Comments on: Wot I Think: Achtung Panzer

By: SF

SF — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:35:27 +0000

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By: Spinoza

Spinoza — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:42:48 +0000

AP Operation Star demo ,in russian, UI this same thought

By: Tim Stone

Tim Stone — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:22:39 +0000

Two sweet moments from my last skirmish:

While my main force tackles a concentration of German infantry and halftracks dug in west of Sokolovo, I send a single SMG squad and a T-60 light tank north to secure two distant victory locations. After about ten minutes of trudging/trundling they reach the first one (happily, unnoccupied) and set off for the second. The next time I check their progress, I see only one icon. Assuming the grunts have fallen behind, I do a quick aerial search only to realise the infantry are in fact perched atop the tiny T-60. The clever buggers, exhausted after tabbing across miles of snow and ice, have decided to hitch a ride.

A bit later that same T-60 is immobilised on the edge of a pine wood. I’ve given up on it, but it seems the crew haven’t. When the coast is clear, one of them jumps out and starts belting the broken track with a sledgehammer. He’s still doing it when the battle ends, but I appreciate the enthusiasm.

It’s details like these that make AP so special.

By: Tim Stone

Tim Stone — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:04:58 +0000

There’s a ‘no night battles’ tickbox in the options, so don’t let the darkness put you off.

To be honest, I didn’t notice that saving was impossible within battles. Too engrossed. Also, with ceasefires and time acceleration (4x max) you can shorten engagements when necessary.

By: BooleanBob

BooleanBob — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:37:20 +0000

If I remember my history correctly, Caesar defeated the ancient Celts and Britons because at five o’clock each evening they had to quit their battles to take afternoon tea.

But then five o’clock falls in that murky twilight hour between afternoon and evening, so it’s entirely possible that the entire account is apocryphal.

By: BooleanBob

BooleanBob — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:04:28 +0000

Man, Amen!

By: Vinraith

Vinraith — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:27:55 +0000

@WCG

The easy way to determine whether you’ll like the game is to give the demo a try.

By: WCG

WCG — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:27:30 +0000

I don’t care about multiplayer, but another review said that you can’t save the game during hour-long battles. Yeah, none of us have anything else to do but play this game, right? Between that and the very dark night battles, it doesn’t sound very appealing.

But nothing about the actual mechanics of gameplay? That’s what I care about the MOST in a review. None of the rest of this means a thing if it’s not the kind of game I can – or will – play. “Real-time” battles, apparently, but can you easily pause to look around and give orders? Can you adjust the speed?

Frankly, I don’t care if YOU enjoy the game. What I’m trying to find out in any game review is whether I will like the game.

By: pistolhamster

pistolhamster — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:42:57 +0000

Urgh! I suffer that with submarines. I just recently reinstalled SH IV and mods and what not. Happily skipper’ing away around the Straits of Jawa and the Philipine sea. And a week passes. And it just keeps on pouring in with new games. This came after a binge of Europa Universalis III Magna Mundi 2 Platinum. Stop it, please. I cannae play all these between living a life, working, walking the dog, playing the piano and actually finding time to watch movies and sleep. Stop it! I am so lured by this game. Panzers. Ost Front. Graphics. Too good.

And they say pc gaming has died. Its defo kicking up a lot of dust as it dies, then!

By: BooleanBob

BooleanBob — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:57:09 +0000

Ach, mein Gott.

First thing I thought when I saw this on game trailers was ‘but how can it compare to Steel Panthers?’

Then I immediately reinstalled Steel Panthers from the discs and started another full-war campaign as the Germans.

By the end of the week I’d forgotten about it. Then KG posted the latest trailer, I angsted about my long-dilapidated grasp of my designated GCSE foreign language, projected that guilt onto the entire English-speaking world, got chewed out by some free-thinking we-are-the-world Kerouac wannabe, and started another two long campaigns as the British and the Japanese. I then dug out my copy of the World at Arms, read four chapters, played the Stinging the Bear scenario (to this day the only thing I’ve ever actually finished in SP), mined Wikipedia dry on the subjects of Guderian and whether Blitzkrieg actually exists/ed, then fired up Company of Heroes and started the Commonwealth campaign. Then I downloaded the Company of Heroes soundtrack and listened to it on repeat while playing Steel Panthers.

I’ve lost a fortnight to this nonsense! I don’t need any more time sink strategy gaming or history buffing! I’m not fifteen any more, damnit! And now you post this fantastic review of this incredible looking game.. ach.

Damn you, sir. Thricely be damn’d. If anyone needs me, I’ll be on an hillock outlying Belgorod, urging my men on with promises that their new boots are waiting in the hands of the Sixth army quartermasters.

By: MadMatty

MadMatty — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:26:13 +0000

nope – no multiplayer, which is almost a warcrime of omission.
I had a truly great experience playing Close Combat 3 & 4 in the multiplayer campaign mode, so i can only hope they get around do adding it sooner rather than later ….

Graviteam: plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz multiplayer!!?

By: Spinoza

Spinoza — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:20:30 +0000

best purchase for me this year.. hope it will start nice round series.