Spirit of War
Spirit of War: The Great War is a turn-based strategy game set during World War I. Lead troups of the Triple Entente or Triple Alliance army and relive World War I greatest battles. Drawing inspiration from board games classics, Spirit of War: The Great War offers a unique arcade/strategy gameplay.
Fight on 48 historical maps tracing the events who took place between 1914 and 1918.
Spirit of War: The Great War invites you to take part in battles 2 months apart. Between each of these battles, a summary of the events written and documented by Julien Hervieux, an historian specialized in WWI, is available to the player.
In order to defeat the enemy troops, two possibilities: Capturing the Head Quarter or eliminating all the troops. Each of the player’s units can be moved, healed and swelled to be victorious.
Battles take place on fixed size maps built on hex cases. Each of these cases constitute a different kind of terrain that impacts the advance of the troops in different ways: roads, plains or forests all come with their own bonus or malus.
At the beginning of the game, only a few units are available. These units will grow bigger and bigger while new troops will appear at the same dates they appeared during the actual war.
Two captivating campaigns including 24 maps each are playable.
FEATURES
- Unique arcade turn-based strategy gameplay
- Inspired by board game classics
- Fully realized in 3D
- Two-player mode
- 48 historical maps & 12 multiplayer maps.
- 47 different battle troops.
- A detailed diary of the war’s events, documented by historian Julien Hervieux.
Game Discussion
Steam User 47
Took a chance on it. I like Miniatures games and this is a mini's game simulation complete with a tabletop.
It's a WWI era turn based combat game, similar to Advance Wars for you younger guys. The intro makes War World 1 history acctually sound interesting, and the game play was pretty easy to understand.
Could use a little QA work. There's some language issues with the tutorial screen. I suspect the devs do not speak english as thier native langauge.
TL;DR: Not bad, worth $10.
Steam User 29
The game reminds me a lot of the Advance War series, but lacks the story and tactical depth (f.e. no supply consumption, ammo, or fuel)
I would give it a neutral critic, if steam would allow it. But since this is not possible, i will recomend it for some hours of fun, IF you can get it for a cheap price. (i bought it in a bundle for 4$).
+: extremly long campaign with many scenarios.
many ww1 units.
many historic references
multiplayer
-: no custom scenarios, or editor.
only french and german units
lots of crashes
AI makes many errors (f.e. not building any new units; attacking anti aircraft guns with planes)
bad UI, that doesnt give you any information about different units or terrain.
Steam User 2
Good strategy war game with all the forces you need.
You can generate forces in your bases if you generate enough cash as the game goes on, but if that gets too easy, you can play the game without generating forces, now you do have a battle on your hands.
Recommend for all ages. I am 75 !!!!!
Steam User 2
Pros:
Easy to pick up and play. If you've played a hex turn-based strategy game before, you'll be right at home. The history texts are interesting to read. 48 scenarios to beat, which kept me busy for many hours.
Cons:
Game is buggy as hell. Sometimes your production list won't work (scrolling). Sometimes levels don't load. You'll have enemy units try to capture a building using their cavalry but it'll get stuck in a walking animation and you'll have to reload your game to continue and hope it doesn't make the same move again. The game can freeze when you capture enemy HQ so save before you do so, just in case. The game also seems unfinished. There should be titles on the buildings when you click on them. If you click on a factory it should say "Factory" and on a "Barn" well...you get the point. There is no text on there, it's strange. The A.I. is very, very weak. Most of the time you can make a straight beeline to their HQ and win. The A.I. doesn't leave a few units back home to defend so it's too easy to use this strategy.
Summary:
Despite the fact that my "cons" side is larger, I still enjoyed my time with Spirit of War and recommened it to strategy fans. Just make sure you get it on sale. The devs don't deserve full price for this because they haven't fixed the level loading bug which would let us finish the German campaign.
Steam User 14
A very good game. Just spent the last 4 hours going through the various scenarios. This is not Heart of Iron but is a very fun and complete hex-based gamefor strategy afficionados like me. I like the atmosphere and the ambiance. I'd just like a more comprehensive multiplayer.
Steam User 4
I enjoyed this game a lot but some people who would rather have a fast-pasted shooting game may not like t as much. This game can be tricky in some levels but if you keep trying new strategies you can persevere. I also like the historical dialog at the start of the game and each level. I would recommend this game to gamers who like strategy and history like myself.
I would absolutely say buy it if its on sale and its worth your money at $9.99
Steam User 21
Good game, enjoyed it. Remember me olds Panzer General games. The game AI is not hard enough but enough for fun. 8/10 for a game of this size