Good review. I have a little over 1,000 hours in each game and I think you did a good job. Some suggestions would be: S44 has (much) larger maps, as a result the world is generally less detail to compensate. The larger maps are more realistic and allow the player to experience actual engagement distances of WW2, whereas HLL is more of a compressed experience. The iron sights are completely adjustable in S44. S44 sets the bar for sound design not just WW2 milsims, but the entire gaming industry imho. It's absolutely superb. One of the biggest differences between the games is you can't always get the kit you want in S44, it's essentially a race at the beginning to get it (similar to HLL) but there are far fewer since you're forced into an actual accurate squad position dynamic, where ~70% of players are using bolt actions compared to HLL where it's considerably less, probably closer to 20-30%. And lastly, there is a _lot_ more to do in S44 than HLL. It has a lot more content. Logistic squads can build entire bases. You can build emplacements, bunkers, you can build 88's, Flak 34's, 20mm's, MG emplacements, multiple AT guns, mortars, etc. I play mostly armor in both games and like you mentioned the difference between the two is almost a waste of time to compare them. The tank driving in HLL is nothing short of terrible. The gear changing is just simulated, the RPM of the engine means nothing (it's just a bs gauge that goes up), the whole "feel" of the engine is non existent. The turning is silly and hard to control at times, and the speeds of the armor are all artificially slow to compensate for the smaller more compressed maps. Maps clip some obstructions and not others (it isn't consistent between the maps) the tank will get stuck occasionally and must be abandoned (you can't reset it at all). The hit registration in HLL between armor sometimes feels RNG even for experienced players. Sometimes I feel like it's just using a random probability if a round penetrates or not. It's still a mystery to me with 1,000 hours in a tank and way over level 10 commander. The angle of armor, location, etc. is almost pointless. It's front and rear and the rest is just random. In S44 the engine responds exactly how you expect, the tanks have the proper gear count (both F and R), the tanks have the proper ammunition for the model and year, they have the proper optics, cupola glass, you can open the hatch and look out, the tanks move at the correct speeds, etc. HLL has about 2-3 tanks per faction, S44 has 15-30 per faction. Again, there's just no comparison. The tank audio in S44 is superb, the handling, everything. I could go on for hours. Suffice to say if you want to know what it was like to operate a tank in WW2 there is _no_ game out there that scratches S44. The engagement distances are accurate (sometimes firing a mile away, for instance). The tactics and movement are correct, camouflage on tanks works, etc. As far as the visual differences, this gets a little tricky. S44 has the best particle effects you will ever see in a game, it is nothing short of incredible. The lighting effects in S44 are also better than HLL. I feel HLL has a smoother more polished feel to it, and the levels are more detailed in the micro. S44 is updating the maps and it's blurring the line even more. I will say when I compare to two in my head, I feel like S44 is a more accurate depiction of WW2 combat, and HLL is more hollywood and condensed.
@@c.j.1089 thanks for your comments, always enjoy hearing the thoughts of those that have had considerably more game time in each of the games than myself. I didn’t know you could adjust the iron sights in s44 that’s a really cool feature that I’ve just found out from your comment! Thanks so much for watching and your comments!
One important difference: Hell let loose is quite a lot more Arcady. There are some gameplay elements in play e.g. in offensive, only the recon squad can move past the first quadrant. In squad everybody can roam the map.
Thats not being arcady, that preventing idiots from capturing wrong objective and camping on spawns on wrong sector (recon is for that). In squad 44 points are often to close to implement this
@@jacobhaussmann90 entirely different discussion WETHER OR NOT it makes sense… it’s a gameplay decision, that’s been taken from you. Squad 44 let’s you do it
sad but true, Used to love to play hll but nowadays i just cant play without finding bugs and getting mad with the bad driving system thry implemented on tanks.
I never played a game so immersive as Squad44, the sound design is fantastic. The sound of tank rounds ricocheting on armor is something truly fantastic. This game is truly refreshing in these days.
The weapon sounds of Squad 44 in this video are somehow very muffled or dull, don’t know how to describe it. In S44 the sounds are more crisp and stand out even more.
Not sure why it’s come out like that. Was recorded through OBS which normally captures my sound well. I agree, they sound a lot better in game than what they sound like in this video. Thanks for your comment
do you prefer more casual arcadey experience over milsim? yes? buy HLL No? buy squad 44 do you need a more polished smoother less buggy experience? Yes? buy HLL No it doesnt bother me much? Buy Squad44 Do you want communication and teamplay to be the standard or are you fine with little to no communication? i want lots of communication? Buy Squad 44 No i dont really care about it much? Buy HLL Are you buying a game for the tank and vehicle gameplay? Yes? Buy squad44, dont even consider HLL over it if this is your main interest. Is historical accuracy and immersion/realism something you really want? Yes? buy Squad44 No? Buy HLL Do you want normal FPS aiming mechanics (smooth player input), and janky weapon aiming with artificial "realistic handling" is an issue? Yes? buy HLL No its fine or i prefer janky "realistic aiming inertia"? buy Squad44
This video doesn't really do either game's sound justice, the sound quality depends on what kind of sound card you have. That said, Squad 44's sound wins leaps and bounds.
squad 44 is 100% my choice the only issue i have with it is the textures. in honest i think squad 44 looks better than HLL. HLL is far to bright and the general design of the game seems a bit cartoony, but when you get close to things in squad 44 they are all very flat and dull. HLL has brick buildings that look very great while most buildings in 44 are just flat painted walls, as well as general level design, the maps just play and are designed better. Other than that like he said Squad 44 is a much more hardcore game which is why i love it so much, id say its way more immersive and requires you to think way more about what you do to take an objective compared to HLL and the tank combat in it is just perfect. Its probably the best tank combat in any game that isnt soley devoted to just tank combat if that makes sense.
Thanks for your comment mate. They are both great games in my opinion and both outweigh each other in their own respective way. I guess it ultimately depends what the player is looking to get out of each game. I agree, the more hardcore players amongst us are better suited to squad 44 where as the guys that still want a great immersive game with team cohesion but without the increased hardcore mechanics are better suited to HLL. I’m so keen to experience some more tanking in SQ44 the detail is insane!
What I want is the community. I have 1000+ hours on HLL over the years, but never fail to get tired from full teams of people not communicating and cooperating. If people don't communicate, you might as well have a randomised AI.
