Battle of Empires :1914-1918 is a story driven RTS, that re-lives some of the bloodiest battles of “The Great War”. The missions include some of the most fearsome weaponary employed of the period. Sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery and mobile infantry - BoE has it all!
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Release Date: 22 Jul, 2015

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23 April

“Real War” is HERE!



Good afternoon, dear players.
Are you over 18 already? If not, turn away from the screen.
Others can read further.
Introducing package «Real War», a new Free DLC!.
In it - the horrors of war, as they are - rivers of blood, severed hands, feet and head,
Want more? The impact of poisonous gases on flora and soldiers without masks. The chance of catching a cold, infect everyone around and die.
And more? Chance to get wounded on the barbed wire.
More? Fire spreads now stronger and burns everything in its path.
And also, hated enemy are able to receive a last bullet from your dying soldier.

DLC consists of two parts: package "Blood and limbs" is responsible for the blood, limbs, diseases, new animations of death, etc. Package "Real War" is responsible for the new super-realistic settings. Want to experience the real difficulties of the war? Do not forget to enable "Real War" after "Blood and limbs". Now the enemy will not forgive your mistakes!

Details:

Package "Blood and limbs":
- Rivers of blood
- Separation of limbs
- An expanded list of death animations
- Agony of the dying soldier in the final moments of his life
- An improved system of distribution of fire
- The reaction of the soldiers at the severed limbs, corpses and gas
- The effect of water on the health of the soldier (the soldiers going into the water can get cold, which could lead to his death, a slow and painful, soldier can also infect others soldiers)
- Barbed wire is able to immobilize a soldier and cause bleeding, which may kill him
- The impact of gases on vegetation

Package “Real War”:
New level of difficulty in singleplayer
New level of difficulty in multiplayer
Multiplayer settings are closer to the singleplayer setting.
Increased accuracy of rifles
Accuracy of the guns is reduced
The range of rifles and machine guns increased to 100 meters
Infantry sight range is increased

Packages are independent from each other. To enable new settings of weapons - select package "Real War" in the game options.
To enable the diseases, a new death animations, etc. - select package "Blood and limbs" in the game options.

By the way… who noticed that little fact that DLC was available for all day long? ;)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/410810/

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22 April

Event to support free DLC "Real War"! Do not miss it!



Tomorrow, April 23, at 19 (GMT) we will organize event to support free DLC "Real War". Developers will keep open the game servers over 3 hours. And each player, even who bought "MP-pack only" able to come and play with the developers or against them. And it will be a fundamentally new level of difficulty - "REAL WAR".

And yes, you have understood correctly. Free DLC "Real War" comes out tomorrow! Do not miss it!

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Read me before buy!

We have provided a flexible purchasing system that allows you to choose the optimal configuration of BoE, at a reasonable price according to your play style and budget.


This allows you to enhance the game with additional content by purchasing DLC’s individually, or as a package.

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About This Game

Battle of Empires :1914-1918 is a story driven RTS, that re-lives some of the bloodiest battles of “The Great War”. The missions include some of the most fearsome weaponary employed of the period. Sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery and mobile infantry - BoE has it all!

The first campaign of the series - Battle of Empires: France - is devoted to the battles between the French and German armies on the Western Front.
The second campaign- Battle of Empires: Russian Empire - is devoted to the battles between the Russian and German armies on the Eastern front. Both of these campaigns are included in the base game.

Gameplay is similar to other Men of War based titles, with the ability to control your men, at divisional, squad and soldier levels.

The graphics have been developed to show the beauty and horrors of “The Great War”.

To extend the playability of BoE, various multiplayer modes are included to allow competitive gameplay with up to 8 players able to participate in any one battle cross a variety of loctions.

So what are you waiting for soldier? The battlefeild awaits your command!

features

  • realism

The game recreates battles of First World War as realistically as possible - each unit has a personal inventory and weapons, vehicle damage is calculated by the thickness and inclination of armour, guns differ in calibers and available types of shells.
  • Authenticity
    Our game recreates the atmosphere of the era of the First World War - uniforms and vehicles were made from sketches and drawings of the time of the World War I, game maps are based on real locations of hostilities. Gas attacks, shrapnel shells, horses, involvement of first tanks and flamethrowers, and many other features of the First World War have been implemented in the game.
  • Tactics
    The basis of gameplay of the Battle of Empires is management of your infantry squads, organisation of their cooperation and skillful use of the vehicles provided to you. You will have to solve complex tactical problems with different possible outcomes, that can change the course of the mission.
  • Game environment can also be used to your advantage - all objects can be destroyed to create a path for infantry or used as a cover from enemy fire.
  • Co-op
    Each story mission is available in cooperative mode - you can fight and complete the missions with three other players (4 including yourself).
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    System Requirements

