The Great War: Western Front | First Look | New Game | Sneak Peek | Part 1

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Intro: 0:00
Campaign Start: 3:55
R&D: 10:31
First Battle Gameplay: 21:35
Conclusion: 55:22
The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the pivotal Western Front from 1914 to 1919.
Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory, by directing your armies in gritty real-time battles and by guiding high-level decisions in turn-based strategic gameplay. Dig detailed trenches, research new technologies such as poison gas and tanks, and make decisions that will have a profound and lasting effect on your success. Think like a Commander to either relive history - or redefine it.
Discover unparalleled levels of strategic choice as you step into the role of both Theatre Commander and Field Commander.
As Theatre Commander, experience enthralling turn-based grand-strategy as you direct the deployment of forces, perform research and carefully consider how you disseminate your resources across the Western Front in a war won by inches. Alongside this, take up the mantle of Field Commander in dynamic real-time battles as you direct units to defeat your opponent, build trenches and perform direct assaults by sending your infantry over the top. Pick your battles and fight them your way to shape the course of history.
Battlefields are persistent, and as you continue your push across the Western Front, you will revisit previous battlefields which will still bear the scars and destruction of earlier encounters.
Artillery bombardments leave behind craters, tanks, gunfire, and trenches desolate the once lush French countryside, and any trenches (or fortifications) you build remaining in play should you return. Shifting weather also plays a role; as the months draw on in the conflict, you’ll encounter weather changes such as snow and rain which will affect things like artillery performance and unit movement. To secure victory, you’ll need to carefully consider your strategy depending on the conditions.
Revel in an authentic historical strategy game that captures the gravity and intensity of The Great War. Partnering with the Imperial War Museums, their expertise enables us to accurately portray these pivotal moments in history.
Choose true-to-life infantry, weaponry, artillery and tanks of the time and get into the mind-set of a WW1 Commander as you employ considered tactics and deploy your army across the Western Front.
Play as either the Allied Nations or the Central Powers as you make tactical and strategic decisions to earn victory both on the battlefield and in the overarching theatre of war. Both factions have unique abilities and gameplay styles for you to discover and wield.
No play through is the same as you make decisions great and small to change the outcome of the war. Introduce new military technologies earlier in the conflict depending on your advancement of the tech tree, or change pivotal moments in history to alter the outcome of the war.
Play your way with four deep and compelling modes. Experience the unfolding saga of World War I in the Campaign, relive iconic moments with Historical Battles, create your own battles in Skirmish or test your strategies against others in memorable Multiplayer action - your journey through this enthralling conflict is unique to you.
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@bfhkitteh7945
@bfhkitteh7945 Жыл бұрын
This is the first time in a long time that I'm excited about an RTS. I hope it is actually finished and not just another half baked game that I grow tired of after my first week with it.
@TheSpaceTechHopkins
@TheSpaceTechHopkins Жыл бұрын
​@Rug Muncher But its not even out yet?
@potato3615
@potato3615 Жыл бұрын
​@@TheSpaceTechHopkins for those who pre ordered gets the game 3 day early
@TheSpaceTechHopkins
@TheSpaceTechHopkins Жыл бұрын
@@potato3615 oh okay cool, do you second his opinion though? Too hard?
@potato3615
@potato3615 Жыл бұрын
@@TheSpaceTechHopkins not really cause depending on which difficulty your playing, whereby in his situation which is easy, you are already given bonuses in order to have tremendous advantages over the AI in this difficulty. So I would say it depends on ones skill and determination to learn the game and attempt improve. The game is not hard but the learning curve is huge.
@crazy_annihilator6961
@crazy_annihilator6961 Жыл бұрын
@@TheSpaceTechHopkins i got the Game aswell and i have to say i think most people that complain about cheating are not that good at strategie. In this game you need to be willing to sacrefice hundreds or even thounds of soldiers to take a position because well that's how it was back then. At first i struggled with that as well but after you understand that the game becomes a lot easier. i started out on the lowest difficulty and atleast for me i litteraly droped the national moral of the allies by 300 Points after two turns meaning in February 1915. You start out with 700 so doing the math i could win the war mid 1915 lol. So now i switched to hard and even tho sometimes the ai seems a bit strong i like that because it gives you an actual challenge and makes you have to think a lot more. (sorry for this huge as comment haha just thought i had to share this)
@KermitTheGamer21
@KermitTheGamer21 Жыл бұрын
This is my kind of RTS. Fairly simple, and you can pause whenever you want to make adjustments. I love playing historical games but rapid micromanaging gets quickly very overwhelming for me.
