Normandy Historian Reacts - Call of Duty Omaha Beach
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- WW2TV host reacts to some Call of Duty game play
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Visuals 6/10
History 5/10
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Paul, a good video game react video is Call of Duty 2’s Pointe du Hoc mission!
The fact you're doing these reaction videos is brilliant. They have this mix of very entertaining pace while still being pretty informative. I think having those videos in-between your usual content is one the best ways to introduce people to the channel and catch the attention of the younger generations. Such video games and youtube videos you have been reacting to have ignited a spark of interest for WW2 History among the younger populatio (me included although my interest grew 15 years ago). These reaction videos bridge the gap between entertaining videos and more advanced analysis of History on your channel. So once again, great job and brilliant idea to have this kind of content on the channel!
Thanks. I plan to do more of them
Love your historical analysis! Preserving history is so important.
I agree they should take the time to do it right.
Another great reaction video: turning to the practical side of things, the length is far better. I know that the channels surprisingly small subscriber base has been discussed the past, and, IMHO it is partly related to the item length. The live talks you have been presenting are excellent They have plenty of viewer engagement, as witnessed by the very active "live chat" that accompanies each. Plenty of "likes" are given, at the end of the re-enactment panel discussion my screen showed 62 watching with 67, accumulated, "Likes" !!! But these live shows are perforce lengthy. With shorter programme lengths the algorithm is encouraged to push the item up the search list exposing the item to more potential viewers. I know you know more about the ins and outs of UA-cam's vagaries than I, but I wanted to comment this fully as I am aware that there are some of the viewers who wont have an understanding of how they, the viewers themselves, can help the development of the channel simply by "liking" and commenting, as well as sharing to social media sites thereby helping the algorithm spread the channel to a potentially bigger audience.
I also wanted to thank you for sharing your hard won knowledge so generously to your community. Thanks Paul
Thanks mate
I love the lengthy shows because they are in depth. But i understand what you are explaining, regarding the youtube rankings. WW2tv is the best channel!
Ahaha, love the way you get mad when that guy takes a photo 100ft before landing, LOL
Thanks, Paul. I'm not much of a gamer, but I did run through this about 3-4 years ago and haven't fired it up since. All the sections are a bit much, not to mention the melodramatic story line. Your critique of the Normandy terrain and fortifications highlights developer sloppiness.
Great analysis of the authenticity of the game. One thing you missed was the PPSH submachine gun! Where did that come from?
Actually there were PPSH41 smgs in Normandy, Ostroop units sometimes had them
@@WW2TV Thanks, Paul. Every day's a school day!
As a fellow WW2 nut I thought I was the only one who can’t enjoy certain movies tv shows video games etc because I couldn’t get past all the inaccuracies like for instance if you didn’t know any better you’d think every German soldier was A in the SS and B A holder of the Knights Cross. I was also accused of being a racist for pointing out that that American Army units were segregated during WW2 as if this was my policy or i was somehow cool with it because I mentioned it no its just that the lack of realism ruins things for me
Interesting view Paul. Have heard about Call of Duty but I am not a game player, so this is my first glimpse. Not sure how the guy we are watching goes from weapon to weapon. The .45 is unrealistic. One mag in the weapon and the pouch on your belt carries 2 more mags. This guy would have been out of ammo long ago. The bunkers and WWI trench complex were a bit of where the heck did that come from. Thx Paul!!!
In many Scenarios Paul I've heard that there were Royal navy coxswains that also took the Americans to and from Omaha beach...
How I came to here of this is through a friend of my parents ,his father was a RN coxswain ,and there's a gruesome story behind his exploits that he mentioned which I wont share here .
Great as always .
Absolutely, it's fair to say that the majority of LCA/LCVP coxswains on Omaha Beach were from other Countries than the USA
You should try to find footage of Call of Duty 2 Big Red One and review it, it's a good game covering Torch to the invasion of Germany, so if yuou can review it it'd be sick
Hi Paul enjoyed watching your reactions to this video game 😆. As i know nothing about them, one question are they all just on the Americans or are their ones on the British and Canadains? Would be interesting to know what you think on those if there are ?
That is something I don't know. I will investigate
As a live long gamer, you'll just have to get used to the oil drums. Apparently they're some unintended side effect of programming a game engine, there seems to be nothing they can do about them popping up everywhere. I've seen them in games set in medieval and even Roman times. Great videos, just ignore the drums.
The gas barrels are there simply cause... "shoot, shoot go BOOM BOOM"
Gamers like big explosions lol
Good game design in this context takes into account reaslism as well as drama and player engagment/fun factor. They are all impoortant... the best games get the balance right.
Just disciovered your channel, I have subbed! Great content, thx!
Thanks and welcome aboard
Gaming like the movies, requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief. Because it is afterall a game. May I suggest a Reacts for Hell let Loose. Call of Duty is player against AI. Hell let loose is player against player. Uniforms are one of the things earned, as are weapons. So often will be all over the place. Locations are often the most accurate, certainly it doesn't have that labrynth of trenches at the top of Omaha. Games are limited by the number of people you can run on a server at one time. The players cover a wide range of people, male & female, kids looking for a bit of fun, one or two who might delve deeper into the history. Those of us older who know the history & this is the way to get closer to that history. A good game will have enough immersion to give you little tastes of real reactions (e.g. katushya rockets coming down on you).
The bands on the helmet and stuff shoved in them is more Vietnam than WW2. It's like the game designers did not spend enough time studying WW2 and just mixed in stuff from WW1, WW2, Vietnam, maybe even Korea.
That's mislabeled early composition or plastique, not TNT.
