Tannenberg

best maps out of the 3 games, which is the only main difference between the 3 games. verdun is a close second, with isonzo, unfortunately the newest and most expensive, being the worst of the trilogy. while it's interesting to explore multiple fronts of a war less covered in media, it's sorta dumb to break what really is the same game with different maps and factions into 3 different games, really only ensuring that the playerbase is unhealthily split between the 3.

Look, hardly anyone plays this game, but if you want some mindless fun against bots using a challenge to run around with a sword as a Russian in the woods while they shoot inaccurately at you... Get it on sale

Bought this after playing "Isonzo" and loving it, and like that game, I'm mainly buying this for the offline/private matches with bots mode.
The game gives you an achievement when starting your first custom match: "At least here I can win" is the name of the achievement, but even on the easiest setting of the bots I still lose some battles, no matter; it was fun and engaging, and that's all I really care about.
Plus, the game actually letting you customise your games without the penalty of the loss of progression present in "Isonzo" was a welcome change; I'm not sure why they implemented this as a restriction in the sequel, maybe they really thought these bot modes have to do with the difficulty of the multiplayer?
To me it's more about the longevity, preservation, and lack of toxicity & interaction with other players what attracts me from bot modes in games; but I've found that in these "WW1 series of games" this mode is particularly well implemented.
You can level up and switch between classes, which I'll admit was a little convoluted at first, but it didn't take long for me to figure it out. I also loved the maps, the bots can even vote for different maps depending on what happens after a match, wish this comes to "Isonzo" eventually.
The real problem for me, had to do with the lack of weapon variety? A lot of the classes work really well, and they all have different appeals to different playstyles, but progression in these games is not really handled as an upgrade, but more like a welcome change of pace from what you're accustomed to; you're supposed to obtain different weapons and classes, but you can't really swap specifics between them, they all seem to be part of a same preset; or maybe I haven't figured out how to do it yet...
Either way, I love the game, I think is great, love the bot support, the expansive and detailed maps, and the great combat and gunplay; like in "Isonzo" you have to think before you shoot, there's a "hold your breath" button for every weapon, and you'll have to use it; it works really well in contributing to the tension of the encounters.

One of the few games in my life I bothered to get 100% achievements. It's very fun (it's probably one of the few games that make Bolt-Action feel GOOD), and extremely well researched. It is good to finally see a game with Latvian Riflemen, Hungarian K.u.K. troops, etc...
I only wish the devs had made Verdun - Tannenberg - Isonzo one big game (since it's basically just different maps and skins) because the player count is very low. Also, I dream of the day they make a Russian Civil War expansion.
The biggest flaw in this game is the bots. The bots in this game are infuriatingly stupid: they get stuck between points, don't follow squad orders. don't capture or hold points properly, and cluster togheter and don't advance. I wish we had a mechanic of sending bot soldiers to firing squads.

Tannenberg is an amazing game that captures the desperation and death that was ever so prevalent on the eastern front.
Not only is the eastern front significantly different from the western front featured in Verdun and the Italian front featured In Isonzo but the gameplay is different as well. There's a much higher focus on maneuverability as the front is broken into sections that can be cut off, so the maps are more dynamic.
The units and factions are cool and balanced, it's fun to see Romanians and Bulgarians in the game. And there's a Romanian map.
The Cossacks are cool, as are the swords they wield. Sword combat is surprisingly not unheard of.
Now the elephant in the room, there's very few people playing. On a good day you might have 5 real players on each team. But worry not my friend, we have bots!!!! yes Bots populate the servers and they can be put to a hard difficulty. And bot lobbies allow for progression and achievements and all that good stuff.
The game is more balanced as there's no infantry machine guns or scoped sniper rifles so it's just bolt action rifles up against swords and revolvers. It has an entirely different feel.
If for some reason you have not bought Verdun or Isonzo and aren't super knowledgeable in this franchise, the WW1 Series prides itself on realistic game play with historic authenticity. A Single rifle shot will drop you, and a handgun / revolver will do it in two. So you are surrounded by death, there are machine guns placed on the map and as you can imagine they are extremely tactical.
When you see Russian and Austrian conscripts die by the thousands you see why Russia had a civil war and Austria-Hungry collapsed in this war. The music, voices and sounds make you feel like you're really there, deep in the Polish forests waiting behind thick trees to attack, knowing that death will come for you any moment. From gas, from a bullet, from artillery or even being stabbed by a bayonet of sword.
85/100, even with bots, it's timeless.

Now this, THIS IS MASTERPIECE. They managed to make it fun. I know why they make verdun a tug of war and this a skirmish gameplay. But they should've done something interesting and fun in verdun because it really feels lazy there. The map here is not linear, There are different objective or sector that you can take or flank to. The Gunplay is again impressive. There are a lot of interesting guns to choose from, they're as unique as verdun. 7/10

ive had my eye on the ww1 games for a while! so when i saw this one on sale for 4.99 i whent ahead an got it and its pretty good! here is my goods and bads!!
goods= graphics are really good, game play for me is really smooth game is optimized very well!

bad= needs certain controls or movements! side step, not enough players! bots can see you through the fog and gas so basically the bots have certain edges

would i recommend this game yes i will!!! im gonna get the other 2 when they are on sale so if you read this wait tell they are on sale and buy them up its worth it