WWI Breakthough! -- expansion announced for Strategic Command WWI

[Gusington]

DLing the demo now, thanks Steve.

[Slick Wilhelm]

FWIW, Gus, I highly recommend SC:WWI, too. Great game, the one that really sparked my interest in beta testing CTGW.

The only funky thing about SC:WWI is their decision to use square tiles instead of the usual hexes. Regardless, it's still a great game. A definite must buy for any WWI enthusiast.

[Bill Runacre]

Hi all!

Very glad to see the interest in this, and while we're working on it, we've been busy improving the AI in the main campaigns as well as other things, so beta testers have reported much more challenging games than before.

In terms of price, it is very possible that the combined price of both games will be lower than $70, so be sure to take a look when further announcements are made.

Now I'm back to working out why von Lettow-Vorbeck hasn't given up the fight in German East Africa like I wanted him to... such are the joys of beta testing!!  :)

Bill

[W8taminute]

I keep waiting (and waiting and waiting) for CtGW....

Same here.  But only now, the wait has been so long that I've lost interest.  It's probably not a good idea to announce a new game is on the way unless they're confident they can stick to the delivery schedule. 

In today's society what's new this minute is ancient history 90 seconds later.  So many other games get released in the interim while waiting for that one good game that delays prove fatal.  Just MHO.... :)

[Gusington]

Commander: The Great War is 8-12 weeks away...

[Nefaro]

Commander: The Great War is 8-12 weeks away...

8)

[Gusington]

That one I'm going to jump all over.

[Martok]

^  At least buy her dinner first! 

[W8taminute]

^What Martok said.


^^If you try to start a car too fast it will stall.  :)

[Gusington]

I'm not even going to call Commander: The Great War in the morning.

[W8taminute]

^Let's just hope that when you wake up next to Commander: The Great War in the morning that you don't chew your own arm off to try to escape. 

[Gusington]

If that is the case I will be depressed for a long, long time.

[steve58]

Commander: The Great War is 8-12 weeks away...

Well the developer said they needed at least 8-12 more weeks.  Lets hope they stay on schedule!

And since this is a WWI thread, I thought I'd mention this.  I'd forgotten about Making History: The Great War.  Another WWI game scheduled for 2012.

[Gusington]

^Forgot about that...no definitive release date though. I do remember that many around here enjoyed the original.

[kommandant]

hey guys, just found your forum!

So, I can give you guys some good points of view about Strategic Command: the Great War and it's expansion and about Commander: The Great War.

I beta test for both games, but I stoped betatesting for CtGW a month ago.

I think that CtGW is a pretty game, it looks cool, it's not horrible, but I don't like the scale of the game, the map lacks details and have just some cities. The quantaty of troops in the map is way too small, you don't see more than 20 units in the map, unless you invest heavly in troops. The naval warfare is not the best one in the game too, and the quantaty of naval units in game does not help. A bad point in the game, that made me stop playing all games from Commander series, is those hexes that show up around a surrendered countries capital.

About SC: TGW I can say that the game is not perfect, the grafics should be better, and the fact that it uses squares, and no hexes, can scare a lot of people away from playing it, but I think it's way better than CtGW. The scale of the game is huge, you command up to 130 units in land and up to 40 naval units. The core game is already awesome, the expansion apply a new supply system that makes the game even better and more balanced. SC: TGW also have a diplomacy system, you can bring other countries to the war, like, if you are playing with the Entente, you can bring Bulgaria to your side, in CtGW bulgaria will join the Central powers, and there is nothing you can do about it. The tech system in SC: TGW is more simple than in CtGW, it could be better, but it works.

The only thing that you can really put in the balance to diminish SC: TGW is the use of squares, and not hexes. Sadly this is a major negative point to consider, but if you get yur self into it, you will love it.

Note: If anyone here plays SC: TGW and want to play a PBEM, just email me, I need some fresh meat (I'm not good, don't be afraid)