I hope to have more to say about Theatre of War 2 soon – I think I’ve solved most of performance issues with it, and there’s a lot of good things (and some bad) to say about it. But 1C and Battlefront is now going in whole hog with the mod support for the first […]
Entries Tagged as 'WW2'
Theatre of War Mod Pack Available
June 17th, 2009 · Comments Off on Theatre of War Mod Pack Available · Battlefront, WW2
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Battlestations Pacific
May 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Review, WW2
I played it for twenty minutes or so at last year’s E3 and wasn’t terribly impressed. I may be wrong, since Battlestations Pacific is getting some pretty decent reviews, including this thoughtful one from David Thomas at Crispy Gamer. (Apologies in advance for the persistent pop-up reminder of the upcoming site redesign.) By the way, […]
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Combat Mission (2000)
May 9th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Battlefront, Feature:Map, WW2
What this is about In spite of the underwhelming Combat Mission: Shockforce, it is fair to say that the Combat Mission series remains one of the best and most important wargame franchises in PC gaming history. It used 3D terrain and simultaneous movement to make an even then too familiar World War II setting come […]
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War Plan Pacific Review
February 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Gameshark, Shrapnel, Wargames, WW2
I like it. A lot. There are certainly problems with the game, and it is far from being a perfect wargame. It suffers from the fact that, as a computer game, you can play it so many times that you learn what the AI is trying to do, spoiling the long term value of the […]
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Date Finalized For War Plan Pacific
November 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Shrapnel, Wargames, WW2
I had a look at early build of War Plan Pacific and liked some of what I saw. It’s now on schedule for a November 20 release.
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Hearts of Iron 3
August 20th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Paradox, RTS, WW2
It’s their best selling series, so why not? In other Paradox news, a new trailer for Majesty 2.
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