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    Been Out of the CM scene a LONG Time

    in Combat Mission Fortress Italy

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    Tru dat. The initial learning curve is extremely steep. Be prepared to spend a lot of time just getting used to very basic details, like how to move your men. There is a lot of detail in this game, and whether that is your joy or your tribulation is mostly up to you. If patience is already your virtue, you should do fine. Otherwise, be prepared to tear your hair out.

    That's how it was in the CMBO days as well. If you didn't know what you were doing, you could walk your men right into ambushes, roll your tanks through criss-cross AT killzones, and so on (I recognize your name Michael, so I know you know).

    Thanks for all the responses, guys. I'm leaning towards the already established Normandy, but I will try out both demos next week on my school break to see. I'll probably end up buying Normandy first only because I like the late war equipment and formations, but I'll give both of them a fair amount of time before I pull my wallet out.

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    Is CM:SF fundamentally flawed ??

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Originally posted by The DesertFox:

    Really a waste of time to further bother with the shortcomings of the engine. Either they fix it into something remotely working or people will move on, shrug and don´t bother anymore.

    Fact is that in its current state this engine is far from something I would invest time into.

    I fully agree. I, like others, have stated why I don't care for CMSF. Once that is done, there is nothing left to do but sit back and hope that future versions of CM are better than what we are currently being offered.

    There's no reason for most of the people who are upset with this game to keep going off, over, and over, and over.

    Unless you have something new to add, then state your case and move on.

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    Hypothetically: How much would you pay for an upgraded and modernized CMBO?

    in Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord

    Posted

    If you are “mourning” for a game, then you are clearly in need of professional help. I don’t know of a single mourner in this entire forum, pro or anti CMSF.

    Look pal, you’re the one that brought up the **** with your father and then tied it into CM. I’m making no professional “analysis,” just offering some advice based on what I am observing (just like every other living human being does—it’s called counsel—it’s the way human beings attempt to help one another get a different perspective on matters). But if you’re gonna be pissed at anyone for bringing that topic up to begin with, then be pissed at yourself.

    Stop trolling and move on, boy. Damn.

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    Hypothetically: How much would you pay for an upgraded and modernized CMBO?

    in Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord

    Posted

    Sorry about your dad. Be happy that you had such a good role model to call your father. My dad was in Nam, and while I respect him for doing his part for his country, he is a piece of crap as a father and a human being in general. But, whatever. A lot of vets from many wars do not like to talk about their experiences. I’ve just learned to respect when a vet tells me, “I don’t want to talk about it.” I just think some of life’s experiences are meant only for the holder. From what you’re saying, in you father’s case, his war experiences belonged to him and him alone. I don’t know what that means for you though.

    However, I still don’t understand what your beef is with BFC. If you played CM to experience what WWII tactics may have been like (I say “may” only because games are a form of entertainment and not some kind of transference of historical experiences) then I’m sure CM gave you a taste of what those tactics might have been like—but it didn’t give you ANY idea what war is like. CM is a game.

    I guess my problem here is that you seem to be under the impression that BFC owes you something beyond the product they promised. You seem to be implying that CM was more than just a game for you, and because BFC took it in another direction, they have damaged you in some psychological fashion. I guess what I’m saying is, is that it appears you have some sort of emotional link to a game because it provided you with a part of your father’s life that you were denied.

    If that’s the case, then (and I’m going to be blunt) you have no business here. It would be like me going to the door of every director of every Vietnam movie that was ever made and then telling them they owed it to me to keep on making Vietnam movies so I could understand some aspect of my father’s life.

    My emotional states regarding my father are MY PROBLEM. They’re not Stone’s or Coppola’s or Kubrick’s or anyone else’s. They’re mine.

    So if you’re through with CM because of the new direction (as I may be), then fine. But don’t go throwing your skeletons on the shoulders of people that are not responsible for them. Those things you have to work out on your own, just like the rest of us do.

    In essence, if this game no longer serves you in any capacity, then stop posting here and move on with your life.

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    What are "Shocked" vehicles Unable to do?

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Shocked vehicles can no longer use their cup holders, and the in-tank movie is shown 30 mins after landing…wait, no—that’s aircraft.

    Okay, shocked vehicles instantly morph into level six Spartans with shoulder mounted sidewinder missiles, miniguns on their arms, and frickin laser beams attached to their heads…damnit—that’s not right either, that’s what happens to infantry.

    Wait, I got it. Shocked vehicles…

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    Hypothetically: How much would you pay for an upgraded and modernized CMBO?

    in Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord

    Posted

    Now I don’t give a flying turd about CMSF, nor the apparent direction BFC seems to be taking the franchise, but you mean to tell me you’re giving up an entire hobby and topic of study because you don’t like the new game?

    So then, do you believe that this “WWII hunger strike” is somehow going to spur these game makers into action? Are you attempting to become the Caesar Chavez of the wargaming community?

    I just don’t understand your motivations here. I’ll never stop my interest in science or history, no matter how bad Star Trek botches up one and BFC the other.

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