Scourge of War: Waterloo! announced

[Nefaro]

Is it moddable? I'll do a Meiji restoration mod.  ;D

Somebody had been doing a Napoleonic mod of SOW before the official one had begun.  From what I understand, they couldn't create new formations (like the square) and such but modding the graphics and such was obviously doable. 

I would think that modding SOW:Gettysburg would be closest to the Meiji Restoration period's military doctrine and armaments.   Not so much the earlier Napoleonic stuff.  But who knows... maybe Waterloo will be easier to mod?

[jomni]

Is it moddable? I'll do a Meiji restoration mod.  ;D

Somebody had been doing a Napoleonic mod of SOW before the official one had begun.  From what I understand, they couldn't create new formations (like the square) and such but modding the graphics and such was obviously doable. 

I would think that modding SOW:Gettysburg would be closest to the Meiji Restoration period's military doctrine and armaments.   Not so much the earlier Napoleonic stuff.  But who knows... maybe Waterloo will be easier to mod?

Yes ACW has the same time frame and weaponry of Meiji Restoration. But of course I'm sticking to modding pike and shot for now.

[Surtur]

Hi gents,

The Scourge of War Waterloo Twitch video is finally unmuted and can be viewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc7Lm3NsaQE

[fabius]

Hi gents,

The Scourge of War Waterloo Twitch video is finally unmuted and can be viewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc7Lm3NsaQE

only 360p     

But still appreciated  :)  - the inclusion of a Sandbox campaign pretty makes this a first weekend buy for me.

[undercovergeek]

Hi gents,

The Scourge of War Waterloo Twitch video is finally unmuted and can be viewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc7Lm3NsaQE

only 360p     

But still appreciated  :)  - the inclusion of a Sandbox campaign pretty makes this a first weekend buy for me.

its in 720HD for me

[Nefaro]

Hi gents,

The Scourge of War Waterloo Twitch video is finally unmuted and can be viewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc7Lm3NsaQE

only 360p     

But still appreciated  :)  - the inclusion of a Sandbox campaign pretty makes this a first weekend buy for me.

its in 720HD for me

New YouTube uploads, or changes to them, take awhile before the higher resolution versions are available.  YT does their own formatting for the various sizes but it only initially posts a low-res one until they're all done.

That's been my observation after uploading some.

[sandman2575]

  - the inclusion of a Sandbox campaign pretty makes this a first weekend buy for me.

!!!
this is exciting news (news to me anyway). +1 on insta-buy.

[fabius]

Hi gents,

The Scourge of War Waterloo Twitch video is finally unmuted and can be viewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc7Lm3NsaQE

only 360p     

But still appreciated  :)  - the inclusion of a Sandbox campaign pretty makes this a first weekend buy for me.

its in 720HD for me

New YouTube uploads, or changes to them, take awhile before the higher resolution versions are available.  YT does their own formatting for the various sizes but it only initially posts a low-res one until they're all done.

That's been my observation after uploading some.

That explains it. Just checked and now glorious 720HD for me too. Give me an excuse to watch it all again  :)

[fabius]

  - the inclusion of a Sandbox campaign pretty makes this a first weekend buy for me.

!!!
this is exciting news (news to me anyway). +1 on insta-buy.

Indeed !!  The balance for me is

Sandbox campaign (including MP) combined with Napoleonic's = any effort needed to learn UI and game mechanics.

edited: no make that Sandbox campaign (including MP) combined with Napoleonic's > than any effort needed to learn UI and game mechanics.

[Skoop]

They barely showed the sandbox campaign, but it was enough for me to declare this a day one purchase.  The fact that there is a map to maneuver on is huge, you can actually do March to the sound of the guns with your corps.  Will be great controlling an army but only fighting in several corps size engagements.

Now if we can just get battlefront to do something like this for combat mission, it would be a game changer.  Hard to get them to stray away from the garanteed money with the cookie cutter module system and take risks with new bold features.

[sandman2575]

Now if we can just get battlefront to do something like this for combat mission, it would be a game changer.  Hard to get them to stray away from the garanteed money with the cookie cutter module system and take risks with new bold features.

You read my mind, man. CM with a dynamic campaign (a la Graviteam Tactics, or something like what Norbsoft is now introducing with Waterloo) would essentially be my dream game.

Watching that TwitchTV segment has moved SoW Waterloo from "looking forward to it" to "giddily anticipating and man this can't come out soon enough for my liking" status.

[jomni]

What are the mechanics of the sandbox campaign?

[Grim.Reaper]

Now if we can just get battlefront to do something like this for combat mission, it would be a game changer.  Hard to get them to stray away from the garanteed money with the cookie cutter module system and take risks with new bold features.

You read my mind, man. CM with a dynamic campaign (a la Graviteam Tactics, or something like what Norbsoft is now introducing with Waterloo) would essentially be my dream game.

Watching that TwitchTV segment has moved SoW Waterloo from "looking forward to it" to "giddily anticipating and man this can't come out soon enough for my liking" status.

Yep, can't wait...luckily not too far away now.

[Skoop]

What are the mechanics of the sandbox campaign?

They didn't elaborate at all, so I'm guessing it's really simple.

Which is good, sometimes too much can over complicate and never get off the ground.

From the  vid, it looked like a map of Belgium with towns, I assume each town is linked to a tactical map.  Maneuver elements move on the map and make contact with the enemy, thus setting up a tactical battle.

[Surtur]

The strategic layer of the campaign does not have the same depth as the tactical battles do, but we wanted to focus on having good core gameplay for it, without all the bells and whistles. Focussing on one thing and doing it right. The main part of the development was still very much on the tactical level. The campaign is there for people who like to give more meaning to their skirmishes and it does that very well. Tactical battles is where Scourge of War still shines though.

I should also note that I used the default sprite ratio during the stream, if you want, you can have a lot more sprites appear there :)