Hey BTS, I got to thinkin' and wondered why you chose the name Combat Mission.

[Guest Ol' Blood & Guts]

I mean it sounds almost too generic as to what this masterpiece really is all about.

Just wondering...

[Guest Paul Roberts]

Well, I'm not BTS, but my guess is this...

The full name is COMBAT MISSION: BEYOND OVERLORD, indicating the post-6/44 Western Front focus of this game. I'd expect future games to be named something like COMBAT MISSION: BARBAROSSA or COMBAT MISSION: NORTH AFRICA.

[Guest Ol' Blood & Guts]

Well, I know that dude. My question is why did BTS decide to call this game system, Combat Mission, as opposed to something else.

[Guest Mirage2k]

I like it...it's almost an understatement of the greatness of the game. What do you want, anyway? "Super European Combat Siege"?????

Hmm...almost sounds like a Japanese cartoon.

-Andrew

Survivor: AP US History Exam

[This message has been edited by Mirage2k (edited 05-15-2000).]

[Black Sabot]

Because 'Peace mission' didn't sound quite right.

[Guest Ol' Blood & Guts]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Black Sabot:

Because 'Peace mission' didn't sound quite right.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

LOL!

[Pak40]

Wasn't this originally a Computer Squad Leader game? ... or am I thinking of several other games that AH renigged on?

Jeff

[Guest Paul Roberts]

Ol' B&G,

Sorry, sir; I didn't mean to restate the obvious. I was trying to focus on the two-part title as half-generic and half-specific, with the idea that the subtitles ("Beyond Overlord" and whatever's next) will come to define the individual games.

Now that I think about it, "Squad Leader" is a pretty generic name in itself.

Paul Roberts

[Guest Ol' Blood & Guts]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Paul Roberts:

Ol' B&G,

Sorry, sir; I didn't mean to restate the obvious. I was trying to focus on the two-part title as half-generic and half-specific, with the idea that the subtitles ("Beyond Overlord" and whatever's next) will come to define the individual games.

Paul Roberts<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, OK, I see your point. That makes sense, just kinda like the Close Combat series with Close Combat, Close Combat: A Bridge to Far, Close Combat: Eastern Front, and Close Combat: Battle of the Bulge.