As the title suggests, what is your favorite WWII tactical level PC game?
Combat Mission: Battle for Normany. There is nothing that compares in realism or just plan awesomeness.
Favorite? Hard to say.
Steel Panthers is certainly right up there. Be sure to check out both the Matrix and the Shrapnel versions.
Combat Mission, as Bison notes, is awesome.
The Close Combat re-releases from Matrix certainly deserve to be placed in the list.
Panzer Command from Matrix is also good, but not my fave.
Quote from: LongBlade on April 20, 2012, 03:49:18 PM
Panzer Command from Matrix is also good, but not my fave.
This is a fun game, but the infantry modelling really annoys me to no end.
CM, without doubt.
I've always enjoyed John Tiller's Campaign Series as well as CM.
Quote from: Bison on April 20, 2012, 02:29:56 PM
Combat Mission: Battle for Normany. There is nothing that compares in realism or just plan awesomeness.
+++1
WINSPMBT & WINSPWW2.
CM seems like the crowd favorite. Does it require a kick@55 PC? As Longblade can attest to, my laptop is not a gaming PC.
Quote from: DV8 on April 20, 2012, 08:38:18 PM
CM seems like the crowd favorite. Does it require a kick@55 PC? As Longblade can attest to, my laptop is not a gaming PC.
What are the spec's on your laptop? Here are the system requirements. Not super demanding honestly for low to medium detail.
System Requirements MINIMUM:
•Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/Win7
•Processor: Pentium IV 1.8 GHz or equivalent speed AMD processor
•Video Card: GeForce 5200 or Radeon 9200 (32 Megabyte VRAM or better and must support 1024x768 or higher resolution) in OpenGL
•Sound Card: DirectX 9 compatible Sound Card
•System Memory: 256 Megabytes RAM
•Hard Drive Space: 3.5 Gigabyte
•Other Requirements: CD Drive (not needed for download version)
•The game does not work in a virtualized environment (virtual machine)
System Requirements SUGGESTED:
•Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/Win7
•Processor: Pentium IV 2.8 GHz or equivalent speed AMD processor or better
•Video Card: GeForce 6800 or Radeon x850 (256 Megabyte VRAM or better and must support 1024x768 or higher resolution) in OpenGL
•Sound Card: DirectX 9 compatible Sound Card
•System Memory: 1 Gigabyte or more RAM
•Hard Drive Space: 4 Gigabyte
•Other Requirements: CD Drive (not needed for download version, but recommended for backup)
•The game does not work in a virtualized environment (virtual machineThere is also a demo you can check out for CMBN http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1889&Itemid=318
Shrapnel/Camo - WinSPWW2
John Tillers/HPS- Squad Battles series
Everyone seems to love CM...but I just love hexes (old board gamer)
CM is just at the min specs for my laptop. I'll download the demo and give it and give a try.
Thanks!
Quote from: Oche on April 20, 2012, 06:58:54 PM
WINSPMBT & WINSPWW2.
+1 . . . although CM sure is purty.
Lets not overlook Company of Heroes and Tiller's Squad games.
John Tiller Campaign Series, best there is.
I'm not very good at the RTS games. I like to take my time making decisions. Company of Heroes is outstanding game but I have a hard time watching the entire field of battle.
I'm going with the iPad version of CM since I travel for work and John Tiller's Campaign Series for the PC since it does not look like a system breaker.
Thanks!
The Steel Panthers series and Company of Heroes for me.
The only tactical WW2 game I have on my computer is Carriers at War. I like it. I prefer the Vassal version of Carrier better, though.
Sadly, I don't spend nearly as much time with those games as I should.
Quote from: Toonces on April 21, 2012, 05:01:28 PM
The only tactical WW2 game I have on my computer is Carriers at War. I like it. I prefer the Vassal version of Carrier better, though.
Sadly, I don't spend nearly as much time with those games as I should.
Do you have the original or the Matrix re-release? I was somewhat disappointed that the new version had so few scenarios- and
none in the European Theater. The original Complete Carriers at War had lots of stuff to play around with. I even tried to make a USS Macon unit complete with
Sparrowhawks but didn't get far.
CoH with the Blitzkrieg mod.
Tiller's Campaign Series is an excellent choice too. Lots of game for what you pay for it. Also if you like to PBEM there is a pretty active community for the game at theblitz.org
The first Combat Mission hooked me like no other game. this were my finest gaming moments. Steel Panther comes second.
I think the world of Tillers Panzer Campaigns but are they really tactical, not operational?
Quote from: Keunert on April 22, 2012, 01:24:43 PM
The first Combat Mission hooked me like no other game. this were my finest gaming moments. Steel Panther comes second.
For some reason Steel Panthers never really hooked me until SP II Modern Battles. I played this wayyyyyy tooooooooo much !
Quote from: Bismarck on April 22, 2012, 01:39:43 PM
I think the world of Tillers Panzer Campaigns but are they really tactical, not operational?
Yes this is true.
John Tiller Campaign Series - If you only can have one game, then this is the one to get as it has tons of engagements in all fronts and periods of WW2. Although Steel Panthers may do the same thing, JTCS is more streamlined and prettier (different scale though and less detailed).
John Tiller Squad Battles - It has quirky game mechanics but it does lead to realistic and exciting engagments with focus on individual weapons and leaders. It adds little details not found in classic squad level hex games like Steel Panthers (taking cover manually, swapping weapons and selecting ammo, manual rallying of troops).
I don't have CMBN yet... waiting for a big bundle.
Steel Panthers is the best single-player. But for multi-player I would have to go with Company of Heroes. The friends I game with are not grognards, but they thoroughly enjoyed CoH.
CM Series is my #1. CMBN has seen the most time recently, but CMSF and the originals beat the snot out of CMBN for hours sunk in my little gaming world.
My first love, however, was Steel Panthers 2. Played that game until my head hurt, every day, when I was in high school.