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Is this a 2019 or 2020 release?
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All I want to know is will the new version have time on target mission planning?
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Oct 2, 2019 06:17
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V for Vegas posted:Is this a 2019 or 2020 release? Yes.
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Oct 2, 2019 13:15
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Unimpressed posted:All I want to know is will the new version have time on target mission planning? Not quite yet. Your Excel sheet will be still useful for a while.
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Oct 2, 2019 13:16
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Dimitris posted:Not quite yet. Your Excel sheet will be still useful for a while. Genuinely curious,why is it so hard or deprioritised?
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Oct 2, 2019 15:29
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Unimpressed posted:Genuinely curious,why is it so hard or deprioritised? We cannot talk about this ATM, sorry.
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Oct 2, 2019 19:26
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Major government body wanted it for the pro edition and you signed something saying you can't distribute, fair enough.
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Oct 2, 2019 20:14
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Nothing like wanting to play some Steel Panthers and realizing that you got one download back in 2013 
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Oct 3, 2019 00:40
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Top Hats Monthly posted:Nothing like wanting to play some Steel Panthers and realizing that you got one download back in 2013 I think fans have updated it since then, fixed some bugs and such. You might want to download it again
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Oct 3, 2019 00:45
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Top Hats Monthly posted:Nothing like wanting to play some Steel Panthers and realizing that you got one download back in 2013 Steel Panthers is freeware now in multiple variations. WinSPMBT and WinSPWW2 are based on Steel Panthers 2, and Steel Panthers World At War is based on (IIRC) Steel Panthers 3.
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Oct 3, 2019 01:23
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"Close Combat: The Bloody First is now available on Steam!"
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Oct 3, 2019 15:17
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I hope reviews for CC come out quickly. I watched a gameplay video last night and was kinda turned off watching a tank miss like 6 shots in row on a parked halftrack 100 yard away. It seem's the game puts a lot of weight into RNG to determine hits.
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Oct 3, 2019 15:26
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Popete posted:I hope reviews for CC come out quickly. I watched a gameplay video last night and was kinda turned off watching a tank miss like 6 shots in row on a parked halftrack 100 yard away. It seem's the game puts a lot of weight into RNG to determine hits. I saw a similar event. A pair of allied tanks (M4's or M3's) drove along the flank of a Tiger. One sat at a distance and shot while the other drove up about 20m behind and just kept shooting the Tiger in the rear end. Eventually the Tiger died but it didn't seem terribly concerned about the tank shooting it from behind. I'm going to wait for the goonhivemind to check it out.
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Oct 3, 2019 15:31
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That's super disappointing. I was really hoping for a more realistic version of the Men of War franchise and I was kinda pinning my hopes on this one.
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Oct 3, 2019 17:09
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Maps look kinda small but maybe that's just what I've seen so far. Enemy AI seems kinda dumb, like it'll just park vehicles and they never really maneuver they just shoot at whatever they see. Squads take direct mortar/artillery fire and no one gets killed, it's like you can see the dice being rolled just off screen. Still gonna wait for reviews cause I'd love to play some CC but I'm kinda bummed at what I've seen so far. Though artillery strikes do look pretty intense when they're raining down.
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Oct 3, 2019 17:19
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Popete posted:it's like you can see the dice being rolled just off screen. i mean, that's kind of pretty much what's happening? CC was never intended to be a fast-moving RTS ala Men of War, but the series has always tried to have it both ways and it creates weird expectations. Because it's "real time" (although super-slow) one would expect to see a more accurate representation of individual behaviors on the battlefield, but internally, it appears that all units are treated as "static" at point of contact when there's interaction between opposing forces -- the "characters" we see on the screen should be considered "chits" with the animations being nothing more than generic representations of the behind-the-scenes calculations. I think CC would benefit greatly by moving towards a system based upon turn-based movement WITH the appropriate and specific animations ala Battle Academy. AARP LARPer fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Oct 3, 2019 |
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Oct 3, 2019 17:35
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Yeah that's true, I guess maybe it's just more jarring in 3d cause you see a group of infantry get hit with a massive explosion dead on and nothing really happens. Same with tanks firing and missing point blank at each other. The maps look smaller and everything is close up and yet they're missing repeatedly.
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Oct 3, 2019 17:37
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Popete posted:Yeah that's true, I guess maybe it's just more jarring in 3d cause you see a group of infantry get hit with a massive explosion dead on and nothing really happens. Same with tanks firing and missing point blank at each other. The maps look smaller and everything is close up and yet they're missing repeatedly. Yep. It really exposes this issue more than ever now which is too bad. There's a great game in there somewhere.
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Oct 3, 2019 17:39
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Very much a 'in that case why on earth did you make the game 3d?' Moment.
