It doesn’t make any effort to explain anything else whatsoever and most everything else in Heroes & Generals from respawning to weapon customization to leading a squad comes off as abnormally complicated. There is a tutorial level, but, curiously, all it teaches you how to do is pick up and use different types of weapons which is the most conventional and least confusing part of the game. There’s always stuff happening so you hear this almost constantly and it gets obnoxious fast.Įasily one of the most underdeveloped aspects of Heroes & Generals currently is how it orients the player in that it, well, doesn’t. There’s an annoying buzzing sound that got stuck in my head that alerts you to the various developments in the battle as they pop up as text at the top of the screen. Well, actually, that’s not entirely true. The audio is mostly similar as, except for a decent track on the lobby screen, there’s no music and effects are standard FPS fare (guns firing, guys grunting) and unmemorable. On the whole, however, it’s not as though the graphics are bad. Indoor areas don’t have many details occasionally you’ll find something indicating a structure’s previous inhabitants, like an overturned bookcase with its contents strewn everywhere or some neglected factory machinery, but buildings are mostly kind of sparse. Everything is a bit too dark (I witnessed other players complaining about this too) and the textures are ultimately plain. That said, the graphics that compose these environments are nothing special. It can be slow-paced, but there’s a cool sensation to lurking through a map and trying to find a way to enter the fray to get the drop on your enemies. They’re really very expansive and it feels accurate to the war the game is set in that, when you respawn, you have to trudge your way through a vast field or swim a while before reaching a point of combat.
However, Heroes & Generals does achieve a somewhat realistic vibe in the way its environments are laid out. The maps I saw were largely interchangeable: different European countrysides broken up by bodies of water with houses and other buildings scattered about here and there. This is another in a massive glut of World War II shooters, so there’s nothing very exciting or surprising about the setting. However, though it is available to the public to play, it claims to still be in beta and definitely feels like it, as it needs some time to grow.
The game promises some interesting concepts and unique approaches to how it ties its two different gameplay modes together. Heroes & Generals is a free to play title combining a first person shooter with deep strategy elements.
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