I must say, having recently bought both Verdun and Tanneburg, I can safely say that I've had the most fun I've ever had playing an FPS. It's such a breath of fresh air playing a game and not having to worry about an anime cosplayer 360• no scoping me out of nowhere. I just wish I could play against more players. I'm super excited to get Isonzo after these two bangers.
I can’t believe how improved Isonzo feels over the previous 2. I loved Verdun especially. But I wish they would re-release all three games in one package in Isonzo’s engine.
how would they have done that though? Tannenburg and Isonzo are different games and feel different. People would have been pissed if the DLC's felt that different, and if they updated the engine to modernize, people would have been pissed if that caused the game to feel different. theyre a small company making niche games. theyre always going to be smaller because the people that try it out probably want BF1.
I played Beyond the Wire when there was a free week and hundreds of players, and had an ABSOLUTE BLAST. Just sad that the game dies instantly once those free weeks are over. And yes, the bots are atrocious.
One of the reasons that I love battlefield one so much is that it can feel like you are in a war, intense barrages of explosions and gunfire, the screams and shouts of soldiers. It actually makes me feel immersed and like I’m in a war
Best Battlefield for me, numbah two is bad company 2. My dad actually got me into these games. But yeah, Battlefield 1 is so good. And its better than Bf 2042. Even the graphics is beautiful.
I think BF1 and the WW1 series (Verdun, Tannenberg, and Isonzo) are the only ones with any staying power, which kinda sucks because the others are somewhat creative. The problem is, WW1 is much harder to make a game about: too authentic and it's boring or frustrating, too many liberties and it's not WW1. Also, for the WW1 series, you went with the Belgian M1889, the Romanian M1893, and the Mannlicher M95 stutzen, which I point out because those are all my favorite guns from each game lmao. Just a neat coincidence :)
@@Dourkan budget is really the thing. The main reason indie games cant compete is they lack the scale in their games. If you can have hundreds of players like in battlebit in a ww1 game with an actual functioning commander system (so frontlines actually form like in BF 1942), you can easily have an authentic and fun WW1 experience without the need of arming players with SMGs and LMGs like in BF1 while appealing both casual plebes and people who appreciate historical authenticity.
It's sad Isonzo isn't appreciated as it should be. I have about 100h on it, and it's a really fun game, that gives a good experience of an otherwise mostly ignored theater of war. The maps a pretty diverse, the weapon selection is well crafted, well balanced and the gameplay is quite easy to grasp. You have a number of classes you can take, which all have different attributes that actually impact the battlefield (building defenses, spotting from afar, calling in artillery, etc...) and pushes cooperation between teammates. I played verdun when it came out, and later when it died down, it's really not the same experience but you can sense that Isonzo really learned and expended on the lessons from the previous games
I plated it to the point that I got lvl 20 rifleman and lvl like 15 mountaineer. It runs sooooo bad on the ps4 and especially bad on other tvs. That's why I'm taking a little break.
I really want to get Isonzo in 2024, is there anything specific I should know before playing? (I know it has a small playerbase and such, but anything else?)
@@RiverWychulisbit late, but here’s some tips. As mentioned you get shot out of nowhere alot, so if that annoys you it’s not the game to get All weapons and equipment are locked behind challenges that can get pretty tedious. A solid 85% of the cosmetics are dlc only so if customization is important to you then it’s not the best choice. I’ve also heard the game runs poorly on certain pcs and last gen consoles, but haven’t experienced it myself
I'm sick of the obsession with multiplayer. They make a nice game, it's too niche to keep a playerbase going, it dies down to only organized clan battles or nothing at all, rinse, repeat. And I keep seeing new games like this being announced. Why? I do like Isonzo a lot though.
Tbf in single player you are expecting to be treated as the main character and it’s hard to have the main character experience in the absolute depressing slog that is the First World War. Closest it came was ironically Valiant Hearts which used the depression to make you depressed.
@@RHaenJarr But then you don’t get attached to the characters. I mean Storm of Steel in BF1 did it well but I could not imagine a whole game of that. I can imagine the feeling of impending destruction and doom would wear off after death 10.
For me Verdun, Tannenburg, and Isonzo captured the WWI feel to a T. The pacing the authentic true to life details, etc. It made you feel like you were actually fighting in the many battles of the Great War. The WWI mod for "Day of Infamy" called "Screaming Steel" was a great immersion also.
i still regularly play bf1 with a friend every week. And even tho i moved from pc to ps4, its amazing. i wish they would make more new maps though... or make a sequel.
@@blueriver6264 I mean yes technically, but I gather from subtext by sequel the OP meant another WWI set game or another less covered historical conflicts ala Korean War, Banana Republic civil wars of the 1920s, etc.
bf1 is great. i had hopes for bfv to be similar and no. bfv is not that bad...but bf1 is just superior. and I just play better in bf1 lol i can't see people in bfv
You are missing a few if we include alternate history games. Codename Eagle, Iron Storm, Bet On Soldier, Darkest Of Days, Necrovision, and Necrovision Lost Company all come to mind. Also you may want to have a look at the modding scene as well.
The WW1 Game Series is definitely some of the most fun FPS games ive played in a long time. I love the bot modes in them too, my favorite is definitely Verdun
Beyond The Wire was by far the most fun for me when it was still active, since it really is just Squad in WW1. Great audio, incredible details in the gun models, and a really intense feeling when playing against dozens of players inside super crammed trenches or small villages. Sad to see the approx. 15 players that still play this game only on saturdays, tho. Like trying to ride a dead horse... Tannenberg and Verdun are classics, but I doubt the series will ever be majorly successful since the playerbase is already split between three reasonably similar games (with Isonzo). BF1 was the most arcadey but also by far the most popular, so that goes to show what modern audiences want in a multiplayer FPS. One of the reasons Beyond the Wire dies, I guess. Holdfast was super fun and increadibly chaotic when hundreds of guys on both sides just ran into each other, but the players eventually migrated back to the classic linebattles since it is a little less hectic than the MGs and artillery of the WW1 Frontlines mode.
