War in the West worth getting?

[Tuna]

Was Project Zomboid the one with the really bad user interface?

Yeah, I had a horrible time with the demo last year. But I really liked the concept so took the plunge. I'm not having as hard a time now, so maybe they smoothed out the reactions to the controls. Also it looks like you can re-map the keys (haven't ventured there yet)..

LOL I should re-map the Q key for (Shout).. it's too close to WASD, and you end up inadvertently shouting while trying to sneak by Zombies!

[chemkid]

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LOL I should re-map the Q key for (Shout).. it's too close to WASD, and you end up inadvertently shouting while trying to sneak by Zombies!

haha!  :))

...which reminds me, my first play of DayZ mod - i died of hunger and thirst because i wouldn't go into that house... i was waiting in the tall grass and watched the zombies flop around until i just died!  :DD (haven't played anything zombie to that day except minecraft - btw, i was shocked of mc, too...)

[-budd-]

Was Project Zomboid the one with the really bad user interface?

I had a terrible time with the demo years ago, its better now, you get used to it. Back then you couldn't remap keys.

If your playing on normal food and water aren't really an issue right from the start. Wait until the power grid goes down, it tends to get worse as you go along ;) . Find a place to base up and start putting curtains up and boarding up while scavenging to stock up on food and water. Start making long term plans for food, water and surviving the elements. Not going to say too much the fun of the game is figuring out the " how to's" .

Between this and 7 Days to die i get my zombie fix.

[sandman2575]

I found the air model in WITW to be incredibly tedious.  Also the A.I. is awful.

Maybe not exactly speaking to your criticism, but I find the whole 'setting air directives' mechanic incredibly confusing. In theory I like the added sophistication over WitE, but in truth I find WitE much easier to play and enjoy than WitW exactly because of my confusion over how to use airpower in WitW.

...also finding TOAW IV incredibly hard to fathom right now.  Must be getting old and addled....  ???

[BanzaiCat]

Geez, guys...ALL these links and nobody posted the review for this title...from GrogHeads?

http://grogheads.com/review/7491

(Of course I only know of this review because I wrote it...)

[bob48]

You did indeed wrote it and I wread it!

[bbmike]

We do reviews here? Where would I find them?

[bob48]

I used to know....now let me think  ???

[JudgeDredd]

We do reviews here? Where would I find them?

Front page


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[bbmike]

We have a front page?

[sandman2575]

We have a front page?

This really should be Grogheads.com's official motto. Placed on the front page.

[Sir Slash]

We have a Front Page yes, but do we have a 'Last Page'? Or is this it?

[Tuna]

We have a front page?

This really should be Grogheads.com's official motto. Placed on the front page.

I don't like that front page thing, it doesn't look like our site, not familiar like here!

[BanzaiCat]

This whole 'where TF is the front page' thing is like Fonzie jumping the shark, except more amusing and topical.

[Blucher]

I found the air model in WITW to be incredibly tedious.  Also the A.I. is awful.

Maybe not exactly speaking to your criticism, but I find the whole 'setting air directives' mechanic incredibly confusing. In theory I like the added sophistication over WitE, but in truth I find WitE much easier to play and enjoy than WitW exactly because of my confusion over how to use airpower in WitW.

...also finding TOAW IV incredibly hard to fathom right now.  Must be getting old and addled....  ???

The air system is incredibly confusing. Last time I was playing the game I managed to finally figure it out. And it is easier then the WITE system for assigning the massive amounts of Allied planes but I liked the WITE system better. It was easy to use and didn't feel as clunky. Also WITW just is lacking something maybe it's because the Germans are on the defensive the entire game it just doesn't have the drama I guess of the Eastern Front. Speaking on the AI One thing I can't stand about both titles is that the AI will just abandon good positions and fall back. It will set up a new position but with a limited amount of units threatening it it will fall back again and again. I found it incredibly frustrating and turned me off of both titles as WITE also suffers from this. Look I am not a good player and most AI's will give me a run for my money but this AI is some of the worst. Ultimately I got bored of WITW and moved on to other games. I know people always say so play PBEM but with two young kids my gaming time is limited and as of now I can't invest the amount of time required for a PBEM.