World War I
While this isn't strictly an RPG, or really an RPG at all - it has been too long since we had something posted on here, and I had this laying around.
World War I is a 2D RTS with some unique features.
It features historical campaigns from the three main factions in the Great War; The Entente, Germany, and Russia. Throughout these campaigns you play through all four years of the war in various high priority battles to get a very good story of the events throughout the war.
The gameplay is not the traditional 'build, mass, conquer' style of gameplay, instead you are given generally a limited amount of units and have to work strategically with those. However, they are a varied amount of units; ranging from artillery, cavalry, troops, and even limited amounts of air and sea support. Each unit has various modes and abilities that will help turn the tides of battle.
The graphics and sound effects are fitting for the period, and the game itself. Especially fitting is the various voice overs of the units, British units speak English, French units speak French, Russian units speak Russian, etc. There are a wide range of units from different nations that you have the ability to command throughout the game, and it is refreshing to hear many differing voices than just a few repeated.
However there are issues with the game, while released in 2006, I have been unable to load it on Windows XP, however Windows Vista works fine with it. As well, once the campaigns are complete, there is not much more replayablity within the game - there is no skirmish options, no map editor, and no multiplayer. These issues leave a lot to be desired within the game, because with those this would be an amazing game.
Overall however, I have found it to be an extremely enjoyable game, refreshing in the ways it tries to be slightly different from others RTSes, with both gameplay and period choices. All together, its a really good package and I thoroughly am glad that I bought it, and supported the Russian developer Dark-Fox, hopefully we may find more wonderful products from them in the future.
In the end, I would say if you enjoy the period, want a different type of game and don't mind there being a somewhat limited amount of features, and perhaps a slight incompatibility with some system, go for it - I enjoyed it greatly.
8.5/10
It can be purchased at GamersGate 9.99$
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