Isonzo, Verdun and Tannenberg are all made by the same developer and i enjoy all 3 games so much, i usually just play it in custom matches against bots
they cant do it cuz unity engine, i hope they do real time shooter thing next time and hope it will be godot engine (unreal engine too much money but maybe focus entertainment can help them)@@nickbuckley4371
i played verdun since it was playable on steam. At the beginning of the games life when you had loads of full servers the gameplay was insane, especially when they increased the max playercount on a server. The hail mary pushes, the frantic respawning to releave a foothold in the enemy trench, working out the perfect path through nomansland, getting ungodly amounts of kills with a forward deployed mg08/15, comebacks from your last line of defence or even slugging out a victory by capping just one trench that changed hands 10000 times already. In those times Verdun oftentimes felt like a 30min cs 1v3 clutch
One of my favorite memories of Early Access Verdun was playing in Flanders. I remember at the time it was such a nightmare to cross compared to later in the game's life with the new squads. I remember just basically starting from my trench on the far right [Entente Side] on the absolute edge of the map. I would crawl all the way to the enemy trench, then allow my squad to spawn in, and we were able to make some headway on the first trench. But I always enjoyed doing it. I remember a guy coming with me slowly crawling, only to get sniped. You get that "Oh shit I'm in danger now" feeling, especially knowing you have to spend 3 minutes crawling again if you die.
Beyond The Wire has such amazing sound! What are you talking about? And while the game had people it was very fun, and it felt realistic. The only reason why i had to uninstall it, is because i prefered Squad and Post Scriptum, and i couldn't occupy that many space on my computer.
Just a few things, 1. OWI was just the publisher they didn’t release they just recently bought it and have only released 2 updates so far under their jurisdiction, one the bots for the short coming of the player base and a hotfix. 2. The weekends have play sessions hosted by the community in the last weeks we had around 70-80 players at one time anyone is welcome and they are usually around 1pm EST. 3. Bots, are a short coming release by RSI team and not OWI, and they are piss poor, OWI in 2.0 will be releasing a major update and fixes to the game since majority of RSI left the team.
I do hope they're able to bring life to Beyond the Wire. With the minimal time I played it I enjoyed it a lot. I'm a huge fan of Squad/Post Scriptum so having a game like that set in my favorite conflict was a match made in Heaven.
I disagree with the sound design part of Beyond the Wire. The sound is one of the only good things of this game. The guns and explosions are very punchy and sound really satisfying
Now for every modern World War II FPS out there: Hell Let Loose, Post Scriptum, Enlisted, Battlefield V, COD Vanguard and WW2, World War 2 Online, Red Orchestra 2, Forgotten Hope 2, and Darkest Hour!
i would say beyond the wire was not as bad as you think. It was extremely immersive on a full server. sad that it died. there really is not another ww1 game series now besides the ww1 game series. now outside of Verdun,Tannenburg and Isonzo if you want ww1 as the setting your either playing a indie game or a RTS
There is one other ww1 fps you didnt mention that's a little rough called rising front. Also what I dont understand is why they don't combine verdun, tannenburg and isonzo into one updated game. Could maintain them altogether and you wouldn't need to split the already small playerbase.
Isonzo is built in a different engine. I assume they will make a Gallipoli game next, but I hope the guys at WW1 games make a "Great War" game where it's just all the maps from Isonzo, Verdun and Tannenberg
And black soldiers in armies that didnt use them, and wrong uniforms, vehicules, map designs, etc... BF1 would need a total overhaul to get anywhere close to a game like Isonzo.
@@arturoroldan4839the thing is there were actually some black german soldiers and the black frenchies made sense cause of like colonies and the 369th and the brits too.
@@FreakasaOfficial There were ZERO black combatants in the Kaiserliche, it was literally illegal for non-ethnic germans to be allowed to be used in combat roles, and there was even a law from August 1914 that did not allow black men to willingly enlist. In WW1 there were 5 black men in the entire army, three kettledrummers and two in logistic battallions. What Battlefield 1 did was disgusting and unforgivable, literally MILLIONS of german men died or were terribly injured for life and all of that to be representent as africans in media. DISGUSTING.
Are BF1 Hard-core servers still populated? I used to predominantly play as "Recon" but use scopeless rifles to make as much of an authentic experience as possible.
Ah, perfect timing for your comment. You have to use the filter and press on all options to make them blank, then have server size set for full server's and ones below 10+. I played Arab snipers server a couple hours ago, so damn fun, It's like hardcore, but with a bit more base stuff in it.
Bf1 is the most immersive. It’s not like ww1 but it makes it fun and exciting. I think the gun balance in the game is awesome. My favorite shooter of all time
Dang, I didn't realize beyond the wire was so dead. I had a really fun time a few years ago playing it. Me and a friend whenever we were Germany would be the "Danger Close Battalion" and just call in the most absurdly dangerous artillery strikes while trying to avoid getting murdered.
I loved this video! Ive played Isonzo, Tannenberg, Verdun, and Battlefield 1 and they are all some of my favorite games of all time. Also i had to put this here but its Infinite Warfare not Infinity Warfare. Still an absolute awesome video! Keep up the good work!
Two world war games id reccomend you to play are easy red 2 and rising front , easy red 2 being a ww2 squad based 1st and 3rd person fps with like 5 6 campaigns and custom maps missions mods etc with squad ai commands and inv, the other is like a sandbox ww1 game with different factions and building
Isonzo had an surge of players after a free weekend and a major sale, around 1,000 players conccurently, the free weekend saw highs of 8,000 players at one time
i like the Video but you are not giving Beyond the Wire enough credit, its a fantastic ww1 game and probably one of the best ww1 games if they would still be working on it, they just never fixed a lot of the bugs, performens is ass and the content they did add wasnt really amazing, you have like 6 allied factions and only 2 central powers factions and both are german, they didnt even add the ottomans when they added Australian forces, they never even talked about adding Austria, italy or russia For a while they really werent connected with the community at all and the game got a bit COD'ish Overall tho the gore, gunplay, melee (wich is still bugged), sound (i think the sounds are awsome) and maps just make this game so great, i have never played a game where CQB was this much fun, just people shooting stabbing or clubbing each other, getting your saber out and slashing away, flamethrowers wiping out an entire squad, unloading your entire Revolver into a medic that sort of stuff this game didnt deserve this
i played beyond the wire a weekend that they made it free and it was full of players, i had a lot of fun and for me the game was awesome, and for me the game looked way better than what he played in the video idk why it looks for me so different lol. Then i supose when the free weekend ended the servers were empty again and the game definetly died.
