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Zaodai posted:I don't know if it's groggy enough to qualify for this thread, since it's not economic and grand strategy in scale but I figure if Combat Mission and stuff counts it might interest some of you. This just recently went up on steam as a TBA and frankly looks pretty cool to me as tactical space combat stuff goes:  Looks like a lot of potential here. Kind of reminds me of Flotilla maybe?
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Feb 6, 2021 20:57
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Watching hard, although it's triggering my 'but is it remotely playable?' instinct.
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Feb 7, 2021 02:11
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Yeah, that looks pretty great
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Feb 7, 2021 02:57
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Alchenar posted:Watching hard, although it's triggering my 'but is it remotely playable?' instinct. I'm with you there, but at least it doesn't sound like its promising anything that people couldn't make playable if properly designed. Makes it the same as any other grog game in that regard. "That sounds awesome, let's see how they gently caress it up." 
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Feb 7, 2021 03:02
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Finally someone is making my dream game so I don't have to.
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Feb 7, 2021 03:10
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Surprised you all seem excited for that when this is on the way: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1280190/Falling_Frontier/ Seems similar, but with economy and pretty.
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Zaodai posted:I don't know if it's groggy enough to qualify for this thread, since it's not economic and grand strategy in scale but I figure if Combat Mission and stuff counts it might interest some of you. This just recently went up on steam as a TBA and frankly looks pretty cool to me as tactical space combat stuff goes: If you pledge US$10 a month on the creators patreon you get a pre-alpha key. Will give a trip report after a bit of playing. Edit: So quick first impressions after playing the first few tutorials. The came plays much like Homeworld, you move your ships through 3d space with mouse clicks, using left control to change trajectory above/below the the plane. you create and command fleets, but can only control one ship at a time, so using formations is important. Ships will often have different loadout, meaning you have to understand how different varants of weapons/systems work in specific situations and learn how to synergize your fleet's abilities as situations change. While thing look like a standard Homeworld style RTS, the actual gameplay focuses more on subtle tactics, building a fleet without knowing beforehand what you will be up against, scouting to gather intelligence and then formulating a plan with what you have. I haven't yet gone beyond the tutorials, so I can't yet judge how the battles play out, but from what I've seen from other people talking on Discord, if it's not truly grognard, it's at least grognard adjacent. Hippocrass fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Feb 7, 2021 |
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Feb 7, 2021 06:57
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Surprised you all seem excited for that when this is on the way: Yeah, this one looks great.
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Feb 7, 2021 08:41
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Surprised you all seem excited for that when this is on the way: An important difference between this and Nebulous, is that Falling Frontier plays entirely in a 2d plane, while Nebulous is 3d. Also, the economy and pretty.
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Feb 7, 2021 09:21
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Hippocrass posted:An important difference between this and Nebulous, is that Falling Frontier plays entirely in a 2d plane, while Nebulous is 3d. Also, the economy and pretty. Anyone doing orbital mechanics, or is Children of a Dead Earth still the only game in town for that?
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Feb 7, 2021 13:20
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No orbital mechanics. Like I said, at least grognard adjacent.
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Feb 7, 2021 21:35
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I just noticed that Gravyteam: Mius Front has a couple Angola expansions. Are there any other interesting DLCs there I might have overlooked?
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Feb 7, 2021 21:47
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rt4 posted:I just noticed that Gravyteam: Mius Front has a couple Angola expansions. Are there any other interesting DLCs there I might have overlooked? Tielieketi Incident DLC is a Khazakhstan border clash between the USSR and China in 1969.
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Feb 7, 2021 22:15
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Popete posted:Tielieketi Incident DLC is a Khazakhstan border clash between the USSR and China in 1969. Exactly the type thing I don't want to overlook. Thanks!
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Feb 7, 2021 22:56
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I beg to differ lol
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Feb 7, 2021 23:04
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Just tried war on the sea and it suuuuuuuucks
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Feb 10, 2021 15:39
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Abongination posted:Just tried war on the sea and it suuuuuuuucks its mediocre tbh
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Feb 10, 2021 19:57
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Phi230 posted:its mediocre tbh This is pretty much where I'm at right now. Hope it polishes up a bit as time goes on. Still not the *worst* $40 I've ever spent.
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Feb 11, 2021 00:48
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Its all we've got until TFA and Sea Power
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Feb 11, 2021 00:56
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Sea Power please be good, I loved Cold Waters and I'm hoping the team that made it is able to put out something just as good. I have hopes for War at Sea but it needs polishing and a thorough redo of the UI and some of the game systems. Submarines seem incredibly OP right now.
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Feb 11, 2021 00:58
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Gewehr 43 posted:This is pretty much where I'm at right now. Hope it polishes up a bit as time goes on. Still not the *worst* $40 I've ever spent. I mean you did play the “Fleet” games, right? What did you expect?
