Theatre of War - "The Anvil (Allied Forces at Hill 112 and Caen)"

[plurbleman]

0:25 shit just got real

[nachogranatemalvarg]

nice video.you have joined the bests ww2 games for pc and make them all a movie .all your vids are great

[XShadowY]

@nachogranatemalvarg Thanks for your comment and watching the other videos as well! :-)

[superlaetitia91]

Frenchement , tu la bien faite ta video =) Defoie on dirais que sais dur réel Vraiment bien fait , Continue comme ça =) Felicitation

[CrIp1391]

Is this PC only?

[imwithbf2]

"Right, let's move! Come come come!!"

...

"Let's get out of here..."

I lol'd at that part =D

But its really good! Very well done ;)

[ShaunOfTheDead85]

it would be awesome if you culde youse thow exsplotions in tho sprites and have them in the game (=

[mrbrunopolska]

your welcome man

[mrbrunopolska]

dude this made me have a few tears go down my check i love how you made this vid man you did a very good job

[XShadowY]

@mrbrunopolska Nice to hear! :-) Thanks for your comment.

[hotshot331]

Awsome

[XShadowY]

@OmahaBeach35 This charge you can watch at the end of my "Barbarossa" video, or also in the "Operation Citadel" video. :-)

[OmahaBeach35]

PLEASE make one about Stalingrad!

[XShadowY]

@OmahaBeach35 Stalingrad is mentioned in my video "Operation Citadel"

[TheBradleyClarke]

where are the parts from MOH airbourne?? is that the smoke and explosions??

[XShadowY]

@TheBradleyClarke Several background buildings like the church and the street leading to the horizon in the final scene. On my little homepage you are able to see a comparison screenshot. Just navigate to the "Theatre of War section" and scroll down.

[Ramon609]

whoa i didnt knew i would feel so mutch emotion cuz of this movie

[GenGeogeSPatton]

bloody hell one of the best vids from a game i have evers seen

is wonderfull the additional effects and the planes crush was wonderfull can you please do more

[gamemoviezone]

nice battle sequence! Really liked the camera work, and love that music track Ellegy for Dunkirk very moving. Have you ever played Forgotten Hope 2? Check my vids for a preview.

[CheckMySix]

Hi XShadowY

AWESOME movie buddy

keep em coming

Respect

CM6 :-)

[mline1111]

we couldv'e captured Caen earlier if Monty had not delayed to attack and we couldv'e gotten an important figure in the german high command if he didn't stop. And ecasue of him, the germans got a lot more morale by the allied failure of operation Market Garden.

[Jaguar0010]

I like that music form that movie gettysburg

[paxtofettel]

Hey did you add those fire effects on the destroyed tanks? Because that does not appear in the game

[MegaPATTON1]

I love a bridge to far!

[ikheetruben]

Hey, I noticed that you have the sounds of the artillery group firing from the movie "A Bridge Too far".

[LaBrantt23]

Dude, you must have a degree in Filmography cause you make some nice vidz!!!! That into is fly as hell!!!! 5/5 encore!!!

[XShadowY]

I`m happy that you like the videos! Thanks for the rating. :-) Oh, a degree in something film related would be nice... unfortunately I`m working in a completely different field. :-(

But maybe that could change somewhen??? :-)

[MrSeppi95]

Hast du bei 1:40 die Granate selbs nachbearbeitet oder gibs da nen Mod?

[XShadowY]

Ich hatte sie nachträglich eingefügt, jedoch bin ich nicht mehr auf dem Laufenden was Mods angeht. Vielleicht gibt es mittlerweile sowas für ToW???

[PSI19rox]

Why dont you do an D-Day or Market Garden?

[XShadowY]

Both are not possible in a way I would imagine, because there is no amphibious landing/ paratrooper drop supported in "Theatre of War". And the "Pacific Fighters" possibility I used already in "The Third Front".

[timesplitterdude]

@XShadowY actually there are paratroopers in ToW, and position like arnhem can be constructed by map editor. and there is also bridge in editor?

