The Great War: Western Front is the definitive World War 1 strategy game from Petroglyph, the makers of Command & Conquer™ Remastered & Star Wars™: Empire at War. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the pivotal Western Front from 1914 to 1919.
Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory, by directing your armies in gritty real-time battles and by guiding high-level decisions in turn-based strategic gameplay. Dig detailed trenches, research new technologies such as poison gas and tanks, and make decisions that will have a profound and lasting effect on your success. Think like a Commander to either relive history - or redefine it.
Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.
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Dual-Role Commander: Strategise on All Levels in The Great War: Western Front
The First World War produced a significant change in the tactical elements of warfare, from establishing new technologies to gain an advantage, to adapting the strategies behind the deployment of resources. The Great War: Western Front from Petroglyph and Frontier Foundry is dedicated to replicating these changes and their importance to WW1 – and puts you in control of it all.
Trench Warfare in The Great War: Western Front - The Field Commander's Guide
The Great War: Western Front puts you in an all-encompassing ‘Dual Commander’ role, allowing players to take control of the war effort at both a grand strategy and real-time strategy level. This means that whilst you can oversee the war and plot a long-term strategy for victory, you can also put your boots on the ground, command any battle, and influence its outcome.
Multiplayer
Go head-to-head with Commanders across the globe
Take control as Field Commander, fighting your opponent on the battlefield in epic custom tactical scenarios.
Historical Battle
Take charge of pivotal clashes across the Western Front
Revisit Historic Battles, with multiple difficulty options, unique objectives, and scenarios reflective of real WW1 battles.
Skirmish
Unique WW1 battles in Skirmish
Set the rules of engagement and create unique WW1 battles in Skirmish, selecting the units, weaponry, location, condition of the battlefield, and more.
Campaign
Control the entire war effort for either faction
Manage resources, research weaponry, and deploy troops across the Western Front, while crafting a tactical plan for total victory.
‘Defining The Front Line’ – Behind the Scenes of The Great War: Western Front
In our first behind-the-scenes look at The Great War: Western Front, ‘Defining The Front Line’, we hear from the development team at Petroglyph about the game’s key aspects and goals – from authenticity and accuracy, to strategy and tactics. Check out the video in full here:
Historic Battles in The Great War: Western Front – Command and Define Pivotal Moments of WW1
World War 1 has come to be known as a war of attrition, patience, persistence, and long-term planning. Marginal gains made over periods of weeks and months were often the way that either side would be able to make any kind of progress, as the true toll that the war would take began to become clear.