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Freyr Oakenshield

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    Help Battlefront Out & Leave A Steam Review

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    1 hour ago, Thewood1 said:

    Holy cow.  And this type of comment is exactly why BFC and its beta teams have such a poor reputation.  Exactly this.  Unfortunately, there was a period of time where any negative comment was virtually set upon by people on this forum.  And it was condoned by BFC though inaction.  Because of that, this forum became its own little insular world.  But the internet has a long memory.  And exposing BFC to the Steam masses gives those previously aggrieved a forum for revisiting past issues without BFC being able to control the narrative.   As soon as BFC made the Steam announcement, I knew what would happen on both sides.  But to see thjis kind of comment and general degradation of people who just don't happen to like the game, BFC, or maybe Steve, sure exposes the worst of this forum.  And this comment is worse than any I have seen on Steam...ever.

    It's not really the worst comment I've seen about games (or even wargames) on Steam...

    I think that part of the "problem" is Steam's policy on prices. Games get old very quickly on Steam and masses of Steam users expect huge discounts on older games. Some other games by Matrix/Slitherine, for instance, also got similar hate when they were released on Steam. For example, Gary Grigsby's War in the East and War in the West is a good case in point. They had already been in use for a couple of years (especially War in the East) when they came out on Steam, and their prices were quite high (with small discounts) considering their age (and considering Steam's standards)... Games as old as Shock Force 2 usually get 75%-90% discounts on Steam. That's probably the reason for the hate. Steam really is a minefield for such games, but it's something Matrix/Slitherine guys should be aware of...

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    CM1 vs CM2 - question

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted · Edited by Freyr Oakenshield

    What's the difference between CM1 and 2?

    I know that graphics are better and so on, but I'm rather asking about more serious changes concerning e.g. gameplay, game rules, the game engine (I don't mean graphics here), etc...

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    Questions about downloading/installing

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    I've read something about "the all-in-one full game installers" in different parts of the forums (I think it was on the forum about the Italian campaign) and so my question is this: If I bought the entire Normandy set (which consists of several "packs"), what would be the download? Would it be a few large separate files, just one file? Would I have to download everything manually? Would it be just one small installer that upon registration, or something, would download all the needed files for me? How is the thing arranged? Any explanation appreciated. Thanks. 😀

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    To buy or not to buy

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    So..., er... I've been toying with this idea of buying one of the CM2 games, but the priced seem a little steep (discounted 100$ still seems a little high for a computer game...), so I was wondering if you could try to, perhaps, convince me that it's good value for money...? Any new modules coming up? Is this series still alive? Are the developers still looking after it? Are there many scenario available? Any free scenarios? Are there good prospects for the game's growth? ... ❓

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