WARNO v130507 (upd.02.09.2024)

Overview

This becomes the trigger for the start of World War III. The developers have thought about both players who like single player and those who are not afraid of online battles. For the former, there are four General of the Army campaigns that allow you to lead troops in what if scenarios. The second group, on the other hand, got an enhanced multiplayer mode. The second group, on the other hand, received an expanded multiplayer mode, offering both 1v1 battles and up to 10-player co-op that is, 10v10 battles, as well as ranked skirmishes. WARNO allows you to control over 600 different ground and air units in real time from Spetsnaz recruits and mobile air defense systems to combat aircraft and helicopters such as Gazelle, SU-25 Frog and Mi-24, to self-propelled artillery and tanks, such as MCV-80, M1A1 Abrams, Leopard and KPz T-55AM2. Each of them is unique to a given nation and has its own strengths and weaknesses. The players task is to choose an army so that it is as effective as possible.

There are six factions available in WARNO — the United States, West Germany, Great Britain and France, part of NATO, the Soviet Union and East Germany, part of the Warsaw Pact. In their composition, you can command such legendary formations as the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment the so-called black horses and the 3rd Infantry Division of the United States, the 5th Armored Division of the Bundeswehr, the Soviet 79th Guards Armored and 27th Guards motorized rifle division, as well as the 7th armored division of the GDR. Each of them can serve as the lead division of our army, which we control down to the platoon level.

WARNO is powered by the IRIS Zoom Engine, a proprietary engine developed by Eugen Systems and already used in RUSE. However, it has been significantly improved to keep the game up to modern standards. To increase realism, the developers, for example, improved the rendering technology of the terrain, as well as created new 3D assets, providing, among other things, more accurate and diverse unit models. The changes are especially noticeable in the damage system — when our troops take damage, individual units lose some of their equipment; sometimes it even causes the ammo magazine to explode, which in turn can cause the destruction of a nearby structure. Vehicle malfunctions are also detailed a helicopter can lose blades, and an airplane can lose a wing. Explosions also look impressive, leaving craters of various sizes. This makes the battlefields not only pleasing to the eye, but also provides many tactical options for example, we can use smoke as a natural cover for our troops. We can also use hills, small villages, dense forests, meandering rivers, bridges and industrial areas.