Adam Parker -> RE: Korsun Pocket? (12/31/2006 4:27:45 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Gorland Hi I ordered Korsun Pocket on impulse.I'm not a very experienced war gamer but I wanted something besides all the RTS stuff out there...I know it's late to ask but any opinions on the game? Tom Tom it's a good historically researched war game. It allows you to play both flanks as the Russians and then combine the two into a campaign. It teaches the art of breakthrough and pincer. I can't vouch for the voracity of the Germans vs a Russian AI. You're also very lucky because once you understand the very easy to follow Decisive Battles system, you'll be able to next buy what I think is one of the nest wargames ever (and easily the best PC war game covering DDay) Battles In Normandy. The AI has been tweaked superbly and new features added. I disagree that TOAW is a better wargaming system. Both have their abstractions. The biggest shortcoming of TOAW is that it tracks every asset a unit "theoretically" comprises. Not only will these TO&E's (tables of organization and equipment) be inaccurate but the game then prefaces itself on a unit employing every one of these assets it has in combat - each and every time - every rifle, every jeep, every truck... And in battle this would just never be the case. Too much minutae resulting in ahistoricity. Stick with Decisive Battles - especially pick up the Normandy game when you are ready and it will (with its own abstractions) teach you some great lessons of WW2. After that you have another fine title covering the battles for Sicily and Italy awaiting [;)] Adam.
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