Order of Battle: Pacific takes off!

[Gusington]

Thank you, Doc.

[steve58]

...stumbled upon this post from a dev on the Matrixgames forums:

I can't be too detailed about exact gameplay yet (mostly because things are still in development) but the gameplay is somewhere in between PzC and Battle Academy in terms of complexity. Several units have special abilities. To name a few examples:
- Amphibious units can enter and exit (shallow) water
- Engineers can destroy & construct bridges
- Engineers can place & clear minefields
- Tactical bombers can switch between torpedo and bomb (if the type allows both)
- Japanese air units can be switched to Kamikaze setup (later in game)
- Japanese infantry can use "banzai charge", a high risk/return attack (similar to BA's "Assault").
- US tanks can attach "field armour", trading speed for armour
...

Naval aspect is of course much more important than in PzC (many different types and classes, carriers providing air supply, coastal vessels providing ground supply, distinction between "deep" and "shallow" water, ships provided AA support for eachother, ...).

The campaign will include land-based (ex Philippines), naval-based (ex Midway) and mixed (ex. Guadal Canal) scenarios. Player have to develop both a land and naval force during the campaign. Neglect your fleet and some naval scenarios will be very hard to win, which will in turn impact the difficulty of later scenarios.

[jomni]

Here are some screens from Facebook.

[Steelgrave]

Sweet!!!

[steve58]

want...Now!

[Gusington]

Looks good! I like the look of the ships. And the land units too, actually. When can we expect this? Please type "tomorrow."

[undercovergeek]

well that snuck in under the radar!

[Steelgrave]

well that snuck in under the radar!

Kind of like a PT boat moving into point blank range in a heavy fog  8)

[undercovergeek]

well that snuck in under the radar!

Kind of like a PT boat moving into point blank range in a heavy fog  8)

exactly  ;D

[Tinkershuffle]

Looks a bit familiar.. why this isn't called "Pacific Corps"?

[ComradeP]

Different developer. Presumably there will be a Pacific Corps one day as well. DMP's new Panzer Corps mod is also called Pacific Corps (in German) and it's quite good.

- US tanks can attach "field armour", trading speed for armour

This worries me. The Japanese already have few good AT weapons, and in most PG style games trading speed for protection is perfectly OK. For example: playing as the Soviets I usually pick KV-1's over T-34's in 1941-1943 as even though they're slower, they're more difficult to kill.

[jomni]

Looks a bit familiar.. why this isn't called "Pacific Corps"?

No doubt that it's a derivative of Panzer Corps.
The units are 3D this time.

[Staggerwing]

Looks a bit familiar.. why this isn't called "Pacific Corps"?

No doubt that it's a derivative of Panzer Corps.
The units are 3D this time.

Maybe it's a 'trial run' for the upcoming WH4K game.

[Gusington]

The development team for this is made of some but not all of the guys who did the new Panzer Corps, IIRC.

[SgtRock]

Panzer Corp Engine or not, this one is looking good, there hasn't been a good tactical Pacific game in a long long time.