Order Of Battle Pacific
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Order Of Battle Pacific
New game for Slith/Matrix. Not much news yet.
http://www.matrixgames.com/products/516 ... e:.Pacific
Curious about the scale as Corp.
http://www.matrixgames.com/products/516 ... e:.Pacific
Curious about the scale as Corp.
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RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
The name is enticing also, will it feature detailed orders of battle for each side? Or will it be more like Strategic Commander or something?
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No picture ... no specs ... no forum posts ... no nothing
This was announced way too early.
This was announced way too early.
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RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
Was it officially announced? Someone found the product page that but I don't see an official announcement yet.
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ORIGINAL: Challerain
Was it officially announced? Someone found the product page that but I don't see an official announcement yet.
and the difference between the two is ...
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RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
You said it was announced too early. It hasn't been announced yet so maybe that is why there are no screenshots, specs, and forum posts.
RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
It will be probably announced during the Essen fair.
RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
Oh yeah!
Though curious about this statement from the product page, "A deep but intuitive supply system allowing breakthroughs & encirclements."
That sounds more like an east front statement not a pacific island kinda statement. Regardless, multiple huzzahs from me for any new naval game.
Though curious about this statement from the product page, "A deep but intuitive supply system allowing breakthroughs & encirclements."
That sounds more like an east front statement not a pacific island kinda statement. Regardless, multiple huzzahs from me for any new naval game.
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RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
If you follow the link here to the product page and then click tolink to the developer's website, there is a product page link that takes you to Slitherine's page that includes this statement, "Order of Battle: Pacific is the first title in a new series of hexagonal strategy games developed by The Artistocrats (www.the-artistocrats.com), designed to cover military history from ancients to modern warfare. The Artistocrats was founded by members of the team who created Panzer Corps."
Another positive as far as I am concerned.[:)]
Another positive as far as I am concerned.[:)]
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RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
Well considering the land war in the Pacific was not a major factor in the Allies winning, I do not feel that this is a good idea. Especially if the PC model is followed.
Having ground battles determine the fate of the Pacific war like PC does in the ETO is not anything that would interest me. Now if they did a PC type game with CV's and land based air versus just ground troops, with a few ships added like in the PC Sealion/Crete scenerios, then that may be of more interest. Plus allow ship only combats.
Otherwise I will just stick with WitP AE as that does a pretty awesome job of filling my PTO needs atm [:)]
Having ground battles determine the fate of the Pacific war like PC does in the ETO is not anything that would interest me. Now if they did a PC type game with CV's and land based air versus just ground troops, with a few ships added like in the PC Sealion/Crete scenerios, then that may be of more interest. Plus allow ship only combats.
Otherwise I will just stick with WitP AE as that does a pretty awesome job of filling my PTO needs atm [:)]
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RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
actually it sounds like it will include naval combat also and the air war. i hope it is done with some degree of historical accuracy . keen to see screen shots
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I agree! It sounds really good tho. For iPad got my attention right away. I hope it's not one of these PC games they develop and then realize it's just to much work to convert to tablet form.
ORIGINAL: Greyshaft
No picture ... no specs ... no forum posts ... no nothing
This was announced way too early.
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RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
Sounds interesting, but without any detailed info it's too early to say anything. I'll wait and see.
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Sounds interesting, but without any detailed info it's too early to say anything. I'll wait and see.
Any revealed product page etc. will generate interest but when there's nothing to discuss will result in a yawn that discourages further exploration when the screenshots do arrive. There's nothing wrong with selling the sizzle before the steak is available but there's not much point if there's nothing to sniff.
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RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
that is true, and also if the screenshot were say still alpha/pre-alpha that usually means alot forum work just having to reiterate this, like what occurred with SC3 and War in the West. Best to show screenshots when its they are actual ingame
RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
The game sounds interesting, but I agree with some of the posters that it feels as if it was revealed too early. Waiting until the developers at least had their website up and running would not have hurt. This way, the announcement is a bit of a dud: people might be interested in the game but will find little information about it and can't see what it would look like, nor can they read anything about the developer.
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ORIGINAL: Gary Childress
The name is enticing also, will it feature detailed orders of battle for each side? Or will it be more like Strategic Commander or something?
By reading the description, it looks like the second.
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RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
No picture ... no specs ... no forum posts ... no nothing
This was announced way too early.
The game has been presented to press (and colleague developers) at the Essen Spieltage show this weekend. This one of the reasons we had to get the announcement out now. Previews and other forms of information will be available very soon.
RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
...a few beta screenshots here.
...beta code and the pictures you’ll see below are literally screenshots - pictures taken with a digital camera of the screen as he’s giving me the Grand Tour. Caveat: this is not final art and has placeholder graphics left and right, but screenshots can never do this game justice anyway as the 3D units and environment are gorgeously animated and dynamic.
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RE: Order Of Battle Pacific
the naval battle image does look indeed quite beautiful - i hope its a challenging game to boot!