silverstars

Initially when confronted by the war crimes Russia was committing in Bucha, I was reminded of stories of the Katyn Forest massacre in WWII, murders of Polish cadets to undermine the future leadership of Poland. But with the increase in attacks on civilian populations that have no military value, I'm reminded more of the Japanese behavior in WWII...an officer enforced brutality to keep troops in line and also encourage ruthlessness on both sides so no one can expect mercy. Maybe the point is to enrage Ukrainians to shoot prisoners on sight and keep Russia's low morale conscripts from surrendering. Or maybe they really are just orcs. I don't have any answers, I guess I'm just trying to understand this pointless sadism that doesn't assist in any military goals. Hollywood can't write bad guys this horrible.

Looking at the uniforms of the interviewed soldiers...Anyone know what's up with what looks like an SS Totenkopf patch at 4:10? His friend's "Thor Mit Uns" patch is a bit more amusing.....

Woohoo! Early D-Day! Here's hoping for DD tanks! Assault Team organizations! And an awesome OOB remake of The Road to Montebourg! Or some 22nd Infantry Regiment WN clearing! And Ernest Hemingway as a playable unit.

I am deeply pleased by the amount of Goth/Industrial fans on a hardcore military wargaming forum.

Also a great album. "Eighties" is probably the best anthem of the decade in general and is also a great song for this game.

A new opponent comes forth....

A geeky part of me want to see the technology go all the way to at least 1996-1997.....So I can then play out all those fun scenarios from one of my fave RPGs, Twilight:2000.

What we're all doing right now.....And it's period correct!

Awwww.....And here I thought it was a reference to a certain cyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson.....

Heh. La Cosa Nostra Pizza. Uncle Enzo and The Deliverator would be proud.

The only downside is that since the berm is part of the terrain mesh you cannot have a Culin device push through it, nor can you have your demo team blow it up so vehicles can traverse it normally. Otherwise that would be perfect, and if nothing else it's still a perfect setup for most pre-Culin device scenarios since using demolitions to blow a path through took much longer then the 20 seconds for an engineer team to make a path....Good job!

I would also like to see slow be a little more lenient on it's fatigue penalties. I know that crawling on your belly is pretty damn tiring, but slow can also model crawling on hands and knees or just trying to be as quiet and stealthy as possible, and I would like my scouts on the forward edge to not be exhausted just crossing a hedgerow-lined road.

Just wondered if there is new voice acting for the Russians, or are they recycled from CMBB? Granted, it's been so long since I played CMBB I doubt I would know the difference... If any of you fine Beta people know, and also any descriptions on the quality? I guess I'm curious if I'm going to be mod shopping for a "Screaming Soviets" mod or something after release...

MikeyD: I have been waiting to see one of those in action since I got a taste of the PPsh 41 in CM:Afghanistan........ If they can get a video of a platoon opening up, it will be the best late Christmas present ever!