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Oct 3, 2019 17:43
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Wasn't CC originally created as the "Advanced Squad Leader board game turned into a video game"? It's all die rolls baby
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Oct 3, 2019 17:44
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Alchenar posted:Very much a 'in that case why on earth did you make the game 3d?' Moment. Maybe that's why this game took so long to come out. It looks like they weren't quite sure how to turn CC into a 3d game and make the scale look proper.
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Oct 3, 2019 17:48
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All that said if reviews are positive I'll probably end up getting it cause I really enjoy the CC games.
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Oct 3, 2019 17:50
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COOL CORN posted:Wasn't CC originally created as the "Advanced Squad Leader board game turned into a video game"? It's all die rolls baby yup. they had to rejigger it a bunch once they realized that their morale system only ever went one direction: down
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Oct 3, 2019 17:52
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Alchenar posted:Very much a 'in that case why on earth did you make the game 3d?' Moment. It's helpful in terms of judging terrain height which was a bitch to visualize in 2d, but I agree that the overall effect is to raise expectations that go beyond what CC offers.
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Oct 3, 2019 18:05
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Why would anyone play Close Combat, a bad Advanced Squad Leader video game when you could play the Official Squad Leader video game?
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Oct 3, 2019 18:16
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Why would anyone play Close Combat, a bad Advanced Squad Leader video game when you could play the Official Squad Leader video game? Or better yet, the garbage implementation called Tigers in the Mist?
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Oct 3, 2019 18:22
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COOL CORN posted:Or better yet, the garbage implementation called Tigers in the Mist?  Squad Leader!
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Oct 3, 2019 18:44
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Hey, the discord invite in the OP is expired. Anyone got one? I'm about to buy CMANO and be extremely confused. EDIT: Nice, literally as soon as I posted this I got sent one by a nice goon in AirGoons. Thanks, y'all.
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Oct 3, 2019 22:48
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I have really been looking forward to the new CC, but watching a few videos, it looks kinda ugly in 3D. The visible edges of the map with blank space beyond is really awkward. Definitely gonna wait for reviews and goonsensus on this one.
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Oct 4, 2019 01:10
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Bold Robot posted:I have really been looking forward to the new CC, but watching a few videos, it looks kinda ugly in 3D. The visible edges of the map with blank space beyond is really awkward. Definitely gonna wait for reviews and goonsensus on this one. Yeah I had the same impression back when videos of it first came out. lol that everyone's realizing all along they didn't want a 3D Close Combat game
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Oct 4, 2019 01:49
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Popete posted:Yeah I had the same impression back when videos of it first came out. Maybe it's just that the desert level that everyone is doing videos of is particularly ugly? I hope? Screenshots of later levels look a little better. What a weird way that they decided to do the edge of the map. Ultimate General Civil War is not that different in terms of taking the perspective they're trying to go for and having map edges and it looks just fine.
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Oct 4, 2019 02:03
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Yeah I think maybe that's why the maps look so small too, the edges are just such an abrupt end.
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Oct 4, 2019 03:40
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Man I thought CMs skyboxes were lovely.
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Oct 4, 2019 03:42
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Popete posted:Yeah I think maybe that's why the maps look so small too, the edges are just such an abrupt end. I honestly haven't really noticed it that much. It could be better but I'm not particularly cognizant of it during play. Engagements are pretty close for the most part, too, <150-200m, just due to LOS issues.
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Played a few hours of the new Close Combat. The campaign structure and options are similar to Gate Way to Caen. You have about a whole company of units but in each battle you'll have probably 1 platoon of units and extra. You can decide the tempo of attack. Like a lot of people say, tank and gun accuracy is atrocious. Your tank will often hit the chest high wall in front of it, Instead of the target on a hill above it. There's a new system where you can assign extra weapon or form ad hoc team for different function (such as an assault squad with all SMG). Overall it plays similar to any other CC title.
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Oct 4, 2019 05:55
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Wargamer.com's review isn't glowing either, https://www.wargamer.com/reviews/close-combat-the-bloody-first/
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Oct 4, 2019 06:01
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The Alpha version of Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts is now available. https://www.dreadnoughts.ultimateadmiral.com/post/pre-order-and-play I'm an impulsive idiot, so good chance I'll buy into this in the next day or three. Then again, I ended up never buying RtW2, so who knows? Galaga Galaxian fucked around with this message at 06:44 on Oct 4, 2019 |
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Galaga Galaxian posted:The Alpha version of Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts is now available.  awaaay, I'll let you know how broken it ise: ship building looks cool as gently caress apseudonym fucked around with this message at 07:01 on Oct 4, 2019 |
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Oct 4, 2019 06:45
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There's no way it's as disappointing as rtw2
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cc always had dogshit ai. if it has a good campaign overlay its good, otherwise its a hard pass
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