Faces of War
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Developers | |
---|---|
Best Way | |
Publishers | |
2006-2018 | 1C Company |
2018-2022 | 1C Entertainment |
2022-present | Fulqrum Publishing |
Engines | |
GEM 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 8, 2006 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 67 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | World War II |
Series | Men of War |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II | 2004 |
Silent Heroes: Elite Troops of WWII | 2005 |
Faces of War | 2006 |
В тылу врага: Диверсанты 2 | 2006 |
В тылу врага: Диверсанты 3 | 2008 |
Men of War | 2009 |
Men of War: Red Tide | 2009 |
Men of War: Assault Squad | 2011 |
Men of War: Vietnam | 2011 |
Men of War: Condemned Heroes | 2012 |
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 | 2014 |
Assault Squad 2: Men of War Origins | 2016 |
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 - Cold War | 2019 |
Men of War II: Arena | Cancelled |
Men of War II | 2024 |
Warnings
Faces of War is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game in the Men of War series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | StarForce 4.50 DRM (Russia) or SecuROM 7 DRM (US/EU) | |||
Epic Games Store | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform |
Essential improvements
Patches
v1.04.1 (2006)
- It can be downloaded from www.patches-scrolls.de.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\faces of war\profiles\<game-profile-name>\options |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289300/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\faces of war\profiles\<game-profile-name>\save\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289300/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Vert- native. See the WSGF entry for imperfect compensation of this. | ||
Multi-monitor | Vert- native. See the WSGF entry for imperfect compensation of this. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Vert- native. See the WSGF entry for imperfect compensation of this. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Vert- native. See the WSGF entry for imperfect compensation of this. UI does not scale with resolution and is extremely small in 4K. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See the WSGF entry | ||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rate limited on 100. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Up to 8.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
German | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
Polish | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | Retail version, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
LAN play | |||
Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 8.1, 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz AMD Athlon 2 GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 3 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 3/4/FX/6/7 series |
- Nvidia GeForce 4 MX is not supported.
- Laptop variants of the supported GPUs may work, but are unsupported.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/289300/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (289300) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.