marc420 -> RE: on the fence..... (9/29/2004 12:29:59 AM)
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While I was waiting for BIN to be released, I was slightly desperate for some Normandy fighting. So I pulled out my old HPS Normandy CD and played it. I'd been playing KP for awhile, so going back to the HPS system was a bit of a shock. I tried a little Omaha scenario, and found that trying to play that was really a shock after the KP/BIN system. Mainly just the tediuousness of having to fire every unit three times in a 2 hour turn. Then having to watch the AI do the same in return. HPS is two hour turns and more detailed units. Combat is direct fire, indirect fire or assault. It feels more like something like Steel Panthers but at a scale of two hour turns and 1 km hexes. BIN is more the classic operational wargame system. Attacks are odds based, so you scratch around for units to make a 10-1+ overrun attack. 1 day turns with 3 or 4 km hexes. I find BIN much more to my taste. But that's just my preference. To me, the guys at SSG have developed a game system that stays relatively simple to play, but where the decisions you make have very subtle effects which combine to create a very realistic feel to the battle. So, I'm playing BIN. And HPS Normandy has been uninstalled after the attempt to play it.
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