Aragorn2002 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Personally I hope for CM Kursk and beyond. The fighting from the Summer of 1943 until the spring of 1944 is extremely interesting. It's hard to imagine the future of CM in a time like this, but let's dream. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 It will take less effort with equipment than Barbarossa, so 1943 will probably be the next iteration in the East. I'm looking more forward to crap tanks™ in 1941 though. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 The focus shouldnt be pumping out another CMx2 title IMO. Anything Eastern should be packed with CMRT. I would love to see Fall Blau to Kursk, when the Germans were just beginning to get crushed. I think 1942-43 will offer a bit of everything, and would be pretty balanced too. BT-5, 7 and KV-1, KV-1S, wide range of vehicles. T-60 and T-70 tanks. Germans would have so much good kit too. 37mm at gun? Let's go! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Artkin said: Anything Eastern should be packed with CMRT. I agree. Ideally CMRT would be expanded to cover the whole time frame but I'm not sure we'll get all (or any) of the missing years. I know there's some good stuff coming for RT but not early stuff. @kohlenklau was making a brave and skilled attempt at modding some of this but I think he's had to take a gardening break from the strain. Come back soon Phil... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glubokii Boy Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 5 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: Personally I hope for CM Kursk and beyond. The fighting from the Summer of 1943 until the spring of 1944 is extremely interesting. I guess such a game will be ready for release just in time for the 100 year aniversity...That is 2043... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 In CM1 Barbarossa to Berlin we had a battle for Sevastopol. USSR marines were hard to get rid of. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 8 hours ago, Glubokii Boy said: I guess such a game will be ready for release just in time for the 100 year aniversity...That is 2043... Perhaps. But let's not forget BF is a company and the work continues, even now. And it wouldn't be the first time BF surprises us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 12 hours ago, Vergeltungswaffe said: It will take less effort with equipment than Barbarossa, so 1943 will probably be the next iteration in the East. I'm looking more forward to crap tanks™ in 1941 though. After re-reading Balcks memoires and Barrats Zhitomir-Berdichev I'm really hoping for the second half of 1943 and the beginning of 1944, but yes, 1941/42 would also be great. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLaurier Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Anything Ostfront in the CM series, is welcomed here. Although early war would make me neglect my girlfriend far more than late war. Axis allies are a good thing to play. Romanians, Italians, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 3 hours ago, DLaurier said: Although early war would make me neglect my girlfriend far more than late war. Welcome to CM OWHG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codreanu Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I would put down hard cash right now for a Barbarossa game even if it meant I wouldn't be getting it until a couple years into the future. Earlier this year I read Between Giants by Prit Buttar and even in the relatively small section of the book that dealt with Barbarossa there were multiple battles that he described that I desperately wished that I could have played out in CM. Even if the next game isn't Barbarossa I'm way too much of a sucker for the Eastern front to not buy whatever it is immediately anyway 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinkin Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 In the 46th minute of this great interview, you can hear why the developers need to be very careful where they place limited resources. I always wondered why some eras, that seem so obvious to almost all wargamers, are not part of the CMx2 family. They will not sacrifice the quality of Combat Mission (for example the art work and historical research) to rush a title on the dime. So titles have to be selected very carefully and I defer to them and work with what we have to try to game eras not exactly covered. The Stalingrad project and winter mod were fun to work on. You can put together a pretty nice north Africa tank battle with CMFI. "A Lot Too Late" takes place during early 1944 and works pretty well with the winter Mod. Many gamers will still want 1941 east front and 1940 France. Or something in the Pacific. These are out of reach now. But we were all surprised by Cold War, so we can dream. https://www.spreaker.com/user/12799661/developer-dialogue-3-battlefront-intervi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ts4EVER Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) Personally I would love to see another RT module covering the same time frame, with the minor Axis nations: Hungary, Romania, Finland, maybe throw Bulgaria in as well. Edited August 16, 2022 by Ts4EVER 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 You can have the Croatians too if we get 1942 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornGinger Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 If Battlefront want to get busy with something related to Combat Mission, I'd rather have them busy with making a new game engine. When that one is done and ready to be used they could release a Barbarossa game with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I agree they should be working on cmx3, but when they release it I hope it'll be a strong title like China vs Taiwan (+US), or something similar. Vietnam and WW2 won't cut it I don't think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/17/2022 at 6:43 PM, Artkin said: I agree they should be working on cmx3, but when they release it I hope it'll be a strong title like China vs Taiwan (+US), or something similar. Vietnam and WW2 won't cut it I don't think. Not for you, but I definitely think it should be Eastern front ww2 or North Africa ww2. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 42 minutes ago, Aragorn2002 said: Not for you, but I definitely think it should be Eastern front ww2 or North Africa ww2. Well the problem with that is North Africa is something I would consider a weak title. It wont sell well. Eastern Front was already done too, with only one module so far. CMRT will probably get 2 more modules. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 11 minutes ago, Artkin said: Well the problem with that is North Africa is something I would consider a weak title. It wont sell well. Eastern Front was already done too, with only one module so far. CMRT will probably get 2 more modules. Eastern front Kursk and beyond would be perfect. Either for CMRT or the new engine. Such an underrated and fascinating period of that war. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 For me, earlier WW2, so Poland, France/Belgium, Greece, Barabarossa for sure, etc. And yes North Afrika would be great (even if it's a weak title - sorry @Artkin my friend ). But I also recognise that BFC might be expecting more sales per effort elsewhere - not something we're likely to be made privy to I imagine. What if a massively rich benefactor stepped up to fund another WW2 title? I'm thinking of you Jacob @Aragorn2002 ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, Vacillator said: For me, earlier WW2, so Poland, France/Belgium, Greece, Barabarossa for sure, etc. And yes North Afrika would be great (even if it's a weak title - sorry @Artkin my friend ). But I also recognise that BFC might be expecting more sales per effort elsewhere - not something we're likely to be made privy to I imagine. What if a massively rich benefactor stepped up to fund another WW2 title? I'm thinking of you Jacob @Aragorn2002 ? Haha, that would probably mean Holland 1940, the five days war. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Aragorn2002 said: Eastern front Kursk and beyond would be perfect. Either for CMRT or the new engine. Such an underrated and fascinating period of that war. I'm currently dug into 1942, but 1943 is next. When I'm reading about that I'm sure I'll feel as passionate as you. I would love a Fall Blau game, but I wouldnt consider it for Cm x3. I think CMCW would have made a good fit, but now, the only game that can truly slap the market in the face is a game which includes China and the US. Steve said he would be more open to theoretical wars, since cmbs and cmcw were both theoretical and sold well. Edited August 21, 2022 by Artkin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, Aragorn2002 said: that would probably mean Holland 1940 Yes, I did originally type Holland after Belgium, but then deleted it . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Vacillator said: Yes, I did originally type Holland after Belgium, but then deleted it . Wise decision, Tim. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Artkin said: I'm currently dug into 1942, but 1943 is next. When I'm reading about that I'm sure I'll feel as passionate as you. I would love a Fall Blau game, but I wouldnt consider it for Cm x3. I think CMCW would have made a good fit, but now, the only game that can truly slap the market in the face is a game which includes China and the US. Steve said he would be more open to theoretical wars, since cmbs and cmcw were both theoretical and sold well. It's all good actually. But I don't see China vs US happen to be honest. Fall Blau would be great, I agree. Or something refreshing like the Winter War 1939/1940 or Tunesia 1943. Edited August 21, 2022 by Aragorn2002 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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