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Computer Gaming / Re: Homeworld 3 Trailer

Last post by Jarhead0331 - Today at 09:31:32 AM

Did you go in for the original FIG campaign Jarhead?

No. Somehow, I have not even pre-ordered yet.

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Computer Gaming / Re: Homeworld 3 Trailer

Last post by Destraex - Today at 09:18:22 AM

Did you go in for the original FIG campaign Jarhead?

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Computer Gaming / Re: WarNo by Eugen - aka WARGA...

Last post by Destraex - Today at 09:17:10 AM

What do you think? Are you going to upgrade to Gold? Hard to resist. The airborne/air assault nemesis DLC sounds great too.

I will probably upgrade. It's a solid game already and now that there is a map making tool I am sure even Eugen will find it easier to release maps. Maps variety was always a problem for Steel Division 2. But the problem they had with SD2 and not wanting to import the SD1 normandy maps so that the game files size on disk did not become too big was still a problem. It's probably why the devs have already said this game is only about the same kind of area in Europe. Even though we will have map variety, we may not have texture variety. Not a major deal, but consider how many regions red dragon represented. It had desert and asiatic jungle/paddy field maps. I always thought the price tag for WARNO early access was well placed at half the AAA price for a game. Now if you want gold you will be paying AAA prices now WARNO has proved itself through early access.

Still don't like tank hitpoints though and ranges although close are still a little abstracted to balance things a bit. But overall it's pretty realistic and does a good job of suspending my disbelief.

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Wargame Design Studio / Re: Squad Battles Thread

Last post by Jarhead0331 - Today at 09:08:29 AM

^Fantastic guide. Very useful!

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Computer Gaming / Re: Political Machine 2024

Last post by rss334 - Today at 09:07:36 AM

7 reviews, I always check out the negative reviews first as those tend to be the most helpful and easiest to see if they are legit or spam.  Based on this one I think I'm going to pass.  I've never played 2016 version but sounds like that would be the one to pickup.


"I still feel like the 2016 version was way better.
In 2020 they dumbed everything down, and they still didn't recover from that decision.
Okay, you can play the primaries, but the general election still feels very shallow compared to what the game was 8 or 12 years ago. The political operatives are random cards now, same goes for the lobby groups you need to win. It feels like gambling, instead of a game where your decisions matter.
And oh yea: it's hard to win if Joe Biden has almost zero stamina."

[Squad Battles]

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Wargame Design Studio / Squad Battles Thread

Last post by rahamy - Today at 09:03:25 AM

Todays post is a "must read" for anyone interested in squad level wargaming, which we cover in our Squad Battles series of games. We're releasing an updated (and expanded) version of our FREE demo for this series - Grenada - and the blog post talks specifics about tactics needed to be a successful Squad Battles player.

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/squad-battles-tactics-and-grenada-demo-version-4-03-2-released

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Computer Gaming / Re: WarNo by Eugen - aka WARGA...

Last post by Jarhead0331 - Today at 08:19:39 AM

What do you think? Are you going to upgrade to Gold? Hard to resist. The airborne/air assault nemesis DLC sounds great too.

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Computer Gaming / Re: Homeworld 3 Trailer

Last post by Jarhead0331 - Today at 08:11:13 AM

Well, fellas...not too much longer. Really hoping the devs took all the feedback to heart.

Homeworld Vast Reaches released on VR and it is receiving pretty disappointing reviews. I hope it is not a precursor.

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Computer Gaming / Re: WarNo by Eugen - aka WARGA...

Last post by Destraex - Today at 08:10:13 AM

Warno gets a release date and a huge amount of dlc announced. May 23rd is release. Early access peeps get some free elc which is otherwise paid but also have to upgrade to the gold edition before release for all of the announced future content.
More countries have been announced including Canada and Poland, but no countries outside of what would have been in a European cold war gone hot.


https://steamcommunity.com/games/1611600/announcements/detail/4205875729077392183?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR35dah5FdEeDpxMBjhMFBSBjTbZwfqfWOPAnyGA8_3o2kwQUO9SHmJBqg8_aem_AWrW9NndSIQQCCGDoFBKFcObkCPOq8entkwGtMqPPjYcCGFDoz5wuPmRa7eNZKkSXVDpvVhoddQOOVymiBQ9knCu

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Computer Gaming / Re: Sins Of a Solar Empire 2

Last post by Destraex - Yesterday at 05:44:21 PM

...and let me guess...it will include some kind of an update that will not be provided to those who bought early access on Epic. Stardock and Wardell screwed everyone over like this with Gal Civ IV.

I thought I read on steam one of the developers indicate people who bought on epic prior to the release announcement yesterday would 99% likely get a steam key.  Of course, he didn't say 100%:)

That would be amazing, but hard to believe given the whole point of Epic funding development so people to use their platform. I guess Epic could not stop them but I assume it would be against the spirit of the agreement. Besides, how would they distribute the keys? I guess by linking your epic account to sins website directly.

This wouldn't be the first time a game was on a different platform (or moved to Steam) and then keys were given out for Steam so don't suspect it's a problem, although could be work on their end.  All I can say is a developer within the Steam forum stated it was their goal to provide the keys to people who bought prior to May 1st and was 99% sure it would happen.  Guess we will see.

You're making me very happy right now :)