Quick Look: Verdun

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!

I love RO2 but the idea of spending hours upon hours in a virtual WW1 trench is just...odd.

If Dan says anything stupid in this quick look then I'm Verdun with this website.

Drew's "1917" voice sounds like the Thermians from Galaxy Quest.

When Dan said "I would not like to be in any war" i thought he was gonna say "I bet i could survive any war!"

Wasn't this on UPF a few months ago?

@odc: Yes.

the british are one of the worst imperialists in history, dan

YOU WERE KILLED BY EDGAR ALLAN BRO

This is one of those games I can enjoy and respect at a distance, but would never actually enjoy playing.

"A idiot"

Verdun a city in Poland? god dammit Dan.

Edit: Never mind the fact that he is being ignorant about European geography that pretty understandable, but not knowing why USA joined WWI jeez.

Dan's child-like ignorance of important history aside, this game looks badass, awesome quick-look.

Rambo 4 was ... I guess "inspired" is the word.

I remember laughing at how over the top the gore in that movie was. Wasn't expecting that!

Yes Dan, "good guys and bad guys" indeed, history is just like GI Joe.

Dude... this has the best rifle scope I've ever seen in a video game. The fact that it renders whatever it's pointing at all the time in such clarity, and the ADS is so immersive. It just looks amazing.

Yeah Dan, the english were real cool bros in India, Africa and Ireland.

started watching to check out the interesting looking videogame, stayed for dan's comments on polish verdun and the war of 1812 against mexico and the uncouth burning of the white house lol

lol

Drew mentions Half Life. Dan unsure if he needs to keep up the act.

I think red orchestra 2 has something very similar, if you ever want to check out another game like this.

Drew:...Half-Life Mods

Dan: I'm sorry what?

Drew: Half-Life

lol

Thanks for the trigger warning. I have very thin skin when it comes to not knowing history, even though I'm not that much of a nerd on that front anymore.

Well there is this take on the war of 1812

Jerald.

And that's how the first World S'more was won.

actually this game in general seems a lot like red orchestra wwi

The reason British soldiers were known as "Tommies" was because the example name on various infantry forms was "Tommy Atkins". It's also suggested that it was a name used by underage teenagers who wanted to enlist.

The origins of the name are muddled (possibly a battle report letter from Jamaica, possibly The Duke of Wellington) but that is how and where it became a nickname for British soldiers.

Dan would probably like the Hardcore History podcasts, right? Is there any excuse he could manufacture not to listen to them and learn something for once?

WW1 was really a European War, Britain and France would have won with or without the US, the tide was already turning before the US even got involved. Problem the Germans had was supplies, the British Navy was unstoppable at the time and were starving Germany into submission.

I wish a bigger developer would try something like this, I have a lot of good memories palying Medal of Honor Allied Assault, I prefer the more slow, tactic and fighting in old towns.

And there's already some people here who again ain't realized they're the punchline in Dan's routine, not the audience.

You got owned by Adolf Hippler and EdgarAllenBro! 1917 represent! Also, is that the best scope I've seen in a game? 2015 #yearofthescope

@drewbert Tommy is from "Tommy Atkins" - it's basically just a generic English sounding name, I think, like calling German soldiers "Fritz"

I think the stick grenades were easier to throw longer distances but the pine cone ones were easier to bounce off of things or roll, so eventually most settled on pine cone grenades.

You should look up sticky anti tank grenades. You had to run up to an enemy tank and stick it to the tank, sometimes leading to soldiers running around without pants or other clothing because the grenade had managed to get stuck to them in the process.

The helmets were far from the silliest bits of world war one attire. There are pictures of cavalry wearing gas masks and spears. And hussarls with their cool hats and white gloves. I do know that this was because war was transitioning from being glorious to being hell. The people in command and the equipment were not made for hell, that came after the WW1 introduction of machine guns, gas and payloads so heavy and 'effective' (nobody had seen human bodies splinter and rip apart like this before) that it was just unimaginable for that time. Nobody was prepared.

@chillicothe: So Dan is like a totally epic troll? That's totally epic internet humor bro.

@basketsnake: One of the best scopes ever for sure.

"ability tree"? looks more like "ability grass" to me!!

@chillicothe: I've realized it, I just also think it really sucks.

Dan's weird dislike of people doing silly voices.

A Landser was a low ranking soldier in the Wehrmacht ... I guess the american version would have been "Rifleman". I also appreciate the effort to say "Schütze", umlaute are a bitch :)

I love this game. First playing it gets frustrating though. You die a lot and from really far away because you have to run through No Man's Land to get to the front. Once you figure out how to use the geography and the tempo and distance of the gun play the game can be real satisfying. Screw barbwire though

For the people that are interested in more realistic shooters like this, take a look at Insurgency. Also a HL2 mod turned full game, but in a modern military setting. Sadly it evaded coverage on GB, but it's definitely my favourite multiplayer shooter ever.

ACHTUNG

The tiny city in Luxembourg I was born in is on that map!

"I ain't gonna listen to some damn professor talking about stuff that happened before I was born! Who cares, it doedn't matter, it's over! I ain't in school anymore, I'm a damn a-dult that can drink beers! Podcasts are just audio, to where ya can't even see the explosions, who wants that?"

bamboo is a tree right?

Drew was killed by a Sgt. Jack Marston. Anyone else notice that? Cool little 'what-if', where Red Dead takes place in 1911, and John's Marston's son eventually goes to war in 1917. And becomes the youngest Sgt for Amurca.

Damn it Dan!