New Wargame from Matrix

[Zulu1966]

http://www.matrixgames.com/news/1695/Tigers.on.the.Hunt.needs.true.wargamers.for.beta!

No screens or anything but sounds good.
Anyone know anything ?

[LongBlade]

Tigers on the Hunt boasts a ferocious and adaptive AI which will dynamically respond to a player's maneuvers.

source: http://www.matrixgames.com/products/578/details/Tigers.on.the.Hunt

It's still in Beta. How can they claim it's boasting something that's still in development?

[Zulu1966]

Tigers on the Hunt boasts a ferocious and adaptive AI which will dynamically respond to a player's maneuvers.

source: http://www.matrixgames.com/products/578/details/Tigers.on.the.Hunt

It's still in Beta. How can they claim it's boasting something that's still in development?

Don't know. Guess its an aspiration. Or the BETA is more advanced than they are showing.

[mikeck]

Well nowadays beta means what alpha used to it seems like.

[Freyland]

If it's WEGO, then I'd bite in a heartbeat.  Not clear on product page, unless "turn-based" automatically implies IGOUGO. 

[Nefaro]

Another WW2 game with the name "Tigers" in the title?

Wow.   I'm [feigning being] surprised.    :-\

[Staggerwing]

The system reqs are rather low.

I wonder if this the fabled 'reboot' of the legendary 'Tigers on the Prowl' that has been whispered about, for lo these many years. I'd heard that the code had changed hands a few times from HPS to parties unknown.

[jomni]

Another WW2 game with the name "Tigers" in the title?

Wow.   I'm [feigning being] surprised.    :-\

Better than Panzer

[Richie61]

Sounds interesting  :o

This is the first I have heard of this game, the product page makes for interesting reading, but I'm not really getting a clear picture of what the gameplay is going to be like. Are we talking something like SPWAW?

Yes, it's similar to Steel Panthers though a turn is broken down into segments...there is a fire segment and movement segment.

:D

[Space6ghost]

Hopefully it does not take long to come out. They still have a game that is "in development" and has been so since the year 2000. That is right, 15 years. :o I do believe it is the one called Combined Arms: World War II (formerly Battlefields!)

[Richie61]

The biggest bummer of this new title is NO PBEM 

[Al]

Hopefully it does not take long to come out. They still have a game that is "in development" and has been so since the year 2000. That is right, 15 years. :o I do believe it is the one called Combined Arms: World War II (formerly Battlefields!)

Matrix should just quietly remove that game from their forum.

The new game from Matrix does look interesting.

[Pinetree]

I'm pretty sure that this is computer ASL but with all ASL references ripped out. The dev was working on the game a few years back.  The turn sequence alone is exactly like ASL.:

ORIGINAL:  Peter Fisla

Steel Panthers was one of the games that I inspired me from the game design perspective (among others). What I mean by that, when you get the game you have access to the whole war (41 - 45) as well as great map and OOB editor - sand box type of environment (primary focus is on Eastern Front and Western Front 43 - 45; if game sells well I will add Blitzkrieg and other theater of operations). The sequence of play is more complex than in SP. You have Admin segment (in my game segment = phase), Fire segment, Movement segment, Defensive Fire segment, Advancing Fire segment, Rout Segment, Advance Segment and Close Combat Segment. So the turn is very interactive, example in Movement segment if you move a unit by one hex, or your vehicle changes facing both of these actions can trigger enemy defensive fire and because of this PBEM style of play would be very difficult.

I worked on the game since 2006 (I have done all the game development myself), about 6+ years of development + testing on top before I even decided to publish the game through matrix games. At this point the game in testing stage, the development is basically done. I'm passionate wargamer and this is a labor of love project by a wargamer for wargamers :)

and here's the old thread where he mentioned he was working on it:
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3303245&mpage=1&key=&#3303944

[Zulu1966]

I'm pretty sure that this is computer ASL but with all ASL references ripped out. The dev was working on the game a few years back.  The turn sequence alone is exactly like ASL.:

ORIGINAL:  Peter Fisla

Steel Panthers was one of the games that I inspired me from the game design perspective (among others). What I mean by that, when you get the game you have access to the whole war (41 - 45) as well as great map and OOB editor - sand box type of environment (primary focus is on Eastern Front and Western Front 43 - 45; if game sells well I will add Blitzkrieg and other theater of operations). The sequence of play is more complex than in SP. You have Admin segment (in my game segment = phase), Fire segment, Movement segment, Defensive Fire segment, Advancing Fire segment, Rout Segment, Advance Segment and Close Combat Segment. So the turn is very interactive, example in Movement segment if you move a unit by one hex, or your vehicle changes facing both of these actions can trigger enemy defensive fire and because of this PBEM style of play would be very difficult.

I worked on the game since 2006 (I have done all the game development myself), about 6+ years of development + testing on top before I even decided to publish the game through matrix games. At this point the game in testing stage, the development is basically done. I'm passionate wargamer and this is a labor of love project by a wargamer for wargamers :)

and here's the old thread where he mentioned he was working on it:
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3303245&mpage=1&key=&#3303944

I think you are likely correct...be interesting to see if simply saying it isn't ASL is enough. Even if it looks and plays exactly like it. I guess they have that one covered. At least if hes been doing it for 6 years its a way along already.

[Rayfer]

Isn't Matrix's LnL: Heroes of Stalingrad already a lot like ASL? Or am I wrong with that impression?