Comments on: War Plan Pacific: Nimitz with limitz

By: TC

TC — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:47:11 +0000

@MCHN
CMSF is actually worth a punt now so get it by all means, theres also a British army module coming out soon.

Tim..you missed Strategic Command Pacific Theatre published my Battlefront in December.

By: Calistas

Calistas — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:42:41 +0000

Does WPP have PBEM? I love me a good PBEM game.

By: Dan Harris

Dan Harris — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:21:15 +0000

Guadalcanal.

That is all.

By: Troy Goodfellow

Troy Goodfellow — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:36:39 +0000

The point about WPP’s longevity in single player is a good one, but this is a great light wargame in many ways. It was one of my choices for wargame of the year primarily because of how easy it is to pick up. This could be the Recommended Newbie Wargame that I have been waiting for for years.

Re Combat Mission Shock Force, I haven’t tried the Marines module, but yes, the core game has improved over the weak launch version. It’s still a little fussy for my tastes, but certainly worth a look if you are interested in modern urban combat.

By: Real Horrorshow

Real Horrorshow — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:09:19 +0000

I just had an epiphany…with cover, naval battles, building occupation, etc. implemented in Empire Total War, it might be possible to make a Pacific War game out of it. That would rule.

I’d just be happy with a naval battle mini-mod though.

Anyway, this looks interesting. I will DL and have a looksie :)

By: Weylund

Weylund — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:59:38 +0000

It is more than half-decent. I spent about eight months on the testing team for it (got a manual credit on the latest release, no less) and pretty much everything has improved by leaps and bounds. Infantry combat (a gripe of mine with the original version) is now amazing, and Steve, Charles and team are at work making the whole game even better every single day.

I’d definitely recommend checking out the latest demo – the Marines module just came out so hopefully there’s a demo of that.

I had serious issues with the game for about six months after its release… now I can’t put it down. It’s come so far from the version that was reviewed at release that it’s practically a wholly different game.

Hopefully you’ll enjoy it. Cheers!

By: MCHN

MCHN — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:23:30 +0000

Not to derail the conversation, but can anyone give a more complete explanation as to the status of Combat Mission: Shock Force? I loved the earlier CM games, but was completely put-off by the horrible reviews for CMSF. If it is half-decent now, I wouldn’t mind having a crack at it.

By: Alikchi

Alikchi — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:04:44 +0000

This does look really lovely, and hopefully it’ll interest more people in the Pacific War.

Speaking of Matrix Games and the Pacific.. the game I’m most excited about right now is War in the Pacific: Admiral’s Edition. Basically Matrix hired all the people who did the best mod work on the original WitP and set them to work for a couple years.

Link: http://www.matrixgames.com/products/351/screenshots/War.in.the.Pacific.-.Admiral%27s.Edition

Of course, this is more for people who prefer “annoying taskforce babysitting.”

By: Dreamhacker

Dreamhacker — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:27:47 +0000

………CMx1?

By: theleif

theleif — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:42:25 +0000

looks like a nice game!

But 2008 a stale strategic year? Well, yes, except for Europa Universalis: Rome with the Vae Victis expansion. Try it out.
Wink wink, nudge, nudge.

By: RichP

RichP — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:22:31 +0000

For some reason, I’m really digging the game’s fonts, especially on the battle map.

By: leeder_krenon

leeder_krenon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:17:51 +0000

Too bad this is Pacific theatre, I’d be interested otherwise.