@FacloFormerFavorite
@FacloFormerFavorite Жыл бұрын
thats fine, but it takes the "real time" out of real time strategy for me
@Mordred86
@Mordred86 Жыл бұрын
​@Dallas Marcella don't hit pause then
@Tekisasubakani
@Tekisasubakani Жыл бұрын
@@Mordred86 Seriously, why do people complain about optional accessibility features in games that they are in no way obligated to use?
@dreadedTanker3173
@dreadedTanker3173 Жыл бұрын
@@FacloFormerFavorite heh i agree, i only ever pause rts games just to take pictures (well i only do that in Gates of Hell). not super fun to me being able to pause the game and do my orders at the same time
@McNab1986
@McNab1986 Жыл бұрын
Same tis why I could never play them online
@hamers651
@hamers651 Жыл бұрын
I think your worries at the end about repetitiveness is very valid. The nature of ww1 had the battles become very similar, so i hope that there is not only enough variety in the individual battles, but also the replayability of the game overall.
@lothiaskane2614
@lothiaskane2614 Жыл бұрын
Well, you can unlock other stuff (for artillery, planes, tanks, etc.) so I imagine this helping you keep things somewhat fresh. I am more concerned about how stupid the AI might be, considering how it acted in this defensive battle.
@yourhandlehere1
@yourhandlehere1 Жыл бұрын
Hide in trench, jump up, get machine gunned, repeat.
@BiNumLi
@BiNumLi Жыл бұрын
Controls are simple but battles get complicated fast. Has the ingredients of a classic. All the weapons ranges and capabilities make sense. Thumbs up.
@dcsmall1
@dcsmall1 Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to playing this game, no doubt if it does well they might release an Eastern Front which would be great. What I would LOVE would be a WW1 with the level of detail like War in the East/West or one Commander: The Great War (but with more modern graphics and systems) that let naval/multiple fronts have an impact too!
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
I could perhaps see expansions, maybe Italy, possibly the Eastern Front, but I'm pretty sure this dev isn't going to make a War in the East/West style game... prolly gonna have to leave that to more grog, less RTS style devs.
@dcsmall1
@dcsmall1 Жыл бұрын
@@thehistoricalgamer You're right, definitely not this dev, but I wish some Dev would. They might follow the liked of the Verdun Devs who made a FPS on the West and then later developed Tanneburg for the east. I hope there's random evens in this game that make it at least feel like there's war going on in other places. That might affect your reserve or troop supply.
@ssmith5048
@ssmith5048 Жыл бұрын
A close enough approximation for you for Ypres is to say "eep". If you add only a hint of an "r" at the end you will most certainly have any native french speaker understand what you are trying to say.
@wargey3431
@wargey3431 Жыл бұрын
wipers
@silirat
@silirat Жыл бұрын
Ypres (French spelling) Ieper (Flemmish spelling) is pronounced 'E-prah'. Was nicknamed 'Wipers' by the Commonwealth troops.
@maremaarten
@maremaarten Жыл бұрын
Eeper, Yprah would be French.
@JClark2600
@JClark2600 Жыл бұрын
Like always thanks for reviewing new strategy games but also like always you have MAJOR tunnel vision. Instead of just moving 1 corp up past the view range of the other supporting units maybe move them a little at a time so you're always in contact with supporting shock troops.
@etholus1000
@etholus1000 Жыл бұрын
This game looks amazing, this is the WW1 RTS I’ve dreamed of
@Crimethoughtfull
@Crimethoughtfull Жыл бұрын
I've been dreaming of this since Napoleon:TW "The Great War" mod...so, so close. Well, I mean, probably since Empire TW...then make an Empire2 that has a WWI DLC or some such. They def could have done with Shogun II FOTS.
@NordicTG
@NordicTG Жыл бұрын
yum my kind of RTS been waiting for a good or great RTS for some time :)
@Antares2
@Antares2 11 ай бұрын
Machine guns must have been massively buffed since this gameplay. Both their range and damage is much more punishing in current gameplay as far as I can tell.
