to the release of ''Assault Squad 2'' it was one of the most popular installments, with the largest offer of units, not just tanks. Greatly increased the focus on infantry squad tactics.

* ''Condemned Heroes'' (2012): Another single-player only title, focusing on the infamous penal battalions of the Soviet Union. By far the worst installment in the series, as the missions are largely NintendoHard exercises in frustration and abuse of mechanics, without so much as a story to put them all in context. The original penal battalion mission from vanilla ''Men of War'' outshines the entire expansion pack.

* DancePartyEnding: The ending of the Soviet campaign, bizarrely enough.

* NoCampaignForTheWicked: Downplayed. A German Campaign IS included, but it specifically follows [[TokenGoodTeammate Rommel's]] Afrika Korps (the only branch of The German Army that wasn't accused of war-crimes).

* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Inverted. Contrary to the trailers and covers and the game descriptions and pre-release messages, the British faction (one of the only four factions in this game) is only playable in the finale mission of the third campaign. The rest of the time they are either fighting you or have a little role beside the Americans. Or both. Fortunately, they are available in the editor.

** However, mods can deconstruct this system. Especially with GSM Fields of Honor, where it introduced specific shell types and completely replaced the artillery universal ammunition system by restricting specific shells to certain guns, like for example in GSM Fields of Honor you cannot use a American M5 75mm shell inside a German PAK-40, unlike in vanilla.

The game offers three campaigns, one for the [[ThoseWackyNazis Germans]], one for the [[RedsWithRockets Soviets]] and one combined campaign for both the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks Americans]] and [[BritsWithBattleships British]] (who get a grand total of 1.5 missions ) during Operation Torch. More nations exist in multiplayer, though.

* GameMod: Via the Steam Workshop, mods that add missions, change the game completely from its [=WW2=] setting to others (e.g Red Rising mod, which changes the game to the modern day), add new sound and visual effects, make bodies and vehicle carcasses permanent and even add unit spawners.

The game offers three campaigns, one for the [[ThoseWackyNazis Germans]], one for the [[RedsWithRockets Soviets]] and one combined campaign for both the [[YanksWithTanks Americans]] and [[BritsWithBattleships British]] (who get a grand total of 1.5 missions ) during Operation Torch. More nations exist in multiplayer, though.

* GameMod: Via the Steam Workshop, mods that add missions, change the game completely from its WW2 setting to others (e.g Red Rising mod, which changes the game to the modern day), add new sound and visual effects, make bodies and vehicle carcasses permanent and even add unit spawners.

* ''Vietnam'' (2011): A proper sequel, ''Men of War: Vietnam'', takes place in [[TheVietnamWar the Vietnam War]] and features 2 campaigns, one North Vietnamese and one American. Unfortunately, the number of units appearing in the game, especially vehicles, is minuscule.

* UpdatedRerelease: A remake using the Assault Squad 2 engine was released in 2016 as DLC.
* VideogameFlamethrowersSuck: The flamethrower is one of the most powerful infantry weapons. It sets any unit it touches on fire, [[ManOnFire with hilarious results]], it can destroy any vehicle and its crew within seconds, can burn away nearly anything that can be used for concealment, and is a good weapon for clearing out buildings.