Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: bo

I do hope there is no world war 1, from my view point, WW2 has the most computer games attached to it of any era in war game history, that does not mean it is a good game done by certain companies, it just means it is WW2. Strategic command is a good decent game of WW2 with a more decent AI then in the past.

I admit I am strictly a WW2 gamer inside and out but that is my preferrence it does not mean other eras of war are not excellent, they are just not for me.

I believe heart and soul that Fury and Matrix should redo the Pacific War from scratch. To me there is so much more involved in the Pacific, the combat thought process is different in many ways. It is a naval war game pure and simple. Not that I want to see a simple game I would like a game filled with many different decisions to make.

If they, Hubert and Bill attempt this the AI will have to be even better than SC2's AI and the naval aspect will have to be better, the islands will have to have more hexes than before for better combat.

I liked their first attempt at Pacific war, the failure was a very lackluster AI, if this AI plus improvements could be redone it could truly be a great game.

There might be many players like me who might get weary of the constant WW2 games of the drab hard fighting in Russia it is always the same. I guess some players enjoy that kind of fighting and I respect their opinion.

Anyway I would like to see on the table a Pacific game, after this game is brought up to snuff which should not be long, do to the ability of Hubert and Bill.

Bo

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ORIGINAL: Xwormwood

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ORIGINAL: bo

I do hope there is no world war 1, from my view point, WW2 has the most computer games attached to it of any era in war game history, that does not mean it is a good game done by certain companies, it just means it is WW2. Strategic command is a good decent game of WW2 with a more decent AI then in the past.

I admit I am strictly a WW2 gamer inside and out but that is my preferrence it does not mean other eras of war are not excellent, they are just not for me.

I believe heart and soul that Fury and Matrix should redo the Pacific War from scratch. To me there is so much more involved in the Pacific, the combat thought process is different in many ways. It is a naval war game pure and simple. Not that I want to see a simple game I would like a game filled with many different decisions to make.

If they, Hubert and Bill attempt this the AI will have to be even better than SC2's AI and the naval aspect will have to be better, the islands will have to have more hexes than before for better combat.

I liked their first attempt at Pacific war, the failure was a very lackluster AI, if this AI plus improvements could be redone it could truly be a great game.

There might be many players like me who might get weary of the constant WW2 games of the drab hard fighting in Russia it is always the same. I guess some players enjoy that kind of fighting and I respect their opinion.

Anyway I would like to see on the table a Pacific game, after this game is brought up to snuff which should not be long, do to the ability of Hubert and Bill.

Bo

Bo, believe me: the last SC WW1 game was great. Do yourself a favour and grab SC3 WW1 whenever it may be released. You won't regret it.

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ORIGINAL: rosseau

With all respect, I hope not the Pacific. It was clearly (for me) the weakest of all the SC games.

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ORIGINAL: ME262

I agree with Vonik on this subject.. WW1 + WW2 have been played out often... with the AI this game presents a roman era game is a perfect fit. I can feel a Pacific update in the works.. which I would enjoy way too much .... however the Roman era does offer its self up to an tremendous amount of warfare not well covered. a great opportunity here I believe to exploit an overlooked time frame in history.... the napoleon mod(in progress) is a great example of what can be.

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ORIGINAL: freeboy

armies and sizes corresponding to time amount actually work... I was thinking Rome era through 1200 with monthly turns.. think total war lite with only auto resolve for you TWR and Attila fans out there

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ORIGINAL: Xwormwood

I would go for a Total War approach, with the difference that instead of real time battles, there should be turn based battles.
The map wouldn't be the battlefield, the battlefield would be separate, for each and every battle.
This would make everything easy - starting from island hopping up to stacking (the political map would know "stacked" task forces, which would deploy on a Panzer General kind of map once the battle starts.
Such a large map would it make possible to loose contact with an enemy fleet, or to never even find the enemy.

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ORIGINAL: Xwormwood

I would go for a Total War approach, with the difference that instead of real time battles, there should be turn based battles.
The map wouldn't be the battlefield, the battlefield would be separate, for each and every battle.
This would make everything easy - starting from island hopping up to stacking (the political map would know "stacked" task forces, which would deploy on a Panzer General kind of map once the battle starts.
Such a large map would it make possible to loose contact with an enemy fleet, or to never even find the enemy.

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ORIGINAL: n0kn0k

I've been pitching this idea for the last 10 years in a Roman era SC2 game.
I even started the mod about 10 years ago as a proof of concept, but I never managed to finish it.

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ORIGINAL: bo

Xwormwood I like this idea, very good, I made a post like this but mostly about the Pacific theater, but you said it way better than I did, the key to the Pacific game would have to be a revamped naval warfare mod.

Bo