@RickPop85
@RickPop85 Жыл бұрын
waiting on this downloading 😌 such a good concept ww1 rts I hope it's good
@ice_queen9
@ice_queen9 Жыл бұрын
this game is kind of incredible :o . i just did my first battle in 1914. i ordered a grand pickett's charge of thousands of infantry partially supported by one unit of heavy artillery and they all died except for two badly cut up regiments huddling in the first trench, surrounded by a ginormous pile of brave corpses. i feel so bad lol time to put on my strategy thinking cap. it's tough because artillery shells seem to be much more expensive than human lives
@karlfranz8944
@karlfranz8944 Жыл бұрын
I love how they use german language in dialogue instead of english with german accent
@lothiaskane2614
@lothiaskane2614 Жыл бұрын
The trench building aspect of the game sort of reminds me of Carcassonne.
@marystar1924
@marystar1924 Жыл бұрын
Rare good ww1 game where you have the feel of trench warfare and the horrors of that war.
@danieltemelkovski9828
@danieltemelkovski9828 Жыл бұрын
Can't I just be free to wipe out the enemy by the millions instead of bewailing the horrors of trench warfare? It's a video game, you know.
@TRUECANADIAN
@TRUECANADIAN Жыл бұрын
i thought the shell craters were supposed to stay on the field for the whole game but mine don't seem too
@RickeyAskew
@RickeyAskew Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@voyteck7696
@voyteck7696 Жыл бұрын
If it's 1914 then the German helmets are wrong because the famous Stahlhelm was issued in 1916 to German troops, until that time they had pickelhaube helmets with that spike on top of it.
@Jason-35D
@Jason-35D Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know if Villers-Bretonneux hex being on fire is significant in anyway?
@dwhyte2058
@dwhyte2058 Жыл бұрын
what the brits charged you was hilarious
@nexus.shadow
@nexus.shadow Жыл бұрын
ypres - pronounced eeps, my great grandfather was there for both 1st battle (they were over run and routed by superior numbers) and the second battle of ypres where the germans used chlorine gas for the first time
@danieltemelkovski9828
@danieltemelkovski9828 Жыл бұрын
Not sure what pronunciation that is, but definitely not French.
@maremaarten
@maremaarten Жыл бұрын
Ypres in Dutch is called 'Ieper', in English it would be 'Eeper'.
@ssmith5048
@ssmith5048 Жыл бұрын
btw to pronounce "kreuznach" pronounce the "eu" like "oy" as in the word toy. ; ) The "z" sounds like a "ts" combo in english. The entire name is only 2 syllables. Should be enough to get you closer.
@peterdavies6660
@peterdavies6660 Жыл бұрын
British soldiers at Ypres pronounced it Wipers. Although that’s not even close to correct it is both funny and authentic to the time.
@Crimethoughtfull
@Crimethoughtfull Жыл бұрын
I've been playing for a week on Star 2...what is that, Recruit? But wow, it is tough. Funny enough, I was watching a bunch of another YT'er and thinking it looked pretty easy...and then DOING it wasn't nearly that easy. ffs...but I have had a couple "major loss" battles end up as stalemates and even sometimes major victories, so slowly learning my way around. 🙂
@attila1746
@attila1746 Жыл бұрын
Waiting for pre-order to be available..........
@boraonline7036
@boraonline7036 Жыл бұрын
One of the best Strategy games I played in the recent years. WW1 is not covered a lot, to begin with and for sure not in a "Total War like" style ( I know there is no diplomacy and there are no town upgrades and you can't just buy every unit there is, but maybe you get my point). I usualy play it on the "normal" difficulty. And I also rely more on causing my enemy high costs/battle (destroying blimps, artillery and mchine guns and his troops) as possible. I don't send my troops mindless to maybe conquer 1 or 2 strategic points if it's not safe. It usualy ends up that the enemy has barely resources left for counter attacks on his turns. Which means my side continues pushing towards a victory. Means enemy moral will constantly drop. If I have to defend myself I turn the game into a tower defend game. I build several defence linse arround the HQ (like the layers of an onion) it normaly works nice with the enemy losing troops in the 10k-20k region, while I might lose some hundrets. If the hQ is in a corner, far away from the enemy lines, the better. because that means that he also can't use a lot of artillery on you. On some maps you can set up ambushes in forests if they are nearby enemy spawn points. If you keep shooting his troops in the trenches, the AI will call for re-inforcements and those get shot right away from yours, waiting in the forest.
