geofighter

Hello Hubert, Congrats on the birth of your new son. I hope your life is filled with joy. Cheers.

Wow, I'm in forum with a contender for Governor of Texas! Yee Haw!

I haven't played any of the SC games yet (although I pre-purchased SC-GC). I'll play the game a few times to get the feel of it. However, what you're saying makes a lot of sense to me.

I pre-ordered yesterday. Just wanted to double check if purchasing with Battlefront.com was safe as I never dealt with them before. Secure purchasing. That's good. Suggestion. Have a customer service phone number. I feel much more comfortable talking to a person sometimes than corresponding with a stranger through email.

I read the "who has pre-ordered posts" seems to answer my own question. Game download will come sometime in March.

I went to the checkout cart and read the pre-purchase instructions. The way I understand it is once I pay for it I can download the game, now and the other components come later. That would be cool. Do I understand this correctly?

I have played HOI2 before. My major problems with it were: 1. It takes the same amount of time to play the game as it took to fight WWII. 2. It's hard to get a good "stop point" when playing in realtime. You wind up playing to 2:00am if you're not careful. Dangerous for people with lives and careers. 3. I didn't like the combat system. Several major battles can all be going on at the same time and it is impossible to focus on them. I like it when you quickly attack the opponent and he either retreats, is destroyed (or takes damage), or you have to stop or be destroyed yourself. I also feel like I lose out by not being able to rellish and enjoy each of my battles. Not to mention you may have to adjust your politics, research, builds, and economy why all this goes on and it really gets out of hand. Convinced me turn based is better. If you slow the time down you can do a better job handling it but see #1 above. 4. I don't like that you have to keep putting patches on the game. I'm not a techie so I had to learn all about patches when I got HOI2. Darn it, when someone takes my hard earned money I expect a quality product that is good to run from the start! Don't waste my time with fix its. Can anyone say Toyota recall? 5. I finally got HOI2 off my computer, however, it still shows in the directory and I can't seem to get rid of it there. Oh well, at least it isn't hurting anything. 6. I was researching HOI3 as it might have improved and become more fun. However, a lot of customers are complaining online that HOI3 runs terribly slow, has a lot of bugs and last I checked has four patches to it. hmmm. That doesn't sound like a product I want to invest my money into. Also, if you go on YouTube you can find some really, really hilarious videos made of peoples problems with HOI3 (I love the video where Hitler is cussing out his officers who are supposedly the game developers. It's a hoot). That's my take. Geofighter

Hello, I was researching World War II games online and happened upon this one. I have never heard of Battlefront Games before. I have played many and looking at the trailer and reading the site makes this sound really intersting. I have played many WWII games in the past. Here are my preferences from what I have played: I like a lot of units of many different kinds but don't go into the 10,000's. I like advanced diplomacy features. I like random, historical events that don't happen to me but give me choices. I like all theaters of the war in a grand strategy game. I like a 1936 scenario (It's fun to try and stop the Axis before they can even launch). I like realistic supply, production and convoy rules. I like technology and production enhancements that build on each other. I like good graphics. I don't like real time, It's hard to stop playing. I don't like so many steps and rules that one has to make a career out of playing a game. It sound's like this game fits the bill for the most part. So, when is it scheduled to come out? I didn't see that on the page. Only that I could "preorder" it? Also, since it's modable can I make a 1936 campaign if I so deign? Browsing through the rules seems like I can. I'd like some feedback before making a buying decision.