across the trenches WW1 version

[andycatjames]

looking at the game then reading about ww1 i realise this game is nearly finished then there will be some updates then work on new game so what about a ww1 one
avrage battalion size was 1000 and birgade was 3500(british library) so you could go from battalions to birgades arttilry would be deadlier but slower calvary same also could have the sub missions on the balken front and russian with some sub with most main on western

[Burning Bridges]

WW1 would interest me, but I expect that the next game would be Napoleonic.

I also think that a WW1 game would work better with squads like Close Combat. In fact Ultimate generals with squads + WW2 would be Close Combat. From the amount of customization between battles and general flow, the 2 games have a lot in common.

[Champin Playr]

WW1 does not fit to the game engine. During ww1 soldiers didnt use line formations, cavalry were useless, artillery could hit from hundreds of miles and were deadly as hell, would be impossible to realize airplanes and hard to realize tanks, most of the tactics were impossible because of machine guns and superior artillery. Most of the war it was trench wars with sometimes super heavy artillery barrages and frontal attacks on machine guns. If devs should concentrate on some other war than civil, it should be something of XIX century.

[andycatjames]

hmm hearing napoleonic that would be fun and most ww1 one games are squad combat so i see your point

[Burning Bridges]

Napoleonic would be what most people normally think of, and probably sells most. Ageod also went from Independence -> Civil War -> Napoleonic. This is simply due to the fact that the gameplay is basically the same. WW1 would be a completely different game.

But anyway, afaik they have not announced their plans so all we can do right now is wait and get more people to play the game. I sure hope it becomes a series as it has the potential to become the indie TW we crave for.

**Scourge of War looked like it could become that but it became boring because it had no customization, and you were basically just replaying the same set scenarios.

[Marcomies]

I think large scale Ultimate General WW1 would be pretty much non-stop Fredericksburg with deadlier weapons. Some smaller fronts might be interesting but I don't think the UG engine would fit that particularly well.

Ultimate General Napoleonic Wars would be great though, really hoping that's the next step (unless UGCW gets some sort of campaign expansion first)! They could make different formations and unit cohesion new features but otherwise it would be pretty close to what the game engine is already doing.

[Davis1986]

How about Ultimate General: Zulu Wars ? British vs. Zulu's :)

[andycatjames]

or even a british empire starting from napoleonic wars to 2ed boer war with zulu and some other colonial wars though napoleon would make its own series so maybe the battle of waterloo as a tutorial then on wards

[Gudabeg]

Best next games (My optinion) are as follows:

Napoleonic
American War of Independence
7 Years War
Crimean War
(all top 4 are good)

Franco Prussian War (On end of possible games, is a bit of a stretch)
British Empire (Sepoy Rebellion, Africa, etc.)
Spanish Succession?
Pike and Shot?

[Champin Playr]

Originally posted by Being Gneiss Rocks!:

Best next games (My optinion) are as follows:

Napoleonic
American War of Independence
7 Years War
Crimean War
(all top 4 are good)

Franco Prussian War (On end of possible games, is a bit of a stretch)
British Empire (Sepoy Rebellion, Africa, etc.)
Spanish Succession?
Pike and Shot?

Crimean War - heavily one sided. Most of the war it was just a siege. Almost 100% of the other small battles were won by allies due to rifles (50% rifles in British Army, 25% in French, less than 10% in Russian)

Franco-Prussian War - pretty heavy technology difference. France had rifles with an effective range of 1200m (most civil war rifles had 350), Prussia had 600. Also French had OP mitrailleuse and Prussia OP modern artillery.

British dealing with rebellions is no really fun IMO.

I think it should be taken the war where both sides were somehow equal with some little cons and pros. Also, the period where technologies fit with line infantry tactics. So yea, the best choice after Civil War is Napoleonic Wars.

Anyway, the devs did not finish this game yet, so it is way to early to talk about next one