Forgotten Hope 2

Forgotten Hope 2
Developer(s) Forgotten Hope 2 Developer Team
Publisher(s) Forgotten Hope 2 Developer Team
Series Battlefield
Engine Refractor 2
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release date(s) 14th December 2007
Genre(s) World War II first-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Forgotten Hope 2 is an award winning[1] total modification for the videogame Battlefield 2 that has the goal of bringing the setting from the present day to WWII,[2] with an emphasis on realism and historical accuracy. FH2 is the sequel of Forgotten Hope, one of the most popular mods for Battlefield 1942.

The first version, version 2.0, was published on December 14, 2007 and contained the North African campaign. Version 2.2 added Normandy maps. It contained maps: Ramelle-Neuville, St. Lo Breakthrough and Battle of Brest, as well as new features. Version 2.4 was released in July 2011. It added maps from the Battle of the Bulge. Version 2.45, which was released on July 13, 2012, added a few new maps including the Battle of Keren, Sidi Bou Zid and St.Vith, new weapons and vehicles, as well as significantly improved textures. In 2016, version 2.5 was released, it added the Soviet and Finnish armies.[3]

Description

Forgotten Hope 2 is a modification of historical accuracy and realism. For example, every battle is environmentally and militarily as accurate as possible. Most maps are based off real life locations and terrains, to keep accuracy at its finest.

Forgotten Hope 2 (since version 2.25) includes Germany, the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Italy and the US armies. The Red Army came in update 2.5.

Forgotten Hope 2 features rank, medals, ribbons and badges since 2.4 Update. Forgotten Hope 2, however features censorship in war symbols like German swastika and the old cross of Finland.

Changes to the gameplay

In Forgotten Hope 2 soldiers die and vehicles are destroyed more easily. Similarly, medics cannot resuscitate dead soldiers back to life, unlike in Battlefield 2. Each soldier carries more equipment and in addition everyone carries one medical kit, which improves the survivability. If a player gets non-fatally shot, he is left to bleed and will die very quickly if he does not get medical treatment.

The update 2.25, added accurate ballistics to the majority of small calibre weapons. However, the standard deviation is maintained in other guns and when the player is shooting from the hip. This is different from the main game or from other modifications, if the shooter does not aim the scatter can be very large.

Game's tanks and weapons are also differentiated in their damage capabilities with different cannons and armor. For example, 9mm-caliber weapons do less damage than .45 -cal one, also an US Sherman tank has a distinct disadvantage against the German Panther. Maps have different amounts of tickets and vehicles in order to balance he gameplay.

Forgotten Hope 2's armored vehicles feature realistic optics and armor penetration. Poor main cannon performance or bad projectile angle may fail to penetrate or may even ricochet off the target.

The game also, unlike many Second World War games, has emphasis on realistic weapon distribution among the troops. This means that machine guns, submachine guns and anti-tank equipment is available to only a few players, while other players use standard infantry rifles. Special weapons such as flamethrowers, sniper rifles or tripod mounted machineguns have to be picked up on the battlefield. They have been hidden throughout the maps tactically in useful places. For example, sniper rifles can be found in tall buildings, such as church towers or even at main base and heavy weapons can also be found at base.

Forgotten Hope 2 differs from Battlefield 2 graphically as well. The environments are more detailed and 3D models have better quality. The modification’s content is nearly all custom made, only a few objects from BF2 is found. Forgotten Hope 2 is one of Battlefield 2's visually most demanding modifications, and requires appropriate hardware to run smoothly.

Gameplay

The game is multiplayer-based with servers that can host up to 100 players simultaneously. There is also a singleplayer mode where players can play the multiplayer maps against computer players that take control of the soldiers who would otherwise be controlled by players. The maps have different layers depending on the players on the server 16, 32 and 64.

Gamemodes

Follows the conquest mode of Battlefield 2 with several modifications, now the flags must be captured in a predetermined order to ensure the formation of a front that moves as one of the two factions prevails. Flags that can be captured are marked by a green circle while those that can't are marked with a red X.

A gamemode with objectives, a faction assaults while the other defends the strategic objectives that can range from parked aircraft to ammo depots. The attacking faction's respawns are limited while the defending are not. When all the objectives of the defending faction are destroyed or the reinforcements of the attacking faction are over the game ends.

Playable Factions

Allies

Axis

Infantry Classes

Forgotten Hope 2 has seven infantry classes. Each class has historically accurate weapons and kits that reflects the equipment of soldiers of the different nations at war; Each faction has its own specific weapons, diversified depending on the maps on which you are playing to reflect the historicity of armament. For example, in the maps until 1943 the German army will be equipped with Mauser 98K while on the maps set in 44 or 45 will be available with new Gewehr 43 rifles on a few selected spawn kits. The available classes are: Pichu, el comepepas

