How much?!! And for what, the now-usual 'starter' game before an endless stream of DLC, no doubt? That will be half that price in the next Steam sale but one, or when you have DLC to flog?

You are having a laugh. Somebody wake me up when a WitE 2 or WitP 2 comes along.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: altipueri<br/> <br/> The English Civil War is hardly known about even by Brits - it is not even in the GCSE syllabus except with a passing mention. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> That doesn't really mean much. Even at that level, you have to specialise some to learn...

<t> Can't see it working out, to be honest. The cross-platform release rather than a PC exclusive strategy game suggests a need for the sort of budget I very much doubt Slitherine has. It will need truly exceptional gameplay to avoid review-slaughter and get decent sales. Love to be proved wrong, mi...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Rush<br/> The geographical map nearly 400 hundred years ago was very different to how it is today in this modern period. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> It might well have been but I'll bet it didn't include county towns in the wrong county! <br/> <br/> One small poi...

The Battle of the Boyne as a 'St. Patrick's Day Special'? [&:] Are you taking the piss?

Orks yet again. Joy. [>:]

Maybe time to get an expanded license?

<t> Not the best platform, as has been said, despite some more than capable devices. That said, there is some reasonable stuff out there like Atlantic Fleet, Frozen Synapse and Door Kickers. John Tiller's put a lot of his titles out on Android as well, although for some reason they are cut-down vers...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: aaatoysandmore<br/> <br/> Is it that bad or just no interest? <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> Some of each. It's a lot of money to sink on something not exactly getting stellar reviews, and the franchise doesn't interest me much (although I like 40k). Would rather spend th...

ORIGINAL: Crimguy

I've always been left cold by HOI.

Likewise. Drowning in detail, but no realism. CK2 works much better, as does Victoria 2. As does Stellaris, come to that.

I didn't like the multiplayer beta. People seem to like the campaign a lot, but it also seems to be pretty short at 10-15 hours or so. It's too expensive for that, so I'll just wait for a sale.

<t> Busy planning my imminent retirement. [:)]<br/> <br/> My office is closing as a result of government cut-backs, but the Mrs has been forced to retire on ill-health grounds anyway, and having worked it all the numbers we should get by on pensions and investment income.<br/> <br/> So.. down to sun...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: wings7<br/> <br/> These are the reviews from gamers, much more reliable than the so called "professional reviews"...<br/> <URL url="http://store.steampowered.com/app/281990/?snr=1_7_15__13"><LINK_TEXT text="http://store.steampowered.com/app/28199 ... 1_7_15__13">ht...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: wings7<br/> <br/> Excellent! [:)] <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> If you say so. I think it's appalling. Discounts up to 50% a <I><s>[i]</s>significant<e>[/i]</e></I> time after release, yes, especially after entering the Steam market, but now the virtual give-away m...

<t> Not really sure how that would work with a 4X game? I always like them to have a good tactical space combat engine included, but going down to that level would just become an annoying distraction very quickly unless it was itself of 'AAA' quality or close to it. And what developer would put some...

<t> Ah, memories. My first computer (well, OK, my dad's) was the 32k PET. Only the 8k had that diddy keyboard and the integrated tape deck, the 16k and 32k had a full size QWERTY and the tape deck, and later floppy drive were external.<br/> <br/> I loved the Commodore stuff, through the 64, 128 and ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus<br/> I really hope you can win this battle [:)] Do not give up, no matter what. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> +1. Family can be a massive help, both directly and indirectly in keeping you as stress free as possible in the circumstances. <br/> </r>

He means none of them require Steam, not that none do not!

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: wings7<br/> <br/> Did "Auroch Digital" buy out "Cryptic Comet's" 'Armageddon Empires'? <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> No, or at least Iain didn't say anything about money being involved. LDoOE was developed with Cryptic Comet (i.e. Vic Davies) approval, though. Appa...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: MikeMarchant_ssl<br/> Really good to hear you're cancer free, casebier. Long may it remain so. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Indeedy.<br/> <br/> <br/> In response to the OP, I have nothing like the playing time of the other guys, but for what it's worth I'd go for ...

Depends whose $ you are talking about. Are you a Canuck, Mrs W?