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The big issue with Close Combat is the commands. Going through that drop down menu every time in an RTS is bad. And the zoom is also awful. But still, Close Combat 2 A Bridge Too Far is fantastic. From what I've heard, the new ones haven't changed much?
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CMx2 has occasional dynamic campaigns, but usually it's all pre-scripted boring scenarios. If you're looking for something close to Close Combat, CM isn't for you. They have demos though, so check them out before purchasing. There are demos of every CM game, so if you just want a couple scenarios you can have a bit of fun that way.
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Alchenar posted:Tried to play To End All Wars. If people had to suffer through that to conquer their neighbours, it really would end all wars.
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Sep 1, 2014 19:50
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The counters are really lovely looking though. Extremely nice and shiny.
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Sep 2, 2014 20:31
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pixelbaron posted:Is Ultimate General: Gettysburg any good/getting good? I keep looking at it and thinking about getting it but then I read peoples thoughts on it and they are usually disappointed in some way. It's phenomenal for the price. It's a fantastic game made even better with the heightmaps and is very enjoyable. Great (enemy) AI, superb campaigns and beautiful aesthetic. Can be frustrating at times though due to how line of sight works.
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Is War in the Pacific a good game for a completely inept moron (as the US) to play against an actually intelligent foe (as Japan)? I'm awful at these games, so my friend always beats me no matter what, so I'd like historical balance to be weighted heavily in my favour. From what I've heard, if the US doesn't screw up too badly it'll win. Or would we be better off playing War in the East?
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Sep 24, 2014 22:36
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Thanks everyone, I'll see about tricking my friend into playing WitP. We did try War in the East, but things went so badly for me that yes, I did lose Moscow just before mud started. If only it came a little sooner, maybe I'd ve been able to hold them off, but oh well. Pro tip: Don't do a hedgehog defense small enough so the enemies can just walk past it and encircle you. It only delays them a turn or two.
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Sep 25, 2014 20:02
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Fangz posted:Must Resist Urge To Mock No, you can definitely mock me. After No Retreat! I really should've learned my lesson when it comes to the Eastern Front.
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Sep 25, 2014 20:21
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Riso posted:Out of sharp glass that cuts you when you try and pick it up. You can say that again. I've been messing around for the past two weeks trying to get a competent turn done. Boats are harder than people.
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Oct 11, 2014 21:08
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WiiFitForWindows8 posted:Any grognard games that let you do Japan? I don't really care for Shogun 2 but I always wanted to do strategy with Japan. War in the Pacific looks like it, but I was hoping WW1 period or earlier. Most I can think of is Sengoku, Europa Universalis 4, Victoria 2 or Hearts of Iron (I think Darkest Days does WW1). Basically pretty much only Paradox games.
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Oct 21, 2014 10:06
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Saros posted:WITP but without many of the improvements What kind of torture is that? Please tell me that at least has much less units.
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Oct 21, 2014 10:20
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It isn't pay to win. It's just bad.
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Nov 10, 2014 20:08
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Tomn posted:So does anybody have any advice on how to conduct an offensive in Ultimate General: Gettysburg? I can just about manage to defend a position in good terrain (cycle units in and out, keep corps commander close enough to allow morale to recover, hurl in as many nearby people as possible any old how if a breakthrough seems imminent), and I've pulled off victories as the Union before, but every time I attempt an offensive it always seems to end the same way: with broken brigades reeling backwards and completely shorn of combat capability. Especially in the face of artillery. I always keep a token force at the center, and rush one flank as the Union. I keep all my artillery on Oak Ridge and if you do enough damage early, drawing the enemy into range of your cannons, you can do enough damage to be able to take every victory point by the end of the first phase.
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Nov 21, 2014 18:27
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StashAugustine posted:So is Armageddon at least decent? Anyone bought it yet? There are at least 10 different Leman Russ variants. Take that as you will.
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Where from? I'm quite tempted to try it out myself. I've heard very good things, and at that price it's a bargain.
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Nov 26, 2014 23:05
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Does anyone here know if there are any particular issues with Silent Hunter 3 if played over a long period of time, or without time compression? I might have something crazy planned.
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Dec 10, 2014 18:11
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dMastri posted:I remembered reading about a guy who did this awhile back (2005!), but can't locate the actual article on him or any relevant "let's play." I did find this thread that mentions it and notes that PC Gamer covered it in print. Oh yes, that's made my day. This will be fun.
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Dec 10, 2014 19:11
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Takanago posted:I remember the guy who played that in real-time noted that the crew status degraded unusually fast. And he couldn't go to sleep without waking up to a bunch of warnings of really tired crew members. I'll just remove fatigue. There'll be other reasons for me to switch crew around.
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Dec 10, 2014 21:02
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Dark_Swordmaster posted:If you wanted to play Silent Hunter as a realtime waiting simulator why not just play Silent Hunter Online? Please, if I really wanted such pain I'd play the prettier game, Silent Hunter 5. Then again, it crashes too much.
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Dec 10, 2014 22:58
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Davin Valkri posted:Wait, War in the East is ENTIRELY ground combat! What's it good at modeling if it can't do that properly?! That's not true, technically War in the East models air! 
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Jan 2, 2015 21:16
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PleasingFungus posted:but what are my light units good for? Bugger all but scouting. They aren't the greatest, and I'm not sure if that's just the game or if that's due to the period.