@@byblezt6427 yea i honestly dont get how the game is just completely dead, not even a handfull of full servers like in post scriptum or isonzo, actually 0 players, really a shame this gams just had the potential
@@resonantFPSits like when you only really got bots to shoot at since every TH-camrs calling the game shit no one wants to buy it or hop on. Wheather its a worthy investment is debatable lol
Fr, holdfast is very time dependent, bc the community is so close knitted. I always see the same people when I’m on, just gotta work out what times the servers r populated and also don’t try and play during private events bc public servers r died.
Beyond the wire was fun for me. Nothing better than holding a MG position and yelling with a French or German accent to motivate ur fellow teammates lol
Maybe I'm tripping but I also never thought beyond the wire was poorly made. The only real issue I found was the optimization, other than that it was really fun.
This video highlights a big problem in this era of multiplayer only games. As soon as a player base leaves the game, if there is no way to play against bots, it’s literally unplayable. But even then the bots have to be held to a certain standard. The WW1 series is an example of better bots while Beyond the Wire is an example of absolute dogshit.
Had 'Beyond the Wire' been cheaper, had more support, been heavily streamed/promoted and included better bots then I think it could have easily superseded the competition. It would have straddled the line perfectly between the realism of Verdun and the arcadey-fun of BF1.
Installed verdun a while ago and recently tannenburg and Isonzo. Verdun is amazing and I normally play as the ANZACs but I like to see the other nations running around too.
Two things that always seem to stick out to me about common critiques around WW1 games. 1. The content “lack”. For WW1 enthusiasts, many of us like unlocking obscure semi auto pistols and funky bolt action rifles as many of us are reenactors and collectors who own this stuff irl and know that the guns perform and feel different. This can be immensely satisfying when done as well as Isonzo where you can feel the difference between the rifles. They do however need to bring Verdun and Tannenberg to that level. Secondly, BF1 being “the least WW1 game out there”. BF1 is WW1 in microcosm and is VERY WW1 for those who know more about that war as a world war and not just a European fight. It’s weapons aren’t even as far fetched as it may seem at first either. 80% of the weapons in game were used in SOME Capacity and it’s great that people can see how large of a leap forward in tech WW1 was. People don’t seem to complain that WW2 games over represent their automatics even in games like HLL so we need to cut BF1 some slack, especially considering it covers more fronts currently than any other WW1 game.
I really love bf1, but I think a lot of games that came out after it only tried to do multiplayer because they saw how successful it was for bf1. I wish there were more campaigns because the ww1 period has so much potential from that standpoint
I love the WW1 series, even if the playerbase is not that big, the devs are a small team and are passionate about what they do, and even with the small map selection, all the matches play differently increasing replayability
It bums be out beyond the wire didn’t take off, easily my favorite game in the genre although it had its flaws and lack of content the way the game felt and played was so satisfying and addicting but the moment after the servers dropped below 100 players after the free weeks ended it died but I don’t agree with you when you say the graphics are bad this game won a lot of rewards for good graphics
There was something about Isonzo that was really promising. It seemed like it had everything going for it, along with a decent budget to pull it off by comparison to previous titles in the WW1 franchise. My only issue with Isonzo was the weapon locomotion in this game. The player character emphasizes the recoil impulse of the rifle to a degree that feels... "cartoony." The jerk when firing looks like someone is holding the rifle in both hands, but not pressing the stock firmly against their shoulder. A weird flip-up on the muzzle end, with a rebounding wiggle from the action end. Rifles do not do that when firing with a proper stance, and I noticed it immediately. Verdun and Tannenberg managed to do this much more accurately, and it was strange to see it done this way so far into this franchise. It's a shame that Verdun is the only game to maintain much of it's player base, and get plenty of returning players. Isonzos gameplay was actually quite good. In my opinion, a bit better than Tannenberg, while still being more motion-driven than Verdun. Sadly, it looks like its servers will be left to slowly die out.
Just because Verdun is my favorite game I'll actually give you a fun fact. Verdun came out in 2008. I use to play it when it was a free game on pc in Google Chrome with one map that was a huge. Now in the paied version they made the maps borders smaller.
I honestly think BF1 is one of if not the best multiplayer fps I have ever played in my entire life, the sound track, the visuals, the weapons, the maps, the cinematography, it is a genuine masterpiece and I think it will be a long will before a game rivals it in all those aspects. I think the only other game I can say that was on its level was RDR2
It is very sad that so little is said about WW1, and consequently very little games are set in the conflict. In my opinion it was just as, if not even more interesting than WW2 and I think we should talk more about it.
The only way Beyond The Wire is going to be active again, is if people begin to play it. You can't just sit around calling the game dead if you aren't even playing it. The more people regularly play it, the more active it's gonna be.
Lol Beyond the Wire is a great game but it died quickly because OWI isnt updating it frequently. Also no crap your gun was being put down because its a window
I think they're probably going to make like a "Gallipoli" game next, but one might hope that after making three games in the same time period, they instead combine all theaters into a single game.
Verdun, Tannenberg, and Isonzo are amazing games. Ive played all of them extensively and dont regret getting any of them even a little. The one thing that hurts them is one of the things that makes them so good. They've isolated each title. What I mean by that is Verdun is exclusively the western front, Tannenberg is exclusively the eastern front, Isonzo the Italian front. It limits the content, obviously if you had French soldiers fighting in Russia it wouldn't be historically accurate and would kill the immersion. Their decision to do it that way made it so they could make each game stay true to history in a way few games do which I for one really like and appreciate. Easily the best WW1 game out there, they can make one more covering the events that happened in the middle east. Bet they call it Gallipoli, and hope they find a way to honor T.E. Lawrence.
