Over The Top: WWI

Over The Top: WWI

This game looks just like what the doctor ordered! Im so excited to see where this goes!
Recently I have been playing a bunch of WW1 games from a mobile game on my phone where you spawn units and try to take enemy trenches with a variety of units, to battlefield 1. But After playing these games, battlefield 1 especially going from BFV to BF1 made me feel very underwhelmed in many ways gameplay-wise. I was just saying to myself that I think BF1 would have been more fun if there were more classes and roles but also more artillery and unique playstyles. Since the way I would want a WW1 game to be(an arcadey one at least or arcade realism kinda deal) is that I thought the Sentry kit and flame troopers should have been their own classes(rather than some limited pickup type deal like in BF1) but also armored cars(like the putilov garford my beloved) Should have played a bigger role. And that Armoured guys(lobster plate dudes) should have been their own class along with armored car driver, motorcycle infantry and such. but I found out today that it seems like There would never be a WW1 game that would fit what I was wanting. Until about 5 minutes ago I found this game.

What I like from the looks of what ive seen so far

the class system, has a lot more variety and looks a lot more interesting than BF1s

Armored cars, tanks, airplanes, horses all seem to be a lot more valuable(and dangerous) to the teams.

The game having actual buildable fortifications like battlefield V. Honestly Battlefield V has been making me want to have more WW2 shooters/shooters with buildable fortifications(that aren't mil sims like Squad or Hell Let Loose)

But Not only does this game have a Logistics support class!(I mean My main in BF1 was always support/machine gunner) but It ALSO seems to have a dedicated anti-vehicle class that isn't Underwhelming or OP(sometimes assaults in BF1 could be very OP/be annoying to fight against since their class design didn't really have any teamplay and was sorta just dedicated to killing stuff and it not only had anti-infantry but also anti-everything else which I thought was a bit unfair) From the Looks of it(being limited by the time period of WW1 of course) The Anti-tank class in this game looks a lot like the Anti-tank from Battlefield 1942/battlefield Vietnam (IE strong primary weapon that's really laser focused towards destroying vehicles but isn't as effective against infantry)

So I am extremely invested in this game and I haven't even gotten to play it yet! I remember playing Verdun and Tannenberg(I refunded it after almost an hour cuz there wasn't a single actual player) But I remember being disappointed in the lack of vehicle-based warfare. Beyond the wire looked really promising(even if it is a Mil sim/realistic shooter) But Seeing that the player base is dead Sadly I don't think I will be able to enjoy that one.

So to the developers of this game, I REALLY LOVE! seeing you do this, means a lot to me and I cannot wait to cover it in full when it comes out!
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Maulet ||*|| Oct 30, 2024 @ 2:52pm 
+1
ok so like one thing I am concerned about and hope the devs Address is the use of AI-generated Imagery for the cover art/steam store page art for this game.
Olafson  [developer] Nov 9, 2024 @ 4:06pm 
Originally posted by SuspiciouspegasusTTV:
ok so like one thing I am concerned about and hope the devs Address is the use of AI-generated Imagery for the cover art/steam store page art for this game.

its not.
Originally posted by Olafson:
Originally posted by SuspiciouspegasusTTV:
ok so like one thing I am concerned about and hope the devs Address is the use of AI-generated Imagery for the cover art/steam store page art for this game.

its not.
It Isn't? Alright, my main concerns is the Rifle could use some touch up as it looks nothing like any existing rifle Ive seen is all.

I also would like to ask some stuff about the game(or maybe even get a playtest copy)
Frederick_William_of_Prussia  [developer] Nov 10, 2024 @ 3:03pm 
Feel free to ask questions. You will be able to play in the next playtest if you requested access. We will announce when it is when it is closer to the date.
Originally posted by Frederick_William_of_Prussia:
Feel free to ask questions. You will be able to play in the next playtest if you requested access. We will announce when it is when it is closer to the date.
Sounds Amazing Sir Fredrick
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