Why are there TONS of WW2 based games, but never any WW1 games?

[QUOTE="Juggernaut140"][QUOTE="NinjaMunkey01"][QUOTE="Juggernaut140"]

I believe there is a WW1 game coming out soon called "To End All Wars"

It's supposed to be a super gritty war game. I hope it turns out good.

NinjaMunkey01

pretty badtle choice though. It did not really end anything.

We had WW2, cold war, vietnam, gulf war, Iraq invasion...

WW1 was called "The War to End All Wars" back then so I think it's a pretty good title choice.

Yeah I already knew that.

What I meant was the title to the ACTUAL war was bad, not the game. The game title choice was good.

I mean if the person who named the war saw all the wars we have had to date, would he/she still call it the war to end all wars?

*Shakes head*

Sitting in a trench for hours on end, walking over and dieing?

Sounds fun.

Maybe because most of the WWI were in trenches? It could be boring if in the game it will take place in trenches.

Im guessing its because the US didnt play quite as large a role in WWI as they did in WWII and seeing as how all these WWII games have u playing as an American soldier...it could pose a problem :P

edit: Forgot to mention that WWII also had some epic battles that are just far more exciting and memorable.

II_Seraphim_II

exciting? since when is war exciting?

Because when we look at WW2, we find a clear winner, a clear reason for fighting and a clear sense of moral mission.

When we look at WW1 we see a conflict where millions died for god knows what, where the resolution was inconclusive, and the result was the decline of Europe.

Danm_999

At the beginning of WWII the reason for fighting wasn't too much different than WWI in that the people who had heard of the concentration camps didn't believe them and everybody else was playing clueless. It wasn't until the war was pretty much over did that reason for fighting actually come forth.

And it doesn't matter if the west only remembers trench warfare and the boring bits that's all the more reason to make a game w/ the more action parts. Aparantly from reading this thread video games are the largest source for history for people here.

[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"]

Im guessing its because the US didnt play quite as large a role in WWI as they did in WWII and seeing as how all these WWII games have u playing as an American soldier...it could pose a problem :P

edit: Forgot to mention that WWII also had some epic battles that are just far more exciting and memorable.

ejstrup

exciting? since when is war exciting?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHywfu_ujdk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56N4QwfhfgI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzibp5IOgMs

When isn't war exciting?

(1) They could always make a video game that does not aim at Americans.

(2) I really wish there would be a game where you play as an Axis(NOT Nazi) soldier in WW2 and some how give an idea of what the Holocaust was like inside the camp.(No I'm not saying making a torture game just witnessing it)

And also fight against the Allies.

Lonelynight

1) But then why would a developer go out of there way to not make money?

2) A game where you fight for Hitler kill jews in camps and slaughter americans... I can see developers lining up to make it right now.

Hand to hand - check

Pistol - check

Rifle - check

Light Machine Guns - check

Heavy Machine Guns - check

Massive amounts of differing artillery types - double check

Famous battle in Woods - check

Famous battle up a hill - check

Famous battle in Valley - check

First use of tanks - check

Mustard Gas - check

Widespread calvary action - check

Amphibious land and scaling cliffs - check

Zeppelins - deserves 3 checks alone :)

Bi-planes - double check

Tri-planes - triple check

The Red Baron - FTW

Epic naval actions - check

Economic warfare - check

Sending Lenin back from Germany to Russia and sowing the seeds of Communist Revolution - epic future mistake...check

Russian Revolution - check

Shooting the Czar and his family - check

Bolshevik Revolution - check

Assassinate the Autro-Hungarian prince to start the war - stealth check

There is more than plenty WW1 material for a game..................................

[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"]

Im guessing its because the US didnt play quite as large a role in WWI as they did in WWII and seeing as how all these WWII games have u playing as an American soldier...it could pose a problem :P

edit: Forgot to mention that WWII also had some epic battles that are just far more exciting and memorable.

ejstrup

exciting? since when is war exciting?

Are you joking?

Hand to hand - check

Pistol - check

Rifle - check

Light Machine Guns - check

Heavy Machine Guns - check

Massive amounts of differing artillery types - double check

Famous battle in Woods - check

Famous battle up a hill - check

Famous battle in Valley - check

First use of tanks - check

Mustard Gas - check

Widespread calvary action - check

Amphibious land and scaling cliffs - check

Zeppelins - deserves 3 checks alone :)

Bi-planes - double check

Tri-planes - triple check

The Red Baron - FTW

Epic naval actions - check

Economic warfare - check

Sending Lenin back from Germany to Russia and sowing the seeds of Communist Revolution - epic future mistake...check

Russian Revolution - check

Shooting the Czar and his family - check

Bolshevik Revolution - check

Assassinate the Autro-Hungarian prince to start the war - stealth check

There is more than plenty WW1 material for a game..................................

SUD123456

Oh yeah, there is enough source material, its just that the only genre people are discussing is an FPS.

Seriously, with the new call of duty being set in WW2, i've been wondering, why are there no WW1 games. It would be more interesting than another WW2 shooting game.littledoug

Im guessing its because the US didnt play quite as large a role in WWI as they did in WWII and seeing as how all these WWII games have u playing as an American soldier...it could pose a problem :P

edit: Forgot to mention that WWII also had some epic battles that are just far more exciting and memorable.

II_Seraphim_II

lulz, WWI games would be boring as hell, most of the warfare was trench based.

If it was just dogfights and aerial combat, that would have some potential.

An RTS might be good too. An FPS would suck though :P