Theater of War

[Grayeagle]

From the folks that did IL-2 .. due out next year(?) ..

Looks like it will be to ground pounders what Aces High is for the zoomies

Pretty awesome small unit tactical ww2 sim ..stand alone or online play.

-GE

[Suave]

Yeah, looks really cool. Basically Combat Mission with improved graphics and Close Combat style campaigns.

[Russian]

Originally posted by Grayeagle
From the folks that did IL-2 .. due out next year(?) ..

Looks like it will be to ground pounders what Aces High is for the zoomies

Pretty awesome small unit tactical ww2 sim ..stand alone or online play.

-GE

It is not done by same people who designed IL2. Don't put too much expectation on it...

[Nefarious]

Guess what, Battlefront is producing it.

Check out Battlefront.com they got movies, and lots of screenies.

[x0847Marine]

"zoomies", wow.

[Grayeagle]

Originally posted by x0847Marine
"zoomies", wow.

Well . . if you really are a marine .. go do some pushups an simma down.

Mebbe a mile run with full backpack to relax.

Don't play with yer gun.

-GE

[Grayeagle]

Originally posted by Russian
It is not done by same people who designed IL2. Don't put too much expectation on it...

>July 27th, 2006
Theatre of War announcement

What happens when the creators of the award-winning IL-2 Sturmovik and Pacific Fighters flight sim series meet with the makers of the award-winning ground combat simulation Combat Mission?
That’s right – it means WAR!

1C and Battlefront.com are thrilled to announce Theatre of War, the new groundbreaking World War Two real-time strategy game! Theatre of War depicts stunningly authentic battles of World War II between 1939-1945. Command hundreds of different unit types in 5 historically accurate campaigns (US, UK, Soviet, German, French and Polish). This isn’t just another WW2 RTS click-fest, but a thrilling Real Time Combat Simulator with an emphasis firmly entrenched on realism and detail, historical accuracy, and real world military tactics that will challenge even the most battle hardened armchair general! When the two teams that brought you the most successful and highly regarded combat simulations of the last decade come together, you can expect only the BEST! It’s time to enter the Theatre of War!

So.. these guys are lying then?
Not that it hasn't happened before, mind you.. just that it says right there in black and white from one of their press releases exactly what I said.

-GE (next?)

[Russian]

That’s a half truth.

Maddox Games (developers of IL2) did not work on ToW, majority of work on it was done by a different team from 1C. But since both of teams are under 1C, using some weird logic one could conclude that Il2 develops did work on ToW. It sure looks good to unaware on-lookers…

My info source comes from Oleg when he was posting on Russian forum.

[Suave]

I wonder if this will kill the developement of Combat Mission Campaigns.

[Nefarious]

They're working on new Combat Mission:Shock Force. Set in the present/future. Will definatley be an interesting title.

But I'll buy TOW as well Everything Ive seen so far, has been amazing. And has been in development for a good while now. I remember seeing Screenshots of it two or three years ago. Battlefronts knowledge on the WW2 Battlefield is pretty extent and I would be shocked if this game sucks or is unplayable due to bugs or whatever.

[Suave]

They've been working on Combat Mission Campaigns since 2005. But now TOW looks to be basically the same thing as CMC was supposed to be.

If TOW isn't turned based then I seriously doubt that it's trajectory and armor penetration aspects are going to be simulated as well as they are in the CM engine. So, with that in mind, I'm really hoping that CMC didn't get canned.

[Suave]

This is CMC.

http://www.battlefront.com/products/cmc/index.html

[Suave]

Originally posted by Russian
It is not done by same people who designed IL2. Don't put too much expectation on it...

Why is that a bad thing if it wasn't done by the same people who rippedoff.. I mean designed IL2? TOW is a strategy game anyway, not a sim or an fps.

[Nefarious]

I know Battlefront is very good with there Trajectory and Armor Penetration calculations, and I think they will make an effort to incorporate some of the Combat Mission features into it. Would be interesting if they added or incorporated a turn based game mode.

[Squire]

Looks much more like an update of "Close Combat" since the scale is very tactical, you move fire teams and a few AFVS as opposed to the much larger scale in units that "Combat Mission" has. From the AARs it looked more like platoon vs platoon sized fights.