Squad 44/post scriptum is by far the better mire polished game. Be aware that i may use bith names interchangeably since ive put so much time into the game before the name change its a bit difficult to get used to the new name at times Gameplay: the movement is a lot more fluid, more intuitve, and just feels less clunky. Weapon handling is much better and weapons dont feel like your playing goldeneye N64 edition. Tanks actually work. They are playable and fun, since destroying tanks isnt based on a healthbar but on the damage roubds do as they interact with the armorm a non penetrating hit can still cause spalling, a riccochet can cause the round to break up and the armor to chip off, injuring or killing infantry. Shaped charges shoot an actual jet through the armor so placememt is key if you dont want it to blow through a part of the tank with nothing behind it. Sound: sound is just plain perfect. Having been on the recieving end of artillery in real life, that is the only thing that doesnt aound excatly like in real life, but everything else does. From tanks, to rifles to machine guns. From the crcakle of rounds passing. Nothing will ever beat this games sound design. This video doesnt do it justice, as it seems the capture program he used on pc is subpar at capturing sound Graphics: now this one may seem counter intuitive. Hell let lose looks a lot better.... From a distance. The ambient occlusion makes it look better at a glance, but if you look closer youll find a lot of low poly and low res models and textures, even worse than in post scriptum. Weapons: besides the sounds mentioned earlier, hell let lose features hit scan, no matter the distance, if you left click, an enemy inline with the barrel will die instantly. You do not need to lead a target, and it feels super unrewarding to basically have a laser gun. Post scriptum features ballistics what else do i need to say? Teamplay: Teamplay is a lot more important in post scriptum and vital if you want to win. You dont always need to communicate but you should at least listen to your squad leader so your swuad can place rally points and such to shorten the walking distances. Im pretty sure the main reason for hell let lose being so succesful with post scriptum having rather few players, is that hell let lose is on console, and that besides arma Reforger its the only sort of milsimesque game on console. It also appeals more to the battlefield and call of duty crowd, a bunch of solo running around, feeling like rambo, sniping people at 1200meters with ease using Hollywood logic when it comes to weapon handling and physics. The next point is marketing. Periscope games never did a lot of marketing, before they fell apart, offworld Entertainment is now thankfully fixing that mistake at least somewhat. So id recommend squad 44 over HLL ANY day of the week.
Fantastic review, thanks for your comments. I trust you’ve had a lot of experience with such an in depth review. It’s great to see a lot of the experienced players chipping in as like I said in the intro I’m very new to this game. Thank you. Also, I use OBS to record and capture my game it normally does a good job at capturing audio so not sure what happened there, any tips?
A totally biased opinion. Squad44 may be more re hardcore but overall HLL is the more polished and visually appealing game. Forget the console gamers and compare the two games on Steam. There's a reason why HLL has far more positive reviews than Squad44 even though it came out 3 years after! 81k compared to 16k. There's a reason why HLL has a larger player base. There's a reason why HLL is above Squad44 in rankings. The numbers don't lie. 🤷
@@IndigoJoe28 the reasons why there are some negative reviews for the then called "Post Scriptum" were because they were almost always focused on the low player count, creating a vicious cycle leading to less player count. HLL is going downhill atm and S44 only looks to be improving, with even a Japanese faction coming. Call of Duty WW2 V2 will always interest a larger audience and this player disparity between them mostly revolves around this, not how well the games are made. S44 will eventually grow its player base, but it will always be handicapped by the plethora of backseat gamers.
Great review and comparison. I have played Squad but not HLL. I want to play a little since I haven't been on in almost a year. Been hearing negative about Squad but I too own both. I'll jump on both and see how I fit in. I do like team work but so many times in Squad, it is painful when peeps go their own way and the rest of the team gets pinned down and loses. Great job on this and I truly appreciate you doing this for us. Great job!
Thank you mate! Yeah I think both games can be painful when people go their own way or don’t listen or have comms because both of them are so heavily reliant on team work. Thanks so much for commenting and watching, definitely recommend giving HLL a go, neither game will disappoint in my opinion and both bring their own flavour that make them unique in their own respective way!
I need to try HLL. I really wanna like Squad 44,been trying to like it since it was called post scriptum, but it doesn't click with me, it's too big in scope. I love stuff like red orchestra, stuff that's a bit more narrow. This is more like Arma and everytime I jump in, I don't know, I feel like I either have to invest a lot of time or be in a clan to fully enjoy the experience and I don't have as much time in my adult years.
Definitely recommend giving it a go mate, it’s not as complex as SQ44 but still requires good communication and teamwork. It’s good fun, it can be a bit of a grind at times to unlock certain loadouts but it’s a game well worth playing.
HLL has a massive problem with communication. A lot of criticism has been placed on the new developers, and rightfully so, but that isn't what is killing the game. What's killing the game is that: Nobody. F***ing. Speaks. I can't stress enough how important it is for a game like this, as I'm sure you know, but even basic communication is missing. Enhancing immersion and liveliness aside, it is a HUGE catalyst for so many headaches. 1. Zero coordination. Team/Squad is all over the place. 2. No call-outs. Prepare to die constantly to things you don't see. It's also incredibly easy to ping targets, so there is really no excuse. It is especially infuriating for Armour squads. There's a big f***ing enemy tank, sat in the same spot for 5-10 minutes, and it would've been very advantageous to know that information as you roll to the frontline. 3. Lack of spawn points. Prepare to be met with deathly silence as you request someone to play the Support class and help you set up a garrison for the team. 4. Getting rolled. Games are often so one sided. This is because the majority of people want to push and attack. You will finally hear a SL, often a part of the attack, talk in the command channel "umm... we're losing X." By which point it's 50% taken, your garrison has gone down, so there is no way of saving it. How is it that a guy checking the map, miles away, is the one to call that out? All it would've taken is ONE person on the defensive objective saying to his SL "there are a ton of enemies approaching from the north/south/east/west" which can then be relayed to command. Again though, the few times this may actually happen, nobody will listen or volunteer to fall back. I honestly could go on and on. Communication is so essential to enjoy a game like this, and nobody does it. I don't even do it anymore. Who wants to speak up, get ignored, and feel like a twat? I'll join server after server, trying multiple squads and probe with a "hello hello" and nothing. Nada. Silence. MAYBE one or two people say hi back, but you'll find that is the only correspondance.
Answer is simple: You want an arcade WW2 shooter, you pick HLL. You look for an immersive WW2 simulation, it's gonna be Squad 44. Both have their reason of being.
S44 sounds strangely muffles or something, nothing sounds crisp as in game. HLL sounds normal though. You been toying around with your soundcard? Just reset to defauly if you have, some people also added bass which makes guns sound totally out of place
@@AndyP998 yeah I think I figured it out. HLL was captured on my console and S44 through OBS I had it coming through desktop audio instead of game capture, I’ve found for whatever reason though SQ44 audio records really quietly on my OBS compared to other games and I have to increase the DB’s significantly, maybe that has something to do with it?
