db_zero Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I saw a blurb in the back of PC Gamer mag. Saw the pic of the infantry that reminds me of Angry Birds. Eventually ended up buying it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridethe415 Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I can't even remember...one of those internet paths you take down a rabbit hole. I found it in 2011. Before that I was stuck in John Tillers East Front, which left a lot to be desired as far as AI and interface. I literally get motion sickness when playing most FPS, the quick screen motions make me dizzy, long after playing; so that never did much for me. CM has everything I want; challenging, fun, multiple game formats. Just started pbem and it is adding yet another dimension. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymru Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Can't remember where I heard of it. Downloaded the original demos and was blown away: it was everything I had wanted since Panzerbliz days. Lost touch when Mac compatibilty became an issue, now back again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Williams Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 PC Gamer or Computer Gaming World? One of them ran the preview article. I watched. I waited. I bought. PC Gamer stunk. No, literally, it smelled bad. I don't know if it was the ink or the paper but I did not like the smell of it. Computer Gaming World had that nice newsprint smell. Loved it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 ...Lost touch when Mac compatibilty became an issue, now back again. Thankfully that is not and will not be an issue for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkEzra Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I was one of Wild Bill Wilders Raiders (SPWaW). In Nov 1999 the Colonel told me about a new 3D wargame in development and suggested I check out the CM forum. So I waited for the CMBO Beta Demo. Loaded it and said 3 guys with swivel heads? and deleted it. 24 hours later I tried it again.... like everybody else... the rest is history. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallysWorld Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I too was hooked on Steel Panthers and when I heard that CMBO was going to be like a 3-D version of SP, I bought CMBO as soon as it was released. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 PC Gamer stunk. No, literally, it smelled bad. I don't know if it was the ink or the paper but I did not like the smell of it. Computer Gaming World had that nice newsprint smell. Loved it. Now there's a new twist. Don't think I've heard that one before. The only reading material that I have encountered that I considered actually rank was moldy, but others have had a pungent quality. I never considered it offensive, but I took note of it. In addition to the likely candidates of paper and/or ink, sometimes with glossy magazines printers will apply a kind of varnish as a last coat to keep the ink from smearing, but that is rare and usually only applied to high end periodicals or catalogues. A lot of times I notice a distinctly "chemical" aroma coming off a freshly printed magazine that fades over time. I don't know in what stage of the production process this comes in or what the chemicals are. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Williams Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Now there's a new twist. Don't think I've heard that one before. The only reading material that I have encountered that I considered actually rank was moldy, but others have had a pungent quality. I never considered it offensive, but I took note of it. In addition to the likely candidates of paper and/or ink, sometimes with glossy magazines printers will apply a kind of varnish as a last coat to keep the ink from smearing, but that is rare and usually only applied to high end periodicals or catalogues. A lot of times I notice a distinctly "chemical" aroma coming off a freshly printed magazine that fades over time. I don't know in what stage of the production process this comes in or what the chemicals are. Michael PC Gamer had, IIRC, a noticeably higher "production value" than Computer Gaming World, but that did nothing to offset the pungent aroma. I literally could barely stand to read PC Gamer because of the offensive odor. If memory serves, I even managed to write a letter to the editor about it. Computer Gaming World, on the other hand, had the soothing ink & newsprint smell that I love, like walking into a book store. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman2575 Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I'd known about the CM games for a long time but only very recently took the plunge. I have to admit, Battlefront's DRM scheme scared me away for years. And also have to admit, my fears were greatly exaggerated -- I've had no DRM problems at all, and BF's DRM policy is not nearly as draconian as I thought it was. But I really come to CM by way of the Graviteam Tactics (formerly Achtung Panzer) series. Gravteam Tactics Op. Star is a game every CMx2 player should have in their library. There's no reason to have to choose one franchise over the other -- both have great strengths and some weaknesses. But Op. Star has grown rather stale to me, and since it's anyone's guess when the next installment, "Mius Front," may be coming out, I thought I should overcome my DRM bias and give CM a shot. And now I have been sucked down the CM rabbit hole big time. I can't stop playing, and am constantly switching between BN, FI, and Red Thunder, because each is so unique. Fortress Italy kind of feels like the red-headed stepchild of the series, but in many ways it's my favorite. I just really dig the Italian/Sicilian theater, the landscape, the operations. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Around 1999 George Bradford ("AFV News" journal) dropped me a line out of the blue asking "How would you like to be on the Beta team for a new armor-heavy computer game?" My response "Uhhhh... sure!" Before that I hadn't so much as glanced in the direction of a wargame, though I was deep-deep-deep into vehicles. Everyone else looked at CM and saw 3-D SP, I looked at it and saw live-action Tamiya model tanks.:p 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Everyone else looked at CM and saw 3-D SP, I looked at it and saw live-action Tamiya model tanks. Personally, I think your reading was closer to the mark. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtHatred Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Picked up on Combat Mission Beyond Overlord after seeing it in PC Gamer, as several others apparently did. Bought Battle for Normandy when it came out, but didn't get much of a chance to play. Didn't hear about Red Thunder being released until I stumbled upon it after googling for Star Wars : Battlefront. