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Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 7:56:30 AM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		Well I thought that I would post this to see what the general purchasing public think of the new game......well at least those that now have it.

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 10:09:33 AM   
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Status: offline 		I know Bilbow got it and said the interface was definitely familiar but the new buttons,etc and HQ rules will take some getting used to. Bill, are you out there to give us first hand impressions?

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 10:28:18 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Raverdave

Well I thought that I would post this to see what the general purchasing public think of the new game......well at least those that now have it.


Bit unfair to ask so soon..., all you'll get is hype. Why not give them a week to
actually get familiar with how it works before asking for impressions. I would doubt
even those that bought it this morning are much past the "wow, this looks great" and
"how the devil do you make it do that" stage yet.

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 3:06:36 PM   
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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 4:22:06 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Drex

I know Bilbow got it and said the interface was definitely familiar but the new buttons,etc and HQ rules will take some getting used to. Bill, are you out there to give us first hand impressions?


Well for me, it will take a few MONTHs, minimum for me to even begin forming an opinion. I fully expect the OOB to be a good one, but it is post-OOB that does it for me. What will we think of this game by next Christmas? That's the key.

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 7:34:16 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ZOOMIE1980

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ORIGINAL: Drex

I know Bilbow got it and said the interface was definitely familiar but the new buttons,etc and HQ rules will take some getting used to. Bill, are you out there to give us first hand impressions?


Well for me, it will take a few MONTHs, minimum for me to even begin forming an opinion. I fully expect the OOB to be a good one, but it is post-OOB that does it for me. What will we think of this game by next Christmas? That's the key.


I think the real key is what ‘fresh’ customers think about WitP, those who didn’t participate in forum polemics during development stage and never played UV. Of course they also need a couple of weeks or so to figure out what is what.

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 7:41:34 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ZOOMIE1980

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ORIGINAL: Drex

I know Bilbow got it and said the interface was definitely familiar but the new buttons,etc and HQ rules will take some getting used to. Bill, are you out there to give us first hand impressions?


Well for me, it will take a few MONTHs, minimum for me to even begin forming an opinion. I fully expect the OOB to be a good one, but it is post-OOB that does it for me. What will we think of this game by next Christmas? That's the key.


I think the real key is what ‘fresh’ customers think about WitP, those who didn’t participate in forum polemics during development stage and never played UV. Of course they also need a couple of weeks or so to figure out what is what.


Well I doubt many of those will even exist until some time after this coming Christmas....when some well meaning girlfriend's/spouses by them a copy as a gift they may think will go over well.... Most of those types have no idea, yet, that WitP even exists....

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 7:44:45 PM   
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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 8:00:11 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ZOOMIE1980

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ORIGINAL: Subchaser

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ORIGINAL: ZOOMIE1980

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ORIGINAL: Drex

I know Bilbow got it and said the interface was definitely familiar but the new buttons,etc and HQ rules will take some getting used to. Bill, are you out there to give us first hand impressions?


Well for me, it will take a few MONTHs, minimum for me to even begin forming an opinion. I fully expect the OOB to be a good one, but it is post-OOB that does it for me. What will we think of this game by next Christmas? That's the key.


I think the real key is what ‘fresh’ customers think about WitP, those who didn’t participate in forum polemics during development stage and never played UV. Of course they also need a couple of weeks or so to figure out what is what.


Well I doubt many of those will even exist until some time after this coming Christmas....when some well meaning girlfriend's/spouses by them a copy as a gift they may think will go over well.... Most of those types have no idea, yet, that WitP even exists....


Wargaming is not that part of the computer games world where people buy products in by-the-way style… ohh! This one must be nice monster game! I take it. If Matrix games will manage everything properly, right people will soon get the right info and we will see ‘fresh’ customers on these forums within a month. This is, of course, my subjective opinion.

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 8:03:59 PM   
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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 8:07:26 PM   
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Has Xargun been on line for more than 5 minutes since yesterday?