Both games are amazing, squad 44 is realistic in terms of variety in resources combat situations and vehicular warfare, Hell let loose is realistic in difficulty and the fact that resources are very limited and that you have to work with what you have, and if you don't you will be set back, squad 44 is great for variety in realism, and hell let loose is great for giving yourself a challenge with realism.
I just got Squad 44 , wow, the sounds scare me there that good! This a good change from Hll but i hope Squad fixes thing how you die is a bit weird but its more immersive than Hll, i love it
I like more realism, that said, I haven't killed a guy in Squad 44, I log in, run for several minutes to the objective, then someone I can't see kills me from a distance. 100% realistic, war is exactly like that.
Yeah it takes some time to get used to knowing where the enemy are. I’ve personally found if you run too much you stick out like a sore thumb and make yourself easy pickings. I’ve found from my experience you have to move a lot more tactfully and carefully utilising all the available cover, look for enemy muzzle flash, with HLL you can run & gun to a certain degree, not completely as you’ll still be picked off running through and open field but it’s certainly a bit more forgiving and comes up with hit markers as to where you were shot from.
For me to main difference that made me choose between these games is the ticket system. I left Squad (not 44) to HLL because of the boring ticket system, forcing you to wait a doctor FOR MINUTES when you're down. The second i tried HLL and it's capture point system instead of ticket, i never went back to Squad again. So when i tried Squad 44 and saw there was the same horrible ticket system, all squad 44 good points were instantly erased, and i uninstalled it after 2 games. Hope one day they'll change that, so i could play it again.
Yeah that’s fair enough. I know not everyone is a fan of the ticket system and I understand why. Personally I do like it, I think it makes you try to play your life more and think more before just running and gunning. Then again, it’s nice on HLL that once you’re downed you can immediately respawn and get back in the fight without any consequences for your team
The ticket system is arguably the reason why Squad 44 is played in a much more realistic manner compared to HLL - a player with limited lives is more apt to be cautious and deliberate in fire and maneuver. I've played HLL, in addition to Squad 44; the player base just seems a lot more casual in terms of tactics and on-map behavior, which is totally fine if someone prefers that. The people who gravitate towards Squad 44 are the same who gravitate towards Arma and regular Squad - they're after greater levels of teamwork and immersion, which exists in spades with Squad 44.
i've had both for a while but play HLL much more. Squad is a bit too hardcore for me and needs a lot of fleshing out i feel. Biggest problem with squad44 is that it has very few well populated servers.
Agreed mate, SQ44 is definitely the more hardcore of the two. I must admit I played when it was post scriptum and I thought it didn’t even compare to HLL that I was used to, since the new devs have taken over I’ve noticed massive graphic and audio changes, smoother gameplay and a growing player base! Let’s hope they keep it up, thanks for watching!
Well, i have both games since a while so i would like to let here opinion if it is useful to somebody. Both games are really good games, Hell Let Loose has better graphics and Squad 44 has better gun play, sounds,etc. I have played way more hell let loose as the perfomance in Squad 44 is trash and that is what It kept me away from it many times, for what i heard i just uses 1 nucleus(or whatever it is called to run It) so apart from Hell Let Loose being way better optimised than Squad 44 i think that It is more suittable for begginers than Squad 44 as well. Armored gameplay is stunning on Squad 44 thought.
I love Squad 44 audio. My video doesn’t capture the difference between them very well unfortunately but the audio in my opinion is actually one of the best components of this game for sure!
Squad 44 to me feels too cartoonish which takes away from an immersive environment but that’s just me I’d still 100% recommend the game to anyone who wants to try it
After 1000 hours in Hell let loose and only 37 hours in squad 44 id say squad 44 I've had more fun in squad 44 in the 37 hours than the 1000 hours in HLL. Hell let loose is plain and repetitive. Hell let loose its pretty much every man for himself
I feel you! Don’t get me wrong I love HLL but I too have found SQ44 gameplay a lot more enjoyable. Again, I could be bias in my thinking as I have spent a lot longer playing HLL and may just be simply burnt out
Squad 44: Has 16 servers, excluding those that are locked for clans. Out of the 16, there are on average ~2-5 servers that are full with 5-15+ waiting in queue, lest we forget taking region into account due to high pings. After all is said and done, I am left with around ~4 playable servers (based in US) with over 15+ waiting in queue. That is simply irrational. Why would anyone wait for those queue times. Daily average of S44 has under 1K active players at best. Lot's of updates. Fails to grasp the reigns when it comes to captivating the HLL community and onboarding their player base. Game has potential, but nah. HLL: Many servers. Over 5K daily active players. Will go down in history as one of the top 10 if not 5 WW2 shooters in FPS. Shorter wait times if any and typically under 5 people. Jump in and play. Very accessible, but hardcore game. Be challenged or stay challenged. Shit development studio. Lack of updates. Like, really there have been no proper updates since T17 took over. Neglects community feedback, seldom hitting the mark.
your audio for squad 44 sounds tampered with... it sounds much better than that in reality. Main thing I hate about HLL is how sluggish everything is, along with the terrible sound design.
Really depends what you’re after they’re both different in their own unique way if you want more of a casual game with elements of hardcore gameplay I’d go HLL however if you want the more hardcore option then I’d go SQ44, regardless whichever you go for won’t disappoint you!
Squad44 may be more hardcore, have more in depth vehicle gameplay, better audio, but that's about it. HLL is the more polished and visually appealing game. Forget the console gamers and compare the two games on Steam. There's a reason why HLL has far more positive reviews than Squad44 even though it came out 3 years after! 81k compared to 16k. There's a reason why HLL has a far larger player base. There's a reason why HLL is above Squad44 in rankings. The numbers don't lie. Not to mention Squad have the flawed ticket system. This puts an emphasis on getting kills and can ruin battles and the need to push for points. Not fun. HLL focuses more on territory and team cooperation. Not kills.
"There's a reason why HLL has a far larger player base" yes one is arcade Cod WW2 shooter while the other is a simulator I know you have some common sense 🤡🤡
Hell let loose. Just get hell let loose. If you really want a ww2 simulator, thats closer to squad 44. But before watching this video, ill flat out always suggest hell let loose.
Thanks for your comment. It’s been interesting to see people’s views from both sides of the coin. I consider myself lucky in the respect that I have both. Equally great games in their own respect in my opinion!
