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The sheer amount of combinations that teams can come up with is more diverse than any I’ve ever seen in a first person shooter. Meanwhile, the Central Powers are made up of a conglomeration of German divisions, such as the lightweight and highly mobile Alpenjägers, or the heavy weapon-wielding Landsers. Each subdivision plays completely differently from one another. For example, the Entente are composed of various nationalities, such as the British Tommies, and the French Poilus. What I also noticed was how accurately the developers represent the major factions at war in Verdun. I could practically feel the slippery mud beneath my virtual boots, and barbed wire decorated the entire landscapes everywhere. Having seen old photos of various WWI battlefields, including Verdun, I really appreciated the amount of detail BlackMill Games put into this game. The first thing that struck me is just how dismal the environments were. Take for instance its main mode, Frontline, where two groups of men, the Central Powers and the Entente, square off against each other over a desolate, foreboding battlefield. Having a pretty decent number of hours of Verdun beneath my belt now, I can say that it definitely is a completely different style of warfare than I have ever played. Evil that the Second World War carries, complete with their exotic locations and charming scenery, there just isn’t much that is sexy about crawling around in rows of maze-like trenches. Unlike the cool, anti-establishment vibe that the Vietnam War exuded, or the romanticism of Good vs.

Does it really convey WWI trench warfare as my friend recounted? Well, it’s not perfect, but to a large extent it does.īefore getting into the specifics of Verdun, let me mention that this game has gone a long way in illuminating just why WWI games aren’t so popular.

“It’s the best representation of the Great War I’ve ever experienced.”Īfter that little exchange I just knew that I had to try Verdun. “You have played Verdun?” was what one of my gaming buddies immediately said when I complained about the lack of WWI games, for the umpteenth time this year alone. I’ve always wondered why no one had created a proper World War I shooting game.

But Falkenhayn's plan for an attack that would economise on German resources failed to work out as he expected.Last week I wrote about a World War II game, Day of Infamy, and related how I almost couldn’t believe that someone thought that it was still novel to produce yet another game based on it.

The two campaigns together should have brought France and Britain to terms

Falkenhayn hoped to combine the Verdun offensive with a U-boat offensive against British shipping.

General Erich von Falkenhayn, the Chief of the General Staff and Germany's principal strategist, targeted Verdun because of its position on the Allied line and its sentimental value to French people.

At the end of the bloodshed, France emerged as the victor, by December 1916 winning back nearly all the territory it had lost in February.

Verdun - a strong point on the long frontline dividing the French and German armies - was the longest battle of World War One.