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 8:09:42 PM   
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Has Xargun been on line for more than 5 minutes since yesterday?


Hence my MIA post. He has yet to be seen or heard of ... Hopefully we don't have our first KIA

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 8:11:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		Count me amoungst the lurkers. I just showed my wife what I want for my birthday next month and she replied "70 dollars!!!" " I guess my family will have to give you money again this year wont they?" Now I start saving pennies for Guns of August

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 8:13:27 PM   
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Has Xargun been on line for more than 5 minutes since yesterday?


Hence my MIA post. He has yet to be seen or heard of ... Hopefully we don't have our first KIA


We have our first POWitP

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 8:13:59 PM   
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Count me amoungst the lurkers. I just showed my wife what I want for my birthday next month and she replied "70 dollars!!!" " I guess my family will have to give you money again this year wont they?" Now I start saving pennies for Guns of August


I used to get that ... then I would remind her how much her online games cost *me* and the fact that I had to buy myself another computer so *I* could use my own computer since she had taken over my other computer.

Conversation generally ended there.

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 8:17:38 PM   
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We have our first POWitP

LOL

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 8:19:40 PM   
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We have our first POWitP


Hmmm and the Red Cross has not been notified...Must be being held by matrix.

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 9:13:53 PM   
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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 10:08:59 PM   
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Count me amoungst the lurkers. I just showed my wife what I want for my birthday next month and she replied "70 dollars!!!" " I guess my family will have to give you money again this year wont they?" Now I start saving pennies for Guns of August


I used to get that ... then I would remind her how much her online games cost *me* and the fact that I had to buy myself another computer so *I* could use my own computer since she had taken over my other computer.

Conversation generally ended there.



Must be EQ your talking about.

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/25/2004 10:09:52 PM   
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Well, for Xargun's sake at least I hope he's had a good turn 1.



He should just about be finished with it by now.

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/26/2004 12:03:07 AM   
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Well, for Xargun's sake at least I hope he's had a good turn 1.


He probably opened the box and his face froze etc.

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/26/2004 12:12:18 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Kid

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Well, for Xargun's sake at least I hope he's had a good turn 1.



He should just about be finished with it by now.


Actually it only took about 20-25 minutes for my Slow computer to run the historic turn and believe me it was horrible.. All I sunk at PH was a PT boat - not a single torpedo used - all bombs. Now I hit like 5 BB with 6+ bombs but with FOW on I probably didn't hurt em. BUT, my saving grace was the manual stating that with FOW on you may not know about ships sinking for up to 60 days from when they sunk - which is a good thing and I hope I sunk at least 1 BB.

Xargun

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/26/2004 12:16:21 AM   
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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/26/2004 1:47:06 AM   
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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/26/2004 2:42:29 AM   
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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/26/2004 4:01:00 AM   
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25 mins a turn, what CPU is that.


A nice old crappy 500 MHz.

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/26/2004 6:34:30 AM   
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Well I doubt many of those will even exist until some time after this coming Christmas....when some well meaning girlfriend's/spouses by them a copy as a gift they may think will go over well.... Most of those types have no idea, yet, that WitP even exists....


I don't know, man. With WitP being sold only through Matrix direct, I doubt that you'll get many of those. Women who know nothing about wargaming are not likely to scroll through Matrix's website. Those whose husbands put it on a list for gift suggestions are another story...

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/26/2004 6:35:35 AM   
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We have our first POWitP





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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/26/2004 6:37:19 AM   
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A nice old crappy 500 MHz.

Xargun


Hmmm...guys, maybe we all need to pitch in and help the first WitP customer upgrade his system...


(That being said, my Athlon 2500+ takes about twenty minutes to run a UV turn - because I like watching all the information!)

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RE: Impressions of the game. - 6/26/2004 6:56:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		Xargon, did you dive right into the major campaign? And what was it like when you first got to hold 5 copies in your hands? Christmas in June? Butterflies?

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