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The Great War 1918
The Great War is a modification for Company of Heroes meant to bring the war a decade or so earlier. This mod focuses on the later years of the First World War. Currently the two teams will be the British Empire against the German Empire, however with the time the team will try and bring some more nations in, such as France and Austria-Hungary.
This mod will focus or realism but keep the game balanced enough to make it enjoyable.
Things to look for in the mod are the famous artillery strikes and the infamous gas attacks. Trenches will provide vital cover for infantry while tanks will roll over the battlefield and instill fear into the enemy troops.
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29 comments by Rataconfusca on Dec 12th, 2011
Today we bring you a small update to inform you on the development status of The Great War - 1918. For a long while now we have been working on implementing a satisfying trench system. Fortunately it is now done thanks to Jannev, a coder of the CoH modding community.
The trenches are built fence-style, like barbed wire and sandbag walls, and without limit to their length. Infantry can walk along them while receiving trench cover, and tanks can drive over them. This all contributes to a more dynamic and realistic gameplay.
The downside is that trenches take time to dig (ever tried digging a deep hole with a shovel?). Passive players may very well end up facing an impenetrable defensive net if they leave their opponents dig it though.
Rifles also received a visual upgrade with the attachment of bayonets. Those have been modelled and skinned by Cireva, and I'm sure we can all appreciate the addition.
Alas until we can find someone to make the animation, soldiers can't wield bayonets in melee. Instead we had to resort to equipping them with wonders of technological progress: spiked clubs.
The alpha phase of the mod has ended and it is now entering closed beta. Development will be limited to setting sounds, bug fixes and balancing as the mod is being tested. Some work has also started beyond first release and its two starting factions. We should be able to announce a release date shortly.
The team also thanks all those who voted for us on the MOTY award. Getting to the top 100 was a nice surprise.
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The perfect job ! Take this to end !
update?
Any news on a release date?
I love that you chose to include France instead of America; France fought long and hard in the 1st World War and no one ever hears about it.
That said I hope you do find a way to incorporate America in an update later on.
Do you need Opposing fronts in order to play this when it's released? Or can you play this with just Company of Heroes?
Question, after you release the mod and patch the Germans, Brits, France, and Austria-Hungary completely, are you going to work on new factions other than ? Examples: Russia, Ottoman Empire, USA, etc.
It’s taken so long just with the basic factions, expecting any more would just be illusional.
One thing is sure though: no Russia. The mod takes place in 1918 (specifically the period between 21 March and 11 November 1918), and the Russians were already out of the war by then.
Ty, sure would be cool to see some Cossacks though, :), nonetheless, thanks for working so diligently on the mod, it's looking great!
(Edit: 1 more question, will different nations be specialized in different things? Example: British will have better arty than Germans, but Germans have better Tanks?)
Quite opposite I would say... Germans have better arty and tommies - better tanks.
Kaiserschlacht...