The release of the strategy game Men of War II is fast approaching from Fulqrum Publishing and Ukrainian studio Best Way, which is confirmed to have Native Linux support but there's one sore spot.
Detail on one feature had been a little buried in the Steam forum but the developers have now properly announced in a Steam news post that it will initially be online-only. Here's what they said:
We can confirm that Men of War II will require you to be always online only at launch - an offline mode is in development. The game was developed as always online to allow us to maintain live leaderboards, properly synchronize rewards players receive (including for actions in single-player and co-op content) and prevent cheating at the same time; thanks to this, it is near to impossible to cheat in Men of War II multiplayer. But we have heard your concerns and are working on a solution that will allow you to play the single-player part of Men of War II, as well as mods, without requiring an always-online internet connection; and this will be implemented after release.
I hope it doesn't take too long for this feature to come along, which ideally should have been in the full release. Forced online requirements even for single-player are a source of constant frustrations, especially if developers decide to fully move on from a game and stop the servers for it - leaving people with broken games.
The game is due to release on May 15th and will cost $44.99 USD / £37.99 GBP / €44.99 EUR.
You'll be able to buy it from:
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TimeFreeze May 10
(Not really, it's not my kind of game anyway. But I don't play games online, so that's what I would be saying if it was a game I would have been interested in)
Get ready to have single player content and features locked behind online only achievements and micro transactions.
Yeah. It'll work offline but it'll all be a demo for the "online experience" of having to pay to get that unit or that shitty camo.
ElTutucaZen May 10
it is near to impossible to cheat in Men of War II multiplayer.
Yeah... That's gonna age as well as milk left outside in a hot summer day xD
The Company founded in Severodonetsk (Ukraine) in 1991. That city is completely destroyed now by russian occupants. AFAIK Back in 2014 they have relocated to Cherkassy (Ukraine).
TheRiddick May 11
Cleaned up a few comments. Please keep on topic to the game.Thank you very much for getting rid of that rubbish!
it is near to impossible to cheat in Men of War II multiplayer.
Yeah... That's gonna age as well as milk left outside in a hot summer day xD
The current gold standard for cheating at said game is assault II it has 100 reviews an average of five stars(implying few people have been caught) and 3669 downloads.
The cheat appears free of charge and adware.
I give it a 3/5.
Cheap cheating, but still the fear of sharing knowledge and enabling full blown modding.
Last edited by LoudTechie on 13 May 2024 at 8:45 pm UTC
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