Hi all,
Just bought the game and I am having a blast. The ToW series is like a fine wine, it's getting better with age and Kursk is the most refined and evolved of them yet.
I love the new points system and that you can name your units. You gotta admire the amount of research that has gotten into this game, and the little details like correct GD cuffbands on the uniforms. The units are small works of art and a pleasure to watch in action, and you really do care when you lose one in battle.
I can play with all the bells and whistles on in 1920 x 1200 on my 26" LCD monitor and get a framerate between 10-20 when the battle is most intense with dive-bombers, artillery-barrage and everybody shooting at each other. You dont need high fps in this kind of game, so I would rather have 15 fps and the SSAO on, than 25 fps and SSAO off.
Anyway, I wish there was a replay-function in the game because there is so much going on, and you can only micro-manage a couple of units at the time. In this game you get punished for your mistakes (love that!) and I would really like to study my errors in order to play a more perfect game.
I cant wait for the next ToW 2 game, maybe some intense house to house fighting in a bloody Stalingrad campaign? That would give the developers an opportunity to optimize the infantry behavior, wich is a little weak now.
Finally, a question: I had a Pz V that lost its tracks and gun near a Russian trench. When the crew bailed out, they were mowed down by infantry, but the icon over the tank was still there and the motor was running. When I later on tried to recover the tank for repairs until next mission, every man I sent inside the tank jumped out again, and I lost the tank. I thought that as long as the icon still was there and you could enter the tank, it was salvable?
Anyway, great game that is pretty unik in the marketplace (Kharkov '43?), keep up the good work.
Cheers,