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Old 2006-06-06, 03:19 PM   [Ignore Me] #16
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I think firefly needs to lay off the coffee and maybe take a couple a pills of some sort.... he forgot his medication.
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Old 2006-06-06, 03:58 PM   [Ignore Me] #17
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Indeed.
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Old 2006-06-06, 04:04 PM   [Ignore Me] #18
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Coffee is what relaxes me. It keeps me from dirt-drilling little a-hole punk kids in the neighborhood that scratch my truck when they're riding their skateboards in between parked cars. And I take my herbs every morning - what's the matter, can't keep up?
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Old 2006-06-06, 04:09 PM   [Ignore Me] #19
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So back to the original post, I think the basic thing is that when the idea of a WWI game comes up, everyone assumes ultra-realism. When you play Call of Duty, you don't get any mechanical problems or sicknesses. The gist of a WWI game would basically be what The Trenches is, except perhaps on a larger scale. Trench warfare, armed with bolt rifles, would not degrade into the attrition that happened in reality, because most people don't act like that when playing games. I think that if a WWI game were made, the pace would be slower than most games, but I think the fact that it is still a game would keep it from turning into a sit-fest.


EDIT: I'm thinking it might have to be a pretty large-scale game, maybe with a little bit faster pace than Planetside.

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Old 2006-06-06, 05:24 PM   [Ignore Me] #20
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I agree.

The Balkans or Bosnia would make for both compelling storys and good settings in FPS terms.
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Old 2006-06-06, 06:15 PM   [Ignore Me] #21
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Originally Posted by Setari
So back to the original post, I think the basic thing is that when the idea of a WWI game comes up, everyone assumes ultra-realism. When you play Call of Duty, you don't get any mechanical problems or sicknesses. The gist of a WWI game would basically be what The Trenches is, except perhaps on a larger scale. Trench warfare, armed with bolt rifles, would not degrade into the attrition that happened in reality, because most people don't act like that when playing games. I think that if a WWI game were made, the pace would be slower than most games, but I think the fact that it is still a game would keep it from turning into a sit-fest.

EDIT: I'm thinking it might have to be a pretty large-scale game, maybe with a little bit faster pace than Planetside.
The Germans used chemical warfare in WW1. You could incorporate that into the game. There's actually a movie about WW1 combat, I think it was a made-for-TV movie. I believe it was called "The Lost Battalion" or something similar. I caught the last battle they fought - didn't last long (TV-wise) so I can't estimate the time I got to watch it. Those dudes took some serious beatings. And the artillery duels... just DAMN!
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Old 2006-06-06, 06:54 PM   [Ignore Me] #22
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I've seen that movie, the blood is orange. :P That movie was really intense. Obviously, if it were a large-scale game, the chemical attacks could be incorporated, as well as large-scale artillery barrages. Come to think, WWI might make a good MMOFPS, the battles would certainly be interesting.
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Old 2006-06-06, 07:23 PM   [Ignore Me] #23
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You would have to make it MMO - you just can't half-ass a war like WW1 with a 32-person server and ten-minute points battles. Especially with the slow rate of fire for infantry weapons. Machine-guns were not put into widespread use as portable offensive combat units yet - almost all of them required a 4- to 6-person team, and the concept of single-person units didn't make it into battle until the latter half of 1918 (hence the designation MP18).
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Old 2006-06-06, 07:47 PM   [Ignore Me] #24
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Yeah you had to keep changing the barrels and keep filling them up with water.
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Old 2006-06-06, 07:51 PM   [Ignore Me] #25
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I was thinking you're all *******.


but then I remembered Infernus would hate me for putting him down like that.

so then I was thinking you're all wankers. and since I'm not british, it makes no sense but I like it anyways.

Wankers.
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Old 2006-06-06, 08:12 PM   [Ignore Me] #26
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Fuck you, Pikey.
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Old 2006-06-06, 09:32 PM   [Ignore Me] #27
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Sadly a game revolving around the events of Bosnia would never hit the shelves. People have a thing about shooting an armed kid...





Pussies.
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Old 2006-06-07, 01:11 AM   [Ignore Me] #28
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Originally Posted by Hamma
We need more wars so we have more game options.
Why do you think we went to Iraq?

OIF and Desert Storm gave us great games/mods.
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