War in the east 2 coming soon

[fabius]

Ha I actually searched for Let's Plays after checking the local cost in the basket earlier.
Didn't find any yet, but highly suspect that they are likely to push me over the edge.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSgMOSrhbsUYJTGYjlefu5P6g23FSoJQg

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbSx_b5pOYvFwl7muMSs9mUaalcfjqZQf

For the smaller scenarios :

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZWHrzhtcONqzJ7i-DLpcpXjJGG1UNnKg

Thanks, very excite for a moment, but I meant War in the East 2 Let's Plays.

[Father Ted]

I've held off buying WitE for a while since I learned that WitE 2 was coming.  I had planned on pre-ordering and was excited to hear that there was an option to include a hardcover full color 500+ page manual.  What I did not expect was that the manual is printed in the UK, and us normally spoiled US buyers have to pay international shipping to get it here in the states.  The manual apparently weighs about 5 pounds and even when you factor in the current pre-order 10% discount, WitE 2 with the hardcover manual shipped to the states comes out to $142.10!!!

With Royal Mail Delivery:
1 item      $91.99
Shipping   $38.70
Tax           $11.41
Total       $142.10

I'm not used to having to pay this much for shipping and have always felt bad for overseas buyers.  Now the shoe is on the other foot, and it likely will be sufficient for me to skip getting this game..... Color me sad.....

FWIW I have the WitW  manual and it's not particularly useful.  It's a sort of Encyclopedia of the game rather than a manual of how to play it.  I've barely looked at it.  Save your $$ and just get the D/L
of the game would be my advice.

[al_infierno]

But the artwork is so cool this time around!

[nelmsm]

I'd love to preorder this but without the hardbound manual which I figure will be mostly out of date after the first patch or two.  I'm forcing myself to wait until my anniversary coupon comes in April which should be close to 50%.  Hoping Distant Worlds 2 will be out by then as well so I can double up.  Was hoping FlashPoint Campaigns: Southern Storm would be ready but it looks like it won't be until the end of the year.

[88mmkwk]

I'm one of those freakizoids that just loves high quality hardcover color manuals for games like this....sometime I like them even more than the games!

The situation is made worse by the short-lived nature of both their availability and their accuracy.  I recently got into War in the Pacific : Admiral's Edition.  That game is a major change from the base WitP, and the manual was never officially updated, so it's kind of a "manual-less" game now.  But considering I got into it via Strategy Gaming Dojo's YouTube videos, maybe it's just a sign of the times that videos do what manuals used to try to do.  BTW, I have great respect for Shadow Empire and how Vic makes major changes to things in the game and regularly goes back and updates the PDF manual!

Conversely, I'm also a big fan of Decisive Campaigns : Barbarossa, although I only recently got into it.  The hardcover manual is no longer for sale and never will be (except used maybe).  So I missed my chance on that game.

So I've got a real dilemma on my hand with this WitE 2 situation and a short window to get a manual for a game that will likely be enjoyable for the rest of my days.  But $142 to pull the trigger?? Holy crapola that's a fistfull of ducats for someone like me that mostly admires playing these games from afar.....

[Father Ted]

I'm one of those freakizoids that just loves high quality hardcover color manuals for games like this....sometime I like them even more than the games!

Well if you wants it you wants it

[Pete Dero]

Thanks, very excite for a moment, but I meant War in the East 2 Let's Plays.

I think that they can't exist at this moment.   And as was posted before by Stolypin : anyone who learns/knows WITE1 will be set to easily grasp WITE2.

[Pete Dero]

https://www.twitch.tv/slitherinegroup

Now live : It's Tea Time with Slitherine | WitE2 first look

[fabius]

https://www.twitch.tv/slitherinegroup

Now live : It's Tea Time with Slitherine | WitE2 first look

Oh you high rollin, slick strutting, hard hittin pimp.

Thanks !!  :bd:

[al_infierno]

Are any of you guys actually able to access the stream?  When I click that link I just see an archive of months-old streams, and the top one says it's a WitE2 stream from 5 hours ago, but it's clearly Panzer Corps 2 gameplay.  What's going on?

[Ubercat]

Yes, we'd both like to know

Edit: Jesus Christ! Check out the video that autoloads after this one! I'm in tears over here.

Sorry for the hijack. I really can't wait to see some footage of the game.

[bobarossa]

If you click on the War in the East 2 videos image below that Panzer 2 twitch stream it says "No videos found"!  This may be a bad omen! Or just another technical glitch on twitch.

[al_infierno]

 ;D

If you have Facebook, they uploaded the stream there.  Not sure why it's only showing up there by not on Twitch.  https://www.facebook.com/slitherine

[bobarossa]

they may have just fixed it.  It's full of stars!

edit: wow, that guy needs to drink less caffiene!  I need subtitles to understand british english spoken at 2X.

[Pete Dero]

If you click on the War in the East 2 videos image below that Panzer 2 twitch stream it says "No videos found"!  This may be a bad omen! Or just another technical glitch on twitch.

It seems they changed some titles !

This one is the real first look video (somewhat hidden on the channel).

Stream Title: War in the East 2 | Reveal Stream with XTRG : https://www.twitch.tv/videos/936695900


YT alternative :