Thread by @garius

Every time I get sent a press release for a game that promises "a realistic squad-based WW1 combat experience", I wonder how much fun getting shelled in a trench by artillery (the enemy's or sometimes your own) can really be.

"well done lads. We made it to the start line this time before we got shelled into a warm mist."

MULTIKILL!

You were killed by GermanArtilleryman021221 from 2 miles away!

Then you're only allowed to play the maps with no enemies on for three months before doing it all again.

https://twitter.com/BadSocialism/status/1418657727291797508

Plus I always assume they'll eventually release a tank-based DLC.

Where your squad get to drive really slowly for 10mins until it breaks down, then sit in a tin box in no-man's land and wait for GermanArtilleryman021221 to find his range again.

"Our game offers a realistic experience of what combat felt like, on the ground, in some of the key campaigns of 1915 and 1916"

So that's under twenty minutes of gameplay tops, for 80% of the players on the map then.

Unless you're GermanArtilleryman021221 or BritGunner6969

"Our map designers have visited the battlefields today and carefully mapped them using the latest camera technology."

I've got bad news for your map designers then. And it involves GermanArtilleryman021221 and BritGunner6969 again...

"Experience the war in the most famous of French sectors"

SWEET.

Always wanted to get concussed to death in a fort while chatting with my mates on Discord.

Think I'll stick to HOI4. More my pace anyway.