Making History: The Great War

[alpetuur]

Who has played this early access new game on Steam? it's like Victoria II but with many more things so it's like Victoria III.


Making History - The Great War: Take control as leader of one of the Great Powers during the era of the First World War and make the tough calls on how to manage your nation’s financial, technological, political and military decisions.

There is a demo on Steam too but it's still a bit buggy cause its early access.

steamlink : http://store.steampowered.com/app/279140/

 

[Will Steel]

Seems nice, but while it is certainly better in military area, I doubt is has the population and economy system as deep as Vicky2. It seems more to me like a wargame with a decent diplomacy.

 

[Oliver Twopence]

I have it, but have not really played it that much. Have kind of been waiting for its completion.

 

[kingofnoobs]

Is it turn-based like Total War or Victoria like real time based?

 

[Oliver Twopence]

It is turn based.

Another Great War turn based game to be recently released, is To End All Wars. By the looks of it (from the MP AAR going on in OT) it is rather well done. An AGEod game, though, so I suspect turn times to be long and not for everyone. It is also a game that is almost exclusively focused on the war aspect. Making History: The Great War has factory building, resources, a little trading... and you can play like every country in the world, I think, unlike in TEAW.

 

[Will Steel]

So basically, a better version of HoI3 with polish, better interface and better diplomacy/economy? Now I think I want this.

 

[Oliver Twopence]

Well... I am not sure. Never really got into HoI, and Making history has not captured me yet either.

 

[crownsteler]

I tried the demo, but the game runs incredibly choppy I had to give up. The game looks interesting, especially the representation of empires, but I find it hard to figure out how to play the game. I think I'll have another go at it once it is finished.

 

[TentacleMayor]

I'll check the demo but if it's like the one from the last game it'll run like a 2-legged dog and I'll have to skip the game.

 

[FOARP]

Commander: The Great War is a really very good WW1 grand-strategy game. I think all of these games essentially validate the idea that, yes, you can make a good WW1 game.

Which brings me to the essential point: Vicky should be able to do WW1 properly. None of the Vicky games so far have, though, because they don't use move=attack and have such poorly developed combat/logistics mechanics.

 

[Will Steel]

Well... I am not sure. Never really got into HoI, and Making history has not captured me yet either.

I too never actually got deep into HoI, simply because I find WW2 and all that extremely and utterly boring (unless it is Japan and related theatres).

Now the Great War/WW1 and the conflicts of last old glorious empires is something I find myself extremely interested in, which is the only reason I feel attracted to this game.