I’ve never had to wait hours to join a server on Squad 44. The most I had to wait the other day was 10 minutes to get into a full server. The player base is definitely a lot smaller compared to HLL but it’s certainly growing and I think if the devs keep bringing out great content it will catch up for sure. Thanks for watching and I appreciate the comment 😃
you probadly dont open the game for month lol since the new dev take back the game there is like 1500 player on some peak during the day whit around 7 server and 4 that are always full whit a waiting list . and it take less than 10 minute to join . stop talking bs
You forgot PROGRESSION. You can RANK up your soldier in HLL you feel like you are achieving something. SQIAD 44(milsim) has NONE. I play and feel like I am wasting my time.
No, it's just that this video doesn't show it well, it seems to be an issue with the recording setup not capturing Sound properly, I'd recommend checking out some other videos to get a feel for the sound. Vade would be a good UA-camr for this.
Ive played first games since day 1 and this is ONLY time i hear someone saying S44 has worse sounds. You got no clue at all and better yet, never played game if say so
Buy both. They’re completely different games. I was in beta testing for both. They aim to achieve completely different goals. To even compare them is silly.
That’s exactly my advice at the end of the video… buy both, get the best of both worlds. The video is more aimed at which game might suit an individuals play style and provide them with what they’re looking for rather than saying “this one is better”. They’re both incredible games in my opinion and my advice will always be to buy both.
Squad '44 is the worst War game iv ever tried. it's even worse than before and i was in game a few sec and uninstalled it so so bad! an awful experiacne of a game removed instantly. it's so just bad, from loading menus, bad menus terriable Ui worst map ever created in any game, stuff loadding and rendering in so bad, awful controls and customiszation, infantry sucks, movement, gunplay etc its endles. its clear to see wh ui never got into this, will never get into this game, and why it died and was rebranded from Post Scriptum to Squad 44. some people enjoy poorly made game and a small few enough this poorly made game but its a poorly made game, that is No Fun to play, unless you like poorly built games that are not fun to play. the very low player numbers also prove that point and it's not got lower player numbers Cos its "a Niche Game" that's (Bs block anyone saying Niche game they are an idiot or fan boy it's got low player numbers cos it Sucks! and that the the bottom line and not just my opinion, it's the popular opinion, low player numbers prove beoynd any doubt or argument.
Thanks for your opinion. I too downloaded squad 44 when it was officially post scriptum and agree that it was in dire need of some work, I uninstalled after a couple of hours and thought I would never install it again. I will say that since OWI has taken over who of course are the same devs for squad it has drastically improved. It’s by no means the finished article but if OWI continue putting the work they have done so far into it I see it becoming very popular. The player base is growing day by day which I think speaks volumes. I’m excited to see if the devs can turn it around and convince others that may have given up on it that it’s a great game and only getting better.
Crazy how you are able to form such an opinion on the gameplay and mechanics of the game when you were "only in game a few sec and uninstalled it". I have a fair amount of hours in both HLL and Squad44 and I will absolutely say Squad44 has far more accurate weapon sounds that HLL does. Furthermore the attention to detail in weapons is far greater then that of HLL. HLL does in my opinion win in overall level and map design with a focus on a war torn map rather then Squad44 choice of a bright, prebattle map design. Movement is different for sure but in no way gets blown out of the water by HLL, both are different but neither of them are better than each other. Personally never had an issue with the loading of assets and rendering of maps ever consider this could have been a hardware issue rather than a game issue?. Multiple users have stated HLL is better for poor performance PC's rather than Squad44 and I'm inclined to agree since I started on HLL with a poor PC than made the switch to Squad44 after. My overall point is you cannot review a game you did not try, you had one bad experience in one round and uninstalled and formed your opinion based on that gameplay. I can't tell you how many games of HLL I have played where I can form that exact opinion.
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Good review. I have a little over 1,000 hours in each game and I think you did a good job. Some suggestions would be: S44 has (much) larger maps, as a result the world is generally less detail to compensate. The larger maps are more realistic and allow the player to experience actual engagement distances of WW2, whereas HLL is more of a compressed experience. The iron sights are completely adjustable in S44. S44 sets the bar for sound design not just WW2 milsims, but the entire gaming industry imho. It's absolutely superb. One of the biggest differences between the games is you can't always get the kit you want in S44, it's essentially a race at the beginning to get it (similar to HLL) but there are far fewer since you're forced into an actual accurate squad position dynamic, where ~70% of players are using bolt actions compared to HLL where it's considerably less, probably closer to 20-30%. And lastly, there is a _lot_ more to do in S44 than HLL. It has a lot more content. Logistic squads can build entire bases. You can build emplacements, bunkers, you can build 88's, Flak 34's, 20mm's, MG emplacements, multiple AT guns, mortars, etc.
I play mostly armor in both games and like you mentioned the difference between the two is almost a waste of time to compare them. The tank driving in HLL is nothing short of terrible. The gear changing is just simulated, the RPM of the engine means nothing (it's just a bs gauge that goes up), the whole "feel" of the engine is non existent. The turning is silly and hard to control at times, and the speeds of the armor are all artificially slow to compensate for the smaller more compressed maps. Maps clip some obstructions and not others (it isn't consistent between the maps) the tank will get stuck occasionally and must be abandoned (you can't reset it at all). The hit registration in HLL between armor sometimes feels RNG even for experienced players. Sometimes I feel like it's just using a random probability if a round penetrates or not. It's still a mystery to me with 1,000 hours in a tank and way over level 10 commander. The angle of armor, location, etc. is almost pointless. It's front and rear and the rest is just random. In S44 the engine responds exactly how you expect, the tanks have the proper gear count (both F and R), the tanks have the proper ammunition for the model and year, they have the proper optics, cupola glass, you can open the hatch and look out, the tanks move at the correct speeds, etc. HLL has about 2-3 tanks per faction, S44 has 15-30 per faction. Again, there's just no comparison. The tank audio in S44 is superb, the handling, everything. I could go on for hours. Suffice to say if you want to know what it was like to operate a tank in WW2 there is _no_ game out there that scratches S44. The engagement distances are accurate (sometimes firing a mile away, for instance). The tactics and movement are correct, camouflage on tanks works, etc.
As far as the visual differences, this gets a little tricky. S44 has the best particle effects you will ever see in a game, it is nothing short of incredible. The lighting effects in S44 are also better than HLL. I feel HLL has a smoother more polished feel to it, and the levels are more detailed in the micro. S44 is updating the maps and it's blurring the line even more. I will say when I compare to two in my head, I feel like S44 is a more accurate depiction of WW2 combat, and HLL is more hollywood and condensed.
