Where's The History

As most of us know our gaming universe has changed. Most videogame company's have switched to futuristic or current day themes. I love games based further back in time. Today I am going to tell you about videogames based on the history of our world starting with the Romans.

 

Some of the greatest videogames of all time were based in the Roman era. A few of the videogames that were based in Rome or included Rome were Grand Ages of Rome, Rome Total War, and Darkest of Days. There are many others but those are some that I like the most. Some new roman themed games are entering the gaming world on Xbox One and PC. Those games include Rome 2 Total War (which I am most excited about) and RYSE son of Rome. Both look like they have incredible graphics and I will most definitely buy each one as soon as they come out. Now lets continue on to the Medieval times.

Many more videogames were based in the Medieval times than the Roman era. Medieval videogames also contain some of my all time favorites such as Medieval 2 Total War, Mount and Blade Warband and Chivalry Medieval Warfare. I predict that after Rome 2 Total War there will be a Medieval 3 which I am looking forward to. Medieval videogames really showed us the awesomeness of having massive battles with a sword in your hand. Now let us continue on to the creation of better ranged weapons which brought on the games based on the American Revolution.

There are not many games I know of that are based on the revolutionary war but some of the most recent ones are Assassins Creed 3 and the Road to Independence campaign in Empire Total War. The main weapon used in the revolutionary war were muskets so in each game your probably using a sword or musket. Muskets and early rifles became more popular in the Civil War.

Unfortunately I found that most civil war games were horrible except for one, and that is Darkest of Days. Darkest of Days contains an awesome couple of civil war missions. A couple other civil war games are Civil War Secret Missions and Civil War A Nation Divided. Both those games are made by History Channel and after playing those games all I have to say is, "History Channel stop making videogames." Let's carry on to the first world war.

 

 



 There are barely any WW1 videogames at all, although most of them end up being very good, such as the Darkest of Days WW1 missions. I think WW1 games should be more common because there are barely any of them and I know a big crowd of people that would buy them as soon as they came out. Also on the Steam greenlight games check out Verdun its a WW1 first person shooter and I would love to see it come up for sale. Now lets move on to the second world war.

WW2 videogames started coming out on PlayStation 1 and 2, the GameCube and computer. These were some of the first fps games to ever come out. Some old classics contain Call of Duty 1, 2, Big red one and 3. Some others were Battlefield 1942 and the Medal of Honor games all were fantastic and some of the best games ever. But it is sad because you rarely see anymore new WW2 videogames coming out. Most WW2 games are old but some are on the newer consoles so give them a try.

EPILOGUE

 

Overall I think that games based in the past continue to be of interest to video gamers, and that more such games should be produced in the future. Do you agree with me? Please post comments and what your favorite historical era for video games is. Thank you.