WARNO vs. Broken Arrow: An Objective Comparison

[filip227]

Hey folks,
So WARNO already has an exact release date, in three weeks. What do you think will be better WARNO or Broken Arrow? Try to give me an objective assessment but without mindless bias, because from what I've read on the forums, both camps (WARNO/Broken arrow) have their "funny boys" who are biased to the point of being embarrassing and ridiculously biased. Please only write opinions from those who are objective.

PS: I am a veteran WARNO player but have not yet had the opportunity to experience Broken Arrow.

[MSZ-006]

The point is, fanboys never think themselves "fanboys" so they always believe their views are "objective"

[ThingGoBoom]

Disclaimer: I have been playing the Wargame series since it first came about, and generally believe EE to have been the best in the series.

BA is better. It focuses more on tactics than WARNO does, and has more in-depth mechanics.

The lack of CtH means luck plays much less of a role, and in theory makes less capable units more viable than they would be in WARNO.

The unit availability system is more oriented towards keeping the game flowing, and is less likely to result in a loss due to early mistakes. Cheese tactics like scouting with empty trucks are less of an issue because when units are retreated they refund a portion of their cost and can be redeployed.

That particular cheese tactic is also further removed from BA because supplies are more than just a statistic. They have to be off-loaded to be used, and can be re-loaded onto cargo vehicles to move the stockpile which means trucks remain useful even when empty.

The deck system is based on total deployment cost rather than an arbitrary point cost, and the veterency selection is pretty much replaced by the loadout system.
What this means is that selecting a higher capability version of a unit does not mean you get less of them, it just means they become more costly to deploy. What this means is that cheaper units are still viable, because they are more relevant in the early game. Whereas for example in RD, somebody could deploy an elite prototype tank and dominate the early game, or worse, if they lost that single tank they might quit and leave their team with a handicap 5min into a match.

[kampfer91]

BA is Wargame / Warno but smaller scale .

[MrFov100]

warno has better visuals, BA has cooler features

[IIBADBUNNYII]

Yeah I don’t know wasn’t able to play broken arrow demo but from the video’s the customization looks more apealing then Warno no. No offense but Reddragon had more units and customization. Being able to have that freedom is a nice addon. The game is fun but most matches end the same depending on the meta, but mostly spam infantry for most, arty and planes. Personally I still spam helos and tanks. Just to note I play mostly 10 vs 10. I compare this more like COH 2 and looks more appealing If I only look at the units. Soviet area / Cold War area gets boring after a while most units serve the same purpose and function the same, ow not to forget balance is trash unfortunately. Hope this will be a success. But just for your note from my understanding warnos engine has a lack of features that’s like a cheese stray now it plagues the game for months and they can’t fix it because it’s most likely a engine problem. If u listen close to the other site of the map where enemy units are u can hear them and use your arty to snipe them. I’m not even mentioning any cheating with software or alt accounts. Doesn’t take long before more people will realize this and might start to cheese. Game with this feature doesn’t gonna have a long life spam unless they find a solution for it. So my bet is on Broken Arrow. 😊🥹

[commissaire lachance🇫🇷]

warno is good if you like cold war stuff, BA is the only game that provides modern units

[Halder]

Let me save you some time, both games are crap. You will be clicking on that keyboard faster than an accountant doing taxes.

Played BA demo and WARNO demo. Insane clickfest on both, they should name both games Whack a Mole.

[SvarogX]

Originally posted by filip227:

Hey folks,
So WARNO already has an exact release date, in three weeks. What do you think will be better WARNO or Broken Arrow? Try to give me an objective assessment but without mindless bias, because from what I've read on the forums, both camps (WARNO/Broken arrow) have their "funny boys" who are biased to the point of being embarrassing and ridiculously biased. Please only write opinions from those who are objective.

PS: I am a veteran WARNO player but have not yet had the opportunity to experience Broken Arrow.

As someone who played Wargame and WARNO for years as well as numerous BETA version in Broken Arrow, I can confidentally say that Broken Arrow is far far superior and simply the better game.

Originally posted by Halder:

Let me save you some time, both games are crap. You will be clicking on that keyboard faster than an accountant doing taxes.

Played BA demo and WARNO demo. Insane clickfest on both, they should name both games Whack a Mole.

I never paid much attention to this, but I would assume that RTS games are generally a click-fest, how else would your order units around ? I mean keyboard shortcuts do help to some extend.

[Tomboy Enjoyer]

Bottom line is WARNO has a release date and this game is a scam and is never coming out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Balthasar]

Originally posted by MaverickMedusa9:

Bottom line is WARNO has a release date and this game is a scam and is never coming out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Bruh

[Castiel]

warno has lots of fanboys if you say something on their steam forum usualy 1-3 same fanboys will start talking how everything is the best. BA is lot better Eugen was a thing at Wargame times later it went in wrong direction.

[Tomboy Enjoyer]

Originally posted by Castiel:

warno has lots of fanboys if you say something on their steam forum usualy 1-3 same fanboys will start talking how everything is the best. BA is lot better Eugen was a thing at Wargame times later it went in wrong direction.

In case that statement is a reference to my post; I never said I was a warno fanboy. I enjoyed Eugen's titles in the past, sure, but like I said previously, they actually put out titles and content. Unless you're a Patreon supporter, the only thing they've made public are dev "updates" and delayed release dates. One open beta doesn't mean anything, with a second one supposedly coming out in Q4? Come on man. The game has been in "development" for what? 3 years? People need to be perceptive and realize these devs are nothing but liars. The last thing I need is a BA fanboy saying "It'S GoNnA COmE OuT tHiS YeAR BrO foR ReaL bRo TRuSt mE". Don't @ me. I've said what needs to be said. But in an effort to prevent this thread from getting locked due to off topic posts, I'll peace out. Cheers.

[SvarogX]

Originally posted by MaverickMedusa9:

Originally posted by Castiel:

warno has lots of fanboys if you say something on their steam forum usualy 1-3 same fanboys will start talking how everything is the best. BA is lot better Eugen was a thing at Wargame times later it went in wrong direction.

In case that statement is a reference to my post; I never said I was a warno fanboy. I enjoyed Eugen's titles in the past, sure, but like I said previously, they actually put out titles and content. Unless you're a Patreon supporter, the only thing they've made public are dev "updates" and delayed release dates. One open beta doesn't mean anything, with a second one supposedly coming out in Q4? Come on man. The game has been in "development" for what? 3 years? People need to be perceptive and realize these devs are nothing but liars. The last thing I need is a BA fanboy saying "It'S GoNnA COmE OuT tHiS YeAR BrO foR ReaL bRo TRuSt mE". Don't @ me. I've said what needs to be said. But in an effort to prevent this thread from getting locked due to off topic posts, I'll peace out. Cheers.

They have not even released the long promised army general campaign, only one map or so. Its a joke.

But I agree, the whole this is coming out this year in BA is also a joke.

[Havish]

It's really too early to say for sure. Warno is generally a bit larger in scale and quite polished imo, but the mechanics in BA are more interesting and offer more flexibility. BA does have some severe balancing issues that will need to be addressed though.

So currently, Warno is better but BA probably has more potential.

[lil_cyborg]

Originally posted by Havish:

It's really too early to say for sure. Warno is generally a bit larger in scale and quite polished imo, but the mechanics in BA are more interesting and offer more flexibility. BA does have some severe balancing issues that will need to be addressed though.

So currently, Warno is better but BA probably has more potential.

+1