[ualien42]

That Tiger tank got owned, and u just had to put the crash landing aircraft next to a enemy tank and the tank shoots into the cockpit,

[XShadowY]

That was the only way I was able to let them interact, because both are from different games. Other than that it should display that you are just at the mercy of luck or fate or whatever you want to call it when you are in the middle of an armed conflict.

[PSI19rox]

Fine, anyways thanks for making vids about Poland.

[philipg52]

The music used during the opening British advance on the hill is from Gettysburg.They were fighting against fanatics who had the advantage of defensive cover on higher ground.Every move can be seen on the approaches to the hill and they were not surprisingly slaughtered.Visit Hill112 memorial on yahoo.We owe, these brave men!!!!!!!!!

[wehrmacht132]

You didnt use CoH units did you?? They look a little "stiff" but I enjoyed every second of it...nice job.

[fraulens]

you are always the best! I really like when the artillery begins the fire...

[Allyness92]

lol u got sound at 5:03 from bridge to far ;-)

[XShadowY]

Maybe "Bridge too far" got it from me? ;-)

[darkville]

well, if u done this movie before 1979 :D

[Zikan13]

Epic

[smsteve888]

the opening scene was so brilliant, how you could only see the muzzle flashes. Also, I'm thankful the music over the movie wasn't rap or rock or anything stupid. It actually fit!

[XShadowY]

Thanks again for your comment! It`s just bad that youtube dismantled the graphics so much, because it`s hard to see the tracer fire at all and each trace I placed there by hand. :-) And actually there are quite a few, but not recognizable with this bad image quality. :-(

[smsteve888]

BUMMER!

[Dimakool]

nice vid

[ualien42]

u just had to put the plane crash right in front of a enemy tank and he shoots it

[arbiqued]

lol that was pretty cheesy

[ThyKiefIsMurder]

Wow. I have to admit that was pretty brilliant. The visual effects were a downgrade but still i enjoyed it. I especially like when the guy gets hit by the plane wing. 4/5

[XShadowY]

I`m pleased that you like it, yet I`d like to ask you, if you could be a little more specific about the "downgrade", because each shot contains elements which are not part of the game. I don`t know, if you know the game, but there`s literally nothing, which makes the battles visually exciting. :-) No muzzle flashes, tracers, sparks, smoke etc. and NO city. On my homepage I placed a comparison screenshot, if you`re interested. :-) In the end it lasted 3 months to make it... :-(

[monkswood]

Out of 10, what would you rate this game & how big can battles get?

[XShadowY]

Oh, it`s hard to give it an objective rating, because people like it for the ballistics and armor value realism over other games, but for me the fun of playing it suffered from bad mission design and scripted A.I.. When you try to flank the enemy it can be that their reinforcements show up in your back or flank and then you got no chance at all. And with "showing up" I mean they can "pop up" 30 m next to your troops. :-(

So, based on that it`s a 3-4 for me, yet the realism is unique in games.

[XShadowY]

And the battle "size" just depends on your PC. The maps are limited (forgot the square size, maybe 2km*2km) but how many troops are fighting on this map just depends on your PC.

[monkswood]

Ok thanks

[greenbooban]

it's super cheesy but good

[19stretch72]

an ancient road runs through hill 112, used by william the conqueror on his way to conquer england. how fitting that the conquered would fight there to liberate the land of the conquerer himself! by the way what a place, its only when you stumble on big shards of jagged steel and spent ammunition cases and bullets that you realise what went on there.

[culltim]

i like to leave this on in the background and relax to it

[dickran2142battle]

HEY! its still morning dont shoot

[Basti19951995]

wiedermal super arbeit

[mline1111]

that was a good and sort of funny movie! "Come on move go go go! Right lets get out of here."

[tutt4]

Im with'em, Panther tank bad!

[hardcorecrusher12]

this are not the graphics from the game.

how you make those graphics

[Gargantou]

Are you gonna make some vids using ToW2? It's really so much better than ToW1 in my opinion!