@TheophileSourdille
@TheophileSourdille Жыл бұрын
I'm French and not even mad at your prununciation good sir ! Tbh this game is gonna be a pain for any english-speaking youtuber : most town names are very specific, and i'm not even sure about the prununciation on some of those (Longwy, Ste Menehould etc...)
@secondamendment
@secondamendment Жыл бұрын
Looks cool
@tomhavenith2330
@tomhavenith2330 Жыл бұрын
Ypres: It's Ieper in Flemish, so I would pronounce it something like: "EAH-PUHR" french it's Ypres: something like "EAPR" with a rather short EA
@rugratrik
@rugratrik Жыл бұрын
Alright, I'll help. Ypres is pronounce ee-purrrr as in 'eek! a rat (-k)' and the sound a cat makes. The last -s in Ypres is silent.
@ludvigthebirb7131
@ludvigthebirb7131 Жыл бұрын
"The 1914 campaign starts in december, so you are not going to reenact the DEATH OF THE ARCHDUKE"
@Beggar42
@Beggar42 Жыл бұрын
hehe, that tile labeled "Bastogne" ... Bastogne is actually in the same tile as La Roche. That tile should have been labeled Arlon or Virton (or even Florenville). Guess they REALLY wanted a name there that wouldn't be relevant until three decades later.
@Argacyan
@Argacyan 5 ай бұрын
I never played the game, only watched people play it, but one thing that I had to critizise about it from the start was its use of language. It probably uses current-day names, so you'll read something like "Thionville" and think hey that sounds like a French city - back before WW1 that city was "Diedenhofen" in Germany.
@Oscuros
@Oscuros Жыл бұрын
01:30 It's said like "Ipre", if you do the end like calibre or litre. Illiterate Tommies a Century ago used to say like "Wipers", which is a lot like where Americans are with pronunciation now, but no one in Europe would say it like that anymore, because it was a big and famous battle, plus people travel more and are aware of how foreign names are pronounced. No one really wants to look unworldly and uneducated like that nowadays.
@demenok1313
@demenok1313 Жыл бұрын
You can pronounce Ypres in two ways depending on wheter you use the french or dutch prounounciation In french, which the english pronounciation is also deriverd from, Ypres is pronounced as EE-PRAH or EE- PRUH In dutch we write IEPER instead of YPRES, and it is pronounced as EE- PUR (with the U prounounced as the U in purring)
@GhostEye31
@GhostEye31 Жыл бұрын
Or you could just do what a commonwealth solider would've done, and irreverently just call the place Wipers.
@danieltemelkovski9828
@danieltemelkovski9828 Жыл бұрын
@@GhostEye31 Definitely Wipers. Right up there with "We've got mittens too!"
@jay76ny
@jay76ny Жыл бұрын
Still haven't seen anything to dislike about this game.
@DameWhoGames623
@DameWhoGames623 Жыл бұрын
the battles I feel are way to quick, I hope mods come out to make it a bit deeper. I think campaign map and R&D is really good just the fact that the soldiers (Backbone of any army cant do much and are limited) you should be able to add snipers or lewis machine guns later to a company. They should be able to fire back if bogged down and if you attach a officer to them then it gives them a moral boast and attack boast, opposite when defending.
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
I do agree that the 20 minute limit seems oddly superficial… that said I wonder if unlimited time would break the balancing of the game. Not sure… pressure to move can be a factor in not micro-imho the attacks.
@MateusVIII
@MateusVIII Жыл бұрын
I think the point is that the engagements may be short, but you will have several of those engagements in the same map with changes to the terrain, etc. As if each "battle" is in fact a series of battles. I think having it last too long would defeat the purpose of many of them not achieving much and it being a long-term effort to whittle down the enemy and eventually have one where you have a meaningful advance.
@cedo3333
@cedo3333 Жыл бұрын
LOL the game just released and you talk about mod already, i don't get it.
