Hell Let Loose

Once you find a good community with voice comms, this becomes an amazing, tactical, fun and rewarding experience.

So fun and immersive, I shiver at every shot and every bomb. The community is always great, I've met some wonderful veterans who have really helped me learn the game. The teamwork aspect of it feels so significant and complex and strategic that even when my team loses I can often feel acomplished with my squad and feel like we gave it our best. Really good game! Don't be afraid to be a newbie on this one, others will have your back :) even being a somewhat shy person who would never use voice chats in games before this, I really feel very welcomed by the playerbase, and talking on voice chat with my squad is one of my favorite aspects of playing this, it has really helped me overcome a bit more of my timidness. Anyways, amazing game, great multiplayer shooter with very special teamworking aspects, I love it!.

A few things that take the fun out of the game, for me (maybe not for you) -About 1/3 to 1/2 of your deaths seem to be from people camping a spawn. -Together with the above mentioned point, you spend a lot of time in the spawnmenu (and thus not on the battlefield). One improvement would be to remove the 10sec death timer, imo -Maps are very big, but changes in the situation (who controls which cap) change rapidly, so I always feel like I'm too far away or too late to make a difference (redeploying and waiting up to a min to respawn is not gameplay...) -Gameplay feels more like fighting a lot of small 1v1 or 2v2 skirmishes than large scale battles. -Small objects on the map (like fallen branches) can block you from aiming horizontally, forcing your gun 45 degrees up... has made me fumble many times while trying to get a kill, often resulting in my own death. Big cause for frustration for me. Some good things: -Maps are pretty decent looking -Decent variety in content -Gun play can be fun

I have a friend from work who plays this game otherwise I would never touch this toxic steaming pile of a game. Firstly the network performance is horrible. All the good servers are community ran and they all have level locks on them so you must be level 25 or higher to join or get kicked. Tbh this would be the downfall of any online game. There are not enough official servers. Most are full or have slow connections. I have fast internet. Secondly the community is extreme toxic garbage. I have played a few games where there will always be some d-bag with anger issues screaming into a mic at people. Not an enjoyable atmosphere. I cannot tolerate violent people at this stage in my life. A buzz kill for this title. I get this game is more of a military sim but holy cow man. People in this game are more than rude, and probably beat their girlfriends after a bad game if they got one. My connection issues cause gameplay issues. I make a mistake, lag thorws off my mouse aim and some useless childish piece of crap ends up screaming at you because of it. Pretty bad overall experience with the community. The only fun I had was with my buddy in this game and he does not get angry about silly bullshit things like these people do. I'm not new to this genre either having played titles like Arma 2 and Insurgency over the years. This is not very enjoyable outside playing with friends.

I paid full price for this game in 2020. I played it for about 20 hours and then stopped. I just picked it back up, not realizing there was a free weekend. The game is fun, and once you learn the map and layout, you'll die less. It's nothing like the Battlefield series. The sound of the guns and suppressing fire is almost unmatched. Killing is satisfying. If you like suffering like in Tarkov, this is a good trade off for a totally different FPS experience. 8/10.

this game sucks massive meat slabs. server admins pick and choose when to enforce rules and when to make up new rules on the spot for their little d riding minions. also the game play is trash. want to run around for an hour to explode out of nowhere? go play dayz.

Went a bit downhill once blackmatter left. However still a solid replacement for Heroes and Generals XD

Really good game if you have some friends to play with, Some server are better than other but overall a really good game. There are some few annoying parts when using vehicles example getting stuck in a chicken house with a tank.....! Very frustrating. But hey if you like a team game then this is the one.

