I think that’s what bothered me. I remember boxes floating around unanchored, all over the place.
I installed the base game of Command Ops 2 and found its interface to be subpar (from what I can recall of the Matrix versions). I know I had Battles from the Bulge and now I’m tempted to compare it. I agree that something doesn’t feel right/good about the CO2 interface…
Yeah, I have given up on Slitherine/Matrix. They are packaging Vista compliant software for a Windows 10 world.
EDIT: And charging AAA prices.
I think we are not on the same page? The Panther Games (Command Ops 2) are published by Lock n Load Publishing and I think the interface on them is… off…
The original Panther games published by Matrix were better. I think everything was presented onscreen instead of needing to click through menus to do anything.
Ah, my mistake.
The CO2 interface isn’t that bad. You can just have the windows you want open on the left hand side and forget about it. The gameplay is still excellent and I’ve happily sunk dozens of hours into it without any issue.
I played the original Command Ops and some of the add-ons, and was intrigued for a while. Overall I never realy got into it, though. I thought I’d really be up for that sort of really in-depth operational treatment of battles, but in the end, it wore me out more than entertained me. Sort of like C:MANO.
Everybody likes these “real time” tm wargames, until they have to play them. Then they decide they’re more of a chore than they were counting on. Yet still wargamers clamor for more. (Although I think the “market” has finally realized that the RT interest is largely illusory).
Yeah, if it isn’t turn based, I am not interested. As well, RT makes for a horrible MP experience.
If you have not played Empire of the Sun, you need to. Play against the Erasmus solo bot if you have no opponents. Seriously, if you don’t you will be sorry on your deathbed.
Rather morbid this evening…
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GMT has a P 500 for a mounted Catalyst map and a deeper box for $33 if anyone is interested.
Legion Wargames just released Nemesis:
http://www.legionwargames.com/legion_NEM.html#
Shipping now. Fantastic looking Operational scale title by Kim Kanger (of Dien Bien Phu and Tonkin fame).
I’m still trying to get fidelity from Legion regarding the timing of a Vassal module release. MTF…
Mine arrives tomorrow!!!
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Managed to get another turn in of our cataclysm yesterday. There’s two more left and things are looking very grim. The US and UK failed an alliance roll at the beginning of the turn and it shaped the war- the UK actually briefly took over most of Germany but lost two fighters and two armies doing it, though the German air force got attrited quite heavily by me. A communist coup got me Denmark and i decided to put an army there to try to invade Germany but it didn’t work out and he got me(also after I put my fighters in Mongolia to threaten the Japanese presence in China).
The Axis are in a good situation but a lot of things can happen in two years. US is at very low stability but I think they really have to try the alliance again to keep this game close.
A lot of crazy stuff happened- the initial surprise attack on the USSR gleaned… Romania and never entered Soviet territory. Tank armies are super important.
Re: Kursk - Battle at Prochorovka from Yobo War Games
Well, this was on sale in the Steam sale, so I picked it up. Sadly, no bueno. The game might be fine, but the interface needs serious work. You can’t zoom the map, and there’s no minimap, so it’s impossible to get a sense of the overall situation. Once you’ve clicked a defender, you can’t un-select it, you have to attack it. And it claims to have three scenarios, but no matter which one you pick, it always starts the same one. Refunded.
Maybe I’ll try it again if he updates it.