Heroes Over Europe Multiplayer Vignette Q&A

September 11, 2009

Heroes Over Europe Multiplayer
Vignette Q&A

Answers by Justin Hallyday,
Senior Producer

1) Heroes Over Europe Multiplayer
offers 4 different modes: Dogfight, Team Dogfight, Survivor and Team Survivor…
What are the main differences between those four?

Heroes Over Europe has four
different multiplayer modes: Dogfight, Team Dogfight, Survivor and Team
Survivor. Each of the multiplayer modes is presented with normal and team
options, so players can play a simple dogfight game against all other players or
the sixteen players can split into two teams to fight it out. Survivor mode is a
last-man-standing mode, where the planes don’t respawn during each of the game’s
rounds. This leads to totally different strategies, especially in team games, as
players fight to stay alive rather than just going for kills at all costs.

2) How many maps will be playable
online?

Heroes Over Europe has four
multiplayer maps, each of which represents a different area of the game. The
French Alps map has the snow and cloud-covered mountain peaks which are both
cover and obstacles at the same time. The London map takes the battle to the
skies above London as the afternoon sunlight glints off rooftops. The Berlin map
is a night-fight, with the dark sky pierced by the beams of searchlights.
Finally, the Dover map takes the fight to the green fields of the Dover
coastline with added aerial obstacles: barrage balloons.

3) Will the player be rewarded
with experience through online dogfights?

When playing only, experienced
multiplayer pilots gain several achievements/trophies for earning a specific
number of kills, Super Ace for 50 kills and Ultimate Ace for 250 online kills.
When you earn these achievements, you are also rewarded with special Squad
Leader HUD indicators that other players can see. Players who’ve earned these
indicators are dangerous should be treated with respect, so watch out!

4) In the video we see that the
players will have to choose their planes gathered in different packs (Pilot
Pack, Veterans Pack, Speed Pack…). Could you give us details on these packs and
how they will enable to create different games on a same map?

Heroes Over Europe has a number of
plane packs that are chosen for each battle. The plane packs are: Rookie, Pilot,
Veterans RAF, Veteran USAAF, Speed Pack, Rocket Pack 1 and Rocket Pack 2. Each
of the plane packs has a selection of six pre-balanced planes that offer the
player different strategies for their online battles. The Rookie pack has the
slowest and weakest planes, like the Swordfish, Tomahawk, Hurricane, and Stuka.
The Veteran packs have a selection of powerful planes from either the RAF or the
USAAF. For the RAF pack it’s the Spitfire, Tempest, Hurricane, Mosquito, Me 109
and Fw 190. The USAAF version of the Veteran plane pack has the Fw 190, Black
Widow, Mustang, Lightning, Thunderbolt and the Me 109. The Rocket pack has
planes that have rockets (duh), including the Tempest, Typhoon, Lightning,
Mustang, Thunderbolt, and Me 109.

In addition to the plane packs,
there are a number of modifiers that can be used to customize the online battles
(outside of the usual kill and time limits), these modifiers include: Weapon
Damage Multiplier, Health Multiplier, Unlimited War Speed, Unlimited Primary
Ammo, Unlimited Secondary Ammo and Lead Target Bead Visibility.