I suppose the main reason WWII is so popular is because people know exactly what’s going on there these days. When you’ve beaten a WWII shooter, you’ve helped topple Hitler. How many kids these days know exactly what you’re fighting for in a WWI game? Or even WHO you’re fighting against? Never mind the fun factor - WWI simulators could be a fine source of knowledge for the younger history buffs among us. Wouldn't you enjoy learning about battle tactics of the 1910s as you throw chlorine bombs into enemy ditches? Eh? OK, so maybe that's just me.
I think that this over-saturation of WWII games is a serious problem that needs to be stopped. Think about it: the video game market is built on diversity in its product. Too many WWII games isn't just bad for your head, it's bad for the entire market!
Or maybe I'm trying too hard.
Article comments
1 - Jeffrey
I think that has mainly to do with the fact that being a soldier in WWI mainly involved sitting in a trench picking nits out of your clothes, enduring endless artillery duels over which you had no control, and eventually going over the top and directly into the teeth of unseen machine gun nests before being recalled. That plus the politics that started the war are difficult to convey in the medium of a video game. All in all it just doesn't make for a particularly entertaining time.
There have been a number of WWI themed flight simulator games though.
2 - Chris "UZ" White
I'm fairly sure the industry could "creatively bend" the truth to make trench warfare more interesting in game form.
And if that doesn't work for you, they could always just trash everything and give us another WWIII.
In space.
3 - Brad Schader
Mainly because WW2 was the last "good war." There is no controversy in it for the most part. Vietnam, Iraq, Korea: these wars all have additional political baggage associated with them that could overshadow game play. WW2, for the most part, had a clear cut villain and therefore a clear cut hero. The other wars are more grey as to who exactly was there to help whom.
4 - Gevalher
I only can say: Bring 'em on!