slysniper Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 http://www.battlefront.com/products/t72 I just found out about this from another site. thought it might interest some of you that want to dream of being in russian armor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristerS Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Cool stuff. Some of those links on the images should be fixed btw. Or someone... Btw battlefront you might want to clarify.. this isn't CMx2 or anything right? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Sure, as soon as that website actually goes live. It's not, uh, officially released yet and stuff... Martin PS. Oh, and no, it's not CMX2. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patboy Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 ouf ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooz Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Wow!!! I am NOT a modern war enthusiast, but THIS looks like a must-have. More info please! :eek: :cool: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooz Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Hmm, guess I'll mosey on over to the T-72 forum now... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 By coincidence (and a strange coincidence it is) I was stuck home with the flu yesterday. To occupy myself I pulled out a dusty old video tape I had of news reports covering 1991-1995: The tail-end of Gulf War I, the attempted Russian Coup (tanks on Moscow streets), AND the blow-up of the Balkan conflict. Watching those contemporary news reports I thought to myself "This is why most conflicts need 10 years separation before being converted over to game play. You need at least that much time to 'depersonalize' the action." And here we are, just crossing the 10 year mark. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Vietnam was 30+ years but the stories still make me emotional. Somedays I can play those scenarios, somedays not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slysniper Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 Since I started this link, they have now set up a discussion forum set up for the game, this one can fade away. I thought it was funny that I found it first at a competitors site. Battlefront will be more than happy to give all the info you want, just wanted to help get it going. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 And sincere thanks for giving the heads-up, slysniper. I otherwise would've never thought to look. On the same line, BFC has just put up the 'Dangerous Waters' demo for downloading. Man-oh-man. Look how much new work they're doing now that they're finished with the CM1 game engine! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 I wonder if the CM2 engine is going to look that good... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer76 Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Originally posted by MikeyD: On the same line, BFC has just put up the 'Dangerous Waters' demo for downloading. Man-oh-man. Look how much new work they're doing now that they're finished with the CM1 game engine! Err... BFC has done NOTHING on the new titles.... they are purley the publisher. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer76 Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 [ February 22, 2005, 03:50 PM: Message edited by: Panzer76 ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 "Err... BFC has done NOTHING on the new titles.... they are purley the publisher." Well, publishing isn't exactly 'nothing'. And they do seem to have a lot of excess energy to expend now that they've stopped hunting down LOS bugs and misallgned bmps in the CM1 engine. It sounds like BFC's taken upon itself the conversion of 'T72' from Cyrillic Russian into English, including substuting English voices(?). That sounds like a bit of a chore! Or perhaps the'yre just using the royal "we" when they describe the work that has to be done by the umbrella work group. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 'tis true that we had nothing to do with either DW or T-72 from a development standpoint. 'tis also true that we did spend quite a bit of energy to bring these great titles to you guys. But we've always been publishing other people's stuff since day one. It's just that now we're starting to see less interest in these games by traditional publishers, and that means we're seeing more interest from developers. Panzer76... as everybody here knows we have been very quiet about what the next CM game will be. We feel it is HARMFUL for us for the news to get out a moment earlier than we see fit. We have our reasons, the major one is distraction from development (this is a HARD learned lesson for us). So... you coming onto this forum and claiming to know something, whether it is true or not, is harmful to us because it stokes the fire of the rumor mongers. This is something we find becomes a BIG distraction for us, so obviously we can not allow that. Therefore, we're asking you nicely to take your rumors and keep them to yourself. Info for the rest of you... there are probably less than a dozen people that know what we're planning on releasing for the CMx2 engine in the near future. I know for sure that Panzer76 is not one of them. There are several people on this Forum that have purported to have "inside information" about what the next title is, and some of the ideas we've seen are rather funny (besides being wrong ). So unless you hear it from one of us, assume that the person making the leak is someone seeking attention for himself and is otherwise out to lunch. When we know the time is right to spill the beans you'll be the first ones to know. Oh, and you'll also get the truth Steve [ February 22, 2005, 03:05 PM: Message edited by: Battlefront.com ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Am I warm in guessing CMX will be Cricket Match X - The first 3D cricket tactical simulator ?!?! Barmy Army! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 hehe... that's a funny one I remember Bungie Software (long before they got snapped up by Microsoft) had a top secret project. They invited the press in to get a sneak peek. What did they show? Tic-Tac-Toe-3D!!! I'm serious, it was hysterical... the whole staff participated in it. They had 3D artists doing super high resolution renderings of Xs and Os, the designers talking about how revolutionary it was, and the QA guys play testing it. Man... I wish I still had the QT movies of it. Classic! It was also funny for me because I know 1/2 the guys that were interviewed. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer76 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Originally posted by Battlefront.com: Therefore, we're asking you nicely to take your rumors and keep them to yourself. Done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer76 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Originally posted by Battlefront.com: hehe... that's a funny one I remember Bungie Software (long before they got snapped up by Microsoft) had a top secret project. They invited the press in to get a sneak peek. What did they show? Tic-Tac-Toe-3D!!! I'm serious, it was hysterical... the whole staff participated in it. Was it joke or for real? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Thanks Panzer76. Remember how many problems were caused by someone who said he had good sources that indicated WMD in a certain country As for the 3D Tic-Tac-Toe... it was just an elaborate joke to play on people who were hounding Bungie for information about their next game. In this case the next game turned out to be Marathon II. Later, after the huge success of Marthon II, I got a phone call from a friend at Bungie asking where they could get some good sound effects for heavy weapons to use with an upcoming "secret project". That turned out to be Halo. So my friends, your's truly was THIS CLOSE to having a minor (VERY minor) role in what became one of the biggest games of all time. Damned timing just didn't work out. Oh well, at least my nephew still thinks of me as some sort of connection to God thanks to these old stories And just to put in a plug for me old Mac compadres... they are the best damned developers out there and great guys, period. I am honored to say "I knew them when". Buy whatever they put out... I do Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Originally posted by Battlefront.com: When we know the time is right to spill the beans you'll be the first ones to know. Oh, and you'll also get the truth Looking forward to some beans & truth. I did like those images though. Sweet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 So one thing I couldn't see in the overview, as regards comparing to CM, ... is this thing basically an FPS? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 GreenAsJade - do you mean T72? No, it's a tank simulation (and therefore, of course, realtime). Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer76 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Originally posted by Battlefront.com: Thanks Panzer76. Remember how many problems were caused by someone who said he had good sources that indicated WMD in a certain country And the outfall from this would be even worse! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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