No that could be interesting. Its not exactly trench combat but you could take some creative liberties to do something like that. I would guess that a spy game would have more emphasis on gathering intel and pursuing someone like a scientist or engineer who is working on a way to effectively dispense a new type of gas into the trenches by way of twin engined Gotha bombers or Zeppelin. You could do it Hitman style with WWI era setting.Timelord91 said:
Well that realism has been sacrificed by Necrovision which is WWI Wolfenstein. Life expectancy was short at times, but there were people who survived for long periods of the war. NCO's in particular. Here's the other thing, the time when the map is large and explorable like an RPG style, it would be set during quiet periods in which you could explore the world and do the trench raids, artillery observation, counter sniping etc. The big set piece battles would be like the Arras Offensive of April 1917, Third Ypres July 1917, Cambrai Nov 1917, be on the defensive in March 1918, and the final Hundred Days Offensive which was very mobile and reminiscent of WWII combat with airbattles, tanks and fire and maneuver tactics. The 'stalemate aspect would be set in between those battles.Captain Pancake said:
You can in Darkest of Days. But that game doesn't do much for the experence since they copped out and made it a time travel story. I heard in another topic people would do Napoleonic and Medieval combat.Captain Pancake said:
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The idea of trench warfare doesn't strike me as fun for my money, just saying. There are a few battles no involving it,but 2 battles a game doesn't make.suhlEap said:
That's fine. Not everyone will like it as no game has found unanimous appeal. We are just discussing how it could possibly be done well and that many of the one sentence comments whether for or against aren't helpful. But couldn't quite make out the last bit. What do you mean?whaleswiththumbs said:
Oh well, it's nice to have an attempt though...The Tommy said:
No...that's the actual game.The Tommy said:
I've only just come to this thread, so forgive me if I'm repeating points, as I didn't wish to trawl through 16 pages of text at this time of night.The Tommy said:
But I do love the idea of weapon upgrades. Not because it's an original idea (far from it in fact) but because of the unconventional nature of the upgrades - like that massive grenade bundle that was shown a few pages ago
Thank you for the kind comments. The grenade bundle as said was a modification that soon became standard practice among Assault units facing tanks and other fortified targets.Wadders said:I've only just come to this thread, so forgive me if I'm repeating points, as I didn't wish to trawl through 16 pages of text at this time of night.The Tommy said:
Anyways. I like your suggestion for a mission, and it goes to show that someone with a knowledge of WW1 such as yourself could well think of several decent missions for a WW1 game. The melee/ close quarters aspect in the trenches would be an interesting balance for ranged combat. The game could expand beyond an FPS and take in other aspects such as dogfighting in the old bi-planes, or tank combat, or maybe even a cavalry action, maybe the ones at the Battle of Mons. Again, apologies if any of this has already been mentioned.
Also, I like that photo of the trench raiders you have. The 2 chaps wearing the Pickelhaube helmets must have had an interesting story to tell about how they got them.
EDIT: OK I had a look back over the thread and I've missed a hell of a lot, probably a bit late to come in now
Maybe that's how fast you can work a bolt action rifle in real life, but the average soldier could take less than a second to re-chamber a round. As I said before, the British were trained prior to the war to fire 30 AIMED shots per minute including the two five round stripper clips in the Lee Enfield.RedMenace said:
I see, interesting stuffThe Tommy said:Thank you for the kind comments. The grenade bundle as said was a modification that soon became standard practice among Assault units facing tanks and other fortified targets.Wadders said:I've only just come to this thread, so forgive me if I'm repeating points, as I didn't wish to trawl through 16 pages of text at this time of night.The Tommy said:
Anyways. I like your suggestion for a mission, and it goes to show that someone with a knowledge of WW1 such as yourself could well think of several decent missions for a WW1 game. The melee/ close quarters aspect in the trenches would be an interesting balance for ranged combat. The game could expand beyond an FPS and take in other aspects such as dogfighting in the old bi-planes, or tank combat, or maybe even a cavalry action, maybe the ones at the Battle of Mons. Again, apologies if any of this has already been mentioned.
Also, I like that photo of the trench raiders you have. The 2 chaps wearing the Pickelhaube helmets must have had an interesting story to tell about how they got them.
EDIT: OK I had a look back over the thread and I've missed a hell of a lot, probably a bit late to come in now
Must have taken a good throwing arm to get that sucker where you wanted it.
He sure can be accurate. The proper shouldering for recoil allowed, he fires with the middle finger and then pulls the bolt with the pointer and thumb. The SMLE rifle was the best for this because it cocks the firing hammer on pushing the bolt forward which overall makes for a smoother action and faster reload then any other bolt action rifle.Wadders said:
