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Verdun (2015)

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Verdun is a squad-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game set during World War I. It was released on 28 April 2015 on Steam for Linux, after more than a year in Steam Early Access. A standalone expansion Tannenberg was released on 16 November 2017.

Verdun is inspired by the 1916 Battle of Verdun in France. The game includes historically accurate World War I weapons, authentic uniforms and equipment, detailed injury and gore modelling, and maps based on the real battlefields of the Western Front.

The game runs on the Unity engine and was created by independent studios M2H and Blackmill Games.

Verdun is a squad based game set in the trenches of World War I that can be played with up to 32 players (64 players in private Frontlines matches). There are 4 game modes in Verdun, the Frontlines, Attrition Warfare, Squad Defense and the Rifle Deathmatch game modes.

Frontlines game mode

In the Frontlines game mode, players can choose to join one of the two historic sides of World War I, the Central Powers and the Entente. Each side fights over a turn-based frontline map that consists of multiple sectors that can be captured by either side. Staying true to the typical attrition warfare of that time, both sides attack and counter-attack each other in turn, so you will be forced to defend each captured sector of trenches. The goal is to capture the enemy's HQ sector in order to win the game.

In such a battle each player, from either the Central Powers or Entente side, is part of a 4-man squad. There are up to 12 squad types that the players can choose from, all based on historically accurate units such as the German Stosstruppen, the British Tommies or the French Poilus. Each squad has a set of abilities and perks based on its type (Line Infantry, Light Infantry or Assault Infantry). Players in a squad can then choose one of the available classes that is determined by the type of squad he joined. Each class has a different role within a squad, and each squad has in turn their own specific tactic. As a squad earns more experience, perks, equipment, uniforms and even classes become available to the squad members. Experience is divided among the squad-members, rewarding those that stick together with the same players. As a squad gains more experience, they will also visually change, getting more advanced uniforms. Players can also earn individual experience called Career Points. They can use these to unlock classes, weapons and equipment.

Attrition Warfare game mode

This is a variant of a team deathmatch battle. Each team, the Entente and the Central Powers, start with a number of tickets. These represent the amount of manpower that each side has at its disposal. Every time a player is killed and respawns, a ticket is deducted from the side he belongs to. The goal of the game is to diminish the opposing side’s tickets before losing all the tickets on your side, because a player cannot respawn if there are no more tickets. This game mode also contains special weapons and maps only accessible when playing it.

Squad Defense game mode

Squad Defense is a bot game mode where players fight off endless waves of attacks by AI controlled soldiers in one of the 12, 4-man squads. This game mode can be played on the same maps available in the Frontlines game mode. This mode is the only one that can be played offline.

Rifle Deathmatch game mode

In Rifle Deathmatch, players fight in a free for all battle, armed only with one of the rifles and add-ons they can choose from when joining the game. This is a skill-based game-mode, where marksmanship and tactical cunning are rewarded. Players can earn experience and Career Points by killing other players, and with the Career Points can level up their rifles, gaining extra accessories for it, such as a bayonet or scope.

System Requirements for SteamOS + Linux Minimum:
OS: Ubuntu 12.04+. 64bit only

Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz or Higher / AMD 3Ghz or Higher

Memory: 4 GB RAM

Graphics: Geforce GTX 960M / Radeon HD 7750 or higher, 1GB video card memory

Storage: 12 GB available spacee

Recommended:

Memory: 8 GB RAM

Graphics: 4GB video card memory

My Computer Setup:
OS: Ubuntu 18.04 ,XFCE 4.12, 64 bit (No Dual-Boot)

CPU: Intel i7-6700K, 4x 4.00GHz, 8MB Cache

RAM: 16GB

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, Palit Super Jetstream

GPU Driver: 396.54 Proprietary

Please note: Occasional frame drops are due to the screen recording software. Runs smoothly otherwise!

You can buy the game from here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/242860/Verdun/

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