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Isn't it something... - 10/8/2006 5:46:43 AM   
Huffy


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Status: offline 		My wife brought this up...how I buy all these other games at the store ,..or where ever....and every time she comes by the room I am playing my free game I got from Matrix. To quote...."you always play that same boring game". In her defense..she does not understand such things.
But you know she is right....I seem to always come back to SPWAW...
Just a passing thought...but how many of you do the same?
Take care,
Huffy
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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/8/2006 6:10:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Count me in! I own more than 400 games (I'm mainly collecting CRPGs), in every genre, but there's always been at least two games on my HD, permanently: one from the SP series (wether it's SP1,2,3 or WW2, MBT, WaW) and a CRPG. Right now I'm playing alternatively WinSPMBT, SP 3, Wizardry 8, Neverwinternights and Betrayal at Krondor.

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/8/2006 7:00:23 AM   
Korpraali V


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Ok, I confess: Nhl Hockey is the other one I always come back to...


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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/8/2006 8:40:47 AM   
Alby


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Status: offline 		I have only 2 games on my PC
SPWAW and Civil War Generals 2
I never play the latter



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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/8/2006 10:09:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		Wait? Your complaining that your wife A) actually looks at what your playing B) knows what game it is and C) Knows that it is a freeware game?

It is obvious she loves you enough to learn things you do and here you are whining about it? Shame, shame.


LOL

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/8/2006 3:16:00 PM   
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Wait? Your complaining that your wife A) actually looks at what your playing B) knows what game it is and C) Knows that it is a freeware game?

It is obvious she loves you enough to learn things you do and here you are whining about it? Shame, shame.


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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/8/2006 3:59:04 PM   
ken ennis

 

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Status: offline 		All my wife says is why are you always playing that silly game. nothing about it being free (actually it wasn't for me I purchased Generals Edition)

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/8/2006 4:39:37 PM   
m10bob


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Status: offline 		Women do not like a man having a good time, unless she is somehow involved.
Women not only don't understand, most don't want to.
When I acquired a computer Train Simulator, my wife said "Oh, I am so glad to see you are away from all that war stuff, the shooting noises bother me".(quote)..
I am a combat vet and the shooting noises *used to bother me*, but not the kind on the computer.(LOL).........
IMHO, women who enjoy wargames, (like AmmoSgt and RhondaBrwn are national treasures who should be held in high esteem on these forums.)

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/8/2006 8:29:04 PM   
azraelck

 

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Status: offline 		Heh, my Fiance plays more violent games than I do. :P But, while I have far more games installed regularly, SPWaW is my most regular game. Which isn't saying much, a few turns a week means even a short campaign takes forever.

I have Call of Duty, and Call of Duty:UO installed, that I play semi-regularly; Might and Magic II, Might and Magic III, and Might and Magic: World of Xeen; Might and Magic VI & VII; the Bard's Tale Trilogy, Dragon Wars, Phantasie I & III, Age of Wonders, Medieval: Total War; Day of Defeat: Source, Wizardry 6, 7, & 8, Wasteland, Abrams Battle Tank, Dungeon Hack,  Civilization, Sim City, The Summoning, Viel of Darkness,  God of Thunder,  Mini Putt, Gunboat, and PGA Golf. All in addition to SP:WaW. Most of them I play only sparingly. SPWaW, CoD:UO, M:TW, and WoX are the only ones I've played in the last several months. And CoD was only after I upgraded my computer.

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/10/2006 12:17:31 AM   
John Galt

 

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Status: offline 		The two main games I play are SPWAW and Nascar Racing 2003, which isn't exactly a game I guess. And I probably have a hundred games.

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/10/2006 4:30:29 AM   
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Heh, my Fiance plays more violent games than I do.





I'm totally speechless...

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/10/2006 6:27:13 AM   
JEB Davis


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Status: offline 		I used to be a Civ II, then CTP2, then Civ III addict, but only until I discovered SP:WAW.
Since I first played this awesome game, I rarely miss a day playing it.
I'm a dyed-in-the-wool, hopeless SP:WAWaddict.
I never play any other games.
There can be only one.
With the Depot ACL
there is no need
(or time) for
another
game.


