Abandoned By Devs

This game has been out for over two years now, and it's still loaded with bugs. I appreciate the source material, the scope of the game, and even the gameplay. But the lag and bugs make it nearly unplayable. I really wish they could fix this game because it has a lot of potential. I wouldn't pay more than $15 for it in it's current state.

Such a wasted game. Could have been so much more. The biggest problem is that it even today in August 2025 it is full of bugs and totally unoptimised. The game is clearly abandoned.

This game is terrible don't ask me why I have almost 100 hours in it. It is like steel division with only infantry and tactics consisting of meat wave assaults.

The Great War is a wonderful RTS with surprisingly deep involvement and mechanics you don't see at first. First off, this isn't your typical RTS. The game is grueling at times. you often fight through one trench line of a map just to find yourself at a stand still again. You throw your troops into certain death just to gain a bit of intel. You spend 5-10 minutes simply shelling the enemy with artillery before even moving a single unit. You dump time and effort into taking not a map, but one little section of the map from your opponent. And all at the end of every battle there is often not a victory or defeat, but rather a stalemate. A strange disconnect between what a video game is supposed to do for you, and what the great war actually was. It won't be for everyone, I say this with relatively certainty. But there are people out there, like me, that will thoroughly enjoy this game. That being said, the game is not without it's flaws. There are annoying mechanical quirks and syst...

bad game! the tutorial is very front heavy. many instructions and directions are given all up front, instead of incrementally and contextually. by the time it comes around that you may need to do something, it would be much later and unless you have a great memory, you will have forgotten by then. would not recommend.

playtime = 3.6 hours. Fun game, but 2 CTD events in this amount of time is atrocious. Not a buy from me dawg.

do not buy

Honestly, I got this game on sale and I still don't think it was worth the money I spent on it. It had such potential and is close to being something great, but with the devs abandoning it and the glitches in it and how the ai for your troops works... its just not good. I hope another game like this comes out eventually, and hopefully that one will be what this game wanted to be. Also to explain what I mean about the troop ai, often times I will time out a charge with my artillery, only for the troops I send to take their sweet time getting out of the trench (which is very inconsistent, sometimes they will get out immediately, other times it takes too long). Or they march a decent ways forward, only to randomly turn back for a few seconds before continueing the charge. These are just two examples of how fucking the ai can be, and both of them end in the troops getting mowed down before they can enter the enemy's trench.

This game is great at what it does. I'm a Total War player. This is like TW, but WAY slower paced. This is a WW1 strategy game that is done right. If you want a fast pace, "conquer all who oppose me", then do not buy this game. It's not for you. But if you really want to grind out an entrenched slugfest, fight 5-10-15 battles over the same inches of dirt, meanwhile you're maintaining your supply and cash reserves; then get this game. It really breaks it down to how tough it was to gain ground in this conflict. It's a difficult game but once you understand it, it gets addicting. You will feel the frustration these opposing sides felt. You will make an arms race with the CPU to get the best weapon to overcome the enemy's hardened position, to dislodge him, and push the meat grinder forward. This game gets a bad rap, or "Mixed" reviews because I feel like a lot of people went into this thinking they were going to end the war by Christmas 1914. I may be wrong about that, but thats just ...