WWI Pliot

A historical storygame by AmazingAnimal5

Player Rating?/8

"Too few ratings to be ranked"

Based on 9 ratings so far

Story Difficulty5/8

"Run through the jungle"

Play Length2/8

"So short yo' momma thought it was a recipe"

Maturity Level5/8

"Aren't you a little too old to be trick or treating"

Some material may be inappropriate for persons under age 13. If this were a movie, it would probably be PG-13.

Tags

Action Adventure

Based Off A True Story

Historical

War

World War I was the first war in which aircraft played a major role. Both sides introduced many different aircraft, trying to get the upper hand in the air. The war began with slow and clumsy observation planes. In 1915, the German Fokker Eindecker, equipped with a forward firing machine gun, wreaked havoc over the sky for almost a whole year. However the introduction of new allied aircraft such as the Nieuport 11 and De Havilland 2 gave the Allies the upper hand until the Germans introduced Albatros D-series. The Allies countered with the Sopwith Camel, S.E.5a, Sopwith Pup, Sopwith Triplane, SPAD VII, and Nieuport 17. The Germans then regained the upper hand with the Fokker Dr.1 Triplane & Fokker D.VII biplane. Would You Survive? Also, this is my first storygame, so please be gentle with your ratings.

Enjoy!

Player Comments

Nah, I won't be nice with my ratings, but I'll go nice with the review instead.

The main problem these WW1/ww2 storygames have is not even the lack of research (I'm not an expert, but the info seems allright), it's the way how it's delivered, very dryly, like a history textbook or some rambles from a Paradox gamer.

You really need to treat it as any regular kind of story. Give the pilot stakes, character motivations, loved ones, the whole package. The reason why fighter pilots in this era are interesting is that it was the one of the few branches in the army that still retained a sense of pre great war heroism amongst their ranks, which was juxtaposed with the high mortality rate. Think of the zeitgeist of this era. It would make a great character arc to have the main character struggle with these two things.

Plus, you could have leaned in on the fact that you played as a GERMAN soldier. No mentions of burning nationalism and such? I also find it very funny that the ending was so triumphant about your survival considering what happens afterwards with Germany losing and lots of veterans being listless and hopeless. I wished that you delved a little more into the aftermath.

Tldr: it's not only about the dogfights, it's about the people inside the airplanes. You got down your research, now you just have to humanize this conflict.

— Darius_Conwright on 8/11/2023 4:56:10 AM with a score of 0

I would have given this a three for at least having a solid plot and choices, but both your personality and your description pissed me off and therefore you get a one.

— TypewriterCat on 8/10/2023 8:45:11 PM with a score of 0

I had mainly clicked this to tsk at the author for "Pliot", because not getting as far as proofreading your title has to be done kind of minor achievement. But this is a decent little historical/educational game and first effort.

It really could've been fleshed out more as being a WWI Pliot surely was a thrilling and often frightening experience, and the writing here is pretty sparse on details. Maybe a section about training would've been interesting too, you could've introduced other historical pilots that way, and I'm sure it would give the main character a bit more personality to focus on how it felt to be trained for the first use of flying machines in warfare, and the dangers they knew they would face.

I'm also not sure what the point was of having the player click on Germany like they're making a choice, but then having that be the only option.

— Mizal on 8/10/2023 7:31:50 PM with a score of 0

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