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ORIGINAL: Anachro

LINK HERE: Task Force Admiral

What's this game about?

The year is 1942. The US Navy and the Pacific Fleet wake up from the trauma of Pearl Harbor with a thirst for payback. Will you be the tip of the spear, follow in the steps of historical figures such as Frank Fletcher, Raymond Spruance or William Halsey, and avenge the Day of Infamy by going for the throat of the Imperial Navy? On the other hand, will your efforts fail miserably in the face of the seemingly unstoppable might of the Japanese Combined Fleet and its Carrier strike force, the famed Kido Butai?

Task Force Admiral Vol.1: American Carrier Battles lets you revisit WW2 naval combat in the Pacific as the Flag Officer in charge of a powerful American Carrier Task Force. Lead your men from the midst of the action, in the most realistic and advanced 3D tactical naval command simulation ever created!

Fight your way through the Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal and other epochal battles and places, living through the woes of war as described by the Greatest Generation.

Experience and assess in a full 3D environment the seminal struggles of 1942, which eventually defined and forged the US Navy carriers into the indomitable force they have become today.

Pre-Alpha Tech Demo Fall 2019

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Command men, not pawns: interact directly with your staff, go over their reports, answer their requests and their doubts, communicate with your headquarters and other allied forces, debrief aircrews… It is not a game simply about moving lifeless counters around a map. Your staff is made of human beings, they make mistakes, they exaggerate claims, they get tired. You are not an omniscient ship accountant, pushing papers and spreadsheets: it is not a game of pure numbers and statistics, it is first and foremost a game of guts and bets.

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ORIGINAL: Anachro

This seems to be something more in the vein of John Tiller Software's Midway game, though with an emphasis on trying to recreate the battle perspective from the task force commander. The excerpt from the website below is the indicator for me here:

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Command men, not pawns: interact directly with your staff, go over their reports, answer their requests and their doubts, communicate with your headquarters and other allied forces, debrief aircrews… It is not a game simply about moving lifeless counters around a map. Your staff is made of human beings, they make mistakes, they exaggerate claims, they get tired. You are not an omniscient ship accountant, pushing papers and spreadsheets: it is not a game of pure numbers and statistics, it is first and foremost a game of guts and bets.

That said the cherry on top is this is all being done in a fully 3D environment that dynamically renders land and sea using GPS tech and fuller modeled ships to better simulate dynamic damage states on the ships from hits, etc. This all sounds very cool to me. I look forward to seeing it get realized and I shared the concerns about if the team is able to stay true to their intentions and have the resources to accomplish it.

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy


Remind me not to take Fuchida's word for it when I get his BDA report, please.

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ORIGINAL: jmscho

"American Carrier Battles lets you revisit WW2 naval combat in the Pacific as the Flag Officer in charge of a powerful American Carrier Task Force"
If that is the case, the only graphics needed are view out of any windows in the Flag Bridge and of all aspects inside - particularly maps and intelligence reports.
Anything else is gloss and unnecessary - IMHO.

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ORIGINAL: HansBolter

Visually impressive, but little information provided describing the control interface.

Control interface for an individual plane was portrayed,

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ORIGINAL: obvert

I've played war-games without the animations that make AE so interesting, and I think if the player still has control of forces in some detail, FOW makes the game interesting to watch as a real time experience. I'm all for great graphics as a ay to see the results fo decisions and visualise the combat taking place. Imagine being able to take the seat on a 40mm gun watching a strike dive in, or sit in a Wildcat diving on the same Vals from above, or watching the strike from a nearby cruiser. All of those vantage points would be cool to see and be able to switch to in the midst of the action.

Not sure that is the goal, but that's where I would see graphics take a lead role. We certainly don't love just having a combat report of the most important turns in game. We want to see it play out, see the drama unfold. What if that were in a 3-D graphically interesting (and somewhat accurate) world?

I'm imagining guiding the ships into range, setting up CAP and strikes, launching and then sitting back, as in AE, and watching the results while managing maybe a few more details like CAP and fleet reactions/orders. Maybe switching back and forth form the offensive strike to the defensive position as the day unfolds.

