Whether you’re ordering in units to attack an enemy position, consolidating a position under attack, calling gas attacks in on an enemy position or using your captured territory to outflank your foes, the tactical opportunities that Tannenberg provide the player with are satisfyingly and rewardingly vast. Occupying a military outpost will provide additional ammo for your troops, while an artillery position for example, will reduce the cooldown on the next time you can call in shelling or scout aircraft support.Īs such, success in maneuvers is dictated by much more than just how quickly (and accurately) you can pull the trigger. Where Tannenberg differs however, is in how each district and area provides meaningful incentives for each side. Similar in theory and execution to a regular territory occupational game type, maneuvers has two sides wrestling for control over key districts and areas in key scenarios which span the conflicts of the Eastern Front. Like Verdun before it, Tannenberg places a refreshing premium on NCO and officer based tactics such as calling out orders and calling in support. Though Tannenberg offers up the usual smattering of deathmatch and competitive multiplayer modes, it’s arguably in the new maneuvers mode that Blackmill Games latest effort succeeds in underscoring the difference between itself and other shooters. Without a single-player campaign mode to speak of (though the game does allow for AI bots in some modes), Tannenberg is resolutely an online multiplayer shooter and it’s here that it should absolutely be played in order to maximize your enjoyment of it. Like Verdun before it, Tannenberg is so much more than just a first-person shooter that happens to be set during the Great War. Whether it’s the distinctive crack of the Martini Henry rifle signalling the gun dealing out its grim wager, or the heart-stopping, rapid pop of the Steyr-Hahn handgun, all the firearms in Tannenberg impressively feel, look and sound like the real deal.īattlefield Tactics And Realistic FPS Mechanics Converge With Aplomb In Tannenberg Then there’s the incredible audio work that developers Blackmill Games and M2H have wrought here. In Tannenberg, guns can jam and managing your equipment is as key to staying alive as pulling off the perfect shot. Imagine the horror as you peer over the top of an artillery crater, Arisaka Type 30 rifle gripped tightly in your hand, you line up a kill-shot and then *click*, the rifle jams and then the enemy whirls around on your position. Speaking of getting shot, in so many other shooters, the reliability of your firearm is often taken for granted but in Tannenberg, your firearm can get jammed, requiring you to un-jam it in quick fashion. In Tannenberg, if you get shot, you get dead – it’s that simple. Such strides towards realism are seen in many other places within Tannenberg’s overarching design too.ĭeath, for example, comes extremely quickly in Tannenberg as there’s none of the bullet-soakery that permeates other shooter shooters. Clearly, developers M2H and Blackmill Games have done their homework here too, as the uniforms which are bespoke to each army are highly detailed and wholly representative of what those troops wore into battle over one hundred years ago.īeyond painstakingly detailed uniforms, Tannenberg also strives for a feeling of authenticity with the nationalities of the troops themselves, in which each soldier actually speaks the language of their native tongue on the battlefield something that is a world away from the accented English seen in other war games. In its relentless pursuit of authenticity, Tannenberg allows players to take roles in the Russian, Roumanian, Latvian, Austro-Hungarian, German and Bulgarian armies of the time, as they engage in a variety of battles that span the width and breadth of the Eastern Front. Tannenberg prizes realism and authenticity over Hollywood style bombast and false drama.
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