New game "Wargame: European Escalation"

[PR3D4TOR]

Have played a couple more missions and I like it very much. It's a new take on old school RTS, reminiscent of the Close Combat series. You have a limited force pool and losses are final (although other allies join the fight in Germany later on adding their units to your force pool). Your units retain their experience gain from mission to mission, and you earn "command stars" for achieving objectives allowing you to unlock more advanced units from your force pool.

It's like Close Combat + R.U.S.E = Awesome 

[Tac]

I guess what im trying to say is that the AI is no better than the one from command and conquer 1. If it was more like the AI from the close combat series I'd be a whole different story. In close combat you had to triple order an infantry to attack something he couldn't kill because the soldier would refuse the order twice and the third time was sort of the override command...and that infantryman was very likely to panic before he even begun said unwise attack. THAT is good AI.

[PR3D4TOR]

Well, in this game most if not all infantry units have AT capabilities. It's modern day NATO vs PACT after all.

[PR3D4TOR]

I don't know if you've seen any actual game play videos, but here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1-xeUaQpq0

[curry1]

I don't know if you've seen any actual game play videos, but here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1-xeUaQpq0

Before I buy it.  Is it more of a sim than a game and is the learning curve high?

[PR3D4TOR]

It's a cross between a tactical squad based game like Close Combat and a strategic RTS like Supreme Commander. I wouldn't call it a sim.

[curry1]

It's a cross between a tactical squad based game like Close Combat and a strategic RTS like Supreme Commander. I wouldn't call it a sim.

I loved World in Conflict and after watching this I think this looks pretty similar.  I'll probably buy this.

[curry1]

Bought.

[Tac]

I don't know if you've seen any actual game play videos, but here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1-xeUaQpq0

I have. Look at the unit behavior is what im saying. BMP's unload the rocket infantry which just stays together behind the trucks standing there as shells land all around them. The moment they are ordered to shoot they instantly fire rockets and advance a bit to keep firing... in formation, on foot.

Its command and conquer type AI ... simplistic 'do this till you die' stuff.

I admit the graphics and the interface do seem very well done but in the end, for me, the essence of a wargame like that is not in ordering mindless robot units around... thats why I liked the close combat series so much. Order a unit to do something and they'd panic, refuse, hide or surrender when under extreme pressure.

Maybe ill pick up this game in a year or two when its price drops to 10 bucks.

[321BAR]

I loved World in Conflict and after watching this I think this looks pretty similar.  I'll probably buy this.

it seems much more in depth than world in conflict also. i dont know though. there better not be nukes

[Rich52]

I'll pass. The game doesnt "Look" good at all graphics-wise and you get no trigger time yourself.

[PR3D4TOR]

it seems much more in depth than world in conflict also. i dont know though. there better not be nukes

WiC has a more involving story line, and is more of a tactical game. European Escalation has a short video briefing in between missions and no cinema style cut scenes during play. It's more of a pure RTS.

[curry1]

The game is more strategic than WiC and slower paced.  In order to be successful you have to be able to multitask more.  If you mess up in unit placement the maps are so large that you wont be able to catch up with the enemy.

[DREDIOCK]

I miss the old Avalon hill games