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: obvert

I've played war-games without the animations that make AE so interesting, and I think if the player still has control of forces in some detail, FOW makes the game interesting to watch as a real time experience. I'm all for great graphics as a ay to see the results fo decisions and visualise the combat taking place. Imagine being able to take the seat on a 40mm gun watching a strike dive in, or sit in a Wildcat diving on the same Vals from above, or watching the strike from a nearby cruiser. All of those vantage points would be cool to see and be able to switch to in the midst of the action.

Not sure that is the goal, but that's where I would see graphics take a lead role. We certainly don't love just having a combat report of the most important turns in game. We want to see it play out, see the drama unfold. What if that were in a 3-D graphically interesting (and somewhat accurate) world?

I'm imagining guiding the ships into range, setting up CAP and strikes, launching and then sitting back, as in AE, and watching the results while managing maybe a few more details like CAP and fleet reactions/orders. Maybe switching back and forth form the offensive strike to the defensive position as the day unfolds.

I actually prefer to skip the animations 95% of the time.

The only ones I watch are sub combats, because the combat report for those does not give enough info. And select surface combats - same reason.

The rest I could do without, but it's an all or nothing thing.

Well, I guess the air-to-air screen is sometimes informative in terms of number of planes present.

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ORIGINAL: obvert
What if it was a fully 3-D graphical world with enough visual detail and accuracy to make you feel like you were seeing the results of your orders playing out over a 10-15 minute "filmic" animation? Would that be more interesting?

It would to me!

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ORIGINAL: obvert

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: obvert

I've played war-games without the animations that make AE so interesting, and I think if the player still has control of forces in some detail, FOW makes the game interesting to watch as a real time experience. I'm all for great graphics as a ay to see the results fo decisions and visualise the combat taking place. Imagine being able to take the seat on a 40mm gun watching a strike dive in, or sit in a Wildcat diving on the same Vals from above, or watching the strike from a nearby cruiser. All of those vantage points would be cool to see and be able to switch to in the midst of the action.

Not sure that is the goal, but that's where I would see graphics take a lead role. We certainly don't love just having a combat report of the most important turns in game. We want to see it play out, see the drama unfold. What if that were in a 3-D graphically interesting (and somewhat accurate) world?

I'm imagining guiding the ships into range, setting up CAP and strikes, launching and then sitting back, as in AE, and watching the results while managing maybe a few more details like CAP and fleet reactions/orders. Maybe switching back and forth form the offensive strike to the defensive position as the day unfolds.

I actually prefer to skip the animations 95% of the time.

The only ones I watch are sub combats, because the combat report for those does not give enough info. And select surface combats - same reason.

The rest I could do without, but it's an all or nothing thing.

Well, I guess the air-to-air screen is sometimes informative in terms of number of planes present.

What if it was a fully 3-D graphical world with enough visual detail and accuracy to make you feel like you were seeing the results of your orders playing out over a 10-15 minute "filmic" animation? Would that be more interesting?

It would to me!

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: obvert

I've played war-games without the animations that make AE so interesting, and I think if the player still has control of forces in some detail, FOW makes the game interesting to watch as a real time experience. I'm all for great graphics as a ay to see the results fo decisions and visualise the combat taking place. Imagine being able to take the seat on a 40mm gun watching a strike dive in, or sit in a Wildcat diving on the same Vals from above, or watching the strike from a nearby cruiser. All of those vantage points would be cool to see and be able to switch to in the midst of the action.

Not sure that is the goal, but that's where I would see graphics take a lead role. We certainly don't love just having a combat report of the most important turns in game. We want to see it play out, see the drama unfold. What if that were in a 3-D graphically interesting (and somewhat accurate) world?

I'm imagining guiding the ships into range, setting up CAP and strikes, launching and then sitting back, as in AE, and watching the results while managing maybe a few more details like CAP and fleet reactions/orders. Maybe switching back and forth form the offensive strike to the defensive position as the day unfolds.

I actually prefer to skip the animations 95% of the time.

The only ones I watch are sub combats, because the combat report for those does not give enough info. And select surface combats - same reason.

The rest I could do without, but it's an all or nothing thing.

Well, I guess the air-to-air screen is sometimes informative in terms of number of planes present.

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ORIGINAL: jagsdomain

This is the dream game

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

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ORIGINAL: jagsdomain

This is the dream game

You appear to be having a recurring dream, jags !

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ORIGINAL: LeeChard

This looks very interesting to me