World War I is a real time strategy game released in 2005 by 1C Company, which is now named Fulqrum Publishing, the same company that released Men of War and Realpolitiks series. I know a handful of video games related to the First World War, but I haven’t heard of the game called World War I, but we know this is one of the most horrific conflicts in humanity’s history, much scarier than watching horror movies with your girlfriend. Believe me, I hate horror movies, especially the theme is about chainsaws, Pennywise from I.T., Final Destination, or The Conjuring kind of movies.
I checked the game descriptions on the Internet.
It is said, the game is developed by Dark Fox. I haven’t heard of the game developer before. I’ve tried to do research on Dark Fox, but haven’t found the results in every search engine, even in Google, or Yahoo. It is as if the company doesn’t exist, or the company remains in mystery.
The system requirements were minimum of 128 MB RAM, and the memory of at least 1 GB. That is the system requirements befitting the 2000s era PC video gaming.
World War I is a single-player game that is based on the modified version of the well-known Blitzkrieg engine. It covers historical events of the whole World War I from 1914 to 1918 in over 30 missions, and they are grouped into 3 campaigns and adding one bonus chapter. So that is 10 missions per campaign, whether you play the Entente, the German Reich, or the Russian Empire. A wide range of units is at the player’s disposal: infantry, cavalry, armored vehicles, artillery and air support. The goal here is that the player must be prepared to prove his military leadership skills on the battlefields of Europe.
I’ve never seen the game playthrough on YouTube or TikTok. So I did buy the game at Steam last month, that was Summer Sale for only 28 pesos. That is the discounted price from the 170 pesos. The first time I played, it took me almost half an hour to finish one mission, especially when I play the mission for the first time. That was because I am more of a impulsive type of gamer who likes to attack, but I don’t like to lose all of my units at my disposal.
The game’s theme song was more of an action packed soundtrack. The mission theme songs of the three campaigns gave us mixed feeling. I can describe a few about them – ancient, somber, intimate. The Entente briefing song gives me the feeling of heavy lifting, reminding me of the slaughter in the trenches of the Western Front. The Russian briefing song is more like a military march, starting with the drumming sound followed by trumpets before the military band playing.
As for the German briefing song, well, for me its either an 8 bit music or polka style music. When I get to hear different versions of the song, it becomes my favorite tune that I always play everyday. Romantic. Intimate. Nostalgic.
Overall, I would say I would give a thumbs up to this game. Best not to play the game at night.
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