Huge Matrix sale on Steam

[Sir Slash]

I got CW II and it's not that tough to get into. Getting good at it is something else. Lots of good videos to check-out with helpful tips and stuff you don't realize at first play. The tutorials helped me to get started without being overwhelmed by all the game info. Great strategy game.

[FarAway Sooner]

Thanks to all of you!  I'm going to take the plunge and buy both after all.  It's only unemployment until I get a few good games, THEN it becomes funemployment!

Seriuosly, I'm not sure if I'll end up ever understanding CW2, but since I don't have $80 to drop on War in the West at the moment but I do have the time to play a few games (for a change!), I figure I'll try it and see.  If CW2 proves too much for me, I'll just go back to Commander: The Great War and try playing as the Germans with no army and only investing in U-Boats...

[mirth]

Bit on Germany Reforged for Flashpoint Campaigns.

[Hofstadter]

Tempted by Pike and Shot at $24.  17th century warfare is something I know almost nothing about.

Minor-ish thing, but I really dislike that the units are not animated -- that your Tercios etc. don't actually deploy their pikes. The 'blocky' visual nature of the combatants is a bit of a turn off...

Fun fact, when i saw those pikes up, I didnt know they were pikes. I literally thought it was some kind of siege tower

[jomni]

Tempted by Pike and Shot at $24.  17th century warfare is something I know almost nothing about.

Minor-ish thing, but I really dislike that the units are not animated -- that your Tercios etc. don't actually deploy their pikes. The 'blocky' visual nature of the combatants is a bit of a turn off...

Fun fact, when i saw those pikes up, I didnt know they were pikes. I literally thought it was some kind of siege tower

They were meant to represent period drawings.

[sandman2575]

I overall really like the art design of Pike and Shot. I just think the tactical battles are a little hampered by the somewhat clumsy unit animations (or lack thereof).

[Cyrano]

P&S is wonderful stuff -- I dare never criticize all but the worst efforts at portraying niche warfare and this is far from that! -- but, as has been said before, is made less by the lack of leaders that are part of the tabletop experience.  They were vital to the era and their absence is off-putting.

Oh, and the relatively quick turns makes this another example of PBEM++ getting in the way of better MP.

[Martok]

For better or worse, I've not picked up a single game in this sale.  All the games I *really* want, I already own; and all the games I somewhat want, I just can't see myself getting around to anytime soon -- if ever.  :-\ 

[mirth]

...all the games I somewhat want, I just can't see myself getting around to anytime soon -- if ever.  :-\ 

You should never let that stop you.

[Father Ted]

I overall really like the art design of Pike and Shot. I just think the tactical battles are a little hampered by the somewhat clumsy unit animations (or lack thereof).

I've played a few battles, and I find that I tend to think of the units as single entities, almost like chess pieces.  I think this is partly because of the lack of animation and partly because of the way they scoot across the "board" at 100 miles an hour.  I like the game, but like with a lot of PC games, I keep thinking, "Wouldn't it be great to blend the gameplay of X with the graphics of Y."

[sandman2575]

but, as has been said before, is made less by the lack of leaders that are part of the tabletop experience.  They were vital to the era and their absence is off-putting.

Has there been talk of adding generals/leaders to the game? Agree that would be fantastic. The Roundheads without Cromwell seems, as you say, off-putting...

[airboy]

For better or worse, I've not picked up a single game in this sale.  All the games I *really* want, I already own; and all the games I somewhat want, I just can't see myself getting around to anytime soon -- if ever.  :-\

Second.

I also bought a couple of games on the list three weeks ago when I finished a consulting job.

I have not played so many really excellent games that I already own that I cannot get motivated to buy more right now.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I didn't buy any either.  I was eyeing up the DC titles but then I looked at my desktop and realized I'd already dropped close to $275 on CMANO, WiTP, and Bombing the Reich and I've haven't played any of them nearly enough.  (Except Bombing the Reich.  Worst interface and performance ever.  What a terrible luck designed game!)

[WallysWorld]

Bought four campaign DLC's for Panzer Corps. That's about it.

[JasonPratt]

X-Pike Shotcom

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