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West Front

West Front is the sequel to East Front, and it's a turn based game with the World War II western front as background. In West Front you can choose almost all level of organization, from platoon levels to army…

31 December 1998

West Front is a strategy developed by TalonSoft, released 31 December 1998 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What West Front is

West Front is a strategy game developed by TalonSoft and released in 1998. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

West Front is the sequel to East Front, and it's a turn based game with the World War II western front as background. In West Front you can choose almost all level of organization, from platoon levels to army and corps level. For instance, you can control 4 Panzer Tiger, or 200 PzKfw VI Tiger. There are single missions and historical campaigns, but above all a powerful campaign or single mission editor, with map editor, scenario editor, campaign editor and OBB(order of battle editor).
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

West Front launched on 31 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999) and Mario Party.

Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party.

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When did West Front come out?
West Front was released on 31 December 1998 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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