Ham and Jam (it's WW2)

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Ham and Jam is a new mod that vows to fight WW2 without any help from the Americans - focusing solely on the efforts of Commonwealth and Free forces such as Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Poland. The mod aims to 'fill in the gaps' in WW2 gaming history, fighting the battles that are rarely fought. Pre D-Day commando raids, far east action and, er, Norway will all feature. Ham and Jam will also be 'realistic' without resorting to a firing cone the size of the Death Star (instead employing effective weapon ranges ) or geriatric snail's-pace movement.[br]
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[br]You can visit the team's slick website and discover why exactly the mod is called 'ham and jam' here.
 
Although another WW2 game is not needed in the gaming world at the moment, do have to say that the work for this mod in the level design, texturing department is looking ace.
 
World War 2 without Americans - sounds fresh enough to me.
 
It's good that they are trying to keep it fresh.

It doesn't look bad either. The night level is nice looking. Although there are few models, they are very detailed and well done.
 
Sounds like a good idea, too bad the name is going to hold it back.
 
OvA said:
Sounds like a good idea, too bad the name is going to hold it back.
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I'm not even going to try to understand how that works...

Ham and Jam is very catchy, if anything it's going to make the mod more popular.

Atleast it's not some cliche things like "Band of Heroes" or something.

Or possibly the most unoriginal mod name, EVER, yet it's still one of the most popluar. Garry's Mod.

So please explain.
 
Wonder if it is multiplayer/game modes?

Looks really good graphics wise, great textures and mapping from what I can see.
 
I reckon that there should be a mass protest and get this mod to be the official Day Of Defeat mod and then the Day Of Defeat mod could be called Jam and Spam.
 
LOL. Interesting comments so far.

I appreciate that people feel theres too many WW2 games already - we think the same thing too. We came up with the idea for the game about 18 months ago but at the time didn't have the resources to do it so it's taken this long to make it a reality.

We're not to worried to be honest, we're not really interested in being the next big thing. As it says on our site, this is just a mod we made to amuse ourselves and play with our friends and if other people want to play it, well thats nice. :D

The gameplay a LOT of people are not going to like and theres a few controversial features which will cause some eyebrows to be raised. But again, as I said this is a game we're making to amuse ourselves primarily. If people don't like it they can go play DoD CS.

Anyway, I don't know what all the fuss is about over the name. I mean when I first heard of "Shores of Victory" I thought it was a Beach volleyball mod...
 
Wunderboy said:
Anyway, I don't know what all the fuss is about over the name. I mean when I first heard of "Shores of Victory" I thought it was a Beach volleyball mod...
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:LOL:

Cheers mate, good luck with the mod.
 
vegeta897 said:
I'm not even going to try to understand how that works...

Ham and Jam is very catchy, if anything it's going to make the mod more popular.

Atleast it's not some cliche things like "Band of Heroes" or something.

Or possibly the most unoriginal mod name, EVER, yet it's still one of the most popluar. Garry's Mod.

So please explain.
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It conjures images of an amaturish mod, like something not as serious as this one promises to be.
 
If you actually read the faq/info pages you would understand why we called it "ham and jam"..

If the name bothers you that much than you dont have to play it when it is released ;)
 
Looks good. Wonder if they are looking for texture artists...
 
Looks pretty good, prefer not to play as a friggin yank yet again in Normandy :D

Still, where are us Aussies? We fought too ya know...and well for that matter :)
 
We have to take it one step at a time, aussies will probably come but its up to the core dev team to decide :)
 
the fact your including Canada and all the other countries that aren't given enough credit makes me want to have your children.

<3

yay for Ham and Jam!
 
wow, you guys have done alot of work!

Will Maori's be featured :D?

looking forward to this one ^_^
 
I've always wanted to play a game where you engage in battles that aren't well known about, and I guess I'm going to get it when this comes out. I can't wait!
 
TBH, I can see this as just being another CoD clone. But what the hell, I love CoD, and the oppertunity to play as one of the lesser known nations in lesser known campaigns is something I've wanted to see for ages.

Also, I love the name, and those screens look nice. Good luck guys!
 
Well we are deffinatly not like COD :p i mean it has a different feel this mod :)

Youll see once you play :)
 
Great looking screenshots, and a ww2 mod with out the yanks brings a smile to my Aussie face.

However, find a PR guy. Even if you're goal is to make the mod for your own enjoyment, it's pretty crazy to see comments from the dev team along the lines of "so, don't play it!" in the comment thread for your first media release.....

At least attempt to share the excitement you guys feel about the project. Comments like you've made in this thread make me wonder why you made a media release in the first place.

ps: I love the name :)
 
WTF? Wheres Aussies? OMG thats lame the New Zealanders did NOFIN compared to what the aussies did up in PNG. They fought off an entire Japanese invasion force with only a couple of hundred men recruited as civillians with only basic training. The American president at the time ackowledged the australian soldiers as the best soldiers in the world. Our SAS troops today continue that tradition.
 
Hi, I'm the co-lead for HaJ.

Firstly, we stated in the release email that the first release would be British with other commonwealth forces to follow. The news poster just didn't post this and put in countries. Which members of the Commonwealth that are going to berepresented have not been finalised yet, we're concentrating on just getting the British done!

As for the name, if people can't understand the name their loss. As for being something that will hold us back, its caused a bit of controversy and people havn't let it slip their mind, like Valient Brothers of Togetherness or something odd.

We can't force people to play our mod when its released, so those going on about how lame XYZ are now, probably wouldn't have the right mindset to play the game when its released. As stated, we wanted to do it for ourselves and if it gathers popularity along the way then all the better :)
 
You've got to admit, Valiant Brothers of Togetherness would be a pretty awesome name.
 
Ginger Lord said:
Firstly, we stated in the release email that the first release would be British with other commonwealth forces to follow. The news poster just didn't post this and put in countries. Which members of the Commonwealth that are going to berepresented have not been finalised yet, we're concentrating on just getting the British done!
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Like a good newsie, Sulkdodds went to your web site and read through your FAQ where it lists those countries he's mentioned in the news post.
 
Odd, I swear I put Australia up there before. Oh well, none of the other countries will be in the first release though. Which hopefully will be "soon"
 
Looks great guys,

But you can't have NZ without Australia! I don't think I have seen the Aussies in a mod yet, would be great to see.
 
Hi all,

Our forums are now up for those interested, we're preparing a new skin but this one will do for the meantime, at least its not the default skin!

Read the rules and enjoy yourself!

http://www.hamandjam.org/phpbb
 
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