I preordered Isonzo and played it everyday after school, it was my favorite game. It was quite sad seeing fewer and fewer servers, and now none, at least on xbox.
The Verdun series holds strongest to me because of the game modes. They don't always win in the models or animations or sounds (though Isonzo was a big improvement) but the game modes and how the play style works nailed it in representing that era of warfare. The feeling of attacking and defending in Verdun just to end up tied and everyone back where they started. Throwing your entire team over wide open fields in Tannenberg to finally break into a church. Lobbing grenades over cliffs in Isonzo as the enemy team slowly climbs their way up. These aren't inherently unique game modes but combined with little details it makes it all work. The other games, even when more realistic in some ways, suffer from being the franchise's existing play style in WWI. I liked Beyond the Wire feeling sluggish for example, whereas Verdun can be very fast and twitchy in comparison, but a BtW game always progressed to me more like a WW2 game or late 1918.
You honestly should've played Screaming Steel, which is a free WW1 mod for Day of Infamy, a WW2 shooter by the developers of Insurgency (and it's sequel Sandstorm). It's a bit dead, because there's generally like 30 concurrent players, most of whom are playing the PvE mode of the main game, but it's not a big deal. The gameplay is more similar to hardcore CoD with small maps and teams, and the PvE mode is playable with just a few human players.
half of thwse games are made by the same team i'm so glad they are here Battlefield 1 made me interested in history and Verdun, Tannenberg and Isonzo is super good, not very popular but quality and truly a thing of love
I must say, having recently bought both Verdun and Tanneburg, I can safely say that I've had the most fun I've ever had playing an FPS. It's such a breath of fresh air playing a game and not having to worry about an anime cosplayer 360• no scoping me out of nowhere. I just wish I could play against more players. I'm super excited to get Isonzo after these two bangers.
I have played tannenburg I like ot
Isonzo is unironically the best WW1 FPS ever made (BF1 isn't WW1).
I can’t believe how improved Isonzo feels over the previous 2. I loved Verdun especially. But I wish they would re-release all three games in one package in Isonzo’s engine.
@@arturoroldan4839Beyond The Wire
@@lan_daddyttv4710 Nope. It's garbage and that's why is mega-dead.
Imagine how much the Verdun series would have benefited if all three games were put into one
Exactly. Instead, they just killed off the previous titles, and now they have like zero playerbase anymore.
I keep telling this on the forums but the devs dont listen
how would they have done that though? Tannenburg and Isonzo are different games and feel different. People would have been pissed if the DLC's felt that different, and if they updated the engine to modernize, people would have been pissed if that caused the game to feel different. theyre a small company making niche games. theyre always going to be smaller because the people that try it out probably want BF1.
It can only work with verdun and tannenberg but not with Isonzo because it has a different engine
Because they're greedy
I played Beyond the Wire when there was a free week and hundreds of players, and had an ABSOLUTE BLAST. Just sad that the game dies instantly once those free weeks are over. And yes, the bots are atrocious.
Yeah, I played BtW even outside free week and it was lovely.
Why didnt you buy it then
It's a niche genre of a niche setting. It was born dead.
@@i-Melika Because we all know it dies instantly, once the free week is over
@@ElZilchoYonah hell let loose is also a niche game and is quite successful
One of the reasons that I love battlefield one so much is that it can feel like you are in a war, intense barrages of explosions and gunfire, the screams and shouts of soldiers. It actually makes me feel immersed and like I’m in a war
No wonder it's the best game ever made
Best Battlefield for me, numbah two is bad company 2. My dad actually got me into these games. But yeah, Battlefield 1 is so good. And its better than Bf 2042. Even the graphics is beautiful.
The voice acting is some of the best
@@arian4562 the voices when they are on fire are disturbingly good
try hell let loose, you will love it
I can not get over how amazing BF1 is even today
The Trailer still gives me goosebumps
Isonzo is probably my favorite. Lots of different maps and playing in the mountains is insanely fun. The holdfast WW1 mode is also a lot of fun.
Verdin OG is the best
@@zekejoyd2014Yes, Verdun gang
yeo verdun gang@@twistusvonhasburg4000
I think BF1 and the WW1 series (Verdun, Tannenberg, and Isonzo) are the only ones with any staying power, which kinda sucks because the others are somewhat creative. The problem is, WW1 is much harder to make a game about: too authentic and it's boring or frustrating, too many liberties and it's not WW1.
Also, for the WW1 series, you went with the Belgian M1889, the Romanian M1893, and the Mannlicher M95 stutzen, which I point out because those are all my favorite guns from each game lmao. Just a neat coincidence :)
@@Dourkan budget is really the thing. The main reason indie games cant compete is they lack the scale in their games. If you can have hundreds of players like in battlebit in a ww1 game with an actual functioning commander system (so frontlines actually form like in BF 1942), you can easily have an authentic and fun WW1 experience without the need of arming players with SMGs and LMGs like in BF1 while appealing both casual plebes and people who appreciate historical authenticity.
Beyond the wire looked awesome I was excited but was kinda disappointed needs an overhaul
It's sad Isonzo isn't appreciated as it should be. I have about 100h on it, and it's a really fun game, that gives a good experience of an otherwise mostly ignored theater of war. The maps a pretty diverse, the weapon selection is well crafted, well balanced and the gameplay is quite easy to grasp.
You have a number of classes you can take, which all have different attributes that actually impact the battlefield (building defenses, spotting from afar, calling in artillery, etc...) and pushes cooperation between teammates.
I played verdun when it came out, and later when it died down, it's really not the same experience but you can sense that Isonzo really learned and expended on the lessons from the previous games
I plated it to the point that I got lvl 20 rifleman and lvl like 15 mountaineer. It runs sooooo bad on the ps4 and especially bad on other tvs. That's why I'm taking a little break.
