Maxim

Maxim is set during the Great War and follows a MAXIM gunner trying to survive its trench warfare. You hold off waves of enemies with early machine guns, call in artillery and face death in many forms across the trenchworks.

The machine and the war

The game’s story traces the rise of the machine from Hiram Maxim’s idea to cycle a gun using the power of the machine itself. In the war, machine guns and artillery bring mass death, while chemical weapons, fire, aircraft and submersibles introduce new ways to kill. Soldiers hide in trenches, use earthen colors for concealment and remove conspicuous military headwear to avoid being spotted by snipers and other weapons.

The war eventually ends, but machines grow stronger and faster over the following century, eventually gaining the power to end all life. They later move from physical dominance to neural control, integrating human thought into a programmed system. The machine that began its deadly tally in the Great War comes to dominate the world.

Survive the trenches

You keep an early prototype gas mask on to guard against gas and continually maintain the MAXIM gun so it can keep firing. You also seek out the Lady from time to time to avoid going insane.