Sitting atop Verdun’s teamworking framework is the game’s squad system which provides players with key roles to play in every battle.

Whenever skin-blistering mustard gas is deployed, a quick switch to your trusty gas mask needs to happen lest you succumb quickly With instant death that can come from both at the long range of a hidden sniper rifle scope and the intimate, close quarters of a bayonet, being able to think on all your feet at all times is pretty much crucial to the act of self-preservation. So really, if you’re going into Verdun with a mind to cut about the place, emptying hot lead into the faces of all and sundry with reckless abandon, then you can quite rightly expect to be put into the ground very quickly. Perhaps more than any FPS before it, the onus of teamwork in Verdun is especially strong with good defensive lines requiring a coordinated line of soldiers placed at various vantage points, while a decent attack strategy requires effective application of flanking, counter-sniping and cover tactics. Attackers can extend their offence by establishing footholds in key locations while defenders can turn the tide of the battle by pushing back the enemy from their trenches. Once the game has decided which side will be attacking, an initial offensive timer kicks off that lasts for five minutes, after this time has expired if the enemy has gained a foothold, the other team is then granted extra minutes to attempt to infiltrate their trench and oust them to even out the odds a bit.Īfter this initial phase is over, each game settles into a rhythm of attack, defense and counterattack, with all three phases requiring watertight planning and tactical execution in order for one side to be victorious. What really defines this mode however, are the swings of momentum that occur throughout. Rather than having players merely capture and defend a selection of small targets, Frontlines tasks players with defending their whole lines of trenches, attacking those that belong to the enemy and preparing to repel counterattacks when they happen. Pitting the two sides of the Entente and the Central Powers against each other in theatres of trench warfare, Frontlines represent a novel spin on the territorial control game type that has been seen in other shooters to date.

Sure enough, only having two game modes at present entails that Verdun isn’t exactly overflowing in variety when it comes to different gameplay scenarios, lucky though, Frontlines is easily a strong enough offering to make up for the absence of any other game types. Of the two, Rifle Deathmatch is pretty much exactly what you think it is a no-frills and largely forgettable fragfest, while Frontlines on the other hand, arguably serves as the heart of Verdun’s substantial appeal.

Holding a robust defensive front in Frontlines mode is essential to victory

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