We have been playing World War 2 games for probably around a decade, so we know our way around them. We've bought and played many, many of them over the years and one thing we have grown to love about playing them is to challenge ourselves, always, and use bolt-action rifles as much as possible. But one thing we really don't like to do is use machine-guns on them, especially online.
Why?
Glad you asked...
We strongly believe (along with years of experience to back that belief up) that you need hardly ANY skill to use automatic weapons and be good with them.
How?
I'll tell you...
What weapon would you choose if you had hardly ever played a "shooter" game before?... It would be the easiest one you could find to use, right? That would be a machine-gun. One pull of the trigger and you send round after round out of the barrel; with what... ONE finger movement? That's all you have to do. Barley any aiming necessary. Spray and pray. At least one bullet is going to hit the target whether you were aiming or not. And if it doesn't, just reload and spray some more.
And it angers us, so badly, when players think, and say they are skilled yet they use automatic weapons! That doesn't require skill! Obviously. Machine-guns are beginner's weapons! Prove yourself and face me with a rifle! Now that takes skill. Which is why me and Joey use them. Preferably the German KAR 98k bolt-action rifle with no optics attached (scopes, etc...). We love to use that gun. And it requires tons of skill, and patience, to use right.
Which leads me to...
Why bolt-action rifles?
Here's why...
You only have five shots in the weapon, (10 shots of you use the british Enfield rifle) as opposed to twenty, or thirty, or even over seventy! You have to aim, and aim well... and once the sights are lined up, squeeze the trigger. BANG! One shot rings out! Alright, if you missed, or you didn't kill them (which happens way to often) let your character actuate the bolt, sending the used cartridge out of the chamber and pushing in a fresh one. Aim again, line the sights up again, squeeze... BANG! Okay, two shots! And if that didn't do it the process starts again.
See, pretty challenging, huh? And very fair.
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So with that said, I'll just sum this up like this...
Machine-guns = An unskilled player's, or beginner's easy way out to play a WW2 shooter game and do good.
Bolt-action Rifles = A truly skilled, challenging player's way to play WW2 shooters if they can handle it.
- Stefan
