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KG_Jag

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  1. Thanks for the tip, but I think they only have the low res version, which is unusual for them. In fact I'm running the two color low res version appearing on your link.
  2. Yea--but their are no new alien races with photon cannon tanks, or even sharks with "lazers" or even "tractor beams", so who cares about the rest. In the eyes of some its only an expansion pack.
  3. I don't agree with the topic starter, even based on what limited things we could see in the demo. But I appreciate his view, not to mention his courage in sharing it (assuming of course that its not tongue in cheek). One man's revolution is another man's expansion pack.
  4. Four years of the war instead of just one year, as great as it was in CMBO.
  5. Steve, we understand (at least to some degree) all the work that went into CMBB and look forward to seeing all the fruit of that labor when the full game hits our mailboxes. While we all look forward to the full game, we have not seen it yet. However, most if not all of the opinions (both the ones you like and the ones you don't) address the demo with the full understanding that it is "just" a demo. The concerns address whether or not that demo could have been better, if it was different. It can cannot be fairly said that those that conclude that it could are also saying that the full game could be better if different. I thing you are correct for the most part that this subject will be on the back burner, if not go away, when the full game is on hard drives. But until then, there is only the demo (yes--in the context of being "just" a demo).
  6. I can't locate any high res mods of the Hummel/Nashorn. Does anyone know if any are any out there and if so, where they can be found? Thanks for any asistance!
  7. Why so negative Battlefront? If the guys don't suceed, you can say I told you so (in a nice way of course). If they do suceed or even come close, all the gamers out here win. The key is that they care enough about the game to try.
  8. It is great to know that there are others who are even more politically correct than we've become in the States. Or is it....?!
  9. I found out about the rocky terrain the hard way, One of my Mark IIIs was immobilized by it. It's hard to spot, especially when you don't know about it or expect it to be there.
  10. I have been playing war games since the older neighbor kid got a copy of AH's Gettysburg in the mid-60s. Since then alot things have happened, including my earning a business degree from that school up north with the funny football helmets. After all this time my favorite wargame of all time (including some great combat sims) is CMBO. The CMBO demo was the best demo I have ever played. I saved the scenarios and they are on my hard drive today in my much modded CMBO. It's not my money (although you just got some of it with my order) or my job on the line, but IMHO you guys have got the computer wargaming crowd locked. How many wargame of the year awards have you pulled down with CMBO? Almost all of us are buying or will be buying when the CMBB reviews hit the gaming sites and magazines. Wargamers are known for many things and fortunately one of these is a long memory. CMBO has not been forgotten since it came out. In fact its become richer with all the third party mods and scenarios that are available from so many great places. Where you are not known is outside the Wargaming community. This is where the demo should have been aimed. It represnts the next quantum level. For those of us who love the CM games, the fact that its issued by a little guy that cares most about the quality of its products, and even listens to customers feeds our passion. We evangelists and true believers want a demo we can take to others to show those new to CMBB what a great game it is. The CMBO demo did that. Just a few weeks ago I gave a copy to a co-worker. The CMBB demo doesn't cature the same excitement. It may well help you with some reviewers. It does not help enough to convince true newbies that they should lay down $45 plus shipping. Maybe some of your biggest fans think you can go farther than you do, and we'd like to have the tools to help. By the way, I'll be buying CM3, even if I don't especially like the demo.
  11. It's his $45 and the demo did not convince him to part with it.
  12. Almost all of us on this forum love CMBO. I'm convinced that some even sleep with the CD (even if they have a crack). Amost all of us would buy CMBB under almost any circumstances. However, to me the most important thing about a demo is get expand you audience (aka market segment for you Harvard Business School types). I have first hand experience with this. In the spring of 2001, I was visiting my nephews, who I rarely see due to distance. The oldest, who was about 13 was heavily into total Annihilation on their P II. I had my laptop with CMBO. I showed the kids the game, and they immediately took to it. This was a pleasant surprise because CMBO is significantly (but not totally) different from what they were playing on computer and console. I started them off with the tutorial. They loved the quick action and challenge of the scenarios they played. Their interest built during my weekend with them. When last I checked this summer, they were still fired up about CMBO. These are the potential new players the CMBB needs to impress. I don't think the new demo gets there. The graphics are not great in terms of the cutting edge games they play. Most important, the fast engaging gameplay that last until the end of the battle is not there either. I want new players of the CMBB demo to be as fired up as my nephews were about CMBO. Maybe sometime down the road a new demo will be created to achieve that objective. $45 is alot to ask of a new player. If he/she is not sold by the demo, they will not come out of pocket for the full price of the game. [ September 08, 2002, 03:50 PM: Message edited by: jagcommander ]
  13. Based on what I've seen in the demo (and yes it's only a demo with more development and patches to come---but also with alot more to handle, such as air power, if "full" scenarios), the AI is better, but still does incredibly dumb things. Playing the Soviets in Citadel, I had an anti- tank rifle team in the woods where a victory flag is located. A Mark IV parked itself near the flag to secure the victory location. I was able to sneek the team to about 15 meters from the rear of the Mark IV. I kept firing and hitting it, so I wasn't surprised that it moved away to a range of 85 to 90 meters. I still hit it as it moved way and even made some partial penetrations. However, instead of moving even further way, it came back alone and parked itself at a slightly differenet location near the same victory flag. I again moved by anit-tank rifle right behind the Mark IV, this time at only 11 meters. Again I peppered it. In the last few turns before the game ended, the Mark IV did not move (probably becaue it was routed or broken). The secondary question here is: what good are anti-tank rifles, if they can't (or didn't) take out the tank under these circumstances? The other example of less than stellar AI play was demonstrated when I played the Germans in Yelnia. Most of the time the T-34s sat around in the middle of the map not doing much. It is as though their job was to protect the infantry from a couter-attack. This game went on and on beyond its scheduled length. Had it ended as scheduled, I would have earned a minor victory, but the extra time let the Soviets blead what few troops, with even less ammo, I had left. after about ten extra turns, the Soviets got the minor victory. Better use of their tanks would have left me in a very bad way at the scheduled end of the battle. The secondary question here is: why are the Germans given such weak ant-tank defense? Two small anti-tank guns don't last long, and in my case did not bag a single T-34. Maybe I just should have let them open up at the beginning of the battle instead of hiding them for around 5 or 6 turns.
  14. Let's wait and see how the full release looks before we make the call. The demo adds some nice touches, but the biggest changes seem to be (aside from the subject matter and its scope) in the graphics. If I had to go one way or the other based on the demo, I say wait for the new engine. Of course, no one can object to both, if the time factor doesn't materially delay the development of the new engine.
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