Joe D. -> RE: Thinking of buying---A few Questions (6/16/2008 6:49:06 PM)
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ORIGINAL: throttle8 ... My main concern is that I do not want a Civil War version of Hearts Of Iron. In HOI, I loved the political side of it, however the micromanaging of all the different units, the defenses, research & development, etc, took away a lot from the game ... I own both AACW and HoI and can state for the record that these engines don't have much in common, i.e., there's no R&D in AACW, as per its manual, p. 30: "As new equipment becomes available (starting in 1862), elements (sub units) are automatically upgraded into other, more effective types (e.g., early to late cavalry). Although there is R&D in Forge of Freedom -- ranging from weapons to new tactics -- most of the time I spent in AACW was to keep units in supply and out of bad wx; I basically (try) to do this w/the supply filter. Like HoI, there are some overall political choices to make in AACW re emancipation, martial law, etc., but nothing too demanding.
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