@@c.j.1089 thanks for your comments, always enjoy hearing the thoughts of those that have had considerably more game time in each of the games than myself.
I didn’t know you could adjust the iron sights in s44 that’s a really cool feature that I’ve just found out from your comment!
Thanks so much for watching and your comments!
Came here to write both, found this to be unnecessary. Happy to see a proper unbiased look. Thanks!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching mate
One important difference: Hell let loose is quite a lot more Arcady. There are some gameplay elements in play e.g. in offensive, only the recon squad can move past the first quadrant.
In squad everybody can roam the map.
That’s a very good point and something I missed. Thank you!
Thats not being arcady, that preventing idiots from capturing wrong objective and camping on spawns on wrong sector (recon is for that).
In squad 44 points are often to close to implement this
@@funtecstudiovideos4102 squad44 gives players the possibility to roam the map freely, HLL doesn’t, because of gameplay reasons. I.e. Arcady
If your attacking you can go past the first quadrant it makes sense that if your defending you cant go wondering off into locked sectors.
@@jacobhaussmann90 entirely different discussion WETHER OR NOT it makes sense… it’s a gameplay decision, that’s been taken from you. Squad 44 let’s you do it
squad 44 is much better, the new devs have ruined HLL
sad but true, Used to love to play hll but nowadays i just cant play without finding bugs and getting mad with the bad driving system thry implemented on tanks.
@sxvage1 yeah I feel you. I used to love hell let loose also, but the game has become so repetitive and predictable in my opinion
I never played a game so immersive as Squad44, the sound design is fantastic. The sound of tank rounds ricocheting on armor is something truly fantastic. This game is truly refreshing in these days.
Couldn’t agree more!
The weapon sounds of Squad 44 in this video are somehow very muffled or dull, don’t know how to describe it. In S44 the sounds are more crisp and stand out even more.
Not sure why it’s come out like that. Was recorded through OBS which normally captures my sound well.
I agree, they sound a lot better in game than what they sound like in this video. Thanks for your comment
do you prefer more casual arcadey experience over milsim?
yes? buy HLL
No? buy squad 44
do you need a more polished smoother less buggy experience?
Yes? buy HLL
No it doesnt bother me much? Buy Squad44
Do you want communication and teamplay to be the standard or are you fine with little to no communication?
i want lots of communication? Buy Squad 44
No i dont really care about it much? Buy HLL
Are you buying a game for the tank and vehicle gameplay?
Yes? Buy squad44, dont even consider HLL over it if this is your main interest.
Is historical accuracy and immersion/realism something you really want?
Yes? buy Squad44
No? Buy HLL
Do you want normal FPS aiming mechanics (smooth player input), and janky weapon aiming with artificial "realistic handling" is an issue?
Yes? buy HLL
No its fine or i prefer janky "realistic aiming inertia"? buy Squad44
@@chost-059 you’re hired for my next video 😂 cheers mate, that’s very helpful.
You forget "You like watching a black screen for minutes every time you die, waiting for an hypothetic revive by a medic ? Buy Squad 44"
Do you want the better game?
No! Buy Squad44.
HLL polished? haha
@@IndigoJoe28bruh squad 44 is the better game
This video doesn't really do either game's sound justice, the sound quality depends on what kind of sound card you have. That said, Squad 44's sound wins leaps and bounds.
Hell Let Loose is a good game. Squad '44 is a good simulation..
squad 44 is 100% my choice the only issue i have with it is the textures. in honest i think squad 44 looks better than HLL. HLL is far to bright and the general design of the game seems a bit cartoony, but when you get close to things in squad 44 they are all very flat and dull. HLL has brick buildings that look very great while most buildings in 44 are just flat painted walls, as well as general level design, the maps just play and are designed better. Other than that like he said Squad 44 is a much more hardcore game which is why i love it so much, id say its way more immersive and requires you to think way more about what you do to take an objective compared to HLL and the tank combat in it is just perfect. Its probably the best tank combat in any game that isnt soley devoted to just tank combat if that makes sense.
Thanks for your comment mate. They are both great games in my opinion and both outweigh each other in their own respective way. I guess it ultimately depends what the player is looking to get out of each game. I agree, the more hardcore players amongst us are better suited to squad 44 where as the guys that still want a great immersive game with team cohesion but without the increased hardcore mechanics are better suited to HLL.
I’m so keen to experience some more tanking in SQ44 the detail is insane!
You know you can just lower the brightness in HLL right?
What I want is the community.
I have 1000+ hours on HLL over the years, but never fail to get tired from full teams of people not communicating and cooperating.
If people don't communicate, you might as well have a randomised AI.
If HLL had Squad 44 tank/vehicle gameplay, gunplay, map design I would play it instead of 44
It would be cool if a game was created with the best parts of both games for sure!
Squad 44/post scriptum is by far the better mire polished game.
Be aware that i may use bith names interchangeably since ive put so much time into the game before the name change its a bit difficult to get used to the new name at times
Gameplay: the movement is a lot more fluid, more intuitve, and just feels less clunky.
Weapon handling is much better and weapons dont feel like your playing goldeneye N64 edition.
Tanks actually work. They are playable and fun, since destroying tanks isnt based on a healthbar but on the damage roubds do as they interact with the armorm a non penetrating hit can still cause spalling, a riccochet can cause the round to break up and the armor to chip off, injuring or killing infantry. Shaped charges shoot an actual jet through the armor so placememt is key if you dont want it to blow through a part of the tank with nothing behind it.
Sound: sound is just plain perfect. Having been on the recieving end of artillery in real life, that is the only thing that doesnt aound excatly like in real life, but everything else does. From tanks, to rifles to machine guns. From the crcakle of rounds passing. Nothing will ever beat this games sound design.
This video doesnt do it justice, as it seems the capture program he used on pc is subpar at capturing sound
Graphics: now this one may seem counter intuitive. Hell let lose looks a lot better.... From a distance. The ambient occlusion makes it look better at a glance, but if you look closer youll find a lot of low poly and low res models and textures, even worse than in post scriptum.
Weapons: besides the sounds mentioned earlier, hell let lose features hit scan, no matter the distance, if you left click, an enemy inline with the barrel will die instantly. You do not need to lead a target, and it feels super unrewarding to basically have a laser gun. Post scriptum features ballistics what else do i need to say?
Teamplay: Teamplay is a lot more important in post scriptum and vital if you want to win. You dont always need to communicate but you should at least listen to your squad leader so your swuad can place rally points and such to shorten the walking distances.
