<t> I really want to play a Civil War game and AGEOD's are, well, AGEOD's and Grand Tactician is nowhere near ready so I'm back to this.<br/> <br/> However, I'm having some trouble remembering some basic things.<br/> <br/> For one thing, is there no way to read the turn messages a second time? On Wi...

<t> I've just started playing again and I wanted to try to quickly refresh a few concepts in hopes of avoiding too much trial and error.<br/> <br/> All questions are from the perspective of the Union. I never play as the CSA.<br/> <br/> 1. After Scott disappears, who should be your theater commander...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Empire101<br/> <br/> <br/> most enjoyable against my old foe Warspite ), and the game is well balanced and enormous fun. <br/> As for the nonsense about the AH not being represented on the Eastern Front properly....well all I can say is that wherever you got your i...

<t> You can't radically alter the disposition of forces at the start of the war and then brush off criticisms of the level of abstraction in a game as being out of thin air.<br/> <br/> Not having Austrian armies on the eastern front (or not having an accurate number, even an abstracted accurate numb...

<t> It makes no sense to buy a game that goes out of its way to not be the game you wanted.<br/> <br/> I had read in numerous places that the game didn't represent Austria correctly. I came here and asked about it and was told that was false. If I had been told that "yes, we weakened Austria to make...

<t> You are right. The game is not what I hoped, and I'm severely disappointed. I felt that I was going to be disappointed as soon as the initial impressions and first trickle of reviews came out. I lingered around the forum because so many people told me those impressions were wrong, but there is n...

<t> I am a World War I buff and followed the development of this game for months. When it was released, I read quite a few initial impressions and reviews. Based on those, and prior experience with WWI games (GoA in particular), I posted some questions and comments in a few threads. I was immediatel...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: micha1100<br/> <br/> <br/> 1. What happened to Austria-Hungary's army?<br/> The game starts with some AH units near Serbia but just one lonely garrison unit in the north. <br/> Historically, at the start of the war AH had deployed two armies at the Serbian theatre ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Lord Zimoa<br/> <br/> Guys, historical background is of course hugely important and we know the numbers, but if we go this route, basically GB will shoot everything out of the water with a breeze. We always let the gaming factor come first, from a game balancing po...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Amaranthus<br/> <br/> jscott991, just buy the game already and try it. It's only $40 bucks, and you're clearly a WWI afficionado and an avid wargamer, so you're sure to get *something* out of it. It's just not worth vacillating over.<br/> <br/> Lordz have produced ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Myrddraal<br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>and a problem with Commander:TGW based on what I read on the forum<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> I really recommend you read some of the AARs on this forum. You will see that in CTGW good players can match (and outmatch) the historical ...

<t> GoA doesn't mirror real life at all. It's a complete abstraction that doesn't even do a good job at simulating the actual ebb and flow of the war. You can't duplicate the German blitzes in 1914 and 1915 (just try to take over all of Poland in a single month). The Central Powers are at a huge dis...

<t> GoA really needs an editor that actually allows you to change the composition of forces. The size of the Russian army (way too large) and the Austrian army (way too small) should be able to be tweaked.<br/> <br/> But the larger problem with GoA, and a problem with Commander:TGW based on what I r...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Major Bong<br/> <br/> But this post is not a complaint. Being Austrian myself I know a thing or two about my country's military history and I think the game perfectly reflects the situation of AH in 1914. The well trained core of the Austrian army was squandered in...

Thanks. I'll check them out.

That and Austria-Hungary's representation are my main complaints with GoA, so I'm unlikely to buy a game that replicates those frustrations.

Sadly, this sounds like GoA, where you can't come close to repeating Germany's western advance.

That's unfortunate. I probably will pass on this game for that reason.

<t> I'm tired of WWI games (GoA and Ageod) treating Austria-Hungary like an after-thought and modeling the war as though it was WWII (Germany v. the world). The Austrian army was enormous in WWI and covered a huge part of the eastern front, in addition to being the primary combatant in the Balkan an...

<t> I've played GoA dozens of times over the last year (and more if you count when I first bought it) and the activation system is something you have to get used to.<br/> <br/> I will say that it completely rules out historical results in 1914 and 1918. The Germans simply can't match their initial p...

<t> Yes, but again, if anyone thinks it is too fast, they can pause more frequently and play on the slowest setting. This is not a reason to not have faster settings available for those that want them.<br/> <br/> If you think it's glacially slow (and it is compared to any EU-based game from Paradox)...

<t> You can always slow the game down by pausing whenever you like.<br/> <br/> Currently, there are no options to speed it up. I wonder what you are doing in the early game that requires it moving it slower than 1:1. I have absolutely nothing of importance (beyond stupid monster hunting; why can't t...