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Josh -> RE: John Tiller Campaign Series vs. Adavanced Tactics (5/31/2011 9:56:12 PM)
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Oh that's a tough one, I have both and they are both in my opinion must haves. JTCS has every gun/weapon/tank/you-name-it, ever made in the database, a huge scenario base and countless hours of playing. But no production. AT, or to be more precise AT Gold is different in that it has no "divisions" or "brigades" but units/counters, in those counters you can place every piece of equipment you want... specifically tailored for a certain terrain of operations. So Inf for woods and cities, tanks for open terrain, planes for bombing and interdiction. The huge bonus ATG has is the production factor, you decide what to produce and what to do with it. ATG lacks the huge weapon database JTCS has, or Gary Grigsby War in the East, for that matter. There are no Shermans, Valentines, T-34's, only light-medium-heavy-superheavy tanks level 1 to 4. Though that is not a bad thing in my book, it sometimes feels as if you're missing a bit gameflavour, no PzKpfw III when you're playing the German side feels a bit... dunno, on the other hand, medium tank II is equal to PzKpfw III if you know what I mean.
Also ATG feels more like Civ wargaming, small or very large maps (shrouded or not) with cities everywhere and you can conquer it all! More strategic, whereas JTCS is more on conquering certain objectives, say a hill, or a town.
I enjoyed both tremendously, countless hours of gaming.
Oh, one reason I don't buy Battlefront Strategic Command series anymore is; no stacking allowed. Also it's almost impossible to do encirclements in the SC series, whereas ATG shines in things like that, sweeping fast manoeuvres; a left blow and a right hook, that's ATG in my opinion.
Oh well, both are great. But ATG is newer and Vic provides updates very very frequently.
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