So I was thinking... - Page 2

Peacemaker · 2006-06-06, 03:19 PM

I think firefly needs to lay off the coffee and maybe take a couple a pills of some sort.... he forgot his medication.

xmodum · 2006-06-06, 03:58 PM

Indeed.

Firefly · 2006-06-06, 04:04 PM

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?

Setari · 2006-06-06, 04:09 PM

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.

Rbstr · 2006-06-06, 05:24 PM

I agree.

The Balkans or Bosnia would make for both compelling storys and good settings in FPS terms.

Firefly · 2006-06-06, 06:15 PM

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!

Setari · 2006-06-06, 06:54 PM

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.

Firefly · 2006-06-06, 07:23 PM

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).

Rbstr · 2006-06-06, 07:47 PM

Yeah you had to keep changing the barrels and keep filling them up with water.

OneManArmy · 2006-06-06, 07:51 PM

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.