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Dark_Swordmaster posted:Is $15 the base game or the complete package? I didn't like the demo much but for that price it's very tempting. Gettysburg is the base game, with the expansions being Pipe Creek, Antietam, Chancellorsville (this one can be played as a stand-alone) and Brandy Station. The "150th Anniversary Collection" which contains all 5 is currently 80 USD. Brandy Station and Pipe Creek are 10 USD each, Antietam is 20 USD and Chancellorsville is 30 USD. I think it's really only Gettysburg that's sale-priced right now. I'm definitely going to pick it up though - AFAIK these SoW games have a random/dynamic battle generator that should add a lot of replayability.
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Alchenar posted:Are you dropping out of the game or what? (I don't mind either way and I don't want reasons, I just don't like it when people disappear) Yeah I'll drop out.
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Megadyptes posted:I don't really give a poo poo about the american civil war but I see there's a Napoleonic mod for SOW. Anyone know if it's any good? It's not a mod. http://matrixgames.com/news/1381/Scourge.of.War:.new.game.signed.and.Deal.of.the.Week e: Also the $20, $20, $10 pricepoints for the expansions to SoW sound like they're also half off, there's no way those are that price normally. Can anyone confirm? It's sorely tempting if they're actually 50% off, and again I didn't really care for the demo all that much. Dark_Swordmaster fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Mar 25, 2014 |
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Mar 25, 2014 00:29
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I'm probably going to take the plunge and get SoW. Why am I in this hobby if $15 is a plunge? I hope they eventually make an Overland/Petersburg expansion. Why does the late war never get any love?
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Mar 25, 2014 01:13
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I've been hoping for a Chickamauga scenario for years, myself.
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Mar 25, 2014 01:17
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Dark_Swordmaster posted:It's not a mod. http://matrixgames.com/news/1381/Scourge.of.War:.new.game.signed.and.Deal.of.the.Week  They're on sale too but not half off.
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1stGear posted:Yeah, no prob Unity of Command, just keep dumping rain across my entire frontline, that's not incredibly frustrating and makes me not want to finish Black Turn or anything. Yeah gently caress those last missions
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uPen posted:
Where are you seeing those prices? I'm still getting full price on everything except Gettysburg.
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Mar 25, 2014 05:42
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dublish posted:Where are you seeing those prices? I'm still getting full price on everything except Gettysburg. That's from the Slitherine website, but Matrix should be identical
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Mar 25, 2014 05:45
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gradenko_2000 posted:That's from the Slitherine website, but Matrix should be identical That's weird. It turns out that if you buy any of the expansions separately, you pay full price for that one, though it offers the other expansions with the 20% discount.
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Mar 25, 2014 06:19
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Alchenar posted:Would be interested in some weekend SoW. Same here!
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Dark_Swordmaster posted:It's not a mod. http://matrixgames.com/news/1381/Scourge.of.War:.new.game.signed.and.Deal.of.the.Week
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Matrix in 'maths is hard  ' shock: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3578264
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Mar 25, 2014 10:47
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also they probably have to manually edit a thousand separate fields in five different spreadsheets to change the price on the bundle because :matrix: these guys are so loving incompetent.
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Mar 25, 2014 10:55
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I have now bought four games on sale (if you include both Command Ops). Nope sales don't work.
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Megadyptes posted:also they probably have to manually edit a thousand separate fields in five different spreadsheets to change the price on the bundle because :matrix: these guys are so loving incompetent. If only someone developed a machine that was able to make such changes automatically and compute the new prices. A Computer, if you want to call it that...
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A programmable automatic calculation machine? You sir are mad! Mad, I say! Mad! Seriously what the hell, hire a DB guy to knock up a lovely interface for your junk over the weekend.
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For gently caress's sake I hope they keep track of sales figures. I have downloaded and played the SoW demo on two separate occasions in the past year and a half. Neither time have I been thoroughly convince to commit as I didn't super care for it. It was neat but I wasn't able to wade through all the nuances of it at the time (I have sent you eight loving couriers, why aren't you loving moving yet?) but I just dropped $60 on the base game and the three expansions on sale, but didn't get the one that is NOT on sale. For gently caress's sake, PLEASE let them see that people who are gigantic loving idiots like myself will buy poo poo THEY DON'T WANT if there's a sale on! Also I kind of wanted to invest more time into them anyway but don't mention that to Matrix.