@DameWhoGames623
@DameWhoGames623 Жыл бұрын
@@cedo3333 you just wouldnt get it tho would you
@catfacecat.
@catfacecat. Жыл бұрын
"Boast" Yes, boast, not boost.
@Lima_EM
@Lima_EM Жыл бұрын
18:46 Don't be sorry, it's intersting to see how english speakers pronounce French cities . I want to hear you pronounce "Bruay-La-Buissière" even me, as a french, I'm not sure how to pronounce that ^^
@AlexSmith-ln1tv
@AlexSmith-ln1tv Жыл бұрын
Recon its better than Close Combat - A Bridge too Far?
@wynter2925
@wynter2925 Жыл бұрын
Iv notnplayed the game yet but im sure focusing less on fighting every single turn and focusing more on real offensives like in real life would do a lot for thr content of the series and your enjoyment. Plan out attacks and take the time to build up yoyr forcues
@McNab1986
@McNab1986 Жыл бұрын
Given I've heard the battlefields are permanent etc, what actually stays, artillery hits disappear really fast, and they were the literal thing that gave battlefields their shape and look
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
Destroyed buildings, and trenches are permanent. Artillery is disappointingly not, but each time you fight on a hex it does become more shell cratered, even if they're not your exact shell craters.
@McNab1986
@McNab1986 Жыл бұрын
@@thehistoricalgamer Thank you, will be keeping an eye on this game
@C-jo5wb
@C-jo5wb Жыл бұрын
Do we have a discord for this game??? Or maybe a discord with a channel dedicated to this game? Sorry I’m new here. Very excited for the game. Epic video!
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
Like a discord for the developer? An official one?
@C-jo5wb
@C-jo5wb Жыл бұрын
Yeah a developer one would be pretty cool for announcements and such. But also just one for fans of the game would be sweet.
@deepposeidon289
@deepposeidon289 Жыл бұрын
"I can't see the enemy if they don't have balloons they can't see me...." it was at this moment he knew... he fucked up.
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
And yet he was victorious! *cheers like a demon!*
@NoNoSot
@NoNoSot Жыл бұрын
how did u get it. it comes out on the 31st. im confused as to how people get this game
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
It comes out on the 30th, but if you preorder it you get access on the 27th, that said I was given a press copy and early access.
@dafmegabou4489
@dafmegabou4489 Жыл бұрын
For Ypres, say e-pre
@FeyTheBin
@FeyTheBin Жыл бұрын
Yee. EEEE-PREH!
@DuesImperator
@DuesImperator Жыл бұрын
ive pre-ordered and it says pre-order access opens up March 27th at 1200 EDT and yet im sitting here watching your video instead of playing it myself. currently extremely pissed at the devs
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
I had a press copy not an early access copy.
@signoguns8501
@signoguns8501 Жыл бұрын
Im downloading it right now. Try restarting steam, if you havent already.
@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen
@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen Жыл бұрын
👏.🙂
@Keaperman
@Keaperman Жыл бұрын
If in doubt about how to pronounce Ypres, just use the Australian pronunciation: Wipers Because Australian is obviously better. ;)
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
Wipers is such a damn good name… I should really use it.
@sonnyjim5268
@sonnyjim5268 Жыл бұрын
Disappointing you can't have a go at the Schlieffen Plan.
@johnthomas2922
@johnthomas2922 Жыл бұрын
Crazy, I've been drunk in almost every one of those German Cities. Thank you Army lmao.
@andygeary3531
@andygeary3531 Жыл бұрын
I'm a bit confused why the machine gun nests weren't shooting you when you were running practically directly in front of them. Everybody else who I've watched play this game get wrecked even from very far away by them. They looked like they were bugged out or something in this vid.
@andygeary3531
@andygeary3531 Жыл бұрын
Well apparently machine gun nests need an infantry unit near them to fire, that's news to me. I wonder if it was like that during the demo or if that's a new change. It has considerably reduced the usefulness for MG nests imo.
@MateusVIII
@MateusVIII Жыл бұрын
I think it is because they were suppressed most of the time, isn't it? because they did fire. maybe also there is more tech in latter stages of the campaign that also gives more damage to MGs
@TheNordhammer
@TheNordhammer Жыл бұрын
@@andygeary3531 THG was using his artillery to either outright kill (with hvy art) or suppress (with light art) every nest he spotted- and kept his infantry in the trenches when closing in on a nest,which greatly reduces the effectiveness of the mgs. Vs running headlong across open fields.......
