{"id":14842,"date":"2022-09-15T22:42:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T05:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/isonzo-review\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T18:14:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T02:14:40","slug":"isonzo-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/isonzo-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Isonzo Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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World War I games are finally find their niche in the video game industry. Perhaps EA\u2019s Battlefield 1 brought the conflict to the masses, but developers M2H games has just released their third installment of WWI games called Isonzo (behind Verdun and Tannenberg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is set in rugged and rocky Italian Alps and this time the action takes us straight into the years 1915 through 1917. Isonzo is surely one of the most historically accurate war games I\u2019ve played, ever. But historical accuracy wouldn\u2019t really matter if the gamed sucked\u2014fortunately it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Isonzo, each team is tasked with a number of objectives it has to carry out among all twelve battles that take place in the blood-soaked Alps. I wasn\u2019t sure I was going to be a fan of simulated trench warfare, but this game is split up into advancing (hopefully) under the cover of friendly fire and then hunkering down behind cover or in trenches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The action in this game can be fast-paced one second while you\u2019re clearing out a bunker and then settle into a time of respite as fighter planes swoop down low from the skies, dropping devastating bombs that explode around you. You\u2019ll also have to avoid mortar shells that crash into nearby rocks as bullets whizz past your head at dizzying speeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then there are toxic gas weapons that can also take you out. Fortunately, everyone\u2019s equipped with gas masks, which allows them more survivability\u2014granted they put them on in time as you fight alongside your cohorts and to push forward together to the next objective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isonzo\u2019s sound design also works well to paint a perfectly cinematic war experience that unfolds around you as you behold bodies dropping from well-placed bullets (in front and beside you). There can be up to 48 human players per map, which isn\u2019t quite up to the 64 and 100 people games we\u2019ve seen, but it\u2019s still pretty intense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some of the games featured a lot of bots, but I\u2019ve heard this has to do with the game just being launched on Steam. If the game\u2019s publishers get the word out about it, it\u2019ll hopefully catch on with more people (just as the excellent modern day shooter Squad has).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing that stuck out about this game is that it is noticeably better looking than the previous WWI games, Verdun and Tannenberg). The environments are stunning in their natural beauty, such as rocky cliffs and idyllic alpine towns nestled in grassy hilltop valleys. These beautiful places contrast with the violence unfolding between the two teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, this WWI shooter has had a lot of work done on it since its preview version that I got to play before the full release. Isonzo is a very different war experience\u2014vastly more unique in how its battlefields are laid out. Instead of the usual flat plains we\u2019ve all seen in other WWI games, such as Battlefield 1. It\u2019s also much more realistic since just about everyone only gets to use bolt-action rifles, instead of everybody having automatic weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the end, if you love historical shooters, you should definitely like Isonzo. But folks who simply like slow-paced wargames mixed with moments of sheer chaos should also appreciate the sheer entertainment value of this WWI game. Isonzo is out now on Steam, so get those gaming PCs ready for action!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCORE: 8\/10.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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World War I games are finally find their niche in the video game industry. Perhaps EA\u2019s Battlefield 1 brought the conflict to the masses, but developers M2H games has just released their third installment of WWI games called Isonzo (behind Verdun and Tannenberg). It is set in rugged and rocky Italian Alps and this time… Read More »Isonzo Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":12547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2741],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming-reviews-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18276,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14842\/revisions\/18276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}