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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/10/2006 7:08:41 AM   
azraelck

 

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ORIGINAL: Korpraali V

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ORIGINAL: azraelck

Heh, my Fiance plays more violent games than I do.





I'm totally speechless...


What, that She plays more violent games than me, or the fact that I'm getting married? :P

She loves horror stuff like Silent Hill and Resident Evil. I play classic CRPGs which aren't very gorey or violent, as well as mildly violent TBS and one RTS. The rest are usually old school action games, like Sonic the Hedgehog. I do play CoD, which is about the most violent I get, but not on par with RE or SH.

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/10/2006 7:19:22 PM   
RERomine

 

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Status: offline 		Maybe she just wants to get on the computer

We solved the problem here. My fiancee has a desktop she uses to sell on eBay. I play my games on a laptop right next to her. And the kids have their own computer, IN ANOTHER ROOM! At least we don't have to listen to the music they like.

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/11/2006 1:46:33 AM   
azraelck

 

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Status: offline 		We're planning on two computers ourselves. Of course, we're not married yet, and we're waiting until marriage for any hanky panky, so no little bloody devils to worry about. :P Plus, no house to put them in yet; we're planning on building our own. We need room in the garage for a Sherman tank! ;)

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/11/2006 3:44:44 AM   
Korpraali V


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ORIGINAL: azraelck

quote:

ORIGINAL: Korpraali V

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ORIGINAL: azraelck

Heh, my Fiance plays more violent games than I do.





I'm totally speechless...


What, that She plays more violent games than me, or the fact that I'm getting married? :P




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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/11/2006 3:59:55 AM   
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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/11/2006 7:16:55 PM   
RERomine

 

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We're planning on two computers ourselves. Of course, we're not married yet, and we're waiting until marriage for any hanky panky, so no little bloody devils to worry about. :P Plus, no house to put them in yet; we're planning on building our own. We need room in the garage for a Sherman tank! ;)


It's not a Sherman, but it's available on eBay Motors right now




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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/11/2006 9:12:12 PM   
azraelck

 

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Status: offline 		That's for the runs to church when it's nice out. Or to dinner, movies, ect... The Sherman is for the daily commute. 

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/12/2006 3:39:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		"The Sherman is for the daily commute"

and road rallys', of course...........

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/12/2006 8:58:32 PM   
hank

 

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Status: offline 		I'm in.

Just two days ago I cranked up SPWaW again ... first time in a couple of months.  I've been playing the new TOAW III.

I have 3 or 4 war games I keep playing and going back to:  SP, PzCampaigns, Steelbeasts, and DBWWII (BiN).  They are all different enough to make them all enjoyable so I just go back and forth with them.  I've done this with these game for the last 4 or 5 years now.

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/13/2006 5:16:59 PM   
robot


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Status: offline 		The wife and i play alot of world of warcraft. her computor sits right along side of mine. And we get in and fight the monsters right along side of each other. The only time I get to play sp is when we get poed at each other in the online game. have been playing alot of wow lately due to the fact we have been getting along in the game very well. Guess I will have to start a fight with her so I can get my long campaign back on the road again.

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RE: Isn't it something... - 10/14/2006 12:31:10 AM   
KG Erwin


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Status: offline 		With SPWaW, I get a sense of the "being there" factor that I can't get anywhere else, with the exception of the Close Combat series.

In SPWaW, the focus shifts in and out. With C&C off, it's a lot of micromanagement. The player assumes many roles, from the battalion commander down to the individual squad leaders. In each turn, I start with the guy that's named after me -- the Lt Col. I assign the offboard fire-missions, and move around to assist with my rally points.

Next I narrow the focus down to the platoons/squads and their accompanying heavy weapons/tank support. For the type of war I play, this works well. In the Pacific, the battle often is fragmented in such a way that it lends itself to micromanagement.

There's a History Channel series that aproximates this feeling -- it's called "Shootout". The episode on Guadalcanal was excellent. It puts you right there with individual Marines and small unit actions.

The collective results of all these individual fights is what wins battles.

It's this kind of scale and focusing that always leads me back to this game. It is by far my all-time favorite.

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