Plus he talks about "not much content" but doesn't mention that with Verdun... besides Isonzo still gets updates and a has a roadmap.
I really want to get Isonzo in 2024, is there anything specific I should know before playing? (I know it has a small playerbase and such, but anything else?)
@@RiverWychulisbit late, but here’s some tips.
As mentioned you get shot out of nowhere alot, so if that annoys you it’s not the game to get
All weapons and equipment are locked behind challenges that can get pretty tedious.
A solid 85% of the cosmetics are dlc only so if customization is important to you then it’s not the best choice.
I’ve also heard the game runs poorly on certain pcs and last gen consoles, but haven’t experienced it myself
@@trumpeterswan8175 Alr nice! I’m interested in WWI so this is definitely for me. Thx bro
I'm sick of the obsession with multiplayer. They make a nice game, it's too niche to keep a playerbase going, it dies down to only organized clan battles or nothing at all, rinse, repeat. And I keep seeing new games like this being announced. Why?
I do like Isonzo a lot though.
Tbf in single player you are expecting to be treated as the main character and it’s hard to have the main character experience in the absolute depressing slog that is the First World War.
Closest it came was ironically Valiant Hearts which used the depression to make you depressed.
@@flyingsquirrell6953 Not really, depends on how the game is built. It doesn't need to be built around a linear story.
@@RHaenJarrExactly
It's why i got verdun, Tannenberg, and isonzo. Even if they prioritize multiplayer, you can just run custom matches with bots
@@RHaenJarr But then you don’t get attached to the characters. I mean Storm of Steel in BF1 did it well but I could not imagine a whole game of that. I can imagine the feeling of impending destruction and doom would wear off after death 10.
For me Verdun, Tannenburg, and Isonzo captured the WWI feel to a T. The pacing the authentic true to life details, etc. It made you feel like you were actually fighting in the many battles of the Great War. The WWI mod for "Day of Infamy" called "Screaming Steel" was a great immersion also.
i still regularly play bf1 with a friend every week. And even tho i moved from pc to ps4, its amazing. i wish they would make more new maps though... or make a sequel.
i think the sequel to bf1 is bfv
@@blueriver6264 ye but it doesn't compare in terms of quality to BF1
@@blueriver6264 I mean yes technically, but I gather from subtext by sequel the OP meant another WWI set game or another less covered historical conflicts ala Korean War, Banana Republic civil wars of the 1920s, etc.
Why did you downgrade to ps4 from pc?
bf1 is great. i had hopes for bfv to be similar and no. bfv is not that bad...but bf1 is just superior. and I just play better in bf1 lol i can't see people in bfv
To get immersed when playing Bf1 I just tell myself that it’s not the actual WW1 but some steampunk version of WW1 in a parallel world.
operations feels way more ww1-ish than conquest btw, i suggest you give it a try
@@sergio24m Operations were amazing in that game. I remember I was mowing down enemies with the machine gun while in the trench.
Just play Isonzo duh......
@@arturoroldan4839Bf1 is better than Isonzo
@@markai2002 No, it's an unaccutate arcade game, not a WW1 game.
You are missing a few if we include alternate history games. Codename Eagle, Iron Storm, Bet On Soldier, Darkest Of Days, Necrovision, and Necrovision Lost Company all come to mind. Also you may want to have a look at the modding scene as well.
the darkness
Also there is that section in Death Stranding.
Depends on people's age, some might not have been born when we were playing Codename Eagle.
Any WW1 mod for a FPS other than Battlefield 1918?
The WW1 Game Series is definitely some of the most fun FPS games ive played in a long time. I love the bot modes in them too, my favorite is definitely Verdun
Beyond The Wire was by far the most fun for me when it was still active, since it really is just Squad in WW1. Great audio, incredible details in the gun models, and a really intense feeling when playing against dozens of players inside super crammed trenches or small villages. Sad to see the approx. 15 players that still play this game only on saturdays, tho. Like trying to ride a dead horse...
Tannenberg and Verdun are classics, but I doubt the series will ever be majorly successful since the playerbase is already split between three reasonably similar games (with Isonzo).
BF1 was the most arcadey but also by far the most popular, so that goes to show what modern audiences want in a multiplayer FPS. One of the reasons Beyond the Wire dies, I guess.
Holdfast was super fun and increadibly chaotic when hundreds of guys on both sides just ran into each other, but the players eventually migrated back to the classic linebattles since it is a little less hectic than the MGs and artillery of the WW1 Frontlines mode.
Isonzo, Verdun and Tannenberg are all made by the same developer and i enjoy all 3 games so much, i usually just play it in custom matches against bots
Same
They are awesome but should be one game
@@nickbuckley4371 Agree. Thats their biggest problem. A small playerbase spreaded over three diferent games...
they cant do it cuz unity engine, i hope they do real time shooter thing next time and hope it will be godot engine (unreal engine too much money but maybe focus entertainment can help them)@@nickbuckley4371
i played verdun since it was playable on steam. At the beginning of the games life when you had loads of full servers the gameplay was insane, especially when they increased the max playercount on a server. The hail mary pushes, the frantic respawning to releave a foothold in the enemy trench, working out the perfect path through nomansland, getting ungodly amounts of kills with a forward deployed mg08/15, comebacks from your last line of defence or even slugging out a victory by capping just one trench that changed hands 10000 times already. In those times Verdun oftentimes felt like a 30min cs 1v3 clutch
One of my favorite memories of Early Access Verdun was playing in Flanders. I remember at the time it was such a nightmare to cross compared to later in the game's life with the new squads. I remember just basically starting from my trench on the far right [Entente Side] on the absolute edge of the map. I would crawl all the way to the enemy trench, then allow my squad to spawn in, and we were able to make some headway on the first trench. But I always enjoyed doing it. I remember a guy coming with me slowly crawling, only to get sniped. You get that "Oh shit I'm in danger now" feeling, especially knowing you have to spend 3 minutes crawling again if you die.