    Windows
    Mac OS X
    SteamOS + Linux
      Minimum:
      • OS: Windows XP SP3
      • Processor: 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor
      • Memory: 2 GB RAM
      • Graphics: 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required – 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 128 MB Video Memory. ATI® Radeon® 9600 or Nvidia® GeForce® 5900
      • DirectX: Version 9.0c
      • Network: Broadband Internet connection
      • Storage: 6 GB available space
      • Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card
      Recommended:
      • OS: Windows 7 or Windows 8
      • Processor: 3 GHz Intel Quad Core processor
      • Memory: 8 GB RAM
      • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 7750 with 1 GB VRAM or better
      • DirectX: Version 9.0c
      • Network: Broadband Internet connection
      • Storage: 6 GB available space
      • Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card
      Minimum:
      • OS: Intel Mac, OS X version 10.9 (Mavericks)
      • Processor: Intel Core i5-1.4GHz
      • Memory: 4 GB RAM
      • Graphics: 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - OpenGL 3.0 compatible
      • Storage: 6 GB available space
      • Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card
      Recommended:
      • OS: Intel Mac, OS X version 10.11 (El Capitan)
      • Processor: Intel Core i7-2.2GHz
      • Memory: 8 GB RAM
      • Graphics: Intel Iris Pro or NVidia GeForce GTX 750M
      • Storage: 6 GB available space
      • Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card
      Minimum:
      • OS: Ubuntu 12.04
      • Processor: 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor
      • Memory: 4 GB RAM
      • Graphics: 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - OpenGL 3.0 compatible
      • Storage: 6 GB available space
      • Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card
      Recommended:
      • OS: Ubuntu 15.04
      • Processor: Intel Core i5-2.5GHz
      • Memory: 8 GB RAM
      • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 7750 with 1 GB VRAM or better
      • Storage: 6 GB available space
      • Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card
    Helpful customer reviews
    126 of 152 people (83%) found this review helpful
    85 people found this review funny
    61.0 hrs on record
    Posted: 4 January
    In the days of old,
    'Twas a name of gold.

    A game most fun,
    And bested by none.

    Yet it did not hold,
    Or so you've been told.

    It was a gradual fall,
    And witnessed by all.

    We saw it grow,
    Mistakes did show.

    Oh how we were blind,
    To the obvious grind.

    And opponents unfair,
    Such as the Russian bear.

    It was an unseen fate,
    Until it was too late.

    With choices most bold,
    This game it did fold.

    Once a great seed,
    Killed by their greed.

    A grand name,
    Up in flame.

    What a shame,
    'Twas a great war game.
    Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny
    63 of 80 people (79%) found this review helpful
    4 people found this review funny
    3.5 hrs on record
    Posted: 13 December, 2015
    Pre-Release Review
    Buy in early access, come back to find the single player content you thought you were getting is paid DLC. 0/10.
    Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny
    64 of 82 people (78%) found this review helpful
    11 people found this review funny
    0.8 hrs on record
    Posted: 1 January
    -buys the game for 1.25 on sale-
    -opens game-
    -there's only two missions-
    "Whut"
    -finds out the campaigns are 15$-
    -seperatley-
    -in a DLC-
    WHAT THE ♥♥♥♥ IS THIS.
    WHO PUTS THE SINGLEPLAYER FOR SALE IN A DIFFERENT DLC
    ♥♥♥♥ THESE DEVS
    I'm not even mad bout losing a dollar on this game. I'm more so angry that they would cut up the game in little pizza slices and expect me to pay for little bites of the game for upwards to 7$-15$ each.
    ♥♥♥♥ these devs, I'm never buying a game from them again.
    Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny
    58 of 73 people (79%) found this review helpful
    16 people found this review funny
    11.2 hrs on record
    Posted: 16 December, 2015
    dlc simulator
    Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny
    47 of 62 people (76%) found this review helpful
    3 people found this review funny
    15.7 hrs on record
    Posted: 18 December, 2015
    WW1 version of MOW with low quality voice acting and rifle sounds. Plays almost the exact same way as any MOW game. The engine doesn't compliment the WW1 gameplay style at all. Artillery and mounted weapons on trench defense are about the only things I really find fun. I really like the artillery, And other boomy things.


    And the artillery.

    5/10
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