Im pretty sure the main reason for hell let lose being so succesful with post scriptum having rather few players, is that hell let lose is on console, and that besides arma Reforger its the only sort of milsimesque game on console.
It also appeals more to the battlefield and call of duty crowd, a bunch of solo running around, feeling like rambo, sniping people at 1200meters with ease using Hollywood logic when it comes to weapon handling and physics.
The next point is marketing. Periscope games never did a lot of marketing, before they fell apart, offworld Entertainment is now thankfully fixing that mistake at least somewhat.
So id recommend squad 44 over HLL ANY day of the week.
Fantastic review, thanks for your comments. I trust you’ve had a lot of experience with such an in depth review. It’s great to see a lot of the experienced players chipping in as like I said in the intro I’m very new to this game. Thank you.
Also, I use OBS to record and capture my game it normally does a good job at capturing audio so not sure what happened there, any tips?
A totally biased opinion. Squad44 may be more re hardcore but overall HLL is the more polished and visually appealing game. Forget the console gamers and compare the two games on Steam. There's a reason why HLL has far more positive reviews than Squad44 even though it came out 3 years after! 81k compared to 16k. There's a reason why HLL has a larger player base. There's a reason why HLL is above Squad44 in rankings. The numbers don't lie. 🤷
@@IndigoJoe28 the reasons why there are some negative reviews for the then called "Post Scriptum" were because they were almost always focused on the low player count, creating a vicious cycle leading to less player count. HLL is going downhill atm and S44 only looks to be improving, with even a Japanese faction coming. Call of Duty WW2 V2 will always interest a larger audience and this player disparity between them mostly revolves around this, not how well the games are made. S44 will eventually grow its player base, but it will always be handicapped by the plethora of backseat gamers.
@@user-bt5ur1pr7r how many years have they been saying Squad44 will make a comeback. It's not happening bud.
@@IndigoJoe28 only once a much larger studio took over
Great review and comparison. I have played Squad but not HLL. I want to play a little since I haven't been on in almost a year. Been hearing negative about Squad but I too own both. I'll jump on both and see how I fit in. I do like team work but so many times in Squad, it is painful when peeps go their own way and the rest of the team gets pinned down and loses. Great job on this and I truly appreciate you doing this for us. Great job!
Thank you mate! Yeah I think both games can be painful when people go their own way or don’t listen or have comms because both of them are so heavily reliant on team work.
Thanks so much for commenting and watching, definitely recommend giving HLL a go, neither game will disappoint in my opinion and both bring their own flavour that make them unique in their own respective way!
the squad 44 comes much more difficult then HLL since in HLL is easier to spot someone in squad you learn to be heavily careful where you are going
I need to try HLL. I really wanna like Squad 44,been trying to like it since it was called post scriptum, but it doesn't click with me, it's too big in scope. I love stuff like red orchestra, stuff that's a bit more narrow. This is more like Arma and everytime I jump in, I don't know, I feel like I either have to invest a lot of time or be in a clan to fully enjoy the experience and I don't have as much time in my adult years.
Definitely recommend giving it a go mate, it’s not as complex as SQ44 but still requires good communication and teamwork. It’s good fun, it can be a bit of a grind at times to unlock certain loadouts but it’s a game well worth playing.
Reading your comment, you'll 100% prefer HLL.
HLL has a massive problem with communication. A lot of criticism has been placed on the new developers, and rightfully so, but that isn't what is killing the game. What's killing the game is that: Nobody. F***ing. Speaks.
I can't stress enough how important it is for a game like this, as I'm sure you know, but even basic communication is missing. Enhancing immersion and liveliness aside, it is a HUGE catalyst for so many headaches.
1. Zero coordination. Team/Squad is all over the place.
2. No call-outs. Prepare to die constantly to things you don't see. It's also incredibly easy to ping targets, so there is really no excuse. It is especially infuriating for Armour squads. There's a big f***ing enemy tank, sat in the same spot for 5-10 minutes, and it would've been very advantageous to know that information as you roll to the frontline.
3. Lack of spawn points. Prepare to be met with deathly silence as you request someone to play the Support class and help you set up a garrison for the team.
4. Getting rolled. Games are often so one sided. This is because the majority of people want to push and attack. You will finally hear a SL, often a part of the attack, talk in the command
channel "umm... we're losing X." By which point it's 50% taken, your garrison has gone down, so there is no way of saving it. How is it that a guy checking the map, miles away, is the one to call that out? All it would've taken is ONE person on the defensive objective saying to his SL "there are a ton of enemies approaching from the north/south/east/west" which can then be relayed to command. Again though, the few times this may actually happen, nobody will listen or volunteer to fall back.
I honestly could go on and on. Communication is so essential to enjoy a game like this, and nobody does it. I don't even do it anymore. Who wants to speak up, get ignored, and feel like a twat? I'll join server after server, trying multiple squads and probe with a "hello hello" and nothing. Nada. Silence. MAYBE one or two people say hi back, but you'll find that is the only correspondance.
@@hansj2468 i feel you. I have switched to s44. To many K/D hunters in HLL now.
@@crave90 I switched too 🙌
Great review Bro 🤙🏼
Cheers Hesk!
Inbound hot tanks let’s do this
💯looking forward to it mate!
I have both, and both are very good.
I like the green tracers from the MG42 on Squad 44 it makes you so scared lol
Yeah! That thing gives me PTSD its an absolute beast of a weapon, I often find my self on the receiving end of it 😂
Answer is simple: You want an arcade WW2 shooter, you pick HLL. You look for an immersive WW2 simulation, it's gonna be Squad 44. Both have their reason of being.
S44 sounds strangely muffles or something, nothing sounds crisp as in game. HLL sounds normal though. You been toying around with your soundcard? Just reset to defauly if you have, some people also added bass which makes guns sound totally out of place
@@AndyP998 yeah I think I figured it out. HLL was captured on my console and S44 through OBS I had it coming through desktop audio instead of game capture, I’ve found for whatever reason though SQ44 audio records really quietly on my OBS compared to other games and I have to increase the DB’s significantly, maybe that has something to do with it?
Both games are amazing, squad 44 is realistic in terms of variety in resources combat situations and vehicular warfare, Hell let loose is realistic in difficulty and the fact that resources are very limited and that you have to work with what you have, and if you don't you will be set back, squad 44 is great for variety in realism, and hell let loose is great for giving yourself a challenge with realism.
I just got Squad 44 , wow, the sounds scare me there that good! This a good change from Hll but i hope Squad fixes thing how you die is a bit weird but its more immersive than Hll, i love it
Yeah it genuinely feels like you’re there! The Audio is incredible!
