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Offline airbumba

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« on: November 24, 2004, 02:33:20 PM »
Hey guys:

I'm looking for a strategy sorta war game, without heavy graphics , something that a machine just making the AH2 cut could play.

I had a game way back, Midway , I think. You placed your ships, planes atc. then let the computer make it's move and dealt with the outcome. I'm looking for somethin like that.

Anyone know of any, it'd be appreciated.
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Offline Furball

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« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2004, 03:04:39 PM »
Civ III?
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« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2004, 03:25:19 PM »
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Civ III?


Civ III would work, as long as you turn off movement & animations half-way through a game. Once you've conquered a few countries & ethnically cleansed the cities (no joke, it's great for production when you uh.. re-staff with your own guys) and have a couple hundred units moving, your game speed takes a massive hit.

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« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2004, 03:26:35 PM »
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Civ III would work, as long as you turn off movement & animations half-way through a game. Once you've conquered a few countries & ethnically cleansed the cities (no joke, it's great for production when you uh.. re-staff with your own guys) and have a couple hundred units moving, your game speed takes a massive hit.


Then when you beat the living crap out of your computer when a man with an axe kills a modern tank... your FPS becomes much better.
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« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2004, 03:29:02 PM »
Harpoon Classic 2002 Gold ... you can d/l full version and play GIUK unregistered

Or check out the  Underdogs for some older strat games (I got a copy of a classic wargame Third Reich from there)

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Offline SunKing

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« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2004, 03:31:16 PM »
On a smaller scale there is

 Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

 Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2004, 03:42:51 PM »
Try the Close Combat series of games, real time but totally different than say command and conquer or warcraft.

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« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2004, 03:49:10 PM »
How about Steel Panthers: World at War? <<--- Free download there. :)

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« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2004, 04:37:36 PM »
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Then when you beat the living crap out of your computer when a man with an axe kills a modern tank... your FPS becomes much better.


Sweet. So I'm not the only person that's happened to.

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« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2004, 06:51:27 PM »
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On a smaller scale there is

 Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

 Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

Link


I was gonna make the exact same suggestion
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« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2004, 07:01:38 PM »
Total War: Rome is pretty good.


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« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2004, 08:25:29 PM »
Panzer General 2
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« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2004, 08:40:24 PM »
As Curval said Uncommon Valor

or it's big brother War in the Pacific

For pure land combat I am a fan of  Korsun Pocket (and it's expansion Across the Dnepr),
and they have new one in the series Battles in Normandy.

All are available from http://www.matrixgames.com

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« Reply #14 on: November 25, 2004, 12:23:31 AM »
What yor looking for bumba is
WAR

easy game all ya need is a deck of cards, and a advisary.

War dosent affect fr at all.

And if your vid card can handle it try
52 pickup.:rolleyes:
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