Easily my most played game in the past 10 years, however developers of first Blackmatter now Team17 keep f*ing with the game, focusing all they have on 'content' over game mechanics and bugs. Content in the form of ever less playable maps, NIGHT versions of all maps (which you can play immersively and die to unknown threads or pump up the brightness like everybody else and have a lightly worse looking version of the same). New "Game Modes" that nobody asked for, especially veterans and clans do not get a say but are widely ignored when they call out issues with gameplay. Every update breaks more things than it introduces, game is slowly but surely getting optimized for consoles changing GOOD gameplay solutions (menus for loadout) for WORSE ones. Did I mention bugs not getting fixed that have been in the game for 5+ years now? Loadout bug. Now I just had the 17th or so update that resets all game settings (liked your sensitivity? find it again!) and loadouts. Why do I bother customizing characters? It takes AGES to set up all classes of all factions so you don't have to get into it during a match, especially if you want to have one saved loardout for summer and one for winter maps. Happy? Update. Do it again. And that's the s**** they want to sell you in cosmetics DLCs :'D This game used to be great. It's still fun, but making EVERY UPDATE WORSE THAN THE ONE BEFORE is a true feat. HLL devs are not players, they are corporate and nothing else. Don't support that BS. Don't buy.

game so unfinished i cant even change the resolution without game breaking, or change resolution in windowed fullscreen. embarrassing.

Not worth. Relies heavily on teamwork. No teamwork, your army gets knocked back 2 decades. Its hard to get teamwork since players are either doing their own thing, or just arguing in chat. Imo good amount of instances of cheating, however if you try to call it out, no one will believe you.

If you want to experience Viet Cong as an american soldier. Then this game is for you.

Horrible balance, shitty gameplay structured around communication but no one wants to communicate. You have to pay for most of the content, the factions are not at all equal. Tanks represent about half the power of your 50 man team, so if they die you are just screwed. If you want to play a game like this, save your money and play enlisted, or better yet, dont play that equally shitty game and do literally anything else with your time. You will either be playing with sweats who will kick you for not constantly filling the radio with unnecessary noise or apes who can barely work a keyboard. If you get lucky enough to get into a good server (thats right, I said server-- no matchmaking), you still need to rely on 49 teammates to not be so dumb they can barely tell left from right. The "realism" is just not getting hit markers, you can still tell you hit someone by either the dull thud of the bullet hitting their body, or the sharp ping of it hitting their helmet-- regardless of distance. The machine guns are "balanced" around the idea that they cant ads without being prone, but they are laserbeams over any distance, so it doesn't really matter. The American M1 Garand is objectively better than any other factions main gun because it is semi-auto and therefore allows for quick follow up shots. There is no way to practice leading targets in the practice range since its only dummies and targets, no movement. The machine guns give you a screen shake effect so you dont even need to be hit, you can never peak them to try and figure out where its coming from. The AT is the most important role but 90% of players use the AT gun to get infantry kills, because 99% of people who play this game are just kill farming, not playing the objective. I have yet to play a match where I felt it was close, either my team stomps or gets stomped. Less than 50% of people have a 10 kill streak, and the achievement even insinuates that you need to camp to do that (Filthy Camper). Warfare is a game mode that can be played on maps like Utah and Omaha Beach (don't feel the need to explain why symmetrical game play on asymmetrical maps is a stupid idea). If you don't get a good, or even competent commander (God forbid none at all), you are screwed. There is no way to even suspect if someone is cheating because you cant verify how you died. The realism comes after good gameplay, it does not make it. Lastly, weapons are class exclusive, meaning if you want to play officer, you need to grind to get a long range weapon, and if you want to be able to kill tanks outside of AT, you need to level a specific class. The only problem is every class but rifleman is limitied to one per squad, so you will be hard pressed to level while playing with a competent squad. So its either have a good team, or spend time leveling up in a squad full of lizard people from the Denver Airport. 10 second respaun timer, before you can even select which respawn you would like to go to. The respawn will sometimes just kick you out before cycling back to the 40 SECOND TIMER. If your squad doesn't know how to place, never mind properly position garrisons, you are fucked. So much of this game is out of your control, and your effect on the game will always feel like less than your opponents, just because you have to sit and watch the 10 second respawn countdown over, and over, and over again. Don't get me wrong, when you are doing good and so is your team, this game feels great. But that is very infrequent, and more often than not I have to leave before I hurt myself from smashing my fists on my desk after my sixth different respawn point is being camped

