This is based on some Battlefield 1942 games I’ve had. I’m sure other posters who have played (quasai) historical games with rather humorous results can add to my anecdotes here. Omaha Beach consisted of an extremely tedious affair consisting of a sniping battle between American and German forces, routinely disrupted by smacktards who decided they were bored with fighting and had the support ships drive back to Brtian :smack:
Berlin was saved from invasion against the Red Army thanks to a dilligent unit of grenadiers which kept the commies at bay with endless volleys of grenade spam. Soviet planners had to re-think the invasion and it is quite possible they were forced to resort to the classic tactic of ramming a jeep full of dynamite into an enemy tank :wally
Battle of 73 Eastings (Desert Combat mod) was a bloodbath for the Americans, who were totally impotent against repeated scud strikes which decimated entire tank columns. Seems those asshat Iraqi’s had pre-sighted their scud launchers, which magically became tactical battlefield weapons that were especially handy in knocking out tanks. Air support? What air support?!
During the Napoleonic Wars, the French would regularly get bored and strike their colors to the English just because they didn’t feel like fighting anymore - the Brits were taking too long. [Age of Sail]
Any ol’ game of Civilization will rewrite history in new and exciting ways. Like a nuclear war in the 1500s between India and the Aztec Empire.
Fun Fact: Did you know that the original Japanese version of the NES game Bionic Commando was called Hitler no Fukkatsu (The Revival of Hitler)? Yep, the last boss was Hitler and there were swastikas everywhere.
Well, if history was like my CIV III games, Gandhi would be known as one of the most blood thirsty tyrants to walk the face of the earth, droping nukes like water ballons, and genociding entire nations before his reign of terror.
But don’t worry; the peaceful Germans(that’s me), tired of Gandhi’s near-hegomony, built up its forces and with the help of their Incan & Egyptian allies, finally defeated the Indians after 300 years of warfare, with every city left on Earth being nuked at least once. :eek:
Not to mention that the wall was breached by just a single soldier with a garand who fought his way up.
Operation: Torch was pretty much a sucess because an army ranger and a british spy destroyed all of the nearby defenses and wiped out a nearby garrison of german troops and a squadern of stunkas.
The Batista government in cuba was taken down by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara who managed to defeat every American soldier on the island, using an infinite supply of handgernades, bullets and continues.
-The Liberation of Cuba, Per the NES game Guerilla War.
The US Constitution was written at a small New England Inn, but work was slow due to a false fire alarm, George Washington’s Teeth exploding, Ben Franklin goofing off with his “FrankoCopter” outside, and a wierd fat guy named after a sandwhich wondering in and out all day asking questions. Because of it, however, we now have a flag shaped like a Tentacle Windsock and the first Amendment to the Constitution now reads “Every American should have a Vaccuum Cleaner in his basement”.
-The History of the United States, Per “The Day of the Tentacle”.
Hitler lost WW2 by 15 seconds, a band of prostitutes saved Europe from Genghis Khan, The Crown Charlemange recieved in 800 AD had been previously sitting in a pyramid for 3000 years, Robin Hood and his men caused the magna carta to be signed, Julius Ceaser was saved from premature death a month before the Ides of March by a Chariot Racer, A chinese mask saved Rome from Attilia the Hun, and Napoleon went to Egypt in 1798 looking for Buried treasure.
-The History of the World, via “Time Quest”.
The 1991 Persian Gulf was an Amazing Success, where Saddam Huessien’s Regieme was toppled, all American MIA’s were rescued, Saddam’s WMD(a full complement of Bioglogical, Chemical and Nuclear Weapons) were destoryed by a two men in an apache operating off a lone US Frigate. The Dictator himself met a fiery end as his bomber full of nuclear weapons was destoryed just prior to takeoff.-Desert Strike, War in the Gulf
Europa Universalis was great from this point of view. A lot of players (including me) would let the game run without playing just to see how the world would evolve from the XV° to the beginning of the XIX° century, hoping for some weird result, like Transylvania gaining independancy and then becoming a major european power, the kingdom of Savoy seting up colonies in the americas, Scotland unifying the british isles under its rule, etc…, and cheering for the underdogs against the big bullies : will the Golden Horde or Sibir resist against the Russian steamroller?
One of the greatest (though very long if one wants to play the complete campaign) historical game I ever played. And the humorous/unexpected results you’re refering certainly did play a large part in this pleasure.
Nazi Germany really did build all sorts of bizarre weapons, aircraft, and Übersoldaten, all of which the allies couldn’t have matched until the 1960s, at least.
However, only about a dozen allied agents or troops ever saw any of these weapons in action, tops.
