History YMMV / WorldInConflict

* MoralEventHorizon: One for either side, though not as dramatic as one might think. An infuriated Malashenko[[spoiler: shoots and kills his uncle, Colonel Orlovsky in a fit of rage upon hearing of his intent to withdraw.]] Likewise, though not played as straight, with Bannon [[spoiler: fires upon (what he thinks is) surrendering Soviet soldiers and civil defense personnel, slaughtering them. Once he realizes who they're ''really'' firing upon, he immediately orders his men to stop shooting, and clearly regards what happened with horror and regret]].

* HolyShitQuotient: The Americans are ultimately forced to [[spoiler:launch a ''tactical nuclear strike on their own country'' when their defense of Cascade Falls fails]]. Worse still, an entire company of your comrades stayed behind [[spoiler:as a diversion to ensure the strike succeeded. ]]

* MoralEventHorizon: One for either side, though not as dramatic as one might think. An infuriated Malashenko[[spoiler: shoots and kills his uncle, Colonel Orlovsky in a fit of rage upon hearing of his intent to withdraw.]] Likewise, though not played as straight, with Bannon [[spoiler: fires upon surrendering Soviet soldiers and civil defense personnel, slaughtering them.]]
** Bannon might not count, as he clearly regrets what happened and when he notices what he is doing, he orders his men to stop shooting.
* NarratorAllAlong: it's been speculated that the narrator is [[spoiler: Parker]].

* BrokenBase: The ''Soviet Assault'' expansion was welcomed as a chance to play the campaign from the Soviet perspective and expanded on the backdrop to the war, but for many proved a disappointment as no new units or tactical aids were offered with the additional six missions provided to the campaign.

** Sawyer: "They should carve your name on the base for what you've done!
** He is referring to the Statue of Liberty, not their military base.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: ''Everything'' in-game between the maps and the explosive combat is rendered with rich life-like detail.

* FridgeBrilliance: Captain Bannon's father(s). In one phone call, his mother picks up the phone. He wants to talk to his father, and asks if "Earl" is home. [[spoiler:Then, when he leaves the message on the answering machine before the battle of Cascade Falls, he says that he "probably should've stayed out of the army in the first place instead of signing up because of what I thought ''dad'' would think. Were they two different people?]] Also ties into fridge horror below.
** Alternate interpretation: [[spoiler: From the get-go, it is pretty obvious that Earl is not Bannon's father. When he asks for him in his second phone call, he does not want to speak to him, he wants to make sure he is not around so that Bannon may talk openly to his mother.]] See also fridge horror below.
* FridgeHorror: when Captain Malashenko receives news of his loss back in Russia and you realize that [[spoiler: the civilians Bannon slaughtered in the B-2 bomber commando mission were possibly Malashenko's entire family]].
** If you think about the fridge brilliance speculations above, [[spoiler: and the phone call revealing that Earl is alcoholic and abusive to Harriet, it might suddenly hit you that Bannon's signing up for the Army to make his biological dad proud left his mother all alone when her new husband turned aggressive. Of course Bannon couldn't have known this would happen in advance, and of course it's not his fault Earl is abusive, but it could very possibly have added to his regret for signing up nonetheless.]]
** For some real NightmareFuel, pay close attention to the opening cinematic. One of the brief clips shows US troops holding off the advancing Soviets at a beach resort...in MOPP gear. MOPP suits are only to be worn in a chemical warfare environment, and as for casualties, remember this line from ''Series/GenerationKill'': "If you get hit in a chemical environment, you're fucked anyway." The only question is whether the chemical attack was a scorched-earth response by the Americans, or a crossing of the MoralEventHorizon by the Russians.
*** Also qualifies as FridgeBrilliance - it is well-known, post-Cold War, that tear gas and other non-lethal but disabling chemical weapons were part of both NATO and Soviet war planning.

Alternate interpretation: [[spoiler: From the get-go, it is pretty obvious that Earl is not Bannon's father. When he asks for him in his second phone call, he does not want to speak to him, he wants to make sure he is not around so that Bannon may talk openly to his mother.]] See also fridge horror below.

* HolyShitQuotient: The Americans are ultimately forced to launch a ''tactical nuclear strike on their own country'' when their defense of Cascade Falls fails. Worse still, an entire company of your comrades stayed behind as a diversion to ensure the strike succeeded.

