The Great War: Western Front is available today, kicking off a new campaign of tactical trench warfare and historical gameplay.
Frontier Foundry, the publishing arm of Elite Dangerous Developer Frontier, has opened up a new wave of warfare today for anybody who picks up a pre order of this new conquest. The Great War: Western Front technically launches on 30 march, but anybody who buys this game can start playing right now.
The new strategy experience brings together the minds behind the likes of Command & Conquer: Remastered, Star Wars: Empire at War to unveil a brand new RTS set in the midst of Whiteing control of national forces as either the either the Allied Forces or the Central Powers, players will need to weigh many difficult decisions as the Great War unfolds. Focusing on the Western Front, each side of this enormous conflict needs to balance supplies and the demands of battle. Seasons change and put increasing strain on troops, while the key to unlocking enemy lines could be artillery or hunkering down in a well developed trench network. Anybody picking up this new title will get to take decisions in both turn-based grand strategy and RTS gameplay, across a massive campaign. If you manage to make it through 1916 and beyond, then there are plenty of extra modes too.
Historical Battles allow Commanders to relive key battles from the Western Front, set against Imperial War Museums’ archive footage, and will put their tactical awareness to the test. A skirmish mode allows for a more free form approach to gassing your friends, while new Commanders can test themselves in the tutorial first. Developer petroglyph dropped a trailer alongside the launch, giving us at what aims to be the definitive WW1 strategy game. If you’d like to replay 1914 onwards then The Great War: Western Front is ready to test you for £29.99/€34.99/$34.99. A Victory Edition includes a detailed digital field guide providing additional in-game intelligence, five digital wallpapers, and Frank Klepacki’s evocative soundtrack, for £34.99/€39.99/$39.99. Check out more on the official website now and sign up via Steam and Epic Store.
