MikeyD Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Wouldn't it be wild if the secret was a straight redo of CMBO using the new game engine? We'd get to replay 'Chance Encounter' again and again - again! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonxa Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 More pics now, definitely a map in the background. I can't make out what it says though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Originally posted by MikeyD: Wouldn't it be wild if the secret was a straight redo of CMBO using the new game engine? We'd get to replay 'Chance Encounter' again and again - again! But with the ability to do stuff like set up an MG in the church steeple, set the forested hill mass on fire deliberately, drive through the stone wall with a tank, allowing softskins to exploit the breach, massacre prisoners, use realistic artillery rules requiring battery access rather than counting shells, do recon with dismounted tank crews, then reman the tanks...lots of ways to improve the old war horse. They've already stated, though, that they will never again release an 'all encompassing' game where every major AFV type of a specific nationality would be included, for example, so the focus would be rather more limited than CMBO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 That's right, Michael Dorosh. One such game would have to be way to expensive to pay for the time and effort involved, and the gameplay it delivers (as compared to the prices of average games today especially where you get a few dozen hours worth of gameplay for $40 on average). But a series of games can and will achieve this, or something very close to this. This new game here goes a bit of a middle way but I cannot explain more at the moment without spilling all the pieces Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Martin, Don’t discredit the concept of “you get what you pay for”. I’ve happily parted with US$125.00 + shipping to Aust for a good simulation product. I’m sure some fans would be happy to part with more than US$40.00 to get the “complete” solution. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 gibsonm, point taken, but just so you know, I for myself haven't parted with $125 for that simulation product, even though it's good and I really like a good sim I don't want to go into an economic discussion or discredit the concept, but let's just say that we don't want to start selling specialized software for a price like that. Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Understood that, Moon. But I'm VERY dissapointed that with the modular system we still won't get close to CMBO. But if BFC scale the thing down as much as I'm getting the impression CMx2 is hoing to be you end up with something equally niche, in my opinion. Just so you know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassh Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 aircraft do look like b-17s on bomb run obviously an afv (tank with explosion behind) looks like a sherman... text on map element tells us jack conclusion - definately ETO as MTO last major game CMAK) and i don't think too many lend-lease b-17 used on eastern front. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Martin, I guess as long as the modules link together (dare I say “ASL like”) then after we buy X modules at US$40 (or whatever) we will probably end up at the same place. “Death of a thousand cuts” approach. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Chapuis Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Moon, What in the past would qualify as 'freakin big news'? IMO, CMC is the only thing in the past 3 years that qualifies. CM:SF & CM:AK were big announcements, but those two didnt even have the "WOW" effect that CMC did - because they had been expected for so long. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Originally posted by David Chapuis: Moon, What in the past would qualify as 'freakin big news'? On the order of "we will put up a CMSF website in a couple of weeks." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konstantine Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Maybe they will release CMSF and the first WWII variant at the same time instead of staggering them...maybe that's why CMSF is taking so long. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffsmith Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 With Graphic Converter to Zoom In My Rudimentary Memory of Cyrillic Lettering and an English to Russian Online Dictionary for Confirmation I will hazard a Good Guess that the Three Full Words towards the Bottom Read Group Army Center Now will someone please post the latest version of the puzzle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 “The adventures of a coffin for seven brothers!” The never before documented exploits of a Lend Lease M3 with the 3rd Guards Shock Army. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 That's the east front version of Sahara, right? Does it have Bill Murray in it? All the best Andreas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 No of course not, only Humphrey Bogart! But its probably been “colourised” [ July 26, 2006, 06:22 AM: Message edited by: gibsonm ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Humphrey as the beaten-down, cynical tank commander. Katherine Hepburn as the Medic attached to the section of tank riders commanded (really) by Edward G. Robinson. The tank named 'Liberate African Colonies from the subjugation by the Queen'. Peter Lorre as the young (official) section commander who has much to learn from his gruff section 2 i/c. I can see it now. All the best Andreas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 You forgot Kurt Jorgenson(?) as the bitter German (a gentleman fighting for a lost cause) and of course (drum roll, credits flash up on screen ......) James Mason as the “Desert Fox“ himself !! Chock Tops and Jaffa’s available at the sweets counter! Bugger - they have done it already, knew it was too good to be true: Sahara 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cox_rocks Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Now we're talking big news! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cox_rocks Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I get to play as the germans! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cox_rocks Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 You get to be the Americans! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Edit: nwm, wrong thread... [ July 27, 2006, 03:40 PM: Message edited by: Hawk ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 So as revealed in today’s episode of the blog, the whole thing has been a complete waste of $#@%@#$%^@$%#^ time and nothing more than a Bullsh*t marketing ploy. Well at least I now know not to bother with the Blog anymore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 While I can understand your frustration, I think that's not quite fair Mark. And I say that as a fellow Mac user and someone who does not play RTS. In any case, I liked the puzzling idea. All the best Andreas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Sorry to hear that you have wasted your time. Some people seemed to have fun with the puzzle. And that's all there was to is - fun. We have released the news about the game as soon as we got the green light, and the idea with the puzzle was a little fun to kill the waiting time. In case you didn't notice, the participation was voluntary We would have chosen a more historical image but seeing as the game covers 5 independent campaigns from entirely different fronts that was a little difficult to convey in one picture Hence the artistic wallpaper. If you didn't have fun solving, then at least I definitely had fun watching Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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