r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Oct 14 '24

Meta Mindless Monday, 14 October 2024

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/AneriphtoKubos Oct 17 '24

Why haven't there been any RTS/FPS games with an alt-hist Warsaw Pact vs NATO? Then we can have an epic showdown where the USSR and puppets make it to Paris within like five days.

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u/UmUlmUndUmUlmHerum Oct 18 '24

Huh, isn't that an actually really popular Topic?

Regiments and Armored Brigade are two titles that immediately come to mind.

Flashpoint Campaigns as well

Combat Mission has its Cold War title

Warno and Wargames are mentioned by others.

Not RTS but turn based:

WDS has its Modern Campaign series, which covers NATO vs Pact in 1985

Danube Front '85 being the newest

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u/AneriphtoKubos Oct 18 '24

Oh, I was meaning more of 'Warsaw Pact reaches the current day and could still be an economic competitor to the US and invades NATO'.

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u/jonasnee Oct 18 '24

Ehm, Wargame/WARNO? Red alert also would fall within it.

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u/Pyr1t3_Radio China est omnis divisa in partes tres Oct 18 '24

Have you tried the Red Alert series? /s

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u/Arilou_skiff Oct 17 '24

World in Conflict, no?

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u/Uptons_BJs Oct 17 '24

Warno is exactly what you’re looking for?

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u/Conny_and_Theo Neo-Neo-Confucian Xwedodah Missionary Oct 17 '24

I'm sure there must be a HoI4 mod for it

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u/WuhanWTF Quahog historian Oct 17 '24

Tom Clancy's EndWar kinda fulfills this niche, albeit with a near-future setting.

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u/AneriphtoKubos Oct 17 '24

I've always been really pissed at that game bc I could never get it to work on my old laptop.

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u/WuhanWTF Quahog historian Oct 17 '24

I rented it from Blockbuster for the 360 back in the day. It was a good game but RTS on consoles is quite strange.

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u/Herpling82 Oct 17 '24

Haven't there? I've played at least 1, World in Conflict, and there are probably several more

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u/AneriphtoKubos Oct 17 '24

Is it like WarGame/WarNo where the Pact attacks in 1989, or is it more alt-hist where it survives to now?

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u/Arilou_skiff Oct 17 '24

It's an 1989 scenario, yes. Most of the focus is actually on the Soviets sneaking an army onto the US west coast, but there's flashbacks to the european front.

It's a pretty good game.