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Dark_Swordmaster posted:For gently caress's sake I hope they keep track of sales figures. If they actually track this all they'll take from this is that demos don't work and they should stop doing them.
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Mar 25, 2014 18:59
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The fact that these weekly sales are still happening I think clearly shows that even within the Matrix bubble they cause a revenue spike.
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Alchenar posted:The fact that these weekly sales are still happening I think clearly shows that even within the Matrix bubble they cause a revenue spike. Even as someone who got drunk and bought WItE at full price sales get me. poo poo works. edit: figured it out, need wonky graphics settings but it works. Chump Farts fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Mar 26, 2014 |
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Trip report: I'm going to bed and I'm at page 80 in the manual. I haven't fired the game up for a single second, just made sure it was updated. And yet I'm satisfied with my purchase. Maybe there's a grog in me after all...
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Am I not playing right, or do units in SoW frequently do whatever the gently caress they want?
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According to the manual and experience, YES! When they're engaged they will ignore most orders. Other orders given other times are subject to the AI's personality and interpretation.
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Dark_Swordmaster posted:According to the manual and experience, YES! When they're engaged they will ignore most orders. Other orders given other times are subject to the AI's personality and interpretation. 
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That explains why I fiddle with lines and firing arcs and cover and I have random cavalry charges or fleeing out of cover to open hills.
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Not listening to orders in battle kind of makes a bit of sense; if they're getting shot at they have more important things to pay attention to.
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So, Anyone up for SOW multiplayer session tomorrow? if so, what time would people be availible, can can make any time 6:00am-8:00pm GMT
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Mar 28, 2014 10:05
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How long does a game take to play? If tomorrow is Saturday then I may be able to in the afternoon EST.
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Grey Hunter posted:So, Anyone up for SOW multiplayer session tomorrow? if so, what time would people be availible, can can make any time 6:00am-8:00pm GMT Yes I should be able to do that.
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Flare Path article on Red Thunder: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/03/28/the-flare-path-a-rumble-of-thunder/ Describes a scenario but doesn't actually talk about the game much.
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fuf posted:Flare Path article on Red Thunder: RPS reviews never really talk about the game much, they talk about the experience of playing it.
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I only read RPS out of habit anymore. They've stopped having any quality content for the most part.  As for SoW MP, if I'm home and not doing anything I could probably hop in. I'll just have to see how/when/where this develops. I don't have plans for tomorrow but I never have plans when something happens anyway so I can't guarantee anything.
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I'm usually awake 6:00 AM-9:00 AM GMT so if anything's happening then I can drop on. I've played like 1 game of SOW so far though (drat you Reaper of Souls) but I played quite a bit of Take Command before.Dark_Swordmaster posted:I only read RPS out of habit anymore. They've stopped having any quality content for the most part. RPS and quartertothree are the only gaming news sites that I know of that covers grognard/strategy games that doesn't completely fellate the genre, but then quartertothree has Tom Chick so it's kind of a wash even then. EDIT: Three Moves Ahead remains pretty good if you're into podcasts. EDIT EDIT: I don't think they like Combat Mission very much though. gradenko_2000 fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Mar 28, 2014 |
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gradenko_2000 posted:EDIT: Three Moves Ahead remains pretty good if you're into podcasts. I'm still unclear as to what CM has going for it over GTOS, especially if the new one is all Ostfront Lyfe.
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Tatrakrad posted:I'm still unclear as to what CM has going for it over GTOS, especially if the new one is all Ostfront Lyfe. What thrilling gameplay!
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Tatrakrad posted:I'm still unclear as to what CM has going for it over GTOS, especially if the new one is all Ostfront Lyfe. I already have enough trouble managing anything larger than a rifle company in CM. The huge maps of GTOS/Achtung Panzer scared me off. I should probably give it another try though - have there been major changes/patches since they switched over to calling it Graviteam Tactics, or is my indie bundle copy not going to be compatible anyway?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv2rhzNk_tM&t=515s Ahahahaha what.
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It's just a different style of game. It's more towards RTS's that non-grogs can enjoy, while maintaining a ton of detail and "realism" that you wouldn't get otherwise. I suppose it's fair to think of it as the bastard child between Men of War: rear end Squad and Combat Mission. It's not better than both, just a good in-the-middle if you're looking for that.
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So you're saying it's a shittier AirLand Battle. I'm fairly certain I bought Achtung Panzer for $1 and felt like I was ripped off.
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