Loaf Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 This is a bit off-topic, but all the WWII guys are hanging out here these days: The current issue of PC Gamer magazine has a list of the 100 greatest PC games of all time, and CMBO is #35! Pretty cool to see this kind of mainstream recognition for a game with such (intentionally) limited appeal. Since I am a long-time lurker who breaks radio silence about once per decade, here's my personal status update: Breathlessly reading the CMBN forum every day and practically wetting myself with excitement. I'm like an 11-year-old girl the night before a Justin Bieber concert... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Panzer Boxb Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 More like a 40-year-old female Twilight fan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyJJ Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 My wife has always referred to me as a 13 year old Asian girl trapped in the body of a late 40s year old male, so I understand. Giddy with excitement for CMBN. Wait. Was that in my out loud voice? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Balboa Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Along similar lines ... One can purchase the fore mentioned CMBO at this site... http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/combat_mission_beyond_overlord No idea why there is no CMBB or CMAK to be purchased there? Perhaps our hosts could shed some light on this question . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixxkiller Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Hopefully CMBN will make the list a little higher someday. Well BFC sure hopes you guys think it should be higher ranked on that list once it comes out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixxkiller Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Along similar lines ... One can purchase the fore mentioned CMBO at this site... http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/combat_mission_beyond_overlord No idea why there is no CMBB or CMAK to be purchased there? Perhaps our hosts could shed some light on this question . Did you see the guy who gave it 2 stars and why? LOL Mastering controls hehe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Balboa Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I tend to focus on the dozen or so positive revues rather than the one negative. I do find it humorous that he claims it has "non-standard" controls.... When CMBO was released there were no "standard controls" for tactical squad based games/simulations. One could argue that there still isn't even today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhand Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 The pcgamer article is how I learned about CMBO. I notice the gog site says it's vista compatible and they're selling it for less than here (not that I'm ever going back to CMx1). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Yeah me too, I discovered the game and this site from a PC Gamer article probably sometime around mid-late 2000. But it wasn't just PC Gamer that gave it good reviews. Even the other mainstream media outlets liked it too. 88% out of 16 reviews, not bad! http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/196956-combat-mission-beyond-overlord/index.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huhr Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I stopped my subscription to pc gamer, all they talk about is fantasy games 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 My wife has always referred to me as a 13 year old Asian girl trapped in the body of a late 40s year old male, so I understand. Giddy with excitement for CMBN. Wait. Was that in my out loud voice? Don't worry. The siglines talking about cats and Neil Gaiman already gave it away. Not that there's anything wrong with that.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakai007 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Tell you the truth, I had no idea CM even existed until I went up to Portland, ME and found the anthology siting in the bargain bin. A bargain, you bet, all three games for like six bucks. I bought it on impulse, thinking that it looked cool and would make a good flight sim diversion, and if it was even close to Steel Panthers I would be happy. What a life changing purchase that was. I still fly flight sims, and still play SP from time to time (more before CMSF came out for modern stuff, now only for obscure modern stuff) but I am now firmly in the wargaming crowd. I even upped my level of command and got into TOAWIII, it really changed my idea of satisfying gaming! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I stopped my subscription to pc gamer, all they talk about is fantasy games CMBN is a fantasy game so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAFU Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I've been playing the CM WWII series for years. It was so much easier than handling all those Squad Leader chits and--frankly--more fun than watching my buddy roll snake-eyes 4 times in a row. The news that the series is headed back to WWII has me pumped up enough to actually post instead of just lurking about! No doubt I'd preorder right now if I could but it's better that the team take their time and get it right (and I have faith that it'll be plenty "right" when released). My hope is that this installment of the series will post higher than 35th in ten years and that the devs will make at least 50 bucks more a piece than they are hoping for If I measured how much I paid for CMBO, BB and AK with how may hours of enjoyment I received in return--well--it'd be an investment of roughly 2 cents an hour. Waiting--like breaking up--is hard to do... Snafu 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 War games of the WW2 type the CM cover are a small segment of game buying public. That's why you only see little attention in publications like PC Gamer. It's been a while since I picked up the mag because of the little attention that that pay. They use to have a war game writer who had a small part of every copy. I don't know if he still has a section. I think PC Gamer does not look below skin deep at the inter working of games like CM to see the beauty. If Battlefront had a huge staff to work on big graphics they might have better press. I have been a big fan of CM since the early days. I like the idea that Battle front listens to their customers. Keep up the good work! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tagge Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 The current issue of PC Gamer magazine has a list of the 100 greatest PC games of all time, and CMBO is #35! God I hate those 100 greatest (insert topic here) lists! It's just to fill out space when they have nothing worthwhile to write about. Or just to boot their egos, "look how important we are, we can tell others what really are the 100 greatest Beatles songs ever recorded!"... :mad: OK, I'm fine now... Here is my list: 1) CM Normandy (safe bet, I'm pretty sure) 2) CM Beyond Overlord 3) CM Barbarossa to Berlin 4) CM Shock Force (especially NATO-module) 5) CM Afrika Corps 6) CM Afganistan (haven't tried it yet) 7) Pacman 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoolaman Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 War games of the WW2 type the CM cover are a small segment of game buying public. That's why you only see little attention in publications like PC Gamer. It's been a while since I picked up the mag because of the little attention that that pay. They use to have a war game writer who had a small part of every copy. I don't know if he still has a section. Actually when CMBO came out it got quite a lot of press, and was regularly in the #1 spot in strategy game "best of" lists even in the mainstream computer mags. Of course since then the PC games market is very different and the PC press is also very different. I doubt CMBN will get the same traction but I hope it does. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pešadija Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Remember that great wargames weren't a niche thing in the late nineties! I still remember some good titles like TOAW mentioned in olden '97-'98 PC gamer issues. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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