![]() With the WW1 series of games, M2H have carved themselves a niche for representing historical accuracy in video game form. ![]() So, there is some immediate kudos to be given to developer of Verdun and Tannenberg who have taken it upon themselves to try and tell that story in game form, to the risk of not ‘being for everyone’. The weaponry was slow and ruthless, when you got shot you usually wound up dead and everyone was bogged down in muddy trenches, quite rightly staying put for the most part, lest they wind up in no man’s land with only bullets to greet them. When you think about it, it doesn’t really make for much of what you would consider a game to be. There was also the fact that very few developers would want to take what has come to be known as the first great war. With things going as far as this into sci-fi territory, it was only natural that some would start to miss the previously saturated historical shooter, the kind that focused on men with rifles and oppressive European theatres that rely more on skills, tactics and less showboating. This journey took us to the middle east, across Asia and even into space. Notably, in the not so distant past, we had that surge of modern warfare titles that took the focus away from old conflicts and fantasising new ones. While this seeming obsession with world wars has continued, gaming has moved onto other things. Back then, it was almost a joke, that every shooter had to be a realistically depicted (for the time) experience that harked back to the Normandy invasion from Saving Private Ryan. You can thank the late 90’s and early 00’s for this, this was when the likes of Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, the early Call of Duty games and Battlefield made boots-on-ground historical violence into an enjoyable pastime. It seems that not a month goes by that another war game is announced or discussed in some manner. Games focusing on famous worldwide conflicts are nothing new at this stage. Augin PS4 / Reviews tagged Accurate / authentic / M2H / verdun / WW1 by Grizz
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |