Panther Games Command Ops 2 Limited Time Offer Bundle Pack Coming Soon

[panzerde]

panzerde and Jarhead
are your Window's general 'text-size / dpi-setting' also 125% or different from 100 % ...that may be the problem
I see that effect in the Force info window overlays

No, I'm at bog standard 100% text size. The dialog was fine until I opened it for a bombardment mission, and then it went wonky.

[panzerde]

I own and enjoy the originals. Apart from all the posts about cost, text size, frame rates, download limits, etc.....what about the actual gameplay and user interface.  Is this new game all that different from the original, enough so as to make it worth the price? Or is it just a big patch fixing some issues with the first? What is different about this iteration as compared to the first?

I haven't played it enough for a complete answer to this. What I have seen is that there's a new UI, which has some advantages once you get used to it. Some of the graphics are improved but thus far I've only looked at maps I'm already familiar with. Nothing radically different there yet, but I'm eager to see what the desert maps look like.

The AI does seem improved. As a test last night I ordered an entire Combat Command of the 4th Armored into an attack in the St. Vith scenario and it handled it very well, complete with reasonable artillery support. In the past I'd have had to command the subordinate formations if I wanted a reasonable result.

I'm also given to understand that the new engine will handle much, much larger maps. Again, no experience with that yet.

[JasonPratt]

Wow... glad I kind of forgot to go over and buy it yesterday.  :o

I feel a little bad sacrificing my friends to the game until the early bugs are ironed out. But not too bad.

[JudgeDredd]

I love the series and bought it (again)....but it does remind me what I didn't get...the AI command. What exactly is the point of playing a game that has such good command AI, you just sit there and watch it.

I did rebuy this game yesterday - as I sold mine for charity - but I never, ever did get the "game" aspect of leaving it to the AI. I always found myself taking hold of particular companies, platoons and arty just to do something.

I guess I just didn't get the "supreme commander" role I was meant to play.

[Grim.Reaper]

I love the series and bought it (again)....but it does remind me what I didn't get...the AI command. What exactly is the point of playing a game that has such good command AI, you just sit there and watch it.

I did rebuy this game yesterday - as I sold mine for charity - but I never, ever did get the "game" aspect of leaving it to the AI. I always found myself taking hold of particular companies, platoons and arty just to do something.

I guess I just didn't get the "supreme commander" role I was meant to play.

This is what I actually like about the game, don't like to micromanage myself...prefer to draw up the high-level plan and let the commanders do their job...I find it interesting watching the battles play out and if I want, I always have the option to jump in.

[PAK]

In order to get the Core Engine I still have to create an account?

[Barthheart]

In order to get the Core Engine I still have to create an account?

Yes. For the storefront. If you want to participate in the forums you'll need to create another account.

[Rayfer]

I love the series and bought it (again)....but it does remind me what I didn't get...the AI command. What exactly is the point of playing a game that has such good command AI, you just sit there and watch it.

I did rebuy this game yesterday - as I sold mine for charity - but I never, ever did get the "game" aspect of leaving it to the AI. I always found myself taking hold of particular companies, platoons and arty just to do something.

I guess I just didn't get the "supreme commander" role I was meant to play.

This is what I actually like about the game, don't like to micromanage myself...prefer to draw up the high-level plan and let the commanders do their job...I find it interesting watching the battles play out and if I want, I always have the option to jump in.

Reminds me of Distant Worlds in that regard. At one extreme you can let it run itself, at the other you can micro-manage everything....or you can play anywhere you want between these two extremes.

[RyanE]

I had the text issue until I increased my screen resolution to match desktop.  Prior to that, it was all messed up.  But now the text is so small I can barely read it.

[JudgeDredd]

The text does overlap on at least one button (the scenario set button).

Also - why are their only briefing "maps" for the 3 scenarios with the core game...are the rest coming?

[dinsdale]

I love the series and bought it (again)....but it does remind me what I didn't get...the AI command. What exactly is the point of playing a game that has such good command AI, you just sit there and watch it.

I did rebuy this game yesterday - as I sold mine for charity - but I never, ever did get the "game" aspect of leaving it to the AI. I always found myself taking hold of particular companies, platoons and arty just to do something.

I guess I just didn't get the "supreme commander" role I was meant to play.

I like that its designed to put you in a role which scales to the game. You get to worry about the bigger picture and leave the implementation to smaller formations.

I don't think its like watching the AI play unless you give them command of all your units at once :) On the smaller maps, controlling Battalions just lets the AI manage 3 or 4 units to accomplish your orders. Your role is to create battlegroups, formulate a strategy and react to changes in situation, IMHO it feels more like command, and you're skipping the mechanics of moving chits around the map.

Give it a shot, try to manage nothing smaller than a battalion, and create a couple of multi-battalion groups, you can then spend your time fretting that you don't have enough resources to accomplish your mission and cursing at your subordinates when they fail their missions :)

[JudgeDredd]

This edition is hellishly sluggish I have to say.  ::)

[Pinetree]

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Also - why are their only briefing "maps" for the 3 scenarios with the core game...are the rest coming?

I'll quote my own post here:

For those of you that bought the whole shebang, the Situation maps are coming, I've completed the maps for Bastogne  and I'm a quarter of the way through Ride of the Valkyries. I'm releasing them to Dave when I've done both as they are interlinked and I want to make sure there are no errors. Dave will then release them in a future patch.

[panzerde]

The maps that are done look really great, Pinetree!

[JudgeDredd]

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Also - why are their only briefing "maps" for the 3 scenarios with the core game...are the rest coming?

I'll quote my own post here:

For those of you that bought the whole shebang, the Situation maps are coming, I've completed the maps for Bastogne  and I'm a quarter of the way through Ride of the Valkyries. I'm releasing them to Dave when I've done both as they are interlinked and I want to make sure there are no errors. Dave will then release them in a future patch.

Oh - thank you. The ones I saw looked great  O0  so I was a bit disappointed they weren't there.

I'm very glad they are coming.  O0