WarPlan -- new game announced from Matrix Games

[fabius]

Just noticed it's 50% off on Steam. Very tempted

[Pete Dero]

Just noticed it's 50% off on Steam. Very tempted

Also 50% off on Matrix site (and gives you a Steam Key).

[fabius]

Just noticed it's 50% off on Steam. Very tempted

Also 50% off on Matrix site (and gives you a Steam Key).

Hey, thanks for the heads up  O0

[al_infierno]

In my opinion Warplan is the currently the best European war grand strategy game out there. It has possibly the most accurate depiction of supply during WW2 in the ETO.

WarPlan is also my king of European-theater grand strategy wargames, for sure.  Dunno about "accuracy" per se, but the supply system definitely feels balanced, authentic, and satisfying to utilize.  The combat feels a good bit meatier than Strategic Command without bogging you down with so many details that you lose the forest for the trees.  The way paratroopers work feels a little wonky, and I'm still not sure if you can launch an airborne invasion from anywhere except a port.  Also, I'd like if there was a bit more flexibility with the timeline, like a chance that the USA might join the war late or not at all.

[Ian C]

Dunno about "accuracy" per se, but the supply system definitely feels balanced, authentic, and satisfying to utilize. 

The supply and logistics limits work really well to simulate the strategic problems that were evident in the war. Over-extending supply lines and the resulting problems, the limits of building an army (no doom stacks are possible) and only being able to field relatively light forces because of logistical considerations (e.g. in the North African campaign) are well-modelled by the game.

[fabius]

You guys are not making resisting this one any easier

Is the AI reasonable ?

[al_infierno]

Dunno about "accuracy" per se, but the supply system definitely feels balanced, authentic, and satisfying to utilize. 

The supply and logistics limits work really well to simulate the strategic problems that were evident in the war. Over-extending supply lines and the resulting problems, the limits of building an army (no doom stacks are possible) and only being able to field relatively light forces because of logistical considerations (e.g. in the North African campaign) are well-modelled by the game.

You're right about that, for sure.  I'm just being a bit pedantic about "accuracy" versus "authenticity"    I think for it to be truly "historically accurate," it would need to somehow simulate wear-and-tear of roads and individual trucks and whatnot, like how WitE does.  But I'm glad this game doesn't do that, and opts for authenticity over painstaking accuracy.