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designer1 -> A Word of Thanks (10/12/2002 9:15:06 PM)
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I just want to drop a word of Thanks to GG and the entire design, development and publishing teams at 2by3 and Matrix Games. I'm an OLD grognard - been pushing counters and/or pixels since 1967 - and have played hundreds of wargames, developed several and designed a few myself.
UV is one of the finest wargaming experiences I have ever had. In fact, I'm not playing anything else at the moment with eight PBEM's going.
I know there are a few bugs here and there, but Matrix must be commended for both the speed and thoroughness with which they have addressed the usual teething problems that a new game has - and which many publishers never bother to fix.
I can't address every issue of historical accuracy in detail - but the overall level of detail and accuracy is amazing, so much so that it makes the very slips seem to loom large and obvious. In a more generalized or abstracted system without this level of research and research implementation the few errors that there are would never even be found.
Gentlemen, my hat is off to you for a darned fine product that, for me, recreates the experience of the South Seas war quite well - in fact, I often think of that scene from the motion picture, Midway, where Fletcher and Charleton Heston's character are listening to the radio traffic coming back from the American bomber groups... Watching the comat animations of a carrier battle provides exactly that feeling...
So, from this old grognard, kudo's, gentlemen. While I can hardly wait for WITP and have high hopes for it, UV will be, frankly, a darned hard act to follow! ;) :D
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