Very difficult game especially for beginners. The servers suck mostly because they're all discord server related things. They might kick you for weird things. The server will say 97/100 and still put you in a que. If you get into a server good luck with literally anything. Tanks are difficult, and the roles are complicated and there is no helpful tips or tutorials and seeing enemy players is very difficult. The terrain is hard to get over and things that you normally could get over you can't. I guess WW2 soldiers can't get over small rocks. WOULD recommend this to players who have a lot of time on their hands but if you don't, don't bother. There is also a time you have to wait to redeploy which for me has gone up to 40 seconds. It gets very annoying when you can't get within 600 meters of an objective without dying and the closest spawn takes 40 whole seconds to spawn. So overall its very complicated and ESPECIALLY annoying.

Gave it a good try but i just don't think the game is worth it. to many little annoying things ruined it like having to change your uniform based on the weather.

I respect the authenticity in this game but for that very reason; it's just not fun to play. It feels like this game relies more on playing with a discord group on their server or a event cause otherwise there is 0% communication now. Also, I dunno why, but even though there is 100 players it feels like there is really like 32 cause the maps have so much wasted space. You're sitting in the deployment screen way too often with like minute long respawns that can reset if your selected spawnpoint gets squished. Going from BF5 and RO2 I noticed the sights are way too small, crusty AA rendering and a bland looking color pallete where your enemies are always dark silhouettes. Screw that it's a pixel hunt unless you just run up on shit and accept looking at the deployment screen often. This game wastes your time and that is one of the worst crimes a game can do. Older WW2 games did it better. Lastly fuck that queue system. The worst queue system in FPS games.

Finding and getting in a game takes 30 mins. Then the servers will have dork ass rules and kick you if your below a certain level. Also no freedom of speech because some acne ridden admin will ban you. Only medics can res people and no one chooses medic so no point in waiting for one. All around shit title.

The Game itself is great, however the private server monopoly and lack of official servers is quite frustrating. I cant stand dealing with server admins who ban you for moving a halftrack 5 feet so its not in the line of fire, or ban you for defending yourself against a TK'er, or even standing up for yourself in any regard.

This is a fantastic game, I love it so much. The feeling of being another cog in the machine is an amazing style of gameplay. Hopping between different roles in a squad and getting to learn each is fantastic. However I cannot recommend this game at the moment because Easy Anti-Cheat is breaking everything on my PC via Blue Screens. There are no faults with my system, every other game runs flawlessly, and re-installing Easy Anti-Cheat doesn't fix the problem. Most egregiously the most recent blue screen fried my custom keyboard. I can't in good faith recommend a game that has damaged both my system and some of my hardware. When it doesn't brick my computer and peripherals it's actually a ton of fun.

Nowadays the server owner is responsible for your experience and fun, not to mention the need to find good team members...I don't know about you, but I did not pay for that. The devs should have put a little more thought on some kind of rules or mechanics that would have garanteed some basic experience to ALL the players and not only the lucky ones... Good luck with that

you run around for 30 minutes just to get shot from someone you cant even see, even if they're 4 feet away from you. and on that off chance you do see them, good luck killing them because half the shots don't even register so you just die after unloading into that German hitting him with every single bullet, and you drop after one. one bullet.

game plays like it came out in 2003, in a bad way. to name a few, Cheaters EVERYWHERE. Constantly spawning and dying from seemingly nothing. Invisible enemies everywhere. invisible walls where there shouldn't be invisible walls. no accessible buildings except ones that are completely useless to you. no working doors. guns have shot deviation that would lead you believe they're smooth bore. did I mention the cheaters? honestly, if you want a MILDLY OK first person world war 2 game, go for enlisted. it has SOME of the same problems as this game, but at least its free, don't waste your money here.

