smythe11 Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 I know this question will leave me open to a lot of sarcastic comments from all those witty CM-ers out there, but when, heaven forbid, you're not on a Combat Mission, what other war game (actually, I prefer the term "strategic study") is your second choice? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 TacOps. It gets some time to get used to modern units and then some to the extreme deadlyness of TacOps combat, but then it plays great. A very efficient wargame, few ballast in learning and clicking. If you get into the multiplayer games with teams with commanders on each side you get more hooked, although they are a real time-killer: - playerx: "Dammit, why is this taking so long, my wife just went to bed angy" - umpire: "Don't worry, by the time this game ends you need a younger one anyway" [ November 27, 2003, 11:47 PM: Message edited by: redwolf ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkiviadis Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Armored Task Force & Decisive Action. Both have steep learning curves but are unparalleled for modern ground combat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Warfare In The Age Of Reason comes to mind 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxx Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 ur,...not exactly a war game but Think Tanks come to mind 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 EU2. I love grand strategy games and this one is great. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 CM is my only war game. I play Call of Duty also since a few weeks Monty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kozure Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Believe it or not, I pull out the old V for Victory (V4V) series every so often. I've played through the full map Operation Market Garden so many times to try to do what Monty didn't. So many times I failed, a day late and a dollar short. The first time I won, I couldn't believe it... a tiny little toehold of XXX Corps in Arnhem and a few Paras across the river, but I had made it - the Bridge too Far, wasn't. Utah Beach in the V4V series is also a lot of fun, I have a lot of respect for the US 9th Infantry after being relentlessly battered by Panzergrenadiers and Panzer counterattacks. Steel Panthers World @ War (SP:W@W) is a fun game... but it never feels quite as "real" as Combat Mission. The nice thing is that you can play anywhere in the world, anytime in the war, with almost any units. It's not technically a war game in the pure sense, but CRS' World War II Online (WWIIOL) has a lot of immersion. It's sometimes buggy, occasionally gamey, and some of the historical decisions of the makers are suspect from time to time, but compared to almost any other sim out there (exception of Warbirds and Aces High, perhaps), you're not going to find a closer approximation of first person WWII combat. I still play every Tuesday and Thursday with the squad. I was heavily addicted to Age of Rifles (AoR) for a while, but then I leant it to a friend. Then he left to work in Japan, and I forgot to ask for it back from him. I know that I could probably search for a copy in bargain bins or on eBay, but I never seem to get around to it. Fantastic wargame - enough realism to satisfy the history buff in me, enough dash and elan (especially in cavalry charges and massed advances) to satisfy the part of me that wants to scream into battle with a flashing sabre over my head and a spirited charger under the saddle. Some more games will probably come to mind, but those are the ones that jump out in my memory. [ November 28, 2003, 10:50 AM: Message edited by: Kozure ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Tittles Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Korsun Pocket 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salkin Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Originally posted by Monty: CM is my only war game. I play Call of Duty also since a few weeks Monty Hehe...you are just like me. CM is as heavy as it get's . I also play Counter-Strike . //Salkin 28 year old twitch/tactician 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scholt Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 hey kozure..... what squad you in? i have played wwiionline since it came out!! i am in the lafayettefederation, look us up at lafayettefederation.com S! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Talker Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 I also like Thunder at Sea for those times I want to kill a few squids off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Knudsen Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 Ahhhh... Good old V for Victory - I remember buying Utah Beach when it first came out and then being devaststated when my roommate's computer (I did not actually have one) couldn't handle the cutting edge VESA graphics. I still dust off Stalingrad every once in a while, when the mood takes me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsdale Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Sholt: Kozure and I are in vRHC (TheBlack Watch) He is actually OIC. We are part of 1st Guards Brigade. Koz was CinC last year and I was BEF Army Command. We are both just regular players now. Cheers! [ December 12, 2003, 10:51 AM: Message edited by: Dinsdale ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I like Uncommon Valor but (sadly) lack the time needed to put into it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phemur Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I play Hearts of Iron, Operation Art of War and Day of Defeat on occasion. HoI is a grand strategic game, OpArt is an operational level game (divisions, battalion, companies) and Day of Defeat is a WWII FPS based on Half-Life. That pretty much rounds up my computer gaming. I don't know if board gaming counts, but I've started Advanced Squad Leader this year as well. Nat 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoSimonds Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 EU2. I love grand strategy games and this one is great. Michael I've got to agree with this choice, one of my favourite games. Whenever I feel the need to guide the fate of an empire and 100,000 man armies, I break out this game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agua Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Limited strictly to traditional "wargames", I'm currently enjoying Airborne Assault: Highway to the Reich (HIGHLY RECOMMEND) when I'm not playing CM. I go back and forth with others such as Squad Assault, Uncommon Valor, Korsun Pocket, HPS' Bulge '44, occasionally I even pick up the old Talonsoft Campaign Series, but one of the CM iterations is a constant with me. As far as *other* games, I fool with Flashpoint (especially with all the ww2 addons available now), Ghost Recon (War of Infamy Mod) to a much lesser extent, CoD and H&D2. Those are all the games I presently have on the HDs of my various rigs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner14 Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Hearts of Iron 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolzemFrumFloppen Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Hearts of Iron (v1.05c + C.O.R.E. Add-On) & Korsun Pocket (SSG/Matrix) Both are extraordinary games for their respective genres. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeinzBaby Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 for some R&R, Call of duty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Now that we are in the new house, I am thinking of breaking out France 1940, and maybe Air Assault on Crete, just for grins. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Originally posted by MrSpkr: Now that we are in the new house, I am thinking of breaking out France 1940, and maybe Air Assault on Crete, just for grins.France 1940, I regret to say, was a sad disappointment to me. Much better was GDW's Fall of France, IMO. Air Assault on Crete OTOH I thought quite good. I think I actually preferred the fictional Malta scenario. I think there was a third for Cyprus that was inserted into an issue of the General, but I never got around to playing it. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treeburst155 Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 TacOps!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsquared Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 I play Call of Duty--it's got the best graphics and best FPS action I've ever seen. I also play Microsoft's Combat Simulator 3. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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