Wargame: AirLand Battle

[Jarhead0331]

Excuse me, but did I hear him say TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS!?!?! 

[Toonces]

Why yes.  Yes you did.   8)

[Kushan]

Excuse me, but did I hear him say TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS!?!?!

Yes...yes he did

Sounds like the campaign will also be playable in 1v1 MP.

Too many games coming out these next few weeks. Going to have to add this one to the list. Wonder if the 25% off for Wargame EE owners will apply after the release or if its just for pre-orders.

[Toonces]

You should just get it now.  It's pretty fun, even in beta.

[Grim.Reaper]

Have they announced when it would be available in the beta or will it not be available until full release?

[mikeck]

Man, I'm really tempted but I don't play multi player and this game looks really...spastic. Just stuff flying everywhere. If there was a way to play at 50% speed like Distant worlds I would buy it. Just too click festy

[RooksBailey]

Man, I'm really tempted but I don't play multi player and this game looks really...spastic. Just stuff flying everywhere. If there was a way to play at 50% speed like Distant worlds I would buy it. Just too click festy

That vid did make it seem like an out of control riot, but I have found that the gameplay is not that frenetic.  I mean, this is a RTS, so don't expect a Combat Mission-like pacing, but it isn't a Starcraft or C&C click-fest.  Based on my experiences with the AI in skirmish mode, the game closely resembles a Total War-like pacing.  A bit quicker, because of the mobility and engagement ranges of modern weaponry, but pretty close all things considered. 

[Kushan]

You should just get it now.  It's pretty fun, even in beta.

Stop tempting me Toonces.....

*reaches for debit card*

[Kushan]

Been playing skirmishes against the AI for most of the afternoon. Get my ass kicked 1v1 against it. I just don't have the RTS reflexes like I used to. But I do pretty good when I have the help of an AI teammate. I like how you can level up by playing skirmishes, its one of the things I didn't like from Wargame: EE. Haven't played an MP match yet. Want to get a few more skirmishes in before I jump in and get harassed as a noob.

I have to say the the USMC in this game is awesome. I had a group of rifleman that were the only survivors out of 2 tank platoons, some AAA guns, and a platoon of LAV's with Infantry. After dismounting the infantry, I had the hole up in a some building at a objective right in the middle of the enemies resupply route. After all the vehicles had been destroyed, the marines were able to hold up the entire enemy advance for a good portion of my last game, and neither artillery or some helos were able to dislodge them. They were eventually overwhelmed because I couldn't reinforce after having the fall back on the closest flank. but it was still pretty cool watching them hold up tanks/BMPs unsupported.

[GDS_Starfury]

These guys are saying an awful lot that I want to hear...

Charlie dont surf Norway!

[mikeck]

So there is a skirmish mode? How does it work? Can you choose the mAp size, forces, etc?

[Kushan]

So there is a skirmish mode? How does it work? Can you choose the mAp size, forces, etc?

Typical RTS skirmish mode. You can set number of AI opponents and teammates, map, and your battle deck. You can set the number of points needed to win, if your playing in the points mode. There is also a destruction game mode where you have to eliminate all enemy units.

[RooksBailey]

The game's release has been moved up to tomorrow!

The time is near for all you to finally get your hand on the final, released version of the game.

Official date and hour are ... Image ...
tomorrow, Wednesday 29th, at 6 PM (Paris time, GMT+1).

Have a look here to know when in your favorite city :
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f ... T18&p1=195

At that very moment, the ranked games will be reseted. This only affect ranked stats, not overall player stats.

Also, you may have noticed that the "command stars" have ceased to be displayed. Some of you have rightly guessed what it meant: since the game is now more about building decks through layers of self-limitations and bonuses, all units will be unlocked at release so that everyone can create his deck from start.

Only one and a half day to go ... but for us, we're playing the solo campaign right now. 8-)

Too many games between this and Old Gods!

[undercovergeek]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny1_QDDnuQg

no rushing, no click fest, much more appealing than i thought

must resist

[mikeck]

I don't know man...I bought it and fired up a skirmish. Moved some tanks forward and all hell broke loose. A crap load of Hinds started firing everywhere...explosions everywhere.  Clicking one fighter to attack the hinds and another A6 to attack the tanks. Just started dragging boxes around units and racing them into the battle. In about 20 seconds all of my units were gone. I never got a chance to even figure out what the hell happened. I had anti air guys firing missiles, tanks shooting, things exploding and then silence

Once the fight starts, everything goes way too quick for me...way to click festy. I will mess around more with it but damn. It's definitely more like C&C then Combat mission. Knew it would be but figured I would try. Graphics are beautiful though and seems pretty fun if you like Starcraft, C&C, etc
YMMV

Maybe I have to give it more time? Maybe file it in the "dude...you're doing it wrong" category