Got it during the free weekend and was hooked! The leveling for classes do take some time to progress but the different roles you can play imo is what makes the game so fun. Like Squad but smaller maps. A few gripes: Scout Class- the officer role for Scout has to be filled and maps usually have 1-2 Scout Sqds available. Engineer Class- MORE STRUCTURES! Support Class- I wish their supplies were buffed from 50 to 100. Uniforms- Make them more idk better looking I guess. Arty- Some matches you can adjust the mil quicker than others. Idk if its a class thing or server thing but they should have a class designed for it. Overall: great game 8/10 *For Arty you have designate your Squad as Artillery to adjust faster*

Hell Let Loose nails the chaos of war with huge battles and tactical gameplay. Teamwork is key, and the realism makes every fight thrilling. If you love authentic WWII action, this game’s a must!

Maps - 10/10 Game play - 0/10 I come from Arma so running around and slow realistic game play isn't a problem but this..... jezz. I'm usually very patient with games with a learning curve but this is absolute dog. I'm lucky i got this on 50% discount DO NOT RECOMMEND FOR FULL PRICE. Sometimes its the little things which ruin the experience - for E.g - Character glitches and doesn't let you go through gaps in waist-high walls... need to jump over. - Radio is overused or used wrong - cant hear enemy's or anything for that matter. Too distracting. - Cant jump small walls. i understand for high walls but what kind of soldier cant jump a 1.5M high wall? - Running feels clunky Hiding and camping in bushes is 'realistic' but this is just a joke. its either camp or be camped. Both boring. There isnt a feeling of a battle or war going on, just you trying to get to your teammates before dying to a bush camper from far away repetitively.

Great 50v50 battles, Alot of fun and much better than COD or BF. One of my favs.

Great game, fun and engaging. Really immersive without feeling like work. Squad and Arma can feel like a day at work, HLL bridges the gap between more casual gaming like Battlefield, and Milsim games.

This game is a lot of fun if you are willing to work as a team. Communication is not required but you will have a much better experience if you talk to your squad. The learning curve is high so I recommend new players either look at some videos or join a newcomer friendly server and ask for help from your squad leader. Playing infantry first will keep the game from being as overwhelming in regards to meta and strategy.

Old people simulator and its amazing!

Gameplay is challenging but enjoyable Matchmaking is painful especially at peak times when active servers are full

Awesome game, but takes time to get the hang of it... you have to watch some youtube tutorials to understand everything

Great community and game play is unique.

Realistic gameplay and nice community. Recomend to relax on tuesday evenings!

There's a learning curve to this game that made me not like it for the first 15 hours or so, but once you get the hang of it, it is incredibly fun. You'll want a mic!!

You spawn in and get immediately get shot only for your squad to go non verbal or scream. 10/10 would recommend for those who enjoy suffering or are able to actually communicate and invest themselves into team playing which, although rare, does give you one of the most rewarding experiences in any shooting game. Do not bother buying this if you're just looking for a casual shooter, you will hate it.

This game is a great way to immerse yourself in actual WW2 settings while highlighting the importance of communication and working as a team in large scale warfare style situations. HLL maintains a great balance of realism while still maintaining an arcade-like fun. No, you don't have to deal with trench foot or pack your own mags, but you can still find yourself in realistic death funnels and situations that you must navigate as you would IRL. People often dub this game as "running simulator" without understanding that placing strategic spawns is a main game mechanic that not only determines how quickly/easily you can get back in the fight, but usually the outcome of the entire match. The other nickname earned is the "dying simulator" to which there is one solution: learn how to not get shot.

A very immersive and realistic game. Not only is it realistic but it's one of the best games I've played. As a historian, I'd say it's mostly historically accurate.

great graphics I recommend a good computer because this is a heavy game.