@andygeary3531
@andygeary3531 Жыл бұрын
@@TheNordhammer 39:20 If you are going to argue then you can at least make sure that you are right first. He walked right in front of the MG nest and it didn't fire once. Same at 45:00 and 45:50
@TheNordhammer
@TheNordhammer Жыл бұрын
@@andygeary3531 argue what? mg nests do NOT require infantry to fire. mg nests have a limited field of vision. THG in the latter parts/episodes(ep 2- ep 3 for how not to defend)of this series does get careless,which showcases just what happens when you do not use proper tactics.
@cedo3333
@cedo3333 Жыл бұрын
18:49 As a french, i do forgive you! AHAHAHA That's one of the worst language for non speakers ahaha. Compiègne: "Com" simple it's like con, Pi like Pee (yeah sorry), è like you would pronounce a N in english, "gne" Like new without the W at the end the G is semi-silent. I'm trying my best ^^ Gonna do the rest to help you: Soissons "Soi" start like swag without the g, "ssons" pronunce sound without the D. Chateau- Thierry: "Chat" like english chat, "eau" like O (simple) "Thi" Like tee , "erry" like perry without the p. Chatillon-sur-marne: You got this! like chateau but at the end it's E and then "llon" as yonk without the k, "sur" like sour but there is no O (i came with nothing here it's difficult) , "Mar" Like Mars without the S and then "ne" like never kind of... Outch that was exhausting, i'm no teacher trying my best to find nice exemple for you to understand. edit: if you guys think i'm a fool and weird you are right lool Oh and btw the first battle was eeeeeepic! Pre trench war at its peak before everyone realized the war has changed
@jakebrowncollection1772
@jakebrowncollection1772 Жыл бұрын
Just pronounce Ypres how the soldier's did I.e Wipers
@helmetfire5973
@helmetfire5973 Жыл бұрын
It's a short yeep sound for Ypres. Just say yeep, Yeep. Trust me.
@christinanalley7346
@christinanalley7346 Жыл бұрын
Ypres is pronounced eepruh btw
@p35flash97
@p35flash97 Жыл бұрын
Ypres. The British called it "Wipers". The proper pronunciation can be found here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp60p6uFmaxra7M
@ClevorBelmont
@ClevorBelmont Жыл бұрын
I appreciate the actual use of German.
@hunterjackson802
@hunterjackson802 Жыл бұрын
Is it me or is this game hard? Lol maybe im not spending enough supply before matches?
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
Build depots if you wanna have a chance… but yea it’s damn hard once entrenchments are formidable… tech helps.
@andygeary3531
@andygeary3531 Жыл бұрын
Arty is your friend, and you don't need to take territory to win. Just weaken their resolve with easy victories. There are a few cheesy strats but they just make the game boring so I won't mention them.
@hunterjackson802
@hunterjackson802 Жыл бұрын
@@andygeary3531 yeah im pretty much artying high valued things including their own batteries and building up my trenches for when the ai does decide to attack.
@ejl1221
@ejl1221 Жыл бұрын
Interesting game but very little resemblance to how WW1 was really fought. The struggle was the lack of command and control once a battle started. Basically infantry units would be given orders and artillery a fire plan prior to the battle starting and that's what you were stuck with except for the possible commitment of reserves. But even that would be based on vague and out of date reporting from the front line troops. Probably not the type of game most people would enjoy though.
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
Depends when you’re talking about. By 1918 units carried wire forward with them and were often in direct coms with higher ups.
@ejl1221
@ejl1221 Жыл бұрын
@@thehistoricalgamer This game was set in December 1914. Even by the end of the war, the ability to call in artillery fire like that was impossible. Most communication was still done by runners and signal flares as wire was unreliable in anything other than a static and artillery free zone.
@Mordred86
@Mordred86 Жыл бұрын
I always wanted a Total War game where you give initial commands but then once the units start moving there is nothing you can do unless you run your commanding unit close by.