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krilly Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I was googling about ww2 armor stuff and stumbled upon the forum. Found some golden discussions on the forum (Fionn Kelly!) and got hooked. Learned a lot those days and got excited for the game, at the time the demo came up I was one of the refreshing monkeys and played the games to death. I dont play it as much nowadays, but still buy every new version faithfully as a 'support' to Steve, Matt and the community. Ah the good old days. Angry smiles and Mad, great threads about reference books, ammo discussions, hamsters.... Damn I am getting nostalgic now :-p 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombatDave Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I really enjoy war games, in particular WW2 games. I made lots of WW2 models when I was a kid and played many miniature games with tanks, infantry and a detailed battle map with trees, grass, rocks and hills. With that said ever since PC war games showed up I have always been on the lookout for a great playing and great looking WW2 game. Started with the Close Combat series, Commando's, Blitzkrieg, Soldiers, Company of Hero's but I always felt that realism was lacking in these games. I really hated when my soldiers would move out right in the middle of enemy fire and do nothing to avoid being shot. I was irritating beyond belief. I guess I found Battlefront from reading many many reviews/forum discussions of PC war games online (armchair general). I do remember trying the CM:BN 1.0 demo but couldn't get into it due to the really slow poorly optimized game engine. I like a fairly fast moving camera and the 1.0 version just didn't work for me. It wasn't my system because I always upgraded the CPU/graphics card due to my interest in 3D animation. So I just took a pass. I guess with the recent 70 year anniversary of the Normandy Invasion I just happen to go back to Battlefront to see if they were having a sale. I saw that not only have they come out with a new game CM:RT but also 2.0 versions of their previous games. Well I did some looking on you tube to see what the 2.0 game looked like since they didn't have a demo and it looked really nice, very good camera response and nice looking textures so I bought the big bundle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosseau Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 CMBO on the Mac II si. I used to sneak into work on Saturdays to play it. I already had Flight Commander II. I think I saw an ad in CGW. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhmorneau Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 For me all started with CMAK in 2002. I bought it while in french Guyana and played it thoroughly with a high school friend of mine who was in the french Navy and by coincidence also stationed in Guyana. Then we bought CMBB to play around in the snow (it's refreshing when you live in Amazonia ;-) I've been hooked ever since and I've bought everything BF has released since, even CMSF even (though modern combat isn't my cup of tea). The only still missing on my shelf is CMRT... but I'll get it someday... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pewpewchewchew Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I saw CMBO on GoG.com under the related games there. It looked pretty fun albeit dated for 2009/2010. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmoney Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Found a copy of cmbb at the PX when I got back from deployment in 03. Played it but didn't really understand it at first, so checked out the website and read some aar's. The rest is history. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMC Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 AH had earlier contracted with Atomic Games to do a computerized version of Squad Leader, but Close Combat turned out to be not exactly that, so AH and AG parted company and BTS got the contract. The Atomic project was Beyond Squad Leader. That title I think gives you the fundamental difference in the goals of the two companies. AH and many fans wanted nothing more than a direct port of SL/ASL to the computer. Heck, the alpha versions of CM still had hexes and there were heated arguments on the BTS forums between those who wanted hexes and counters and those who wanted to take advantage of what the computer could do for the game. I wish I still had those screenshots from the alpha days. OMG. The wayback machine has some of the original forums captured. Take a look at this post: CASL-A dissenting view the Alpha AAR that was being played between (I think) Fionn and someone (apologies, but it was a long time ago, and I'm not getting any younger)... It was Moon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostRider3/3 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I heard of this series in 2002... when my friend showed me a small review of it in a magazine article.. I then looked them up and downloaded the demo... and ever since then I began to collect every title. We had both been avid ASL fanatics. We also played Panzer Leader and Blitzkrieg. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 1999 http://web.archive.org/web/19991109235411/http://battlefront.com/ I still have the pen and ink drawing of the Panther G for pre-ordering CMBO. I kind of remember a different web page layout. Blue and white maybe? Oh yes. If you click on discuss you can see the original (?) colors. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herr_oberst Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I still have the pen and ink drawing of the Panther G for pre-ordering CMBO. +1: Framed and on the wall in my office. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ithikial_AU Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 A high schooler surfing the web with a 56k modem ignoring my homework. Stumbled onto the BTS website just when the Beta demo was being released and was hooked. To think that was before Google... mmmm how did I find this place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocal Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 A high schooler surfing the web with a 56k modem ignoring my homework. Stumbled onto the BTS website just when the Beta demo was being released and was hooked. To think that was before Google... mmmm how did I find this place. Yahoo, probably. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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