Line #28 VideoGame/ForgottenHope


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2	Imagine the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII of ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'', taken up to eleven. Then you get ''Forgotten Hope''.
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4	Basically, ''Forgotten Hope'' is a 2006 mod for Battlefield 1942 with emphasis on realism and historical accuracy. Adding dozens of new factions, weapons and vehicles, with maps in numerous theaters with infantry, armor, naval and air (or all four) combat. Unsurprisingly, it became popular. A sequel for ''[[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} Battlefield 2]]'', ''Forgotten Hope 2'', was released, and awarded the 2010 "Mod of the Year" from [=ModDB=]. The second game has an emphasis on infantry and armor combat with air support, completely eliminating naval battles.
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6	Development of the original mod has ceased, although the sequel is still being updated.
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8	The factions for the original ''Forgotten Hope'' are:
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10	* [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks United States Armed Forces]]
11	* [[SemperFi United States Marine Corps]]
12	* [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships United Kingdom Armed Forces]]
13	* [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Soviet Armed Forces]]
14	* [[UsefulNotes/CanucksWithChinooks Canadian Armed Forces]]
15	* [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australian Military Forces]]
16	* [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades French Armed Forces]]
17	* [[UsefulNotes/PolesWithPoleaxes Polish Armed Forces]]
18	* [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons Wehrmacht]]
19	* [[UsefulNotes/KatanasOfTheRisingSun Imperial Japan]]
20	* [[UsefulNotes/NewRomanLegions Italian Armed Forces]]
21	* [[UsefulNotes/FinnsWithFearsomeForests Finnish Defence Forces]]
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23	The sequel, ''Forgotten Hope 2'', features the following factions:
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25	* [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks United States Army]]
26	* [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British Army]]
27	* [[UsefulNotes/CanucksWithChinooks Canadian Army]]
28	* [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australian Army]]
29	* [[UsefulNotes/KiwisWithCarbines New Zealand Army]]
30	* [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons Wehrmacht]]
31	* [[UsefulNotes/NewRomanLegions Italian Army]]
32	* [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Red Army]]
33	* [[UsefulNotes/FinnsWithFearsomeForests Finnish Army]]
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36	!!Provides Examples Of:
37	* AcceptableBreakFromReality: Averted mostly with some exceptions, as a result of engine limitations or just to be fair.
38	* AlternateHistory: It is possible for a faction to win a battle they lost in real life, which would have potentially major consequences.
39	* AntiAir: In several maps, there are stationary anti-aircraft mounts in bases, and in capped objectives. There are also vehicles with anti-air mounts that can be driven to the front for support, with the downside of being extremely vulnerable to tanks and infantry.
40	* BayonetYa: In the vanilla game, several weapons had bayonets permanently attached that did nothing practical. In the sequel, several rifles can be fitted with bayonets, but they cannot be fired with them attached.
41	* BottomlessMagazines: Averted, even with weapons.
42	* BulletSparks: Played straight with metal surfaces, but averted with other surfaces.
43	* EasterEgg: Sniper rifles cannot be chosen as a spawn kit, but must be found and picked up. The same with flamethrowers and deployable machine guns. Some engineer kits with ammunition instead of explosives can be found (the American one substitutes the Garand for the M1917 Enfield).
44	* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Several maps have US Rangers and Paratroopers, German Fallschirmjäger and New Zealand Long Range Desert Group commandos.
45	* FriendOrFoe: Happens plentifully.
46	* GameMod: Is one of course, but it actually has quite a few itself, such as ''Forgotten Hope Realism Mod'', ''Norwegian Resistance'' and ''Hungarian Front''.
47	* GunPorn: An exceptional amount of [=WW2=] guns are available.
48	* ImprovisedWeapon: Anti-Air guns can be used against infantry, as can anti-tank guns that can load high-explosive rounds. In some scenarios, German players can use entrenching tools as melee weapons.
49	* KillItWithFire: Each game has a token flamethrower (the Flammenwerfer 41 for the Germans in vanilla, and the [=M1A1=] Flamethrower for the Americans in the sequel). These are rare, run out of fuel quickly, are extremely vulnerable at long range and tend to [[IncrediblyLamePun backfire]] on the player and his teammates.
50	* MoreDakka: It is possible to "deploy" medium and heavy machine guns at the front of battle.
51	* PrecisionFStrike: In ''Forgotten Hope 2'', the Australian faction has a habit of dropping the F-bomb when the enemy appears to be losing.
52	* ShownTheirWork
53	* SelectiveHistoricalArmoury: Averted, with proper weapons for proper classes.
54	* UrbanWarfare: The original has Arnhem, Stalingrad (there are three Stalingrad maps, Battle of Stalingrad, Stalingrad and Pavlov's House), Berlin, etc. Forgotten Hope 2 includes Sfakia, Tunis, Port-en-Bessin, Brest, Vossenack, Eppeldorf, St. Vith and Bastogne. And [[Film/SavingPrivateRyan Ramelle-Neuville]].

Context VideoGame / ForgottenHope