Verdun
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Verdun Verdun is a squad-based multiplayer first-person shooter set during the First World War. It was released on 28 April 2015 on Steam, after more than a year in Steam Early Access.
Verdun is inspired by the infamous 1916 Battle of Verdun in France from which it takes its name. The game includes historically accurate WW1 weapons, authentic uniforms and equipment, detailed injury and gore modeling, and maps based on the real battlefields of the Western Front. In addition to realism and authenticity however, it's also rapidly becoming infamous for its difficulty.
The game runs on the Unity engine and was created by independent studios M2H and Blackmill Games. It is also still a work in progress, with the developers continuing to release updates. A free expansion, Horrors of War, was released in March 2016.
- More Dakka: As most standard-issue firearms of the period are bolt-action rifles, having a machine gun by default is this.
- Obvious Beta: Verdun has undergone several updates over time hand continues to be in development even after being released.
- Selective Historical Armory: Averted. All the weapons available in-game are what would have commonly been available to soldiers during the Great War.
- The Squad: Gameplay revolves around this; simply going lone wolf on enemies is a guaranteed way to die quickly.
- War is Hell: In spades, given how Verdun is set in the trench warfare-laden Western Front, not to mention being inspired by one of the bloodiest battles in the Great War. The Horrors of War expansion also takes this even further, but adding gore and more graphic deaths.
- World War I: The game covers the conflict in the Western Front from 1914-18.