* FridgeBrilliance: Captain Bannon's father(s). In one phone call, his mother picks up the phone. He wants to talk to his father, and asks if "Earl" is home. [[spoiler:Then, when he leaves the message on the answering machine before the battle of Cascade Falls, he says that he "probably should've stayed out of the army in the first place instead of signing up because of what I thought ''dad'' would think. Were they two different people?]] Also ties into fridge horror below.
* FridgeHorror: when Captain Malashenko receives news of his loss back in Russia and you realize that [[spoiler: the civilians Bannon slaughtered in the B-2 bomber commando mission were possibly Malashenko's entire family]].
** If you think about the fridge brilliance speculations above, [[spoiler: and the phone call revealing that Earl is alcoholic and abusive to Harriet, it might suddenly hit you that Bannon's signing up for the Army to make his biological dad proud left his mother all alone when her new husband turned aggressive. Of course Bannon couldn't have known this would happen in advance, and of course it's not his fault Earl is abusive, but it could very possibly have added to his regret for signing up nonetheless.]]

* BaseBreaker: The ''Soviet Assault'' expansion was welcomed as a chance to play the campaign from the Soviet perspective and expanded on the backdrop to the war, but for many proved a disappointment as no new units or tactical aids were offered with the additional six missions provided to the campaign.

* Narm: Averted by a mild case of FridgeBrilliance.

* FridgeBrilliance: colonel Bannon's father(s). In one phone call, his mother picks up the phone. He wants to talk to his father, and asks if "Earl" is home. [[spoiler:Then, when he leaves the message on the answering machine before the battle of Cascade Falls, he says that he "probably should've stayed out of the army in the first place instead of signing up because of what I thought ''dad'' would think.Were they two different people?]] Also ties into fridge horror below.
* FridgeHorror: when captain Malashenko receives news of his loss back in Russia and you realize that [[spoiler: the civilians Bannon slaughtered in the B-2 bomber commando mission were possibly Malashenko's entire family]].

* FridgeBrilliance: colonel Bannon's father(s). In one phone call, his mother picks up the phone. He wants to talk to his father, and asks if "Earl" is home.
** Then, when he leaves the message on the answering machine before the battle of Cascade Falls, he says that he "probably should've stayed out of the army in the first place instead of signing up because of what I thought ''dad'' would think.

* StoicWoobie: [[HeroicMime Lt. Parker]]. Let's just say that behind that silent exterior is a sad soldier who wishes to get out of the war alive.

** StoicWoobie: [[HeroicMime Lt. Parker]]. Let's just say that behind that silent exterior is a sad soldier who wishes to get out of the war alive.

* TheWoobie[=/=]JerkassWoobie: Bannon. At first he's just a straight [[TheNeidermeyer Neidermeyer]] but once you start getting into his backstory there's a lot of woobie fuel. First there's the telephone call with his step father, then you see [[spoiler: how he screwed up in Europe, and how Sawyer treats him afterwards. He just looked pretty beat up. By the end of the Europe campaign he just looks so depressed you want to give him a hug. Of course, then he [[TookaLevelinBadass takes some levels in badass]] and pulls off a major [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifice]].]]

* TheWoobie: Bannon. At first he's just a straight [[TheNeidermeyer Neidermeyer]] but once you start getting into his backstory there's a lot of woobie fuel. First there's the telephone call with his step father, then you see [[spoiler: how he screwed up in Europe, and how Sawyer treats him afterwards. He just looked pretty beat up. By the end of the Europe campaign he just looks so depressed you want to give him a hug. Of course, then he [[TookaLevelinBadass takes some levels in badass]] and pulls off a major [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifice]].]]

* {{Lostalgia}}: Many a player feels this way about the game.

* TheWoobie: [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]], but Bannon can come off as this. At first he's just a straight [[TheNeidermeyer Neidermeyer]] but once you start getting into his backstory there's a lot of woobie fuel. First there's the telephone call with his step father, then you see [[spoiler: how he screwed up in Europe, and how Sawyer treats him afterwards. He just looked pretty beat up. By the end of the Europe campaign he just looks so depressed you want to give him a hug. Of course, then he [[TookaLevelinBadass takes some levels in badass]] and pulls off a major [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifice]].]]