Bulkhead Studios – creators of first-person puzzler Pneuma: Breath of Life – has just announced a new game on Kickstarter that's vastly different to its previous project: Battalion 1944, a World War II multiplayer shooter in the veins of Medal of Honor and the early Call of Duty series. While it's a long way off – if it reaches its £100,000 goal, it should release on the PlayStation 4 in time for May 2017 – the pre-alpha footage looks beautiful so far, and Bulkhead have even taken a trip to France in order to capture and scan locations and guns.
While it's a long, long way off before we're able to judge Battalion 1944, the developer is promising skill-based gameplay that isn't affected by unlocks, a variety of game modes, plenty of maps based on real-world locations such as Bastogne, and plenty of customisation, from gun engraving to soldier clothing. A nice extra is also added LAN support, which almost no multiplayer games seem to support anymore.
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Are you convinced that Bulkhead can bring back WWII – or is the future where shooters belong? Don't snipe in Carentan in the comments below.
[source kickstarter.com]
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To be honest, £100k seems too low for a game of this scale on three platforms.
I'd love a return to a proper WW2 shooter. They are seldom made these days.
@get2sammyb I read that they will put 100k back in their selves if the kickstarter reaches its goal, still £200k for this type of game seems very low considering Kingdom Come raised nearly £3 million plus it had backers and I'd say this is just as ambitious although nothing alike. I hope it gets made as I can't be bothered with all the modern/futuristic FPS now, I'd happily go back to WW2.
@Patinator Yeah, even £200k is very low.
Part of me is excited because there hasn't been a WW2 shooter in a while and the fact that there are no unlockable guns or levelling up appeals to me. Still, £200k is a low budget, so the game could be dialed-back, and I kind of wish there was a campaign.
@Anchorsam_9 Add a couple of zeroes to the budget and you can have a campaign.
@get2sammyb If only. I think the game will surpass it's target, but I can't see it getting more than £200 grand on Kickstarter to be honest. Hopefully this will influence AAA devs and publishers to make WW2 shooters, though
Its already hit £19k in less than a day. Definatly supporting this project.
No campaign...........no cash.
@get2sammyb
Why? Because of Cliffy B's recent statement........Day of Defeat was huge on the PC, but not on consoles........a WW2 shooter "should" have a campaign,........this releasing titles half baked thing needs to stop.
I'll gladly play this if it gets funded. I'm honestly bored of the futuristic trend in the shooter market.
Nice sub title
@sub12 'Cos £200k is already peanuts for what they're promising. Add a campaign on top and they're going to need much more money.
Praying for the day DICE do a full 1942 remake. It's bound to happen one day.
@stevie85 I agree, there are too many futuristic sci fi shooters.
@sub12 Why? Why does it 'need' a campaign? I mean if the debts wanted to put one in that'd be cool but I'd take an excellent multiplayer only game over a game that splits resources and ships with a subpar campaign and multiplayer. I've never understood the argument that a game needs a campaign. I'd rather all the resources go into making excellent single player or excellent multiplayer, but I wouldn't argue with a game having both as long as they're both fleshed out. Tacked on multi/single player that's costs tons of money isn't a good thing. Siege is a perfect example. The multiplayer is excellent(though net code could use some work) and I fail to see how some tacked on single player would add anything. I think the whole situations system works much better than a campaign as it actually gets you ready for the MP, versus something like Battlefield where the campaign is nothing like online(and much worse TBH). I like single player games and I like multiplayer games, but this thinking that a game needs both is antiquated and needs to go.
Now I could get behind a discussion about the price point of games and whether games with only online or single player should cost less than the standard $60.
In regard to this games, I would very much like to see it made. I'm a nut for WWII history and a new game that takes place in the era would be very much appreciated.
I am a huge WW2 buff, and this game speaks to me on so many levels. I have pledged and I hope they blow way past their goal so they can make the best game possible.
I would love to see the wwii shooter come back. Or just a current day shooter. Why did we go from WWII to Modern Warfare to Sci-Fi future shooter without pausing.
Half way to being funded should easily hit the target
There is a lot of love out there for a WW2 shooter game but these guys seem to be the only ones taking notice of that. I played BO3 but sold it quite quickly as I could not get into the multiplayer.
@crazykcarter
I am one of those that had hope Treyarch were going to make it happen. But sadly they didn't.
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