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Feb 11, 2021 02:46
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ZombieLenin posted:I mean you did play the “Fleet” games, right? What did you expect? Atlantic Fleet, yes. I had no expectations as I hadn't heard of it until ~24hrs before I bought it. When shells are flying fast and furious, it's entertaining. Clean up some bugs, add some better visual damage models, and give it a few QoL UI enhancements, and it'll be a fun little real time naval sandbox. As it stands, my son thinks it's a riot, so the smile on his face is worth it alone. Maybe I missed the memo here, but am I supposed to apologize for not hopping on the hate train for this?
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Feb 11, 2021 16:49
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Is it true that aircraft carriers can't launch aircraft, as one Steam reviewer claims?
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Feb 11, 2021 17:33
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rt4 posted:Is it true that aircraft carriers can't launch aircraft, as one Steam reviewer claims? Not during a battle, you have to launch them before hand and they start in the air. Carriers are a bit of a mess right now, there's a cool down of 3 hours between launches and you can't send up mixed groups of fighters/bombers.
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Once again I sigh, wanting for coop in grog games. I really like some grog games, and my wife likes lot of em. We don't agree on all that we like, but we'd definitely cross-play games if we could simply coop them. Her insistence on CMANO would be a heck of a lot better if we could share in mutual effort and fight some AI. Same thought comes up when I see War on the Sea, or Cold Waters, and poo poo like that. Yet, even PvP is even a far fetch, and coop especially is mostly forgotten. Sigh.
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Vahakyla posted:Once again I sigh, wanting for coop in grog games. I really like some grog games, and my wife likes lot of em. We don't agree on all that we like, but we'd definitely cross-play games if we could simply coop them. Her insistence on CMANO would be a heck of a lot better if we could share in mutual effort and fight some AI. I hear ya. I'd love to do more coop games with my wife. I almost had her convinced to be my RIO in the DCS F-14, but she balked when she saw the size of the manual.
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The only co-op game I can really think of is DC:WtP. Are there more? Besides things like "sharing a save in WitP, thus making it co-op sorta kinda" Edit: lol, Spouse A playing IJN and Spouse B playing IJA is a recipe for the perfect long-lasting marriage, I'm sure Drone fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Feb 11, 2021 |
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Gewehr 43 posted:I hear ya. I'd love to do more coop games with my wife. I almost had her convinced to be my RIO in the DCS F-14, but she balked when she saw the size of the manual. Hilariously I am just talking about this elsewhere. My wife's girlfriend (yeah it's complicated) wanted to RIO in the Tomcat and that was like a year ago, from "airplen go up" level of understanding to the current setup of a warthog and pedals and charts. It was pretty rewarding to teach but also hard to figure out what info is pertinent from the get go, and how to slowly walk someone into it. Most airplane nerds usually have some sort of understanding of the concepts. Coop, and especially multicrew of the F-14 in DCS made this easier. I don't luckily have to convince my wife to grog because she is a loving huge nerd who is a serial hex offender. I guess I would even WitP with her if it would have decent coop. However, getting new blood in from the outside is really difficult without solid coop options. I doubt my RIO would have ever taken the plunge without a multicrew plane. Vahakyla fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Feb 11, 2021 |
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Play Il-2 Sturmovik 1946 in my eventual alt-world campaign and they can be the gunner on your plane. No manual required, unless they want to be a bombardier. Or learn to play Advanced Squad Leader.
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Feb 11, 2021 18:00
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Or learn to play Advanced Squad Leader. my wife actually did do this for/with me
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Feb 11, 2021 18:08
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If only my husband would grog.  Even Paradox games are a hard sell.
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Feb 11, 2021 18:09
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gradenko_2000 posted:my wife actually did do this for/with me drat, thats awesome. Great way to do campaign games. Drone posted:If only my husband would grog. Even Crusader Kings 2 or 3?
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Feb 11, 2021 19:03
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CK sounds like the one game which is a really bad idea to play with close family.
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Feb 11, 2021 19:13
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Jobbo_Fett posted:drat, thats awesome. Stellaris is the only one that I was able to convince him to play. My dream is to hugbox-conquer the world in EU4 as France and England but alas
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Grog-adjacent flight sim recruitmentThread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3633891BurntCornMuffin posted:Since DCS has made their modules free to play through this weekend, now is a great time for anyone on the fence to get a taste of what DCS, and flight simming is all about! Vahakyla fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Feb 11, 2021 |
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Feb 11, 2021 20:01
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gradenko_2000 posted:my wife actually did do this for/with me I can't convince my wife to play Agricola more than once a year, let alone loving ASL. Drone posted:If only my husband would grog. Yeah.
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Drone posted:Stellaris is the only one that I was able to convince him to play. But... but you CAN do that.
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Feb 11, 2021 20:38
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Jobbo_Fett posted:But... but you CAN do that. Yes but not with my husband who won't play EU4, I think was kinda the point. Vahakyla posted:Grog-adjacent flight sim recruitmentThread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3633891 How many of you all play in VR? That would be a big part of the draw for me personally.
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Drone posted:Yes but not with my husband who won't play EU4, I think was kinda the point. What a dork, tell him I called them a dork.
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