@ejl1221
@ejl1221 Жыл бұрын
@@Mordred86 I've played in many games across the spectrum (miniature, board, video) where the player is more historically constrained as far as changing a unit's orders. It can be fun because it gives you a lot of insight into why some things happened the way they did in a battle but I understand why it's not to some people's taste. It can be frustrating watching your forces do what you told them to do an hour ago but not what you want them to do right now. It's a niche market for those types of games.
@bwc153
@bwc153 Жыл бұрын
@@Mordred86 Graviteam Tactics is like that. When you place orders in the middle of battle there is a delay for compeltion, and sending too many orders through will cause commmunication issues, possibly leading to missing orders, and the orders take time to relay so the more you send the more clogged up communications get. You can add time delays for orders and such like "Attack @ X time" so you can coordinate your assaults. Entire game is built around making an overall battle strategy and making mild tweaks after.
@jordanford8071
@jordanford8071 Жыл бұрын
Ypres is pronounced eep
@andygeary3531
@andygeary3531 Жыл бұрын
Just say eep and then follow up with a little flegm cough ;)
@Rundismutti2001
@Rundismutti2001 Жыл бұрын
Pausing the fight constantly, is not fair play dude!
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
The game is designed to allow you to do that! Frankly the 20 minute time limit makes it a requirement. If the game had uncapped time, then I'd be less likely to do it.
@dario2439
@dario2439 Жыл бұрын
This game is very interesting but is too limited in scope, honestly is hard to play this when you have better and bigger games like total war and paradox titles. Hope they will escpand this game with new dlc or with another more ambiutus sequel.
@Crimethoughtfull
@Crimethoughtfull Жыл бұрын
TW and Paradox are great...but none are WWI! If they can expand this to be more like Empire TW, then we're talkin'. I mean, it is a great recipe as it is--it feels really well done for giving you battles, but also the lines don't move much...now just flesh out this great idea to be worldwide! 🙂
@giaccomokassanova1380
@giaccomokassanova1380 Жыл бұрын
Majority of comments are teaching how you pronounce Ypres, but no1 is complaining about Stahlhelm-symbols for German infantry in 1914. Lot of linguistic smart-asses, but no history nerds here 😮
@MateusVIII
@MateusVIII Жыл бұрын
Would be nice to have a fix and maybe have something in the tech tree to change them, or an event that changes the models
@vicariously92881
@vicariously92881 Жыл бұрын
ee-prehs
@jamesmaclennan4525
@jamesmaclennan4525 Жыл бұрын
Ypres is best pronounced Eeepruh
@colindouglas7769
@colindouglas7769 Жыл бұрын
The British soldiers in the trenches called it "Wipers", but you're correct.
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
Wipers! I like that one ha...
@TheColdbrews
@TheColdbrews Жыл бұрын
I've heard the A.I cheats real bad in this game so I'm going to hold off on buying it to see if this game gets any kind of patches to fix the issues.
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
Maybe the AI doesn’t deal with fog of war? That’s the only example of possible cheating and it’s also not clear that it’s true to me.
@johngoogle8635
@johngoogle8635 Жыл бұрын
ypres = yee-pra
@smileysmith7455
@smileysmith7455 Жыл бұрын
bro i cant purchase humans wtf kinda world we living in.
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
I meant you can’t purchase Infantry units, there raised as they’re raised. You can purchase equipment units I.e. tanks, planes etc…
@planomathandscience
@planomathandscience Жыл бұрын
Great video. but the French pronunciation.... you've lost that war. :)
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
l'horreur
@jasontotalwar
@jasontotalwar Жыл бұрын
its pronounced eep
@MrMiska12345
@MrMiska12345 Жыл бұрын
This shit has denuvo
@thehistoricalgamer
@thehistoricalgamer Жыл бұрын
I saw a few people mention that, though I'll be honest I would have never noticed, nor do I really know anything about Denuvo. I take it, its some kind of DRM folks don't like.
@MrMiska12345
@MrMiska12345 Жыл бұрын
@@thehistoricalgamer usually denuvo makes games run 20-40% worse, but in a game like this does that really matter. We just really hate denuvo
@TonyDSD
@TonyDSD Жыл бұрын
Played it. It's terrible.
@andigeorge55
@andigeorge55 Жыл бұрын
Looks awfull...
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@jackhughes1741 Жыл бұрын
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