By Kieron Gillen on March 5th, 2010 at 11:45 am.
By putting on my Tim Stone hat – which is a handsome cross between a deerstalker and a camoflaged Brodie helmet – I can bring you news of the Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict demo’s release, in advance of the full game. It features the whole world circa 1942, at the high water-mark of Axis power. Will the allies pull it back? Well, they won’t in the demo, as it’s limited to two months of game time. Poor Western Democracies. Sad face.
Er… tralier follows.
05/03/2010 at 12:53 qwegfsdv says:
:/
I thought this game would be about dinosaurs… All I got was a TBS for WW2.
I want a good dinosaur game.
05/03/2010 at 12:57 HermitUK says:
So all the RPS contributors are just Kieron in various different pieces of headwear. Who’d have thunk it.
05/03/2010 at 14:20 Alexander Norris says:
Oh god, it all makes sense now.
Kieron never survived the Monster. That’s not Kieron.
It’s actually Kirby. Kirby was the Monster. Kirby ate all of RPS. Kirby is wearing their heads as hats and using their journalistic powers to run RPS.
DEAR GOD PEOPLE FLEE FOR YOUR LIVES
05/03/2010 at 14:25 Psychopomp says:
This is your fucking opponent.
05/03/2010 at 18:36 Bret says:
Well, I must say Kirby’s writing style is a bit more sophisticated than I anticipated from his speaking roles.
05/03/2010 at 13:03 MarkN says:
Is a dearstalker someone who follows old ladies?
05/03/2010 at 14:53 Sarlix says:
Thank you thank you he’s here all week.
05/03/2010 at 13:08 Dan says:
I didn’t think that trailer was any tralier than other trailers.
05/03/2010 at 13:44 Antsy says:
I think it was less tralier! Boring stock footage..more trailer trailer next time please!
05/03/2010 at 15:27 Warth0g says:
I disagree… it was one of the traliest trailers I have ever seen, and I’ve seen a lot, believe me..
05/03/2010 at 13:13 Web Cole says:
I’m not seeing any dinosaurs… or hexes!
I feel this is very misleading.
(Though your hat sounds splendid.)
05/03/2010 at 13:17 Senethro says:
World War: Global Conflict is one hella tautologous title.
Still, at least its not World of War or Global of Conflict.
05/03/2010 at 15:56 Lacero says:
I’m confused. I’ve not loaded a game and been presented with the enemy killing me before. The player usually goes first.
This must be what it’s like to be an AI.
05/03/2010 at 19:23 Noc says:
WHEN FLOPPY DISKS MAKE WAR
05/03/2010 at 21:43 Burp says:
This looks like the gaming equivalent of “Simpsons already did it” (and better), with Hearts Of Iron II and Arsenal Of Democracy being the Simpsons.
Also, trailers with movies instead of gameplay = teh suck.
Case closed.
09/03/2010 at 12:54 TC says:
SC is expensive bu it is IMO by far the best and most enjoyable grand strategic WW2 game out there….mainly because it has just the right level of abstraction to keep you involved in tech and production decisions but actually is accessable and can be played in a few hours with a satisfying result.
06/03/2010 at 01:57 Bonedwarf says:
I have the earlier Strat Com games and while overpriced they are awesome.
06/03/2010 at 22:33 Shadrach says:
Looks a bit too old-school for me. But seriously if RPS covers this, they should do something on Gary Grigsby’s War in the East coming out this year from Matrix Games. Really looking forward to it.
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tt.asp?forumid=696