Shrapnel sale

[Millipede]

Shrapnel is having a sale through the 30th and I was wondering if any of you have experience/recommendations on any of these?  http://www.gamersfront.com/store/memorial_day_sale.html

[bob48]

The only one I have played is Steel Panthers, which is a bit of a classic really.

[Redwolf]

The ATF games are great simulations but the UI defeated me.  Too many icons with randomly chosen pictures, too many menus that you have to get to in some pretty random order when doing battlefield tasks.  IIRC it was also a lot of clicking to discover the overall status of the battlefield. Regular scrollbars for the map.

There are few things better than throwing nukes in ATF, though. If you aren't sensitive to UIs pick it up.

[Grim.Reaper]

Just once I wish they would have a Steam-like fire sale or even one of Matrix's big discounts sale:)  Sale prices aren't that much different ($5) than normal prices so really can be picked up at any time without thinking you missed out on a big deal.....some day I will actually pick up the Steel Panther games...some day.

[Jack Nastyface]

WOOT!  All American: The 82nd Airborne in Normandy is on sale for $49.95!  Count me "in" for the pre-order.

(sorry...couldn't resist)...

Yours in gaming,

Jack Nastyface

[Grim.Reaper]

WOOT!  All American: The 82nd Airborne in Normandy is on sale for $49.95!  Count me "in" for the pre-order.

(sorry...couldn't resist)...

Yours in gaming,

Jack Nastyface

What???? Its not coming out soon?  There goes my pre-order.....

Its kind of an embarrassment that they still advertise that game....I wonder how many people fall for it?

[Wolfe1759]

You got me!

I knew when I saw Shrapnel and Sale it really wasn't going to be worth clicking on the link but I did it anyway 

[Tuna]

You got me!

I knew when I saw Shrapnel and Sale it really wasn't going to be worth clicking on the link but I did it anyway 

LOL

[smittyohio]

WOOT!  All American: The 82nd Airborne in Normandy is on sale for $49.95!  Count me "in" for the pre-order.

(sorry...couldn't resist)...

Yours in gaming,

Jack Nastyface

What???? Its not coming out soon?  There goes my pre-order.....

Its kind of an embarrassment that they still advertise that game....I wonder how many people fall for it?

LOL.... I never bothered to really look at the game page for this one since it's been vaporware for so long, but here's what it says:

Where we are with All American: The 82nd Airbone in Normandy.

Status:      Development
Remaining:   
♦   Rework of multiplayer to allow compatibility with Vista.
♦   Voices are being re-recorded after changes to scripts.
♦   Re-evaluating art for maps.
♦   Changing 3 missions.
Beta:      No projection
Release:      Projected for 2009

It's really almost criminal they are still taking money for this thing, assuming that anyone would be crazy enough to try to.

[Grim.Reaper]

WOOT!  All American: The 82nd Airborne in Normandy is on sale for $49.95!  Count me "in" for the pre-order.

(sorry...couldn't resist)...

Yours in gaming,

Jack Nastyface

What???? Its not coming out soon?  There goes my pre-order.....

Its kind of an embarrassment that they still advertise that game....I wonder how many people fall for it?

LOL.... I never bothered to really look at the game page for this one since it's been vaporware for so long, but here's what it says:

Where we are with All American: The 82nd Airbone in Normandy.

Status:      Development
Remaining:   
♦   Rework of multiplayer to allow compatibility with Vista.
♦   Voices are being re-recorded after changes to scripts.
♦   Re-evaluating art for maps.
♦   Changing 3 missions.
Beta:      No projection
Release:      Projected for 2009

It's really almost criminal they are still taking money for this thing, assuming that anyone would be crazy enough to try to.

Agreed.....but with that said, I would love if they actually did complete and release the game:)

[bbmike]

All jokes about a Shrapnel sale aside...well, no, we should still joke about that, War Plan Pacific is fun.

[Jarhead0331]

At least they've stopped referring to Memorial Day weekend as a time of fun, celebration and BBQ.

[dinsdale]

Remaining:   
♦   Rework of multiplayer to allow compatibility with Vista.

Compatibility with Vista. I hope that means they finally got it running on Tandy compatibles.

I don't have the interest to even click the link to see how deeply they're discounting their 14 year old games.

[Millipede]

Thanks for the many replies... I'm guessing that the prevailing opinion is to not waste my time and money.  ::)

[Tuna]

Thanks for the many replies... I'm guessing that the prevailing opinion is to not waste my time and money.  ::)

Steel Panthers was/is an awesome game, it' an all time classic for us Strategy Gamers.. supposedly, shrapnel has upgraded their resolution. I don't know what the high res looks like. There is a low res demo available somewhere on the site, if you want to check out the game itself.. Resolution isn't bad.. just can't fill your monitor! Ridiculous for them to charge such a high price for such and old game, but it is what it is... Matrix is worse, Steel Panthers World at War is 50.. and it's not gonna run on Win 7 or higher right out of the box, 'you'll' have to fix it.

But again Steel Panthers is a Classic!