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Offline Boroda

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« Reply #30 on: April 18, 2007, 08:05:10 PM »
A post above was written by Boroda, not Russian.

Offline GtoRA2

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« Reply #31 on: April 19, 2007, 01:17:17 AM »
That Demo is pretty fun.

Offline DREDIOCK

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« Reply #32 on: April 19, 2007, 08:24:02 AM »
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Well ..  I miss Panzer General .. and Panzer Battles (the board game from way back) .. and Squad Leader ..and Squad Leader:Iron Cross ..and Mechwar (also board games)
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Used to have PG, Blitzkreig, D-Day, and Kreigspeil.

Miss those Avalon Hill type games. Particularly Blitzkreig
Always hoped they would port that one over to PC
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« Reply #33 on: April 24, 2007, 12:54:24 PM »
So I bought the full version and have played it for a few days.

Over all its a bit disapointing.


The missons even on easy in the campaign mode are REALLY hard.

You can't load infantry on tanks.
Even though you keep some core units, what you can chose mission to mission is very limited.

They force you to start in a small area.


No 88MM AT or Flak guns.

Lots of vehicle model gaps.

No way points.

Limited control in campeign mode.

Maps all seem the same.

Aimed Mobility kills seem WAY to easy.

Huge LOS issues.  The computer can see and engage you but you cant shoot back.  

People talk about the Combat missions games being better but I have never heard of them.

Over all I think after the novelty wears off I will go back to Steel panthers.

Infantry can't go into buildings.


No mortars as part of your controllable infantry.

The missions are set up in a way that leaves you not much flexibility in how to win them, plus the LOS issues make it hard to sneak up on anything.

Over all, an interesting try,  and maybe they will work out some bugs, but for it to be fun I think they need a better campaign, hell they combine the US and Brit Campaigns, how lame is that?

I wanted a campaign like the Steel panthers generator would make.


Over all Steel panthers WAW, and Steel panthers from the Camo guys is a better tactical game.

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« Reply #34 on: April 24, 2007, 01:43:34 PM »
Bummer

Been reading reviews like your all over the net.... sigh this game had such high hopes.

Well hopefully Oleg will take the models and use them in his new flight sim..

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« Reply #35 on: April 24, 2007, 01:59:26 PM »
Yeah it sucks, with a few tweaks it could be much more playable, but I dont know how quick anything is going to come.


ANother low point is you can't leave units alone, if you do you will come back to tanks facing the wrong way etc.

I don't know how many times I have lost a tank because I left it alone to defend a place and it spotted something exposed its side and died.


You need to be able to lock them into an action and you can't.

I wish someone would just go back and update the Steel panthers IA and graphics.

Also all tanks and vehicles STOP, YES DEAD stop, to change directions, this is really bad if the tank happends to be in the middle of an open area when you order it in a new direction.  Tanks Didnt have to stop to change directions, nor did trucks.

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« Reply #36 on: April 24, 2007, 07:28:26 PM »
I'm shocked to hear such bad reviews...

Battlefront....Why?

Should I stick with Combat Mission?
There must also be a flyable computer available for Nefarious to do FSO. So he doesn't keep talking about it for eight and a half hours on Friday night!

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« Reply #37 on: April 25, 2007, 05:30:00 AM »
Hey SunKing, thanks for bringing back Dimebag!

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