Michael Dorosh Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 I know this has been talked about before, but before the CM series goes to the new engine "why not an ACW era game"? I have been playing North vs. South so I think my favorite series (CM) should go there too! My 2 cents.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 No horses. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Originally posted by Lars: No horses. Good point ... AND no 12 pound Napoleon cannons either. And hey Grog Dorosh ... DO A SEARCH! Joe p.s. {edit} I wasn't paying attention Grog Dorosh ... I'd aplogize but I really don't care to. I'd love to see a CM style ACW game. [ April 21, 2004, 03:37 PM: Message edited by: Joe Shaw ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Boggs Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Doesn't Steve still get royalties from CWG2? I'm sure he doesn't want to compete against that "cash cow"! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yacinator Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 all u would do is tell all your troops to do a human wave assault on a defended position. almost no tactics. half of them r gonna get hit with a minnie ball, some more will die in the bayonet fight a minute or 2 later and u'll capture your objective. some ppl think it's fun i don't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Originally posted by yacinator: all u would do is tell all your troops to do a human wave assault on a defended position. almost no tactics. half of them r gonna get hit with a minnie ball, some more will die in the bayonet fight a minute or 2 later and u'll capture your objective. some ppl think it's fun i don't. I concede your obvious expertise on the subject. Joe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 yacinator One of the great things in ACW was surely the appreciation of the terrain and taking posssession of key points to support your sides defence and/or attack. Getting troops to the positions in a fit state to fight would be a challenge, let alone the ability to "see" the shape of the battlefield to get the best disposition of your troops. If you are involved in hand to hand combat then someone is desparate , made a mistake , or its difficult terrain. Arguably mistakes are much more final as the speed of troops means rapid reinforcement can only be possible if adequate thought to their placement was given early in the game. I think it would be an excellent era - and would translate relatively easily to European wars of the period. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Damm Joe, how come you are so more succinct then I 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Sarcasm aside. I got a hunch, a really really good hunch.................that the new CMX2 will be highly moddable. Then all kinds of different conflicts could be modded. At least thats what im hoping for anyway. It would be a great nod to the CM community. But then again that could be translated into less money making products for BTS. Sarcasm, come on in. At least then i could and would mod the ongoing battles between my cats and dogs vs. the mice in the tall weeds in my field. A truly historic battle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Mike, I can't wait for the next insert into your "I know this has been talked about before..." paragraph. Napoleonics. Age of Reason. Medievel. etc. Seriously - Civil War on CM level? Buy all the squads that belong to a Regiment? Line them all up in a two man deep formation? Face an enemy battalion drawn up in the same formation? Blaze away at each other until one side decides it has more important places to be? You mean like that? Gee sounds really good. I think you have missed your calling. David 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Ah, but David, who said that the next game should only be limited to the level of current CM series? Smallest unit controllable might just as well be a regiment. Now how cool would that be? Graphical presentation would be three men, of course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yacinator Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Ah, but David, who said that the next game should only be limited to the level of current CM series? Smallest unit controllable might just as well be a regiment. Now how cool would that be? Graphical presentation would be three men, of course. that would be a sad, sad day... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 David I Sid Meier's immortal, and highly playable, Gettysburg shows what can be done with running at regimental blocks and battery level. The LOS seemed to suck a bit but a brilliant multiplayer realtime game for grownups 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Are we talking about the Brail Civil War (early 1800s) or the Argentine Civil War (late 1800s) or what? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 GAJ Brail Civil War I think you mean Braille - I had not realised it had aroused so much opposition! 1860 Colombia 1864 Paraquay 1864 Peru 1879 Chile 1870 Maoris South east asia Africa Rumania, Russia , Turkey , Montenegro and etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tondu Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Originally posted by dieseltaylor: David I Sid Meier's immortal, and highly playable, Gettysburg shows what can be done with running at regimental blocks and battery level. The LOS seemed to suck a bit but a brilliant multiplayer realtime game for grownups If one likes "Real-time" games. I can't stand clickfests. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Originally posted by Le Tondu: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by dieseltaylor: David I Sid Meier's immortal, and highly playable, Gettysburg shows what can be done with running at regimental blocks and battery level. The LOS seemed to suck a bit but a brilliant multiplayer realtime game for grownups If one likes "Real-time" games. I can't stand clickfests. </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted April 28, 2004 Author Share Posted April 28, 2004 Yep; I was being sarcastic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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