[XShadowY]

Gaming wise I think it will be the same. Fighting against entrenched enemies or waves of enemies entering the map. So, exactly as the predecessor. Graphics look a little nicer, but from the video side I think the African campaign is too limited to show a variety of battles. On the other hand I`m busy with two other projects, so I won`t have enough time even if I would like to make one... :-(

[Gargantou]

Have you tried the demo of TOW2?

It's a lot better than TOW1 IMO.

I truly love the fact they added in buildings that you can put your troops into etc.

[Rymramoch]

Die Grafik des Spiels ist wirklich schlecht ^^

[Tyepaz]

Does this run on vista

[soberauzzie]

I've been watching your World War 2 videos, really well done. Your Brilliant!

[XShadowY]

Wow, so fast .... I just left you a comment at the "Invasion of Poland" video. :-) So, thanks again for watching and I`m really happy that you liked them!

[unowiel]

Boring

[XShadowY]

At least you haven`t been charged for watching it... ;-)

[unowiel]

True, I appreciate your effort though :)

[L0sTnD4rK]

wanst this the movie call a bridge to far?

[wuestenfuchsxy]

nice video.

What would the allies do without their air support xD

[Truseneye92]

Wow you make some realy beuitiful war movies i am subscribing :)

[Czibo]

Amazing work you have done here, kudos.

[XShadowY]

Thank you! :-)

[Slickbullet813]

hahahaha come on come on lets move move! oh lets get out of here

[TheOtherNarrator]

lol at 8:32, btw i don't think that happened but still, nice!

[XShadowY]

Just should show that it`s mostly luck to get out of such a battle alive. Or speed... :-)

[mlosmlos]

cool!

[maffi007]

funny 5/5

[dadsarmyfrules]

wats the song

[philipg52]

Great video and without doubt close to what actually happened.

[sybic84]

What is the name of it games??? Is it available in France??? Thank you very much! because I live in quoted by the hill 112

[XShadowY]

It`s "Theatre of War" and yes, it should be available in France.

[philipg52]

The Germans had the best part of 5 years to prepare the ground for killing in Normandy.They did a superb job and had the approaches so well bracketed that it is a wonder that any allied troops survived.When you are approaching the high ground where an enemy is so well dug in (not well illustrated here) and you are moving in flat open country, you might as well say goodbye cruel world.Its a turkey shoot for the defenders.

[XShadowY]

Sorry that you think it`s not well illustrated in my video. But, what can I say? It`s an environment from a PC game and not a multi-million dollar HBO documentary...

[kursk19442]

The Germans did not prepara Normandy for defence for close to 5 years. Work began on the Atlantic Wall in 1942/43 and, inland (such as at Hill 112 and Caen) there was very little preparation of fortifications/field works. In fact, the invasion was thought not to come in Normandy at all but rather at Calais. So, in fact, the germans had very little time to prepare Hill 112 for defence.

[PwnageMewsic]

May I ask what graphics card etc. you use/recommend? Cause I got a good bit over the recommended reqs. and it still slows down a ton during big battles. You definatly don't seem to have that probelm so I was just wondering.

[XShadowY]

I use a Nvidia 8800 GTX graphics card in a Intel 2,4 Ghz Core Duo processor. The problem could be the switch of "using more processor cores" in the options menu. Have you tried to switch it on and off and compared the results? After the latest patch this problem should be solved, but I have heard of people that they still got "reduced" frames when they have switched it on. Have you checked out the battlefront forum? Maybe there is another way of helping you make it run smoother.

[PwnageMewsic]

Yep, that was it thanks alot man.

[smsteve888]

lol I was worried that 2.8 Ghz wouldn't be enough.

[XxXBF2XxX]

wat software did u use to make this

[elchico22222]

allies rule whhohohoohohohohohoh!

