The Great War: Western Front

The Great War: Western Front is an excellent way to learn something about the battlefields and conditions of a war that, let’s face it, is one we rarely learn much about these days. It’s always inspiring when developers take the time to be meticulous with their history games and aim to present something that doesn’t just entertain, but also informs.

WCCFtechChris Wray

7/10

A long time ago, a great man named Baldrick released an exquisite poem (The German Guns) that captured the horrors of The Great War with such accuracy that none have ever genuinely competed in any medium. I would have to argue that Petroglyph Games have come incredibly close to capturing the unforgiving conflict that was World War One with The Great War: Western Front, though not necessarily how they would have imagined. While there are opinions that the "generations of warfare" concept is now obsolete, World War One marked the second generation's height. With around twenty million dead and a ...

PC GamerLuke Winkie

68/100

Western Front captures the dehumanizing brutality of World War I, for better or worse.

PCGamesNIan Boudreau

6/10

Grim-faced dedication to history has produced a rules-heavy RTS that's rarely fun or strategically rewarding - a highly accurate depiction of the First World War, in other words, and a success in that respect at least.

Rock Paper ShotgunSin Vega

Unscored

An accomplished interplay of tactical and strategic challenges with some dissatisfying but thematically appropriate compromises, and poor performance.