[Theater Of War series]

Glad you got the game Saryk. The more you explore it, the more you see its depth of play, and massive potential. The similarities are there to Combat Mission, but still unique on its own. You said that you did not like the Domination or, King of the hill. May I ask why? What turned you off? Are you new to RTS in general? The reason I ask is meeting engagements, which is basically when flags are more in the center is probably what is more popular In MP community. The reason why is because they are the most balanced. I know I prefer meeting engagements when I play MP Combat Mission games. Those types of battles do require the most speed in the initial deployment, but after that the pace changes with peaks , and lows, just as real combat from my understanding. I kind of think of it more like a chess game that has a mixture of speed chess, and no time limit chess. Your initial deployment is like your opening moves in a chess match. Also, recon is important of the map before you play serious. Having a plan before hand for your deployment objectives is important. All this, along with good COMMAND and CONTROL, make much less of an effort that goes much more smoothly. I cannot stress smooth command and control enough for RTS, and basically any PC game. In this aspect the waypoint functions are where TOW’s could use its most priority improvements. RTS does NOT have to be frustrating, and I think TOW is taking some of that stigma out from these types of games. I do wish though that there were an option to set game speed by host to ½ speed. The Combat Mission crowd would like this pace more, and those with the slower PC’s like myself would like this.

The reason I do not like Domination is the finite amount of units that are deployed and there are no reinforcements. If holding an area gave some kind of points to spend on additional units, I’d like that a ton more. Of course I am new to the ToW series (but I have played the MoW series) and I am only playing Africa maps now. And don’t know the full capabilities of mods and extra maps, plus I was playing versus the AI.

My experience , I have been playing strategy games since the 80’s, Modem Wars, Dune, Steel Panthers (I still have them in the closet), etc. There are three genres that I prefer Strategy, RPG/MMO and FPS.

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I am having problems also. I have an AMD Quad 2.5, 4 Gig ram, and Nvidia 460. I went into the video file mentioned and changed the cpu number, didn’t help. As stated by someone else, I can run fine in ½, but this ticks me off, like a squeaky bearing.

I can run every game (and I have a HUGE selection) at max graphics and very good FPS. Anyone else have any ideas?

[Theater Of War series]

Thanks Vinnart for the reply. I went ahead and bought it for my son and we played a multiplayer match against the cpu. I didn’t like the Domination or the king of the hill, but we did enjoy the Attack-Defend (Africa). Wish there were more maps; I might have to make some or find some to download.

Thanks again.

[Theater Of War series]

I bought the Theater of War series off of Steam. I am thinking about buying my son a copy. However I don't know if I will buy a copy for my two nephews. So what i want to know, how many players can play a multiplayer match in ToW games?

Thanks!