Class Gear Info
Recon
  • Knife/Bayonet
  • Rifle
  • AP mine
  • Smoke grenades
  • Field dressing
Scout trooper armed with a rifle and binoculars he's tasked to spot and identify the enemy, using binoculars can also designate the area of attack for players who are using mortars and artillery. He is also equipped with an anti-personnel mine.
Assault
  • Knife
  • Submachine gun
  • Grenades
  • Field dressing
The assault leads the offensive to the front and is armed with a submachine gun and grenades.
Rifleman
  • Knife/Bayonet
  • Rifle
  • Grenades
  • Rifle grenade launcher
  • Field dressing
The classic infantryman, backbone of any army, he carries with him a rifle and some grenades. Depending on the faction and the map it can also be equipped with a rifle grenade launcher.
Machinegunner
  • Knife
  • Machine gun
  • Pistol
  • Field dressing
Soldier armed with a machine gun tasked with supporting his teammates during an advance or providing suppresive fire.
Engineer
  • Knife/Bayonet
  • Mine detector (available in early maps)
  • Rifle
  • Repairing tool
  • Anti-tank mines
  • Field dressing
Soldier belonging to the military engineering, his main task is to repair or destroy vehicles and military infrastructures, he is armed with a rifle or a carbine depending on the faction. He carries, depending on the case, a minesweeper/mine detector and flags to indicate enemy devices.
Anti-Tank
  • Knife
  • Anti-tank weapon
  • Pistol
  • Anti-tank explosive
  • Field dressing
Soldier specialized in dealing with tanks. This class is commonly armed with a pistol and an anti-tank weapon that can range from an anti-tank rifle, a rocket launcher or anti-tank grenade/mines, its armament is defined by the faction and the period of war.
NCO
  • Knife/Bayonet
  • Rifle/submachine gun
  • Pistol
  • Smoke grenades
  • Field dressings
  • Binoculars
This class can only be chosen by the squad leader. He can be armed with a submachine gun or a typical rifle, he also carries with him extra field dressings, binoculars and smoke grenades.

Weapons

FH2 features many weapons, each historically accurate, here's a summary table.[4]

Vehicles

Forgotten Hope 2 counts many vehicles constantly expanding that can be organized by type.[5]

Maps

The game features many maps that are taken from the satellite images[6] of real places of the conflict. They can be grouped into three main areas.[7]

North Africa[8]

Map Date Factions
Bardia January 3, 1941 Kingdom of ItalyItaly vs AustraliaAustralia
Battle of Keren February 5, 1941 Kingdom of ItalyItaly vs United KingdomBritain
Siege of Giarabub March 21, 1941 Kingdom of ItalyItaly vs AustraliaAustralia
Siege of Tobruk April 11, 1941 Nazi GermanyGermany vs AustraliaAustralia
Invasion of Crete May 20, 1941 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Battle for Sfakia May 28, 1941 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Sidi Rezegh November 22, 1941 Kingdom of ItalyNazi GermanyItalo-Germans vs United KingdomBritain
Gazala May 26, 1942 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Fall of Tobruk June 20, 1942 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Mersa Matruh June 28, 1942 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Alam Halfa September 1, 1942 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Operation Hyacinth September 13, 1942 Kingdom of ItalyItaly vs New ZealandNew Zealand
El Alamein October 23, 1942 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Operation Supercharge November 2, 1942 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Sidi Bou Zid February 14, 1943 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
Mareth Line March 16, 1943 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Tunis May 7, 1943 Kingdom of ItalyNazi GermanyItalo-Germans vs United KingdomBritain

Western Front[9]

MapDateFactions
Mount OlympusApril 13, 1941 Nazi GermanyGermany vs New ZealandNew Zealand
Pointe du HocJune 6, 1944Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
Gold Beach June 6, 1944 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Omaha BeachJune 6, 1944 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
PegasusJune 6, 1944Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Port en BessinJune 7, 1944 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Purple Heart LaneJune 10, 1944 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
AnctovilleJune 12, 1944Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Villers-BocageJune 13, 1944 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Ramelle-NeuvilleJune 13, 1944 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
LebiseyJuly 8, 1944Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
St. Lô BreakthroughJuly 11, 1944 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
Operation GoodwoodJuly 18, 1944Nazi GermanyGermany vs United KingdomBritain
Operation CobraJuly 25, 1944Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
Operation LüttichAugust 7, 1944Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
Operation TotalizeAugust 8, 1944 Nazi GermanyGermany vs CanadaCanada
Falaise PocketAugust 18, 1944Nazi GermanyGermany vs CanadaCanada
Battle for BrestSeptember 17, 1944Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
Hürtgen ForestOctober 6, 1944Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
VossenackNovember 2, 1944Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
EppeldorfDecember 16, 1944Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
St. VithDecember 16, 1944 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
BastogneDecember 20, 1944Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA
Meuse RiverDecember 22, 1944 Nazi GermanyGermany vs United StatesUSA

Eastern Front[10]

MapDateFactions
SammatusJuly 25, 1944Soviet UnionUSSR vs FinlandFinland
AradSeptember 14, 1944Soviet UnionUSSR vs Nazi GermanyGermany
Dukla PassOctober 25, 1944 Soviet UnionUSSR vs Nazi GermanyGermany
Seelow HeightsApril 16, 1945 Soviet UnionUSSR vs Nazi GermanyGermany

Awards

The game won the Mod of the Year award on ModDb in 2010.[11] The game earned a total user rating of 9.4 on the videogame website IGN.[12] GameSpy.com rated the game 3.5 stars out of 5.[13]

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