Large-scale World War I and Revolutionary War battle simulator Rising Front is kicking off the year with a bang, thanks to its “colossal” 1.0 update which “changes a huge portion of the game.”
A single-player title that revolves around both participating in large-scale operations from a first-person point of view and commanding armies of wooden figurines from above, Rising Front sees tanks, cavalry, planes, and infantry clashing on sprawling battlefields.
Rising Front 1.0 Update
Publisher and developer Sandstorm Studios notes that “almost 1 year” of work has gone into pushing Rising Front’s 1.0 update past the finish line. So, now that it’s live for everyone to experience, what changes can we expect from it? Here is the full list of patch notes, as shared by the developer in a Steam post:
Tanks and Armored Cars
- Player and AI Vehicle Controls
- MKIV
- Renault FT17
- A7v
- Ford 3 ton
- Mark A Whippet
- German MKIV
- Erhardt m1917
- LK II
- LK MG variant
- A7v Flamethrower variant
- Char2c SuperHeavy Tank
- Saint Chamond
Cavalry
- Player and AI cavalry
- American Dragoons
- American Lancers
- British Cavalry
- British Dragoons
- British Lancers
- Russian Mounted Infantry
- Russian Cossacks
- American Pulaski’s Legion
- French Lancers
- French Carabiniers
- French Cuirassiers
- Bavarian Chevauxlegers
- Prussian Cuirassiers
- Prussian Dragoons
- Prussian Uhlans
- British Mounted Rifles
- US Cavalry Raiders
- US Mounted Rifles
- German Mounted Infantry
- German Mounted Sturmtruppen
- German Uhlans
Maps
- New Deadmans Fortress
- Fort De Vaux
- Nivelle
- Saint-Mihiel
- Reworked Trench Hell
- Coastside Industry
- Winter Trenches
- Trenches Late War
New Player weapons and Reworked old Ones
- Reworked many of the old weapons
- German Revolver
- Chassepot Rifle
- Madsen Machinegun
- Chauchat
- French Revolver
- Dreyse
Major Changes
- ALL scenarios have been remade
- Support for dozens of languages
- Full controller support
- Full Steamdeck Support
- Bots can now use grenades
- 12 New Achievements
- Major Command Map Optimization
- Command Map UI reworked
- Equipment Icons for the player
- dozens of new buildables and fire supports
- new weather types
Rising Fronts 1.0 update also includes “tons more stuff” not mentioned in the patch notes as well as fixes for “dozens and dozens of bugs,” which all sound promising enough, especially if you’re in the mood for some World War I action while waiting for Winter to pass.
Rising Fronts’ 1.0 update does not mark the end of the road for the large-scale battle simulator, as “several more updates” are “almost completed” and should see the light of day over the coming weeks and months.
If you’re keen on taking part in clashes that involve more than 1000 units, you can head over to the game’s Steam page, where an introductory offer discounts the game by 20% until January 23, bringing its price down to $11.99/11,83€/£10.23.
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