Beyond The Wire has such amazing sound! What are you talking about? And while the game had people it was very fun, and it felt realistic. The only reason why i had to uninstall it, is because i prefered Squad and Post Scriptum, and i couldn't occupy that many space on my computer.
BF1 Has only one problem: it has nothing to do with ww1
😅😅😅😅
What?
@@matthewjones39 There are a lot of weapon prototypes
@@bisaodosgames3467 They need to make the game fun.
I always thought it was like ww 1.5, like the interwar period had a great war
12:15 that’s the thing, you gotta sacrifice historical accuracy for fun
Just a few things, 1. OWI was just the publisher they didn’t release they just recently bought it and have only released 2 updates so far under their jurisdiction, one the bots for the short coming of the player base and a hotfix. 2. The weekends have play sessions hosted by the community in the last weeks we had around 70-80 players at one time anyone is welcome and they are usually around 1pm EST. 3. Bots, are a short coming release by RSI team and not OWI, and they are piss poor, OWI in 2.0 will be releasing a major update and fixes to the game since majority of RSI left the team.
Yeah, Beyond The Wire is sweet. The sensitivity is a thing in every one of these OWI games.
Holy fuck its him
who is this man??? Its a fellow SERB>???@@medievalarmorexptert6827
I do hope they're able to bring life to Beyond the Wire. With the minimal time I played it I enjoyed it a lot. I'm a huge fan of Squad/Post Scriptum so having a game like that set in my favorite conflict was a match made in Heaven.
I disagree with the sound design part of Beyond the Wire. The sound is one of the only good things of this game. The guns and explosions are very punchy and sound really satisfying
Now for every modern World War II FPS out there: Hell Let Loose, Post Scriptum, Enlisted, Battlefield V, COD Vanguard and WW2, World War 2 Online, Red Orchestra 2, Forgotten Hope 2, and Darkest Hour!
it'll be an endless list 💀
RED ORCHESTRA 2 !!!!
Cod 1 2 3 a d waw, alot of bf games
i would say beyond the wire was not as bad as you think. It was extremely immersive on a full server. sad that it died. there really is not another ww1 game series now besides the ww1 game series. now outside of Verdun,Tannenburg and Isonzo if you want ww1 as the setting your either playing a indie game or a RTS
"My dearest Martha,
I can't use the scope, because someone else is using it. That's really quite annoying.
Love,
Jack"
In BF1 there was a gamemode where you could only use bolt action rifles. Too bad nobody played it...
I've actually played a couple of servers that's only bolt action
I wish I could try those servers
I played it and loved it !
Had a full server like that on Verdun...one of the greatest gaming experiences ever
i was in a full 150 player lobby in holdfast frontline last week. you just gotta catch em lol
There is one other ww1 fps you didnt mention that's a little rough called rising front. Also what I dont understand is why they don't combine verdun, tannenburg and isonzo into one updated game. Could maintain them altogether and you wouldn't need to split the already small playerbase.
Would be too large i think
Isonzo is built in a different engine.
I assume they will make a Gallipoli game next, but I hope the guys at WW1 games make a "Great War" game where it's just all the maps from Isonzo, Verdun and Tannenberg
All battlefield needs to do to save it self is make a Vietnam game that gives off the same vibe and gameplay as battlefield 1
Battlefield 1 without the experimental weapons could have been perfect. The amount of automatic weapons killed the WW1 vibe for me.
And black soldiers in armies that didnt use them, and wrong uniforms, vehicules, map designs, etc...
BF1 would need a total overhaul to get anywhere close to a game like Isonzo.
@@arturoroldan4839 Yeah you saw the beginnings of the forced diversity and whacky quirky uniforms that were so prevalent in Battlefield 5.
@@arturoroldan4839the thing is there were actually some black german soldiers and the black frenchies made sense cause of like colonies and the 369th and the brits too.
@@FreakasaOfficial There were ZERO black combatants in the Kaiserliche, it was literally illegal for non-ethnic germans to be allowed to be used in combat roles, and there was even a law from August 1914 that did not allow black men to willingly enlist.
In WW1 there were 5 black men in the entire army, three kettledrummers and two in logistic battallions.
What Battlefield 1 did was disgusting and unforgivable, literally MILLIONS of german men died or were terribly injured for life and all of that to be representent as africans in media.
DISGUSTING.
@@arturoroldan4839 yeah i searched it up right after i posted this comment lol
Are BF1 Hard-core servers still populated?
I used to predominantly play as "Recon" but use scopeless rifles to make as much of an authentic experience as possible.
Ah, perfect timing for your comment. You have to use the filter and press on all options to make them blank, then have server size set for full server's and ones below 10+. I played Arab snipers server a couple hours ago, so damn fun, It's like hardcore, but with a bit more base stuff in it.
Back to basics is sadly extinct. A shame because with the mechanics of the game, an all rifle no scopes server could easily be more ww1 like.
Nothing will beat the sounds of you getting a kill in bf1, so satisfying
5:01 "Don't worry boys we will get them eventually boys... we will get them eventually" - World war 1 in a nutshell.
Bf1 is the most immersive. It’s not like ww1 but it makes it fun and exciting. I think the gun balance in the game is awesome. My favorite shooter of all time
Also the maps are really well done
“Squad is just so high in quality”
- bought the game this year
You missed one called Rising Front.
Dang, I didn't realize beyond the wire was so dead. I had a really fun time a few years ago playing it. Me and a friend whenever we were Germany would be the "Danger Close Battalion" and just call in the most absurdly dangerous artillery strikes while trying to avoid getting murdered.
I loved this video! Ive played Isonzo, Tannenberg, Verdun, and Battlefield 1 and they are all some of my favorite games of all time. Also i had to put this here but its Infinite Warfare not Infinity Warfare. Still an absolute awesome video! Keep up the good work!
Damn I feel old but anyone remember "the trenches" half life 1 mod. It was absolutely amazing back in the day
Don't forget Battlefield 1918
It was a mod for Battlefield 1942.
