The shingle on the beach provides actual cover, the ground harshly slopes upward where the beach ends, the roads cut into the terrain and provide defilades, etc. I44's Omaha island has little to no elevation, something that irritates me to no end-But the D-Day version actually looks like it's a place. but they're generally of a lower quality. I44 has far more diversity in vehicles, soldiers, weapons, aircraft, etc. The differences between D-Day and I44 are many. But I would have payed three times for a couple of more maps and US Army mortars. It mesmerized me at times (the tight extremely close combat in Normandy is very well done, the "cling" sound of the M1 carbine when it runs out of ammo) but left me scratching my head at others (the hedgerows are just a line of bushes you can't walk but you can shoot through, maybe a a measure to add playability).
But I don't know what to make of it from the content perspective. I like the D Day DLC and I enjoyed this custom made mission thoroughly. You can only see it when it is firing at you. The Pak 40 that was blocking the road, along with a MG 42 was taken by a grenade throw of mine.Īftermath of the firefight. We work our way along the enemy line of resistance, finishing off the survivors. By now, another man was injured and my two remaining team mates are running out of ammo (orange icons). My squadies made too much liberal use of them and I was almost injured in more than one occasion. The M1 Thompson proved to be quite brilliant during the close assault.Īnother battlefield hazard that I was not expecting was our own grenades. Combined with the crops in the field, we were spared the enemy's iron sights.īut there was only one way out of this bad spot and that was forward. The hedges to our left appear to have sunken the terrain a bit. We start moving into the lion's teeth, glued to the left edge of this field of the damned.Ī trail of silent men pushing forward very slowly.Ī few yards from the enemy main line of resistance. The kill zone has tiny slopes and overgrown crops that can cover and conceal my men to some degree. The open field is a kill zone and walking into the middle of it only for those not fond on living. The hedgerows offer terrific concealment to the defenders. Well concealed in the far side of the open field the enemy has another Pak 40, and likely more static weapons I can't make out from the distance. This flank is an open field surrounded by hedgerows. Moving down the road, guns blazing was not going to make it, so I decided to assault the enemy position approaching by the left flank. In this case, there is a hidden Pak 40 controlling our route of advance.