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ETF -> RE: For those who are complaining about WITE, will you play Unity of Command? (10/26/2011 4:41:47 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Uxbridge

Looks downright silly. Is this really a serious game?

One of the things I love with WitE is the map. Each hex seems unique.

+1

Seems like a beer and pretzel kinda of game.



bairdlander2 -> RE: For those who are complaining about WITE, will you play Unity of Command? (10/30/2011 3:31:07 AM)


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ORIGINAL: gradenko_2000

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ORIGINAL: jzardos
Forget $5 for that game, you'd have to pay me to play it.

With Matrix as the publisher, I'm not holding out much hope on the price dropping to anywhere near that. Maybe if it was on Steam.

[:D]+1



marty_01 -> RE: For those who are complaining about WITE, will you play Unity of Command? (10/30/2011 1:59:25 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Ketza

I hate sprites. Does it have a Nato symbols option?


+1 I couldnt get beyond the first screen shot because of the sprites. Looks too much like Monopoly with panzers.



Commanderski -> RE: For those who are complaining about WITE, will you play Unity of Command? (10/30/2011 5:34:21 PM)

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Looks too much like Monopoly with panzers.


That's funny!..[:)] would make for an interesting game if they did include that.

Like most of the posts here it's not what I would like but the other thread about comparing WITE with WIP AE did get my interest in that. If my general staff needs a break from the long Russian winter I may transfer them to the Pacific to warm up a little.



Jeffrey H. -> RE: For those who are complaining about WITE, will you play Unity of Command? (10/30/2011 5:49:41 PM)


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ORIGINAL: jomni

Update: The limited scope made me disinterested in the game.
Sounds like a more detailed Panzer General.


I was turned off by PzG, I got it as bundleware and never even loaded it on a HDD.



Redmarkus5 -> RE: For those who are complaining about WITE, will you play Unity of Command? (10/31/2011 9:37:53 AM)


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ORIGINAL: pompack


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ORIGINAL: Ketza

I hate sprites. Does it have a Nato symbols option?


+1


+10



marty_01 -> RE: For those who are complaining about WITE, will you play Unity of Command? (10/31/2011 7:51:10 PM)


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ORIGINAL: PeeDeeAitch

I really don't care. There was once a heated argument that the use of NATO symbols is goofy and wrong for a World War 2 game - just because they are the symbols we all know, we agree they are "right" for the circumstances. Indeed, it took me a while to get used to the German World War 2 symbols in The Longest Day.


What's become known as standard "NATO Symbology" has it's origins in pre-WWII and WWII U.S. Army Field Manuals and US Army doctrinal publications. The little rectangles with cross-bars for infantry, tread for armor, ball for artillery (etc. etc.) was in common use -- at least by the US Army -- prior to WWII. To me, it's seems completely legit from a historical perspective to use NATO symbology in a WWII wargame. For example -- below is a scematic taken from the 1942 edition of FM 7-40 Infantry field Manual, Rifle Regiment.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/97/usarmyunitsymbologyfrom.jpg/


German symbology like that used in Avalon Hill's old boardgame "The Longest Day" would also work and -- historically speaking -- seem completely legit for a WWII game. I agree that the German symbology does take a little getting used to -- at least for me -- if you grew-up on US-Army\NATO-Symbology.

I think standard NATO symbology sort of got engrained into wargames yars ago as a result of Avalon Hill, SPI\S&T, GDW (and etc.).




MrLongleg -> RE: For those who are complaining about WITE, will you play Unity of Command? (11/5/2011 11:02:14 PM)

For people loving games with more control about everything I'd recommend Advanced Tactics Gold Edition. I am having a lot of fun with PBEM games there...



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