Shrapnel sale

[Marty Ward]

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!

And it is FREE from Shrapnel along with the modern war version of it. You don't get all the bells and whistles with the free version but it is a classic and they constantly improve it.

[bob48]

I think you will find that the free version runs at quite a low screen resolution though.

[WallysWorld]

I have the bought versions of both SPWW2 and SPMBT and the higher resolutions (1920x1080) was definitely worth it for me.

Here are some screenshots that Oche posted back in 2012 from the bought versions: http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=948.msg75672#msg75672

[Marty Ward]

I think you will find that the free version runs at quite a low screen resolution though.

It may but I don't have any issues seeing it with my old eyes.

Plus did I mention they were FREE? :)

[GJK]

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

WPP is a pretty good game actually.  If you want to play the entire Pacific campaign in a few short hours, this will let you do it.  It's probably best described as "Avalon Hill 'Victory in the Pacific' for the PC".  Even said, $34 might be more than I'd pay for it again today but there's no drm and I split the costs with my brother years ago so I've gotten my $15-$18 worth out of it.

[jomni]

WPP would be great on a mobile phone or tablet.

[Marty Ward]

Anyone have Bronze from Shrapnel? I downloaded the Demo and it was enjoyable but I'm not sure how much replay value it has.

[Staggerwing]

Anyone have Bronze from Shrapnel? I downloaded the Demo and it was enjoyable but I'm not sure how much replay value it has.

Ages ago I was in on the beta. It is a fun game in a chess/tower defense kind of way and I've been meaning to try and locate my copy one of these days.

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

WPP is a pretty good game actually.  If you want to play the entire Pacific campaign in a few short hours, this will let you do it.  It's probably best described as "Avalon Hill 'Victory in the Pacific' for the PC".  Even said, $34 might be more than I'd pay for it again today but there's no drm and I split the costs with my brother years ago so I've gotten my $15-$18 worth out of it.

WPP was another of the few games I've been privileged to be a beta tester for. I recommend grabbing a copy if you want a nice, clean, instant-gratification counterpoint to WITP.

[mirth]

I have the bought versions of both SPWW2 and SPMBT and the higher resolutions (1920x1080) was definitely worth it for me.

Here are some screenshots that Oche posted back in 2012 from the bought versions: http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=948.msg75672#msg75672

I ordered physical copies of both games today. If nothing else, I wanted to support the continued development of a couple of classic games.

[DoctorQuest]

I have the bought versions of both SPWW2 and SPMBT and the higher resolutions (1920x1080) was definitely worth it for me.

Here are some screenshots that Oche posted back in 2012 from the bought versions: http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=948.msg75672#msg75672

I ordered physical copies of both games today. If nothing else, I wanted to support the continued development of a couple of classic games.

I think they are great games. I hope you won't be disappointed.

[mirth]

I have the bought versions of both SPWW2 and SPMBT and the higher resolutions (1920x1080) was definitely worth it for me.

Here are some screenshots that Oche posted back in 2012 from the bought versions: http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=948.msg75672#msg75672

I ordered physical copies of both games today. If nothing else, I wanted to support the continued development of a couple of classic games.

I think they are great games. I hope you won't be disappointed.

I've played the free versions in the past. Looking forward to having the Enhanced versions and the printed manuals.

[em2nought]

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

WPP is a pretty good game actually.  If you want to play the entire Pacific campaign in a few short hours, this will let you do it.  It's probably best described as "Avalon Hill 'Victory in the Pacific' for the PC".  Even said, $34 might be more than I'd pay for it again today but there's no drm and I split the costs with my brother years ago so I've gotten my $15-$18 worth out of it.

If I didn't already own it, I'd still consider it for $34.00.  I always hoped they'd do the Atlantic so we could have Avalon Hill's 'War at Sea' too.  Maybe let the Japanese lend the Germans some ships even or play both fronts together.   Nice to put the sound track to Tora, Tora, Tora on while playing.

[GJK]

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

WPP is a pretty good game actually.  If you want to play the entire Pacific campaign in a few short hours, this will let you do it.  It's probably best described as "Avalon Hill 'Victory in the Pacific' for the PC".  Even said, $34 might be more than I'd pay for it again today but there's no drm and I split the costs with my brother years ago so I've gotten my $15-$18 worth out of it.

If I didn't already own it, I'd still consider it for $34.00.  I always hoped they'd do the Atlantic so we could have Avalon Hill's 'War at Sea' too.  Maybe let the Japanese lend the Germans some ships even or play both fronts together.   Nice to put the sound track to Tora, Tora, Tora on while playing.

$34 isn't bad.  If you figure that you play it 10 times to completion over a number of years, then you're spending $3.40 each time that you do play it which is very fair.  Some will play it much more than that (and some much less). 

[jomni]

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

WPP is a pretty good game actually.  If you want to play the entire Pacific campaign in a few short hours, this will let you do it.  It's probably best described as "Avalon Hill 'Victory in the Pacific' for the PC".  Even said, $34 might be more than I'd pay for it again today but there's no drm and I split the costs with my brother years ago so I've gotten my $15-$18 worth out of it.

If I didn't already own it, I'd still consider it for $34.00.  I always hoped they'd do the Atlantic so we could have Avalon Hill's 'War at Sea' too.  Maybe let the Japanese lend the Germans some ships even or play both fronts together.   Nice to put the sound track to Tora, Tora, Tora on while playing.

$34 isn't bad.  If you figure that you play it 10 times to completion over a number of years, then you're spending $3.40 each time that you do play it which is very fair.  Some will play it much more than that (and some much less).

Actually good for multiplayer too.

[FlickJax]

Yes, but their games are getting older and older and looking more and more dated. I think they could be a bit friendlier on the pricing model after such a length of time. AKA Matrix sales.