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Men of War

Men of War takes place in Europe and North Africa during the height of World War II. The story takes place over three different campaigns and players take on the role of Soviet, Allied and German soldiers…

80 14 November 2008

Men of War is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Best Way, released 14 November 2008 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Men of War is

Men of War is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Best Way and released in 2008. It was published by 1C Company. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on GEM2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Men of War is a 2008 real-time tactics video game sequel to Faces of War developed by Ukrainian company Best Way. Players issue orders to and/or take direct control of soldiers on a simulation-driven battlefield.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Men of War holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 63% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel® Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or AMD™ Athlon™ 64 3000+, XP – 1 GB RAM / Vista – 2 GB RAM and 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required – 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 128 MB Video Memory. ATI® Radeon® 9600 or Nvidia® GeForce® 5900. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Men of War launched on 14 November 2008, within three weeks of Fallout 3, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2 and Left 4 Dead. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Fallout 3, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead.

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Quick answers

Men of War — frequently asked questions

When did Men of War come out?
Men of War was released on 14 November 2008 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Men of War?
At minimum, Men of War needs Intel® Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or AMD™ Athlon™ 64 3000+, XP – 1 GB RAM / Vista – 2 GB RAM, 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required – 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 128 MB Video Memory. ATI® Radeon® 9600 or Nvidia® GeForce® 5900 graphics, 6.5 GB + 1 GB Swap File of storage.
How many GB is Men of War?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "6.5 GB + 1 GB Swap File" and the recommended line says "5.5 GB + 1 GB Swap File". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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