R.J. Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Just came across some info on a new grand strategy game Strategy First is publishing in the spring called Making History: The Calm & The Storm. It looks more like HOI than Strat Com - risk-style provinces rather than hexes/tiles - and there's not a lot of info on it, but there are a couple of dozen screen-shots. Here are some links: http://www.making-history.com/home.php http://www.3dgamers.com/games/makinghistory/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Beer & pretzels? Might be worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributar Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Beer & pretzels? Might be worth a try . ...I'll 'Buy That!'. I wanna be a 'Cowboy!.' I wanna step in cow-dung!. I wanna have some sick-fun!, playin with my 6-Gun!. I wanna ride the 'high-range'...looking 'very-strange!' ---Addendum: "Looking VERY-STRANGE!!!...indeed!". It look's like this game will use many of the Physical/Graphic features that SC2 is now using???. Of course, that is just my '1st' impression!. And if that impression is at all correct???, then perhap's 'Hubert Cater' is making an impression in the professional gaming community???. Now!, who want's to call me a deluded liar?. [ November 12, 2006, 04:20 AM: Message edited by: Retributar ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konigs Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Looks like a cross between, World at War, HOI and SC2. Nice to see another WWII game though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaMonkey Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Demo's out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJColorado Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I checked out the demo - looks like it really has potential. I wouldn't call it beer and pretzels really. Lotta detail. One thing I couldn't figure out is how to see a description or statistics for a unit. For example I had several fast battleships as Germany but no description of them or way to see what their stats/usefulness is. I kinda know what a fast battleship is but still that seemed missing. Maybe will be in the full version. The game was a lot of fun - I'm looking fwd to the release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributar Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I agree, JJColorado , 'a lot of detail', i only did up to step 3 of the tutorial, so i can't give any definitive verdict on it, but it look's like it just may have some promise to it!. So far SC2 to this point anyway, i think is a more relaxing game!. I like 'Relaxing',...but that's not to say that the 'MAKING-HISTORY' game is out of the picture for me. It's got some feature's to it that i do like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I don't like province style games. I find they take away too much from the tactical aspect. [ November 14, 2006, 11:11 AM: Message edited by: Blashy ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaMonkey Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Have to agree Blashy, the operational movement dynamics are too abstract for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.J. Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 I'm not crazy about province style combat either- the thing that drew me to Strategic Command was the old fashioned "Avalon Hill" feeling to the game (i.e. hexes). Still, I think anything that draws more attention to the Grand Strategy genre is a positive development. [ November 14, 2006, 02:00 PM: Message edited by: R.J. ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Spinello Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Hmmm ... the graphics and many features looked so much like HOI to me that I first thought it must be another game from the Paradox guys. (Seems like everybody can rip off everybody else in this business?) I didn´t play the demo, but am I correct in assuming that it is a turnbased WEGO-game? Because this would be indeed a GREAT feature. (It would be even better if it had hexes, of course.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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