@@CrispyGaming92 hope it gets more servers in my country
Fingers crossed mate! The more people keep playing it the more it will grow!
I used to grind HLL but recently playing squad 44 and I can say squad 44 is the best game by far
@@conantaylor2453 sq44 is so immersive I find, the audio is incredible and feels like your in a real life battlefield
I like more realism, that said, I haven't killed a guy in Squad 44, I log in, run for several minutes to the objective, then someone I can't see kills me from a distance. 100% realistic, war is exactly like that.
Yeah it takes some time to get used to knowing where the enemy are. I’ve personally found if you run too much you stick out like a sore thumb and make yourself easy pickings. I’ve found from my experience you have to move a lot more tactfully and carefully utilising all the available cover, look for enemy muzzle flash, with HLL you can run & gun to a certain degree, not completely as you’ll still be picked off running through and open field but it’s certainly a bit more forgiving and comes up with hit markers as to where you were shot from.
Bushes bro, bushes is newb friendly..
On squad 44 if you go prone your stamina regenerates much faster...
Handy to know, thanks!
Love both games, 2000 hours in each. Squad44 is my favorite though.
Squad feels like CoD
HLL feels like slowed down CoD these days
I hope Squad44 is actually slow paced
For me to main difference that made me choose between these games is the ticket system. I left Squad (not 44) to HLL because of the boring ticket system, forcing you to wait a doctor FOR MINUTES when you're down. The second i tried HLL and it's capture point system instead of ticket, i never went back to Squad again. So when i tried Squad 44 and saw there was the same horrible ticket system, all squad 44 good points were instantly erased, and i uninstalled it after 2 games. Hope one day they'll change that, so i could play it again.
Yeah that’s fair enough. I know not everyone is a fan of the ticket system and I understand why. Personally I do like it, I think it makes you try to play your life more and think more before just running and gunning.
Then again, it’s nice on HLL that once you’re downed you can immediately respawn and get back in the fight without any consequences for your team
The ticket system is arguably the reason why Squad 44 is played in a much more realistic manner compared to HLL - a player with limited lives is more apt to be cautious and deliberate in fire and maneuver. I've played HLL, in addition to Squad 44; the player base just seems a lot more casual in terms of tactics and on-map behavior, which is totally fine if someone prefers that. The people who gravitate towards Squad 44 are the same who gravitate towards Arma and regular Squad - they're after greater levels of teamwork and immersion, which exists in spades with Squad 44.
@kevinp5325 I couldn’t agree more mate, well said! Thanks for watching 😀
Squad 44
i've had both for a while but play HLL much more. Squad is a bit too hardcore for me and needs a lot of fleshing out i feel. Biggest problem with squad44 is that it has very few well populated servers.
Agreed mate, SQ44 is definitely the more hardcore of the two. I must admit I played when it was post scriptum and I thought it didn’t even compare to HLL that I was used to, since the new devs have taken over I’ve noticed massive graphic and audio changes, smoother gameplay and a growing player base! Let’s hope they keep it up, thanks for watching!
Well, i have both games since a while so i would like to let here opinion if it is useful to somebody. Both games are really good games, Hell Let Loose has better graphics and Squad 44 has better gun play, sounds,etc. I have played way more hell let loose as the perfomance in Squad 44 is trash and that is what It kept me away from it many times, for what i heard i just uses 1 nucleus(or whatever it is called to run It) so apart from Hell Let Loose being way better optimised than Squad 44 i think that It is more suittable for begginers than Squad 44 as well. Armored gameplay is stunning on Squad 44 thought.
Tried reinstalling S44, played it for a bit, it still needs way more polish to win me over.. Uninstalled.. HLL ftw!
I personally play Squad 44 just because of the sound. The gun sounds in HILL are really bad, in my opinion.
I love Squad 44 audio. My video doesn’t capture the difference between them very well unfortunately but the audio in my opinion is actually one of the best components of this game for sure!
Squad 44 to me feels too cartoonish which takes away from an immersive environment but that’s just me I’d still 100% recommend the game to anyone who wants to try it
It’s all preference. Decided to try out SQ44 today and just couldn’t get into it. My preference is HLL.
Both different games for sure! Definitely recommend giving sq44 a couple of goes it can take a while to get the hang of it.
After 1000 hours in Hell let loose and only 37 hours in squad 44 id say squad 44 I've had more fun in squad 44 in the 37 hours than the 1000 hours in HLL. Hell let loose is plain and repetitive. Hell let loose its pretty much every man for himself
I feel you! Don’t get me wrong I love HLL but I too have found SQ44 gameplay a lot more enjoyable. Again, I could be bias in my thinking as I have spent a lot longer playing HLL and may just be simply burnt out
Squad 44: Has 16 servers, excluding those that are locked for clans. Out of the 16, there are on average ~2-5 servers that are full with 5-15+ waiting in queue, lest we forget taking region into account due to high pings. After all is said and done, I am left with around ~4 playable servers (based in US) with over 15+ waiting in queue. That is simply irrational. Why would anyone wait for those queue times. Daily average of S44 has under 1K active players at best. Lot's of updates. Fails to grasp the reigns when it comes to captivating the HLL community and onboarding their player base. Game has potential, but nah.
HLL: Many servers. Over 5K daily active players. Will go down in history as one of the top 10 if not 5 WW2 shooters in FPS. Shorter wait times if any and typically under 5 people. Jump in and play. Very accessible, but hardcore game. Be challenged or stay challenged. Shit development studio. Lack of updates. Like, really there have been no proper updates since T17 took over. Neglects community feedback, seldom hitting the mark.
Has mindless console horde noobs:
HLL: HeY U GUYsssss!!!
Sq44: PC Master Race
HLL is on PC too...........
squad 44 plays so much better but its really hard to find a good server if youre playing with more than 1 person and speak english
your audio for squad 44 sounds tampered with... it sounds much better than that in reality. Main thing I hate about HLL is how sluggish everything is, along with the terrible sound design.
Not sure why I haven’t touched or changed any of the settings, everything is run through OBS. I agree though sq44 has the better audio in my opinion
Did he call the Finns an Axis power??
8:57 exactly
aw i love us kiwis are in squad 44, thats sooo cool. im guessing those canadians arent in squad 44 coz....geneva suggestions???? haha
Yeah love to see the kiwis and Aussies in it! I had a game as the kiwis last night actually! Great fun
I bought both
Good choice! Can’t go wrong with that!
Which one do you recommend?