1:56 they have nothing to do with post scriptum,PS was made by Periscope Games.
Verdun game series still accurately portrait WW1
Two world war games id reccomend you to play are easy red 2 and rising front , easy red 2 being a ww2 squad based 1st and 3rd person fps with like 5 6 campaigns and custom maps missions mods etc with squad ai commands and inv, the other is like a sandbox ww1 game with different factions and building
I have hundreds of hours on beyond the wire. I had a really fun time playing it, if it wasn't because of the dead servers I would still play it.
Verdun, isonzo and tannenberg need merging into 1 game
Isonzo had an surge of players after a free weekend and a major sale, around 1,000 players conccurently, the free weekend saw highs of 8,000 players at one time
7:44 literally describes irl countries going into WW1
i like the Video but you are not giving Beyond the Wire enough credit, its a fantastic ww1 game and probably one of the best ww1 games if they would still be working on it, they just never fixed a lot of the bugs, performens is ass and the content they did add wasnt really amazing, you have like 6 allied factions and only 2 central powers factions and both are german, they didnt even add the ottomans when they added Australian forces, they never even talked about adding Austria, italy or russia
For a while they really werent connected with the community at all and the game got a bit COD'ish
Overall tho the gore, gunplay, melee (wich is still bugged), sound (i think the sounds are awsome) and maps just make this game so great, i have never played a game where CQB was this much fun, just people shooting stabbing or clubbing each other, getting your saber out and slashing away, flamethrowers wiping out an entire squad, unloading your entire Revolver into a medic that sort of stuff
this game didnt deserve this
i played beyond the wire a weekend that they made it free and it was full of players, i had a lot of fun and for me the game was awesome, and for me the game looked way better than what he played in the video idk why it looks for me so different lol.
Then i supose when the free weekend ended the servers were empty again and the game definetly died.
@@byblezt6427 yea i honestly dont get how the game is just completely dead, not even a handfull of full servers like in post scriptum or isonzo, actually 0 players, really a shame this gams just had the potential
I made a full video on this but All I have heard is people saying how good the game is... yet none of these people play the game.
@@resonantFPSits like when you only really got bots to shoot at since every TH-camrs calling the game shit no one wants to buy it or hop on. Wheather its a worthy investment is debatable lol
@@resonantFPS
Its greatest Problem is the almost non existing Player Base. But IT IS a good Game. Your rewiew Just Sounds like Something Personal.
I played on a full Server in Holdfast just yesterday and it is quite fun. You just need luck so that people are on
Fr, holdfast is very time dependent, bc the community is so close knitted. I always see the same people when I’m on, just gotta work out what times the servers r populated and also don’t try and play during private events bc public servers r died.
Beyond the wire was fun for me. Nothing better than holding a MG position and yelling with a French or German accent to motivate ur fellow teammates lol
HANS GET ZE FUCKING GEBALTTE LADUNG ZHEYRE COMING
Holdfast Frontlines servers are completely full for a couple hours of the day and empty for the rest
Maybe I'm tripping but I also never thought beyond the wire was poorly made. The only real issue I found was the optimization, other than that it was really fun.
The verdun series should be one game and we have a awesome alternative to bf1
Verdun is the GOAT of WW1 titles imo. Simply because you can spawn around 200 bots or so and have a massive battle.
Isonzo is by far the best; Verdun's Flanders map was great, but all maps of Isonzo capture the gorgeous scenery and madness of the Italian Front.
BTW gave me some unforgettable moments then died fairly immediately.
You shouldn't take Battlefield 1 as a WW1 shooter. Just take it as a funny arcadey steampunk shooter
You forgot RISING FRONT. its getting steam workshop and constant updates its def worth everyone's time if you like ww1 games
BF1 destruction is amazing in every way
This video highlights a big problem in this era of multiplayer only games. As soon as a player base leaves the game, if there is no way to play against bots, it’s literally unplayable. But even then the bots have to be held to a certain standard. The WW1 series is an example of better bots while Beyond the Wire is an example of absolute dogshit.
Iron storm, darkest of days, codename eagle, the trenches: are we jokes to you?
Battlefield 1 is not a WW1 game it's a WW2 game that is WW1 themed
When he said he cannot shoot the window because his gun gets put down you know this guy is disqualified.
I remember when Verdun was new and everyone was playing it. It was an absolute BLAST
Still is
Had 'Beyond the Wire' been cheaper, had more support, been heavily streamed/promoted and included better bots then I think it could have easily superseded the competition. It would have straddled the line perfectly between the realism of Verdun and the arcadey-fun of BF1.
Installed verdun a while ago and recently tannenburg and Isonzo. Verdun is amazing and I normally play as the ANZACs but I like to see the other nations running around too.
Verdun is amazing and I will fight anyone who says it sucks.
Two things that always seem to stick out to me about common critiques around WW1 games.
1. The content “lack”. For WW1 enthusiasts, many of us like unlocking obscure semi auto pistols and funky bolt action rifles as many of us are reenactors and collectors who own this stuff irl and know that the guns perform and feel different. This can be immensely satisfying when done as well as Isonzo where you can feel the difference between the rifles. They do however need to bring Verdun and Tannenberg to that level.
Secondly, BF1 being “the least WW1 game out there”. BF1 is WW1 in microcosm and is VERY WW1 for those who know more about that war as a world war and not just a European fight. It’s weapons aren’t even as far fetched as it may seem at first either. 80% of the weapons in game were used in SOME Capacity and it’s great that people can see how large of a leap forward in tech WW1 was. People don’t seem to complain that WW2 games over represent their automatics even in games like HLL so we need to cut BF1 some slack, especially considering it covers more fronts currently than any other WW1 game.
I really love bf1, but I think a lot of games that came out after it only tried to do multiplayer because they saw how successful it was for bf1. I wish there were more campaigns because the ww1 period has so much potential from that standpoint
Beyond the Wire is still the best WW1 title out there. Which says a lot.
