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Oberon · 05-08-16, 02:09 PM

I don't know, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.
There's only a handful of WWI based games out there, and the vast majority of them are strategy or tactical based, and the other FPS that I can think of, Verdun, doesn't have the finance behind it that EA DICE has.
Of course, this being EA there's going to be a massive zeppelin sized load of unwanted stuff with it, microtransactions, and the like, so that's a major negative against it.
However, looking at the trailer there are some things in it that made me nod my head in appreciation. The trench club, the mission set in the Sinai and Palestine campaign/Arab revolt, the Mark V male tank, gas attack and the Dreadnought, as well as the armour clad machine gunner.

Sure, it's going to take some liberties with history, so did BF1942, but it was still a lot of fun...and who knows, if it does well enough then it might get more casual people interested in the history of the First World War, as we move through the centeniary.

So, I'm not going to look down my nose at this, instead I'm going to be interested in how it turns out.

05-08-16, 02:09 PM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I don't know, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. There's only a handful of WWI based games out there, and the vast majority of them are strategy or tactical based, and the other FPS that I can think of, Verdun, doesn't have the finance behind it that EA DICE has. Of course, this being EA there's going to be a massive zeppelin sized load of unwanted stuff with it, microtransactions, and the like, so that's a major negative against it. However, looking at the trailer there are some things in it that made me nod my head in appreciation. The trench club, the mission set in the Sinai and Palestine campaign/Arab revolt, the Mark V male tank, gas attack and the Dreadnought, as well as the armour clad machine gunner. Sure, it's going to take some liberties with history, so did BF1942, but it was still a lot of fun...and who knows, if it does well enough then it might get more casual people interested in the history of the First World War, as we move through the centeniary. So, I'm not going to look down my nose at this, instead I'm going to be interested in how it turns out.