Siggi

Playing the AI, it seems to be a little psychic in anticipating my moves. But hell, fuzzy logic can do only so much. Me and my bro had an all-night session last night. Apart from the usual friction of me taking two minutes to have my turn opposed to his half an hour of micro-manangement, we had a blast. Second tester we did was a huge map with 5000 points each...awesome. This is the best PC wargame I've yet played. It pisses all over Close Combat from a great height. The 'feel' of tactical combat is spot on. The units are right, the AI behaviour is right, the sounds are excellent, the effects are satisfying...and it didn't crash once. Issues...I would like to have a switchable option that allows forests etc to show their full content. Eg, no gaps thru trees that are not really there. Ditto scrub/bushes etc. If it's there, show it. Er...that's it! Blimey, one issue. Lol. This game is a masterpiece, imo. It goes on my triple-A shelf next to RB3D, Il2 and DoD.

Thanks mate, but I found the problem last night after the dxdiag tests failed (Direct Draw and Direct 3D). Looks like the 23.12 drivers are bad. I went back to the 12.90's and all is now fine. As for the game...mmm...looks ropey as hell but I couldn't stop playing it. It has depth and complexity, though the AI seems to cheat. I'm into LAN play though, so I'll try that with my bro. If he likes it too it'll be a keeper.

I just bought the game in EB (UK). I installed it ok, but when I try to run it I get the white box that shows resolution etc and the PC freezes. I lose the keyboard and mouse control and have to re-boot the machine from the re-set button. Any help would be appreciated as I'm dying to try this game and a refund won't satisfy. System Spec: Win98SE. Elite Mobo (K7S5A). AMD XP 1600 512Mb 133 RAM (Crucial). CL GeForce3 (Drivers: Det 23.12). SB-Live (Drivers: LiveWare3). Ethernet Card. Logitech Marble Mouse (Latest drivers, didn't help). MS Keyboard. DX8.1 ADSL Modem. Desktop resolution 1600x1200x16 Tried 1024x768x16, didn't help. Optimal refresh rate. Graphics card has own IRQ. MoH, Il2, DoD, Age of Empires, Close Combat, PE...these all run fine on my rig. Shogun won't, but that hasn't ever run on my four seperate attempts over the last two years on two completely different rigs. [ March 13, 2002, 11:17 AM: Message edited by: Siggi ]