Why this youtuber hate it so much then?i feel its pretty good game and its very creamy and realistic
@@i-Melika cos he was late to the party and it's in a sorry state haha
@@i-Melika creamy? 💀
@@billjones642 'runs well' 😐
@@i-Melika ah, i think instead of creamy you meant "runs smoothly" :p
beyond the wire was so fun at realese had alot of fun
Same
A WW1 version of Day of Defeat would be amazing
I love the WW1 series, even if the playerbase is not that big, the devs are a small team and are passionate about what they do, and even with the small map selection, all the matches play differently increasing replayability
Beyond the wire has a community play day every Saturday!
It bums be out beyond the wire didn’t take off, easily my favorite game in the genre although it had its flaws and lack of content the way the game felt and played was so satisfying and addicting but the moment after the servers dropped below 100 players after the free weeks ended it died but I don’t agree with you when you say the graphics are bad this game won a lot of rewards for good graphics
The creators of Verdun, Isonzo and tannaberg should of combined it all into one game to save the player base
Isonzo is the best ww1 game currently. The devs regularly release free maps. Easy to get into populated servers.
There was something about Isonzo that was really promising. It seemed like it had everything going for it, along with a decent budget to pull it off by comparison to previous titles in the WW1 franchise.
My only issue with Isonzo was the weapon locomotion in this game. The player character emphasizes the recoil impulse of the rifle to a degree that feels... "cartoony." The jerk when firing looks like someone is holding the rifle in both hands, but not pressing the stock firmly against their shoulder. A weird flip-up on the muzzle end, with a rebounding wiggle from the action end. Rifles do not do that when firing with a proper stance, and I noticed it immediately. Verdun and Tannenberg managed to do this much more accurately, and it was strange to see it done this way so far into this franchise.
It's a shame that Verdun is the only game to maintain much of it's player base, and get plenty of returning players. Isonzos gameplay was actually quite good. In my opinion, a bit better than Tannenberg, while still being more motion-driven than Verdun. Sadly, it looks like its servers will be left to slowly die out.
Just because Verdun is my favorite game I'll actually give you a fun fact. Verdun came out in 2008. I use to play it when it was a free game on pc in Google Chrome with one map that was a huge. Now in the paied version they made the maps borders smaller.
Isonzo deserves more payers, it's sad seeing it soo empty these days
Verdun when it was full with players was fun and very challenging
I honestly think BF1 is one of if not the best multiplayer fps I have ever played in my entire life, the sound track, the visuals, the weapons, the maps, the cinematography, it is a genuine masterpiece and I think it will be a long will before a game rivals it in all those aspects. I think the only other game I can say that was on its level was RDR2
The fact that these are the only WW1 games is just sad
It is very sad that so little is said about WW1, and consequently very little games are set in the conflict. In my opinion it was just as, if not even more interesting than WW2 and I think we should talk more about it.
I’m starting to come to terms that the perfect historically accurate realistic trench warfare ww1 game will never be made.
Verdun definitely was one of my favorites, I had a blast progressing through every class and squads, so much good memories from that game
The only way Beyond The Wire is going to be active again, is if people begin to play it. You can't just sit around calling the game dead if you aren't even playing it. The more people regularly play it, the more active it's gonna be.
I just love Verdun, that’s it’s that’s all I have to say
I expected this video to be 2 seconds long to be honest 😂
Rise of flight???? Red barron? Flying circus? medal of honor 1914? Uhhh i feel lied too
Lol Beyond the Wire is a great game but it died quickly because OWI isnt updating it frequently. Also no crap your gun was being put down because its a window
I think they're probably going to make like a "Gallipoli" game next, but one might hope that after making three games in the same time period, they instead combine all theaters into a single game.
Verdun, Tannenberg, and Isonzo are amazing games. Ive played all of them extensively and dont regret getting any of them even a little. The one thing that hurts them is one of the things that makes them so good. They've isolated each title. What I mean by that is Verdun is exclusively the western front, Tannenberg is exclusively the eastern front, Isonzo the Italian front. It limits the content, obviously if you had French soldiers fighting in Russia it wouldn't be historically accurate and would kill the immersion. Their decision to do it that way made it so they could make each game stay true to history in a way few games do which I for one really like and appreciate. Easily the best WW1 game out there, they can make one more covering the events that happened in the middle east. Bet they call it Gallipoli, and hope they find a way to honor T.E. Lawrence.
I preordered Isonzo and played it everyday after school, it was my favorite game. It was quite sad seeing fewer and fewer servers, and now none, at least on xbox.
Verdun is fire I love it. Wish all the titles were combined into one game. The game would have benefited 100x.
I believe there are a few mods for old battlefield games that are centered around WW1
verdun was so good, i miss playing it, it's the best at retranscribing trench warfare
U miss it? Why u dont play it anymore than.
The Verdun series holds strongest to me because of the game modes. They don't always win in the models or animations or sounds (though Isonzo was a big improvement) but the game modes and how the play style works nailed it in representing that era of warfare.
The feeling of attacking and defending in Verdun just to end up tied and everyone back where they started. Throwing your entire team over wide open fields in Tannenberg to finally break into a church. Lobbing grenades over cliffs in Isonzo as the enemy team slowly climbs their way up. These aren't inherently unique game modes but combined with little details it makes it all work.
The other games, even when more realistic in some ways, suffer from being the franchise's existing play style in WWI. I liked Beyond the Wire feeling sluggish for example, whereas Verdun can be very fast and twitchy in comparison, but a BtW game always progressed to me more like a WW2 game or late 1918.
You honestly should've played Screaming Steel, which is a free WW1 mod for Day of Infamy, a WW2 shooter by the developers of Insurgency (and it's sequel Sandstorm). It's a bit dead, because there's generally like 30 concurrent players, most of whom are playing the PvE mode of the main game, but it's not a big deal. The gameplay is more similar to hardcore CoD with small maps and teams, and the PvE mode is playable with just a few human players.
half of thwse games are made by the same team
i'm so glad they are here
Battlefield 1 made me interested in history and Verdun, Tannenberg and Isonzo is super good, not very popular but quality and truly a thing of love