Fulqrum Publishing and Ukrainian Studio Best Way are excited to announce the launch of the third and Final Beta weekend for the eagerly anticipated real-time strategy title, Men of War II. Starting today, fans will be able to hit the front lines and try out the new classic and realism modes, before the release on September 20th, 2023. The Final Beta will be open to the public starting Thursday, August 10 through Monday, August 14th at 7pm CEST on Steam.
This open beta gives fans the chance to experience Men of War II’s highly-requested ‘Classic’ setup for matches through the custom lobby, taking players back to the multiplayer experience of previous Men of War games. By selecting which nation they’d like to play as, players will immediately have access to all that nation’s units in each match. There are no battalions and echelons, with the player calling in their forces based on a combination of their manpower resource and control points, combined with timers.
For those fans looking for a new and challenging adventure, the Realism Setting offers fewer visual cues concerning the visibility and health of their units, higher chance of disabling and capturing enemy vehicles, a more limited range of fire for weapons, and even more gameplay changes.
This third and final open Beta has been based on feedback from thousands of players who have already played, tested and provided their thoughts on the previous two public tests. The developers will continue to work on polishing and balancing based on fresh player feedback from this Beta. Players’ progress and saves in this open beta test will not carry over to release.
Join the test now by clicking “Request Access” on Men of War II Steam page. Those players who participated in the previous two open betas will automatically have access to the Final Beta Test.
The full list of content available in the open beta is as follows:
Open Beta Content:
- 3x PvP Match Setup Mode
- PvP (typical Men of War II experience using the battalion system)
- Combined Arms (single customizable battalion for each nation)
- Classic (all units from the player’s nation available in a match)
- 4x Game Mode
- Front Line
- Assault Zones
- Combat
- Incursion – only available in PvP match setup (“Battalions”)
- 1x PvE Mode
- Line Defense
- 8x Maps
- Airfield
- Bazerville
- Borovaya River
- Carpathians
- The Coast
- Farmland
- Winter March
- Suburb
- 3x Single Player / Co-op Missions
- Ambush
- Battle of Coisson
- Towards Freedom
Changes & Fixes:
- A new enhanced lighting engine with new skyboxes and better quality of existing content.
- Bunkers, pillboxes and observation towers can now be built as defensive structures on all maps.
- Additional match settings in the lobby: players can choose the weather and time of day for each battle.
- Added medical transport for each nation and a Soviet self-propelled heavy howitzer SU-152.
- New animations for various units and situations, such as artillery reloading and infantry dying in water.
- New buildings added to maps, including a supply depot, infirmary, fuel station and cranes.
- New models for artillery shells, grenades and bombs.
- Various new sound effects.
- Improved pathfinding for vehicles.
- Balancing and refinement to single-player missions and multiplayer modes.
- Performance improvements.
- Bug fixes, general polish and small tweaks.
