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Hmm, that sounds like Sniper Elite and you're right: watching your round striking the enemy can be VERY rewarding indeed.

Splendid work and a splendid idea, Pandur! Martin and Matt, I hope you guys know what you have to do for the upcoming addon. :cool:

Very nice job, Daskal! :cool:

Yes, that's true, but obviously not everybody has bought this game. Seems like tank sims aren't as popular as flight sims after all. I also suspect that at least some people are put off by the campaign theme.

Well, to make a game or sim that will suit virtually everbody is impossible imo. For the mayority of players, a sim always will be either too hardcore or too arcadish. I think on of the main reasons that recent sims has become *dry* is that too much efforts are made for multiplay gaming while sacrifying a solid campaign for single playing. Playing such games in single player mode just feels hollow.

Ah yes, the good old days. I remember very well when thr original Tank Platoon from Micropose appeared for the Amiga. That too was a blast.

Sure enough, immersion is one of THE yardsticks for *any* good sim imo. Unfortunatley, immersion is what most of the recent sims are lacking in. This is even true for BoF to some extent, as there isn't any real character development for the player, no crew/platoon members you need to take care of and of course no dynamic campaign. Recent sims tends to focus on the technical aspect, that is, simulating aircraft, tanks etc., but it doesn't really give the player the feeling that he/she is involved in a military conflict where he/she is only part of something bigger. In the end, those sims are feeling rather dry and hollow. I would love to see a truly dynamic tank sim, be it WW2 (my favorite) or a Nato versus Warsaw pact scenario for example, with news flashes to keep the player up to date regarding the overall picture of the campaign. And reinforcements should also be modelled realistically: for instance if you loose too many tanks on some missions, your company later might have a tough time to do the job on hand.

That's much appreciated, Moon! :cool:

Hmm, guess there's something special about the fascination of flying and make no mistake, a decent flight sim is something that's hard to ignore. On the other hand a tank sim, if properly immplemented, offers a wider varity of missions and it demands a level of tactical expertise, especially concerning combined arms warfare, that's very different from flight sims and which is one of the things I really like about good tank sims. Unfortunately, many simmers have other priorities, so they don't appreciate tank sims as much as tank sims deserve.

Well, I didn't suggest that those tanks are cheap.

Though it's not directly sim-related, I nevertheless would like to have at least one of these babies ! :cool:

Hmm, graphic-wise BoF looks better imo.

Nice to know that all you guys like that review but....am I the only one here who doesn't understand Polish?

How about an english translation of your review?