TalonSoft's West Front

aka: TalonSoft's Front de l'Ouest, TalonSoft's Western Front

Moby ID: 5691

Released

1998 on Windows

Credits

95 people

Publishers

Developers

TalonSoft, Inc.

Moby Score

7.1

#11,809 of 24.2K

Critics

72% (14)

Players

(3)

Review Ranking

#4,458 on Windows

Collected By

13 players

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Isometric
Pacing: Turn-based
Setting: Historical events
World War II

ESRB Rating: Everyone

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: CD-ROM
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard, Mouse
Multiplayer Options: Internet, LAN
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player
Number of Online Players: 2-16 Players

Add-on (official)

TalonSoft's West Front: Battle Pack 1 (1999)
TalonSoft's West Front: Operation Sea Lion (1999)

Included in

Collection Classique: TalonSoft's Front de l'Ouest / TalonSoft's Front de l'Est (1998)
Europe in Flames (2000)
TalonSoft's West Front: Elite Edition (1999)

Description

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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Credits (Windows version)

95 People (85 developers, 10 thanks) · View all

Creative Management & Production Management (Kreative Leitung und Produktionsleitung)	Jim Rose
Producer (Produktion)	Robert McNamara
Unit Database Research (Recherche Einheiten-Datenbank)	Joseph Miranda Hexagon Interactive
Troop Association Research (Recherche Truppenverbände)	Joseph Hummel Robert McNamara Matthew Wenczkowski
Programming (Programmierung)	John Tiller
Production Assistant (Produktionsassistenz)	Brian M. McGinn
Art Director (Künstlerische Leitung)	Stephen Langmead
Game Graphics (Spielgrafiken)	Stephen Langmead Kurt Miller Steve Estes Brian Weber Tim Kipp
Sound	Jim Rose Brian Weber
Introductory Video (Einführungsvideo)	Tim Kipp Brian Weber Stephen Langmead
Scenario Design (Szenario-Design)	Phillip Baker Richard H. Berg Mark Herman Doug Bevard Denise Bevard
[ full credits ]

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 72% (based on 14 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.3 out of 5 (based on 3 ratings with 0 reviews)

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MobyGames ID: 5691

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Game added by Falconetti.

Additional contributors: Alexander Schaefer, Cantillon.

Game added February 6, 2002. Last modified January 19, 2024.