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Illegal Username posted:I know this is a bit odd but anyone know of a grog/strategy game you can run on an android smartphone? I'm in the middle of a streak of long&boring night shifts. There are many SNES emulators on Android, and the best game in the Pacific theater is there: P.T.O. 2. I play it mostly for the meetings, where you have to fight tooth and nail to secure your funding, plans for foreign policy and attack targets. It even models somewhat the potential for a military leader to become more influential than the president/prime minister. War in the Pacific PBEM can go to hell, two player local SNES wargames are where its at.
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Jan 10, 2015 19:07
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Panzeh posted:PTO 2 has some neat things but when you play it a while you realize how the game kind of bursts at he seams. It's still fun, but the SNES version loads really slowly. Yes, but it's also a game where the Foreign Minister can gently caress over Japan by forcing everyone to not declare war in time for an attack on Pearl Harbour. I love internal power struggles and politics too much to care about small details like that. All games need that is basically what I'm saying.
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Jan 11, 2015 00:30
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Do the other games in the series feature the internal politics portion? Because P.T.O. 4 is in English and on the PS2, and that might fix some of the issues with the actual strategy portion of it.
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SquadronROE posted:So I saw that there's a Close Combat I never got to play. I always enjoyed the scale of those games (platoon level, maybe company). Is there a good turn-based WW2 squad or platoon level game out there that isn't Silent Storm? Combat Mission doesn't have campaigns that hold a candle to Close Combat. You might want 101st Airborne, that game is an absolute classic.
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May 9, 2015 21:57
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SquadronROE posted:101st looks exactly to be what I want. Any idea where I could find it? You cannot secure it legally online unfortunately. Pointing you to it directly would be  but its out there. Alternatively, you can always order it on Amazon or eBay, as I can't find a place to order it from the developer's website. If you're lucky they might have a second hand copy for sale nearby. But you can pre-order the upcoming 82nd Airborne game, that nobody has heard of since 2008 and is still taking in $54.95 pre-orders. 
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Lichtenstein posted:What are my best options to get my Caesar on? Caeser 3 is probably the only other good one. That's not really grog though.
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May 24, 2015 16:33
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Riso posted:https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly This is unbelievable. I thought these companies didn't know how sales worked, let alone the humble freaking bundle. $10 for Close Combat is a steal, but with the other games I just feel bad.
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Jun 4, 2015 19:10
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Darkrenown posted:Wow, a bundle was pretty unexpected. How's the CC game? It isn't the best Close Combat, but its still pretty good.
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Tias posted:Anyone know of a good Stuka/Messerschmidt sim game that is not too difficult? Battle of Britain 2 is superb, and has both a strategic level and a flight level.
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Jun 5, 2015 20:15
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Lichtenstein posted:Not on fire => not dead. quote:It's life, but not as we know it. There's Nazis on the starboard bow, scrape them off Jim.
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Jun 13, 2015 21:18
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Baloogan posted:In this case (RTB when Winchester) its not a good idea, but one reason to do so could be stylistic.
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COOL CORN posted:Is Supreme Ruler Ultimate any good? It's on flash sale on Steam for $9, so I picked it up. Looks like a pretty light nation builder, which I usually enjoy. I unified America with no negative repercussions at the game's start, and then marched my troops to Korea forcing both North and South Korea to ally against me. World domination by 1962. It's bad.
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ElBrak posted:Dtkozl lent me his cdkey for RTW so i could play it while i wait to buy my own copy. I been playing it all night and I gotta say, fights between early battleships take forrrrever. You can't hit poo poo and when you do it doesn't do much. Torps are deadly as poo poo but very short range early on. I am on my second game as Russia and I managed to get into a war with Germany within a year. Good times. I am extremely excited to gain the ability to purchase this game shortly, it seems like oh so much fun. Has anybody finished a full game yet, and how long did it/will it take?
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Mildly looking forward to playing the game has turned into being unable to wait for my ability to throw  at it. This looks and sounds amazing.
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Jul 13, 2015 00:11
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Koesj posted:If Paradox hadn't ruthlessly pulled the plug on East v West you could have been designing nuclear powered rocket cruisers to your heart's content We all know that it would suffer from the same thing Shadow President did: Everyone would just nuke Canada and stop playing the game.
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Dreamsicle posted:How would you simulate the fuckload of missiles Mobius/Blaze/Cipher gets in the game? The ace pilot is actually 50 different planes. That explains the amount of firepower and survivability.
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Jul 22, 2015 01:29
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Yooper posted:What sort of new Grog stuff is coming down the pipe? I don't see much for previews anywhere. HOI4 is the only big one I'm aware of. There's a new Close Combat and also a Pike and Shot expansion adding in campaigns.
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I'd assume he's working on a new game. We'll probably see an announcement sometime next year. Ultimate General Gettysburg is one of the few real time games that actually works well on iPad, whilst also being one of the most fun Civil War strategy games on PC, especially at that price.
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dtkozl posted:There is a bug where the time compression keeps whatever weather you were at I think. You could have a month worth of stormy weather in sh4 it is a game with a lot of personality. (its a fat girl) Even on real time the Silent Hunter games do week long storms. Don't think they expected people to do it, so it's understandable that they didn't balance the game for it.
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