Complete World War II Collection & Conversions

[Cal]

quote: Originally posted by PolarisGL on 02-11-2001 10:37 PM No, I suggest everyone buy the game.

Is CDV Software giving you kickbacks?

[DarthVeda]

Well when King Tiger tanks are more plentiful than water, along with Tiger tanks, considering only a handful were made during the entire war, you have to wonder what the designers were smoking.

It's a fair bet that during any given battle the ratio of Tigers to Panthers is about 1:1.1

Also, you get to destroy about 1% of the entire german Tiger production run in a fairly standard battle.

Anybody ever see a Sherman or a Churchill take out a King Tiger through the frontal plate? Or two or three grenades blow a tiger to bits? Play this game and you will find out.

[SixArmedMan]

From what I've read on online reviews, anti-tank guns are quite the infantry killer in this game...

[PolarisGL]

DV, are you playing the demo?

And sometimes, DV, you will have AT infantry that you can't see that will blow them up.

And I haven't had a mission with that many Tigers.

"Polaris, can you make your own maps for this game like in Age of Empires?"

No, but I think there is an unofficial editor being made online somewhere.

[DarthVeda]

I agree with this review 100%
http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/filter...198842,00.html

[PolarisGL]

1 review out of 100 says its bad. Refer to the other 99.

[MagyarCrusader]

DarthVeda, speaking of Close Combat, do you know if microsoft is making another one? I love that series and I have all 5 of them, although I didn't like the new Normandy one that much (other than the beach battles).

[PolarisGL]

What is Close Combat?

[DarthVeda]

Pros:

Attractive graphics
Simple, straightforward gameplay


Cons:
Overly simplistic gameplay
Bad artificial intelligence

[DarthVeda]

Close Combat is a series put out by Microsoft. I have the third isntallment of it and I frankly think it plays way better (at least way more realistically) than sudden strike.

It's not quite as pretty (not isometric, at least in III) but it is certainly a lot more fun because there is actually continuity to the missions and a quazi-Panzer General feel to the buy menu.

[JohnPC]

The Close Combat series' distribution has been taken over by SSI as of the fourth game in the series "Battle of the Bulge". I believe there is another after that and SSI is a company that will probably continue to develop the series.