Military

These are games set with a realistic military setting. Games listed here are typically in a 20th or 21st century military setting. Sub-genres also exist.

Battlefield 2142

Battlefield 2142 is a 2006 first-person shooter video game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. It is the fourth game in the Battlefield series. Battlefield 2142 is set in 2142, depicting a war known as "The Cold War of the 22nd Century", in which two military superpowers – the European Union (EU) and Pan Asian Coalition (PAC) – battle for the remaining unfrozen land during a new ice age.

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Necrovision

NecroVisioN is a gory fantasy FPS remotely based on Painkiller's engine and set during WW1. It features a sophisticated combat system that lets you use your character's left hand like never before to shoot, throw, stab... and ultimately host the powerful Shadowhand. Combo kills fuel your body with adrenaline that can be used as a "bullet time" reserve or as a mystical source for the Shadowhand's spells.

Men of War

Men of War is a real-time strategy video game and the sequel of the 2004 Real time tactics game Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, developed in partnership with Best Way by Digitalmindsoft and published by 1C Company, 505 Games and Aspyr Media. Like the game's predecessor, the single player campaign takes place during World War II and features battles set in Europe and Russia and the new locations Greece and North Africa, across three different campaigns for the Allies, Germans and Soviets.

World in Conflict

Originally, the game was Vert- out of the box. Native Hor+ was added in patch #1 and TripleHead support in patch #3. Patch #10 is required for playing online with owners of Soviet Assault. World in Conflict is a modern-era military RTS focusing on combat, with no base building or resource gathering to worry about. The campaign pits you and the US armed forces against an invading Red Army. The game also features multiplayer maps for up to 16 players. Soviet Assault adds new plot elements to the campaign and six missions from the USSR side.

Air Legends

Air Legends is a quasi-3d WW2 dog fighting game, with 'cartoony' graphics. It was created by my mate Sharky using MS XNA and is available on the XBox360 and PC. It has single player and split screen options. The demo and full version, for a donation, are available from: http://sharky.bluecog.co.nz/?page_id=244

Battlestations: Midway

Command whole squadrons or take control of individual ships and airplanes in this naval action game depicting the US vs. Japan episode of WW2 in the Pacific. Although aimed towards online team-based multiplayer, the game features a story-driven singleplayer campaign (US side) and "challenges" focusing on the control of ships, planes and submarines respectively.

Rainbow Six: Lockdown

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown is the fourth game in the Rainbow Six series. Lockdown is the first entry in the Rainbow Six series to feature graphics effects which includes normal mapping and specular lighting, as well as physics objects. Advanced graphics were available only on the PC version.

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

Fight in the theatre of war that changed the world forever. Battle alongside your compatriots on some of the most inhospitable environments of the Eastern Front in Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. Red Orchestra places you in the most realistic WWII first-person multi-player combat to date on the PC, allowing the player to fight through some of the most intense combat of the war. You can play as infantry, using a wide range of infantry weapons, or crew one of the many armored combat vehicles available in the game, from half-tracks to the most famous German and Soviet heavy tanks.

Splinter Cell

Splinter Cell is a third-person action-adventure set in Tom Clancy's world of Splinter Cell. The game follows the exploits of covert operative Sam Fisher, who utilizes stealth and impressive gadgetry to dispose of his enemies and accomplish his objectives.

America's Army

America's Army is a tactical multiplayer first-person shooter owned by the United States Government and released as a global public relations initiative to help with U.S. Army recruitment. America's Army is relatively authentic in terms of visual and acoustic representation of combat, especially pertaining to its depictions of firearm usage and mechanics, but its critics have alleged that it fails to convey wartime conditions as accurately as it claims. The game is a medium-paced tactical shooter, similar to the Tom Clancy series of shooters.