[Danoski1993]

LOL I LOVE THE PART WHERE THEY ARE RUNNING AFTER THE GERMANS SAYING GO GO GO AND THEY SeE THE TANKS AND SAY LETS GET OUT OF HERE!

HAHAHA

[MarkOfTheRebel]

shadow, when ToW2 Africa comes out, will you make videos for that too?

[XShadowY]

Dont`t know, because in the moment I`m even too busy with the making of two other films to play any kind of games. :-(

[MarkOfTheRebel]

well it isn't even coming out soon. not until march 2009.

[normannobrot]

dam, those smoke effect's for what look's like theatre of war.? is that a mod?

[XShadowY]

It`s all in the video description.

[Feedi112]

graphics are not best but nice movie :)

[mercucio61]

ur probably right. i used this for a theatre of war movie (thats in my playlists section) and i thoght this sene was pretty epic...

[skippers96]

bravo bravo you did it again mate cungradulations you ot to bee in Holywood

[Strunnn]

the reason i ask is because the "Fire for affect" and the part where the howizers start to fire is from that movie.

[Strunnn]

Is this sopose to be a seen from A bridge too far as te calvery moce forward or is it just something random you thought up?

Eather way nice vid.

[ShrapnullDrawing]

The beginning was amazing

[danbarnosu]

Dont worry I will wait

[danbarnosu]

Anytime my man anytime

[danbarnosu]

Man this was the greatest video I ever seen from you.The flamethrowing tank,the artillery firing from behind lines,the sounds,the effects.MARVELOUS IN ONE WORD

[XShadowY]

Thanks for your nice comment! I`m happy that you liked the video. :-)

[danbarnosu]

Since I like it I will give you some new ideas.For example make a movie with some fights during winter I would really like a fight like that.And another lets say a fight betwen two armies separated by a river,2 bridges(not big) and a fight betwen heavy tanks only.

[XShadowY]

Hm, "Battle of the Bulge" would be coming up next ... BUT I`m stuck with two other projects, so I`m afraid the next PC game or ToW video in particular has to wait a little longer. :-(

[danbarnosu]

Man I waited but how long does it take?

[XShadowY]

Thanks for your concern, but I`m afraid the next film won`t be out before christmas. :-(

[danbarnosu]

You talk like a very bussy man but your movies can wait I just want more talking from everybody

[Companyman55]

What game is this?

[redremenant]

Artillery=Scary as hell

[FyllePaal]

wery good job dude...

[ThisPersonSaid]

I really like the beginning, very well done mate

[davidusmc95]

I watched all the vids and I think they're fantastic. Good job xshadowy. I was wanting to make a video with ToW and I cant figure out how to turn the cursor off and turn the circle unit signs off. Please respond.

[XShadowY]

Thanks for your comment! The cursor I cannot switch off either, I just minimize the bottom window (Shift-P) and use the cursor only in the area of the now minimized window. Afterwards, in the "post-production" you can zoom in a little to get rid of the task bar at the top and bottom. The circles you can switch off with hotkey "z" or in the game menu. Good luck with your videos.

[Jacquinot1982]

SUPER THE BEST!!!!!!!!!

[twomells]

Beggining i thought was the best.

[boyyeudoi101090]

another film,great

[savagerabbit]

This is magnificent! Wow, I'm so glad that I stumbled on your series.

[stabizisback]

very good!

[MarkOfTheRebel]

u should make a vid for CoH:OF

[MarkOfTheRebel]

those sounds are amazing! i wanna replace my sound files with those!! where on earth did you get them,?!?!

[scriba]

a masterpiece !

fav and twice 5 stars !

[sam199166]

Good stuff

[24michiganironbrigad]

amazing your best yet, love how you put multiple games into one.

[rakgitarmen]

Amazing work. Just incredible :)

[kotovsky79]

you are the best ^)

[DutchCop]

Absolutly Superb !1!

[Bros1SJ4]

Mighty Eyes-candy! Cool!

[BVV916]

Super !!!

[Derdr]

brilliant

[elli782]

Keep these videos coming!