Why no good WW1 Games?

[Dharand]

I think it would be awesome to play a WW I 1st person shooter, styled somewhat like call of duty. WWI was more then trench warfare on the Western Front DO NOT forget the Italians, French, Russians, ect fighting on the other fronts. I think a little trench warfare gaming would be neat. Also, throw in some stuff from the battles of the isonzos, Verdun, gallipoli... plus tons more things to throw in to make an awesome game. Of course it would be extremely difficult to keep it historically accurate, but i think just taking main concepts into the game would satisfy me.

[Flyboy2]

I know for the tactical type games some RTS games that go through different periods of time usually have a World War I age. I'm think of Empire Earth specifically.

One of the reasons I think there is no real World War I 1st person shooters is because the mass audience of game players likes running around throughout huge maps and using devices like gernades and such. A World War I game would be interesting, but would not have as much running and would make some people bored.

On a side not, didn't EA Games start a prototype Battlefield 1918. I thought I heard something about it

[B-17engineer]

Originally Posted by comiso90

There isn't much interest in WW1... the sequel was more popular...

the third in the series may be the last release however.

I thought you were talking about a game at first.

[parsifal]

In the boardgames genre, there is an old old game called "The greenfields beyond" put out by SPI. Was not too bad. In the moer modern genre, ther is Paths Of Glory (POG), which I personally am not that keen on, but which is not too bad fom a grand strategy standpoint.

Me and the ADG playtest group (Australian Design Group - of World In Flames fame) have been considering a WWI game played at "operational level, but as others have pointed out, getting players to hurl their manpower at machneguns, and make it interesting is a bit of a challenge. Game scaling is also a bit of a problem....the front might be 500 km long, and advanceds measured in hundreds odf metres....

[Lucky13]

Would be cool to see a good WWI shooter though.....

[BombTaxi]

Sorry to ressurrect this, have only just come across it. If you're into boardgames,try this site: Avalanche Press

The Verdun and Jutland games are currently on their way to me They are also on the verge of releasing a company scale tactical game based on the Eastern Front in 1914... all good stuff

[Burmese Bandit]

Originally Posted by comiso90

There isn't much interest in WW1... the sequel was more popular...

the third in the series may be the last release however.

That was witty, Comiso!

BTW....I agree.