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    Where were you when the quake hit?

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

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    Sitting in my office on the ninth floor of a building in Bellevue Washington. Heard this strange banging noise. "Well there's a lot of construction going on nearby..."Then I notice that I seem to be moving up and down a bit. "What the hell?..." Then I notice the blinds are starting to sway. "Man is it really that windy?"

    HEY DUMB ASS IT'S....

    "Oh man, it's an earthquake......"

    Good thing I wasn't playing CM, as I might have thought, "what the hell was that, are those those 14" naval guns they were talking about...."

    And 6.8 is damn big if it lasts for 45 seconds and your in a big tall office tower that, should it collapse, will leave you dead in a pile of rubble. It was very spooky

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    ===Steel Panthers=== Good/BadComparisons to CM

    in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)

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    Vanir-

    Actually the variable end turn feature has been removed from SPWAW.

    But here's some perspective. I never played Steel Panthers. Then I heard about SPWAW, and downloaded it, and have been patching and playing since the first release. As far as hex-based style wargames, it's as good as they come. I have not been playing CM during this period. Having only a pentium 150 with no 3d capability, CM was not an option.

    Then last week my PC died. Now I have a new one. P3 850 with some kind of on-board Intel 3d jazz. What's the first thing I do? Download the CM demo of course.

    I'm still learning the ropes, but from what I can see the're not even similar, except for the subject matter. SPWAW has more scope, (larger battles, more countries, more terrain). CM seems much harder for me to grasp. Playing Chance Encounter and getting my butt handed to me by those damn Stugs. Seems that tanks are much more lethal in CM than SPWAW, (more first shot one shot kills in CM). Restarted that one and have now gotten all three Stugs losing only 3 of my Shermans, (prepare to die Nazi pigs), but I digress.

    Have I played SPWAW since I downloaded the demo? - No.

    Will I again - Yes.

    Will I buy CM? - Certainly appears so smile.gif

    Is SPWAW free? - Yes

    Once I buy CM will I not look back at SPWAW? - Hard to say, but I think I will play both.

    Have I become assimilated? - Looks like it.

    Does SPWAW still have some bugs? - Yes.

    Is SPWAW still a great game? - Yes.

    My two cents anyway...

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