Really depends what you’re after they’re both different in their own unique way if you want more of a casual game with elements of hardcore gameplay I’d go HLL however if you want the more hardcore option then I’d go SQ44, regardless whichever you go for won’t disappoint you!
Hell let Loose plays like a live action board game, that’s why I like squad 44 more
Squad44 may be more hardcore, have more in depth vehicle gameplay, better audio, but that's about it. HLL is the more polished and visually appealing game. Forget the console gamers and compare the two games on Steam. There's a reason why HLL has far more positive reviews than Squad44 even though it came out 3 years after! 81k compared to 16k. There's a reason why HLL has a far larger player base. There's a reason why HLL is above Squad44 in rankings. The numbers don't lie. Not to mention Squad have the flawed ticket system. This puts an emphasis on getting kills and can ruin battles and the need to push for points. Not fun. HLL focuses more on territory and team cooperation. Not kills.
"There's a reason why HLL has a far larger player base"
yes one is arcade Cod WW2 shooter while the other is a simulator I know you have some common sense 🤡🤡
Yes, but if the enemy army throws their men at you in suicide waves, and they all die, don't you WIN the battle???
Why are people hating on the tickit system. I just makes sure that people actually play smart and don’t just run and gun like HLL
Hell let loose.
Just get hell let loose. If you really want a ww2 simulator, thats closer to squad 44. But before watching this video, ill flat out always suggest hell let loose.
Thanks for your comment. It’s been interesting to see people’s views from both sides of the coin. I consider myself lucky in the respect that I have both. Equally great games in their own respect in my opinion!
Finnish forces and polish for HLL were cancelled.
Both are excellent camper simulators.
Enlisted
The headshot in HLL is vastly superior ;)
I agree! It’s iconic to say the least. I don’t hate the S44 one either though both are very satisfying !
HLL is the one you buy because it's simply the best WW2 shooter ever made ❤
Nah I can’t go back to hll after switching to squad 44
Squad is more Realistic and for me the better Game, but has no Playerbase. 3-4 Sever you can wait for Hours....That means..Buy HLL
Lol, you don't have to wait hours. Maybe a few minutes at most
Yup like max 10 min
I’ve never had to wait hours to join a server on Squad 44. The most I had to wait the other day was 10 minutes to get into a full server.
The player base is definitely a lot smaller compared to HLL but it’s certainly growing and I think if the devs keep bringing out great content it will catch up for sure. Thanks for watching and I appreciate the comment 😃
you probadly dont open the game for month lol since the new dev take back the game there is like 1500 player on some peak during the day whit around 7 server and 4 that are always full whit a waiting list . and it take less than 10 minute to join . stop talking bs
You forgot PROGRESSION. You can RANK up your soldier in HLL you feel like you are achieving something. SQIAD 44(milsim) has NONE. I play and feel like I am wasting my time.
then after your progression the game shutdowns like heroes and general and you lose everything ... it sucks.
Squad 44 has horrible gun sounds.
- said no one ever
I tend to disagree I think a couple of them need work but the majority sound amazing in game
@@CrispyGaming92 I've been told, S44 has recorded gun fire and HLL are edited assets from other sources.
No, it's just that this video doesn't show it well, it seems to be an issue with the recording setup not capturing Sound properly, I'd recommend checking out some other videos to get a feel for the sound. Vade would be a good UA-camr for this.
Ive played first games since day 1 and this is ONLY time i hear someone saying S44 has worse sounds. You got no clue at all and better yet, never played game if say so
Buy both. They’re completely different games. I was in beta testing for both. They aim to achieve completely different goals. To even compare them is silly.
That’s exactly my advice at the end of the video… buy both, get the best of both worlds.
The video is more aimed at which game might suit an individuals play style and provide them with what they’re looking for rather than saying “this one is better”. They’re both incredible games in my opinion and my advice will always be to buy both.
@@CrispyGaming92 absolutely, man! Both have their perks. I’m just happy to see HLL taking off and Post Scriptum/Squad ‘44 gaining a footing once more.
Squad '44 is the worst War game iv ever tried. it's even worse than before and i was in game a few sec and uninstalled it so so bad! an awful experiacne of a game removed instantly.
it's so just bad, from loading menus, bad menus terriable Ui worst map ever created in any game, stuff loadding and rendering in so bad, awful controls and customiszation, infantry sucks, movement, gunplay etc its endles. its clear to see wh ui never got into this, will never get into this game, and why it died and was rebranded from Post Scriptum to Squad 44. some people enjoy poorly made game and a small few enough this poorly made game but its a poorly made game, that is No Fun to play, unless you like poorly built games that are not fun to play. the very low player numbers also prove that point and it's not got lower player numbers Cos its "a Niche Game" that's (Bs block anyone saying Niche game they are an idiot or fan boy it's got low player numbers cos it Sucks! and that the the bottom line and not just my opinion, it's the popular opinion, low player numbers prove beoynd any doubt or argument.
Thanks for your opinion. I too downloaded squad 44 when it was officially post scriptum and agree that it was in dire need of some work, I uninstalled after a couple of hours and thought I would never install it again.
I will say that since OWI has taken over who of course are the same devs for squad it has drastically improved.
It’s by no means the finished article but if OWI continue putting the work they have done so far into it I see it becoming very popular. The player base is growing day by day which I think speaks volumes.
I’m excited to see if the devs can turn it around and convince others that may have given up on it that it’s a great game and only getting better.
Crazy how you are able to form such an opinion on the gameplay and mechanics of the game when you were "only in game a few sec and uninstalled it". I have a fair amount of hours in both HLL and Squad44 and I will absolutely say Squad44 has far more accurate weapon sounds that HLL does. Furthermore the attention to detail in weapons is far greater then that of HLL. HLL does in my opinion win in overall level and map design with a focus on a war torn map rather then Squad44 choice of a bright, prebattle map design. Movement is different for sure but in no way gets blown out of the water by HLL, both are different but neither of them are better than each other. Personally never had an issue with the loading of assets and rendering of maps ever consider this could have been a hardware issue rather than a game issue?. Multiple users have stated HLL is better for poor performance PC's rather than Squad44 and I'm inclined to agree since I started on HLL with a poor PC than made the switch to Squad44 after.
My overall point is you cannot review a game you did not try, you had one bad experience in one round and uninstalled and formed your opinion based on that gameplay. I can't tell you how many games of HLL I have played where I can form that exact opinion.
Whew, Google reviews can be scary.
@EugenetheMedic 😂
Both games are Great
Tried reinstalling S44, played it for a bit, it still needs way more polish to win me over.. Uninstalled.. HLL ftw!