War Plan Pacific

Bismarck · December 15, 2012, 03:28:13 PM

Taking a day off from reviewing, I fired this beauty up again. The elegance in gameplay and strategy is awesome. Anybody who considers themselves a strategy gamer needs this game!

spelk · December 15, 2012, 04:00:10 PM

In true Google style..

+1

Grim.Reaper · December 15, 2012, 09:16:01 PM

Geesh, you are tempting me on this one.....must resist.

LongBlade · December 15, 2012, 09:27:59 PM

Quote from: Grim.Reaper on December 15, 2012, 09:16:01 PM
Geesh, you are tempting me on this one.....must resist.

Don't hesitate. It's a fun game.

Staggerwing · December 15, 2012, 09:48:08 PM

It is fun.
I was a beta tester for the game and I quite enjoyed it. I played it quite a bit then so it's been on the back burner but I'm getting a craving again...

GJK · December 15, 2012, 11:57:59 PM

I was dissapointed that this game didn't gain much more attention than it did - it's a really clever design that is easy to play and rich in decision making wargame goodness. I'm primarily a board wargamer but this is one that I'll go back to over and over again, probably because it's almost like a PC version of "Victory in the Pacific" or "Fire in the Sky" boardgames.

I was hoping to find more games by this game programer (John Hawkins); doing a Google brings up his LinkedIn page which lists "Rise of Nations", "Age of Empires III" and "Kingdoms of Amalur" as his main project list.

I think I'll start up a game right now as a matter of fact, it's that good and real quick to get going and just play.

WallysWorld · December 16, 2012, 02:05:03 AM

I'll too add my thumbs up for this game. It is too bad that the developer didn't continue working on games like this.

jomni · December 16, 2012, 02:34:05 AM

If it was sold in Steam it will get a lot of attention just like Unity of Command. Pretty approachable for the masses.

Martok · December 16, 2012, 06:02:48 AM

I really oughtta just avoid these forums during holiday season. My "to buy" list just keeps getting longer and longer...

Shelldrake · December 16, 2012, 06:28:57 AM

I really enjoyed the demo but $40 makes me pause - guess I am spoiled by all the Steam sales! ;)

Martok,
You should DL the demo and check it out.

My bad - I see that WPP is $36 until Dec 31.

smittyohio · December 16, 2012, 07:43:52 AM

Quote from: Shelldrake on December 16, 2012, 06:28:57 AM
I really enjoyed the demo but $40 makes me pause - guess I am spoiled by all the Steam sales! ;)

Martok,
You should DL the demo and check it out.

My bad - I see that WPP is $36 until Dec 31.

I've seen several reviews mention a pretty mediocre AI. Did this get improved in patches? Kind of important since multiplayer appears to be solely online, not PBEM.

donkey_roxor · December 16, 2012, 10:54:53 AM

Quote from: Shelldrake on December 16, 2012, 06:28:57 AM
My bad - I see that WPP is $36 until Dec 31.

Actually, it's $34 - so another 5% cheaper!

I'm also on the fence about this. Argh.

LongBlade · December 16, 2012, 11:18:12 AM

Quote from: donkey_roxor on December 16, 2012, 10:54:53 AM
Quote from: Shelldrake on December 16, 2012, 06:28:57 AM
My bad - I see that WPP is $36 until Dec 31.

Actually, it's $34 - so another 5% cheaper!

I'm also on the fence about this. Argh.

Here's the deal - it's a PTO wargame that satisfactorily allows you to game the entire war in one evening.

Turn-based, and they added a MP game in a patch.

What's not to love?

GJK · December 16, 2012, 12:55:16 PM

Play as the Japanese and you'll have a pretty good challenge - as the Japanese did historically.

spelk · December 16, 2012, 01:19:14 PM

I captured a very brief snippet of the gameplay moons ago, testing the process:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MmR9SOxQdg