Steve Clark Posted September 26, 2000 Share Posted September 26, 2000 Here is why I've been playing CM for all its worth... With the addition of CM to my regular playlist, there are now 5-7 PC games that I play in rotation. Unlike most gamers here, my game time is limited to about 1-2 hours per night and I will not play the same PC game consecutively. Anyway, after easily winning the tutorial scenario, I wanted to play a historical-based scenario that would provide me with a comprehensive experience with CM. Knowing that this will be the only CM scenario that I will play this fall, I wanted to make it a good one. After considerable research, I choose "These Hills Are Alive" (no spoilers). It is a huge 50-turn scenario but it has everything I wanted: playing as attacking Americans, heavy fog, numerous hills in a forest, a village and many types of units. I've been playing this for about 2 weeks and with the turns taking me about an hour each, I'm only at turn 16. However, I am constantly awed as to how good CM is. The tactical decisions, which is the judge a great wargame, are modeled and executed brilliantly. Even though it is a slow, tough (yet winnable) game for me to play, it is holding my interest because of the intelligence of the tactics and how every move is critical. I think the other thing that I like about playing this scenario is the surprise factor. I had purposely not read anything here about playing this and of course, I play with full FOW and don't replay turns. That, IMO, makes it a very fun challenge, which I had not experienced in playing wargames the past several years. Again, thanks to BTS for making a great wargame (esp. one that runs well on a Pentium 233) and for sparking my interest in WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted September 26, 2000 Share Posted September 26, 2000 Yep, this game is no slouch. BTS deserves all the credit they get for this and more. It's a genere, gener, gen...a darn good game. Worth ever cent I paid and more. BTS has my loyality. Turn play is back, and Momma I'm home. ------------------ "Wer zuerst schiesst hat mehr von Leben" Moto-(3./JG11 "Graf") Bruno "Stachel" Weiss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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