I think that game developers should ask historians before making any kind of plans for a game they should have at least a team of historians on their development team so that things can be accurate
Good response again! But the people are bigger now follow "Dragonman" through the fast food he says haha. Too many bunkers and oil drums!
IMDb lists off a lot of incosistencies that the game has that never actually happened in real life.
You say the bunkers didnt have square openings, but on the sides of the valleys at viverville sur mer, you can see the remains of enflading machine gun bunkers
most of the forward facing bunkers were tobruk ringstand bunkers high up on the cliffs with little giving away their position, because that's of course to the machine gunners huge advantage over having a big scary towering bunker for GIs to shoot at
Another addition is that on the west side of omaha, there was concrete seawalls, on the east side it became more worn and eventually turned into sand and wood, so the game is somewhat accurate in that regard
The mortar ringstands at the shelf would have existed at omaha beach, but instead on the bluffs.
also, the artillery bunkers at the short end of green dog exist in the game, proving it is at the west side of omaha on green dog, but the valley is way too small and is extremely narrow, in real life it would've fit houses on either side, here's a good photo www.dday-overlord.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/omaha_beach_vierville_sur_mer_1939.jpg
They din't have square openings as depicted, in the places shown in the game
@@WW2TV This overlooks the valley in green dog sector on omaha beach, one on both sides, still there to this day. www.strijdbewijs.nl/normandie7/wn71.jpg
edit: nevermind, i get ya, they werent facing forward on the bluffs directly towards the beach
@@WW2TV have you viewed forgotten hope's omaha beach depiction? i think its probably the most realistic out of all of them
Great review, would love to see m0re on this or other games
I also don’t mind if you pause to take your time to analyze something
Does this game have the Canadians unloading at Juno Beach? The sea wall is close and German machinegun bullets hitting the water just around the wading Canadians heads. The boat has doors opening in front, not a ramp going down.
No, this video is of the Omaha Beach landings
I will say as a gamer myself it’s most likely that they added the additional bunkers and tunnels for level design purposes. These games are usually about 20 hour long stories and realistically on harder difficulties they take about an hour or so to do so im assuming it’s not due to misinformation about the actual size, but perhaps due to the need for more to fill time in the game.
Did you ever see the video of the man from the United States Of America, who dropped the ramp on the landing craft on D-Day Paul?
Frank DeVito was a coast guard operator on D-Day. And his account of what happened that morning, seeing what happened feet from him, left such an impression that day on him is well worth watching.
I will look for it, thanks
@@WW2TV Found it here Paul and here is the link for you. It’s over 30+ minutes.
ua-cam.com/video/leeB5EoQcIs/v-deo.html
I feel like a good description for this is authentic but not realistic and a hint of Hollywood
If you haven't already you should review medal of honor frontlines d day mission
15:55. It’s a Kar98k with a trench mag. 😵💫
Do you known how often those were used Paul? I’ve tried researching that topic before and it’s a head scratcher on figuring out what’s accurate information & what’s not.
Thanks for taking the time to read my comment. Been a follower of your channel for a few years now. It’s my routine to put on an episode during my drive to & from work.
Thanks kindly!
-Mitchell, Pursuit Pix.
Well spotted, my middle-aged eyes are not sharp enough to pick up some of the finer details. And in answer to your question, my hunch is - rarely
@@WW2TVnot just rarely. They weren’t used at all. It was an invention for the first world war and even then it wasn’t used.
@@friendlym1rifle I've learned never to say never in these cases. You should see the bizarre weapons turning up in Ukraine. I
@@WW2TV you got a point there.
Paul, did you do a video of the SPR Omaha Assault scenes? Just curious.
No, not done that, it's been done too often
An excellent reaction video to a very popular video game. While it is a game it also has become a way that people learn about World War 2 so it would be great if they could get basic items correct. Also, it would be great if video games like this would offer historical references that people could access to get the real history.
These videos are getting better and better! And I love your reactions
:)
Plus; you get to see 2 videoes in one sitting
Hey Paul, I'm a moderator for Black Matter, a company that produces a game called Hell Let Loose....have you heard of it?
Thanks for the tip, I'm looking at it now
Love hell let loose, would be great Paul if you could take a look at that
@@KevG1962 Just done a reaction, will upload it later
@@WW2TV excellent 👍
@@WW2TV Just keep in mind there is a certain poetic license here - players do get to choose what uniforms they want to wear and there are certain design elements revolving around balancing game play,. That said, it's the one to one scale map design that as a historian, you should find interesting. Hell Let Loose is still developing so a number of weapons like mortars/tank destroyers etc, are still to be implemented. HLL is a 50 v 50 multiplayer tactical mil sim that relies heavily on teamwork and strategy, so for that reason, you obviously won't see a packed landing craft due to the limitations of current technology. I strongly suggest listening to Dan Carlin's video podcast "The Game of War" which talks about the inherent problems depicting WW2 in a game, and why certain decisions are made. I think it will to some extent, alleviate the frustration that any history lover feels when they see things represented in a manner that is alien to what they already know. If you were to react to any HLL video, type in Omaha Beach Epic Hell Let Loose Cinematic...it gives a nice fly on the wall look at a very iconic location without all the players talking etc. Cheers, Paul, thanks for having such a wonderful channel.
As a soldier myself we would often put our dog tags inside our boot underneath the lacing
Common now yes, but not in WWII
That PPSh he picked up at 13:00 is wildly inaccurate. Loving these reaction vids. Keep the great content coming!
Actually, there were PPSH smgs found in the Utah beach area with Ostroopen so it's not totally crazy to have one pop up near Omaha
@@WW2TV Oh wow! Good to know. Thanks!
Captured ppsh was used by germans