I love the game and the full game play. iv been telling my friend that when you're in combat and explosions and shootings are happening, there's just so much Adrenalin going thru your body. The community is really nice and i haven't had a Toxic encounter ones. The game is really realistic and get used to die like 30 times in one game The game is Team work required and discussing and settling disagreements. to win the game. It's a 50/50 team, and It goes as Commander that is managing the battle, where there are officers in each group where all discuss how to take over the other team, and each officer has 6 people in each group and keeps them on track with what the plan is to win. Than there are tanks where 3 people control one tank one drives, one shoots and one is on lookout. Then you got recon where there are 2 people, a sniper and a lookout, where they go over enemy lines and look at what they are doing, and recon them back to the commander. But if your new to the game find a good server and enjoy the community is nice and are welcoming helping you to become better. Pros. - Realistic. - Adrenalin game - Welcoming community - Really rare Toxic (I haven't encountered) - No health bar - One of the best-sounding games - 10/10 modeling - Teamwork Required Cons. - Power hungry (but you can play it with just lower specs) - Bit difficult to get to another class that higher tier so just take a deep breath and try your best won't learn if you don't try - Need a mic (the game doesn't block you from playing, just you need to communicate to play)

This is pretty fun after you accept that you'll get randomly shot in the head or blown up and never know where it came from.

If you want a realistic military pvp game but Squad is too sweaty for you this is the perfect game, It has enough stuff to make it realstic but not too much to keep it enjoyable. You actually can play this game casually as a newbie and enjoy it. Mainly focused on the late war European theatre this game also has so much potential to grow with minor factions, way more maps, new vehicles etc, which should keep it exciting and fresh for years to come. Playing with a mic is definitely recommended. -Very thematic maps, designed with a great mix of realism and game play . -Gun play, challenging but a great compromise between realism and fun. -Mechanics, Relatively simple to learn. -Classes and factions, Big variety, good levelling system. -Balance, it feels very balanced atm whilst keeping it reasonably historical. -Communtiy. no negative experiances in 60 hours played!

Honestly, Super fun game! Game chat is amazing! There are multiple ways you can play this game to help the your Team. I've tried to message the devs about the idea not much went into my idea. Could've been a poor idea. It was a Tank Ammo Drop so if you're deep into a game you don't have to go all the way back to base to resupply. But Seriously a fun game, it is a game where you kinda have to have patience in it. Can't be running around like Call of Duty. Running across a field near enemies is an obvious NO! There is someone watching at all times waiting to gun you down.

It is specific but one of the best tactic shooter ever. You will be loved it or hate it.

Won a game as Germans with a really good commander from Russia. 10/10 would play again

Amazing game. Feel like i've been searching for a game as complex and realistic as this in a multiplayer setting for years. there is so much to learn, even just playing for the first few matches is an endless tirade to learn more. Very addictive and amazing gameplay.

Like it's not bad but my god why do i have to wait 10 SECONDS on top of whatever the respawn timer is on the spawn point I've selected. Half the time i'm just waiting to spawn cause I've died to some dude in a bush and no one plays medic cause dying has no effect on the match.

This game is fun, you'll meet fun people and have fun with them, especially if you use voice comms. I had a commander drop a bomb on me while I was surfing on top of an enemy tank, one of the funniest things that has happened to me in game. But I can't leave a positive review when this game is so terribly optimized. The game will crash whenever it wants, and no fixes seem to work. Want to launch the game? Crash. Want to join a server? Wait 30 seconds for the server browser to load, then wait for a spot to open in queue, then wait for queue, then crash as you load into the server. Already in a server? If the round ends you crash when loading into the next map. I have a i9-14900K, RTX 4090, and 32GB of ram. This shouldn't be an issue for a game this old.

Best feeling shooter game ive ever played, the guns feel great. Super tactical and you can spend an entire game driving a supply truck back and forth, and still have some of the coolest moments in any FPS ive ever played

Very fun, also join discords so you can more easily kick hackers if you do run into them. One of the best things about the game is kicking idiots or people who are trolling.

The game is great when you can find a squad with good communication. I really like the immersivenes and the punch the weapons pack