- Publisher: Frontier Developments , Frontier Foundry
- Release Date: Mar 30, 2023
- Summary:
- Developer: Petroglyph
- Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, Tactics
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 19
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Mixed: 11 out of 19
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Negative: 1 out of 19
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Apr 4, 2023The Great War: Western Front is an excellent way to learn something about the battlefields and conditions of a war that, let’s face it, is one we rarely learn much about these days. It’s always inspiring when developers take the time to be meticulous with their history games and aim to present something that doesn’t just entertain, but also informs.
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Apr 3, 2023Despite finicky controls and complex gameplay, The Great War: Western Front is deeply satisfying, always respectful of the source material.
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Apr 3, 2023The Great War: Western Front aims to be a faithful reconstruction of the many battles the France, Britain and Germany fought more than a hundred years ago, and of the context surrounding them. It definitely succeeds at that, thanks to a very good soundtrack and to videos, posters and quotes from the period. Gameplay wise, however, the result is a game that is more catered towards a niche of players.
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Apr 3, 2023The Great War: Western Front is an interesting strategy game that delves into its setting for better and worse. Offering various strategic and tactical opportunities provides a lot for strategy game fans. However, the glacially slow pace will undeniably turn some people off, despite being very much due to the World War One setting. If there is one key issue, the AI is almost like a relic of previous games, seemingly not following the same rules as the player. Other issues with pathfinding also feature. However, despite these issues, I can't help but admit the game is compelling.
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May 25, 2023The Great War: Western Front offers what are undoubtedly the best tactical battles set in World War I we’ve ever seen. It’s original and full of tense atmosphere, even if some might complain about reused battlefields and weaker graphics. There’s balancing to be done and bugs to be squashed, but I’m confident that after a few patches an already fun game will get even better.
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Apr 17, 2023Big thanks to the authors for choosing WW1 which is unique in this genre. The campaign is a bit clunky, but the combat is unique and contains unusual elements and mechanics that you don't normally see in other RTS.
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May 11, 2023The Great War: Western Front builds on very good ideas, but a lot of them are not properly executed, and the high difficulty doesn't help. It's not fun, the AI is cheating, too, unfortunately.