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Battle of Empires : 1914-1918 is project meant to tell the untold story of one of the bloodiest war in the history of mankind - First World War. Based on engine of well known strategy game Men of War this project will take you through the whole war in 5 large-scale single-player and coop campaigns - you will experience deadly landings in the batlle of Gallipoli, famous battle at Verdun, first tanks attack and many more important events of that war. Project will be both singlplayer, and multiplayer.5 single campaigns are planned : 1) French 2) German 3) Russian 4) British 5) Bonus - missions for different countries (as bonus campaign in Men of War) In multiplayer there will be 5 countries - France, Britain, Russia, Germany and Austro-Hungary.
A nice bright blue for the enemy to see you from a long distance.=)
Yup, that's why frenchy change their uniform, as you might know, they were doing cavalry charge at the beginning of the war ... I'm french, and study it ...
The colourful clothes are part of the old tactic. In the 1800 years, before a battle the two opposite army was formed into line. The clothes made them easy to recognize, and they tried to scary the enemy with their number. And thank to the very smoky black gunpowder, they fought in a huge black cloud, and the colourful uniforms are made easier to recognize who friend or foe. But thank to the trench warfare, the camouflage and hiding much better solution, that why they changed their clothes, its just better. With the invention of the smokeless gunpowder, the fogs were gone too.
Ironically, smokeless powder was a French invention.
Little is known that the French Army tried more low-visibility uniforms than any other before WW1, but found none satisfying (they tried a light green for instance that turned too close to feldgrau). Politics also had its hand in it, with conservatives arguing that red trousers should be kept "because it's French!".
Horizon blue was due to be adopted in August 1914 (in a slightly purpler tinge than the one introduced in 1915), but the declaration of war and shortages pushed that back.
Looks awesome.
Very well done.
The fog before smokeless powder was bad I remember hearing in a documentary about the battle of antietam where there were two unions regiments firing at each other thinking the other was the confedaretes.
nice work.
not to be hatin but we all know that the french were wusses