The Great War: Western Front

[Destraex]

Great War Western Front demo is coming on the 6th to steam iirc. Looking forward to it.

[Gusington]

  me too

Pre-ordered last night.

[W8taminute]

me too

Pre-ordered last night.

Pre-ordered this afternoon!

[Gusington]

You're late!! 

[Grim.Reaper]

I am holing off until the demo to see how it really plays before I decide on purchasing.  If it does well, then will pre purchase but since the demo is soon, might as well wait and confirm it is as good as it might seem.  The fact they are willing to share a demo bodes well that they aren't afraid to have people play before buying so fingers crossed.

[Grim.Reaper]

I see why they did a demo, get's them new customers like me:)  Really impressed what I see, seems to have a lot of deep things going on and I likely will stink, but it was fun even playing the tutorial.  Can't wait now.

[Gusington]

  

[devoncop]

Just watched someone play the tutorials in the demo version...

Wow there are so many mechanics in this game. If it is balanced it could be an absolute masterpiece.

[W8taminute]

Started the demo last night.  I was very happy to see the demo includes a taste of campaign gameplay, not just a single battle.  Didn't spend too much time but I really like what I see so far.

This game, unless it makes me rage quit for some reason, should hold my attention for quite a while when it does release.

[W8taminute]

Ok so I spent more time with the demo, specifically the campaign portion of it.  Fought my first defensive battle and the tutorial does a really good job of walking the player through the various options and tools at your disposal.  Really clean gameplay without being a frantic click fest. 

I found a lot of joy setting up the strategic map with all the preparations necessary to wage a WW1 style campaign.  This game seems deep without being overwhelming.

Next up I'll try to the offensive battle tutorial.

[Jarhead0331]

I'd like to see more carnage. Bodies shouldn't disappear quite as quickly and should be scattered around no man's land. Also, is terrain deformable, or is it static? It was hard to tell from the single defensive battle I played.

Otherwise, this game is clearly going to be a hit. Its very well done.

[devoncop]

I'd like to see more carnage. Bodies shouldn't disappear quite as quickly and should be scattered around no man's land. Also, is terrain deformable, or is it static? It was hard to tell from the single defensive battle I played.

Otherwise, this game is clearly going to be a hit. Its very well done.

The terrain in tactical battles will be different in each Campaign as players invest in main trenches/barbed wire/strongpoints/communiction trenches but the trench lines themselves, once placed will persist as the region changes hands (as they did historically). German trenches were always seen as preferable to British or French ones for example by Allied troops due to better build quality....("Vorsprung Durch Technic")   

[Philippe]

They updated their demo.  I take that as a good sign.

[W8taminute]

I'd like to see more carnage. Bodies shouldn't disappear quite as quickly and should be scattered around no man's land. Also, is terrain deformable, or is it static? It was hard to tell from the single defensive battle I played.

Otherwise, this game is clearly going to be a hit. Its very well done.

Two counterpoints:

• Agreed on the carnage.  I too noticed bodies while they are in the middle of dying fly all over the place but do not remain on the battlefield long.  I guess we wait for the released version to confirm.
• Terrain, according to the let's play videos I've watched are deformable in that they get pockmarked with craters, forests turn into stumps, etc.  If you are asking whether hills can be raised/lowered via terraforming techniques then I don't think that's possible.  Maybe in a map editor if one comes with the final version of the game?

[Gusington]

Yeah just downloaded the demo update. How many tutorials are there right now?