Quote Originally Posted by Kraxis
I'm thinking of the Alp front between Italy and Austria... Now THAT would be some epic fights.
Quote Originally Posted by Papewaio
It doesn't always pay to turtle:

Charge of the Light Horse... http://www.lighthorse.org.au/histbatt/beersheba.htm
Sure, a "WWI" game could be made from those scenarios, but it wouldn't be representative of the war as a whole, in most people's minds... the way the COD series (more or less) represents the infantry experience in WWII.

I think most people think of WWI as trench warfare, alternating between total boredom and total terror.... but not the "fun" kind, like the COD series. There's nothing fun (for me, anyway) in mass slaughter by machine gun and artillery, or mustard gas warfare. And I don't know how you could market a "WWI" game without including the Western front trench lines.

I think that's the obvious reason why we've never seen (so far) a WWI FPS game, or even many strategy games based on the war. Horrible as it was, it's just not that interesting on either a strategic or tactical level. The only successful games that have ever been made about WWI (AFAIK) are the two Red Baron combat flight sims (as well as a few other terrible, arcade WWI biplane shooters), which focus on the only really glamorous aspect of the war.... at least for non history buffs who have never heard of things like the Charge of the Light Horse. I just don't think a game company could make any money selling an infantry-based WWI FPS or RTS game, when there are so many other conflicts to choose from.

Just my $.02 opinion...