Comments on: Front Roads: Kharkov 1943 Demochka

By: Redjac

Redjac — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:41:37 +0000

Looking forward to this game and all its sequels. I would like to see some pictures of troops occupying and fighting from buildings.

By: leeder krenon

leeder krenon — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:36:40 +0000

wwii is the only war worth simulating, both real and otherwise. hope this gets an english release!

By: Sam C.

Sam C. — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:27:59 +0000

Yikes, I tried the demo for the first game, and that was a little intimidating. I guess I wasn’t really expecting a tank sim with no tutorial, and the translation is a little questionable. Might have to give it another go once I’ve steeled up for it.

By: Vinraith

Vinraith — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:14:54 +0000

Anything that follows in the (all too neglected) footsteps of Close Combat is a good thing. Will this have the kind of continuity and strategic context of the CC games? That is, will what I lost on map 1 affect what I get on map 2?

By: Mad Doc MacRae

Mad Doc MacRae — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:56:12 +0000

3D Close Combat? Yes please!

By: Lack_26

Lack_26 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:50:17 +0000

Yeah, I never felt for my men in Combat Mission the same way I did in Close Combat.

By: Rob Zacny

Rob Zacny — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:39:39 +0000

Please do keep us posted, Tim. I’d never heard of this, but it looks and sounds excellent. Certainly it’s been a long time since I played anything as dramatic as Close Combat (sorry, gents, but Combat Mission never involved me emotionally). I hope an English version is en route.

And can we stop complaining about World War II as a setting? I’m worried that good games are getting ignored because it’s the fashion to dismiss the setting. Nobody seemed while Call of Duty and Medal of Honor exploited it into the ground.

By: lack_26

lack_26 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:35:28 +0000

@Subject 706,

there is a Combat Mission: Shock Force (patched to 1.2, pretty much fixed) + Marines + British modules demo out. The game is actually pretty damn good now.

By: Subject 706

Subject 706 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:55:32 +0000

@Dodomaster
Sure, but the setting is getting really tired.

@Weylund
Haven’t really dared yet. Heard a lot of bad things about it. Is there a demo?

By: Weylund

Weylund — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:45:55 +0000

@Subject 706 – have you checked out Combat Mission: Shock Force?

On topic… this looks interesting. Loved Close Combat.

By: Dodomaster

Dodomaster — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:39:34 +0000

@Subject 706

Nah, ww2 is still fun!

By: Fenchurch

Fenchurch — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:39:44 +0000

@Tim Stone

I almost wrote Time Stone there, surely a lost adventure game from the mid 90s? =-P

I must admit that my current money cannon is only loaded with enough grapeshot to pepper the standard of Paradox, as Hearts of Iron III is out in less than a fortnight, so I shall have to await judgement on an English version of Kharkov.