Before I Buy

[HowieWowie]

I've been looking at HUE on and off for the last year or so. Back in the day I played Harpoon and loved it. I'm at either HUE or Janes Fleet Command. I've always pulled back from clicking the HUE buy button because of the steep learning curve. I realize that FC is not the same game game as HUE but it seems that I strikes a nice balance between complexity and ease of use.

So I'm hovering over the HUE buy button again. I've looked at the Tutorial videos but it looks like it'll take a good 20 hours of study before I can start playing. Am I wrong? I play a lot of complicated board war games so complex rules don't bother me. What I want to avoid is having to get burdened with learning how to micromanage in order to play the game effectively. I rather focus on strategic/tactical decisions.

HUE is a pricey game (you can get FC for $9.95) so although I'm drawn to it I have this nagging feeling that I'll regret the purchase afterwards. I'm interested in hearing from any new players please.

[TonyE]

If you played Harpoon before you already have all of the skills to play it again.  Interface-wise both of the games (H2/H3/ANW and HC/HCE/HUCE) have hardly changed at all since their original releases roughly 15 and 20 years ago.

[CV32]

I'll readily admit to bias, but there is no contest between Harpoon (of any flavour) and Jane's Fleet Command.

[HowieWowie]

Thanks guys! I'm downloading the demo and looking around the Harpgamer site.

Are there any tutorials, guides etc. Its been years since I played the original game and my memory hasn't gotten better with time.

[TonyE]

Not a ton more than what you've surely run into already (the WestPac 1.0 scenario for instance is a walk-through). Feel free to come chat with us and ask us questions. http://webchat.freenode.net/ (channel is #harpgamer)