<t> I've bought several AGEOD games in the past, but haven't played any of them, because I started looking at the rules, and I couldn't face that level of complexity. Too much like hard work.<br/>
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In these games I'm supposed to be the supreme commander, and I shouldn't have to micromanage ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins<br/>
Of our recent releases in grand strategy, probably the easiest to play is Commander: Europe at War.
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I've now read through the Wargamer review of Commander: Europe at War, which is certainly most enthusiastic, and I ...

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The biggest strength of civ4 is its modability. Have you checked the civ4 user made mods and scenarios? Mods (i.e Total Realism 2.0+) are lot more than just scenarios they change the game itself i.e. remove unrealistic stuff like archer destroying ...

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Our children have never believed in Santa, because we told them the truth from the beginning. Yet Christmas has been as magical and special in our house as you can imagine. One benefit to doing it this way is that there was no "Santa isn't ...

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What I want is to be able to say (thinking specifically of HOI but most games are equally guilty) "I want these 8 divisions combined as my invasion force. I want them to sail from here, to here and invade". Wherever those divisions are right ...

<t> There's yet another kind of decision that I don't want to find myself making in a game. I don't know quite what to call it. It's a decision that the real commander-in-chief couldn't feasibly have made even if he'd wanted to.<br/>
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Example: in Forge of Freedom, the player can and must ...

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<t> Hello Veldor, thanks for the recommendation of Hornet Leader; I must admit that I'm somewhat prejudiced against all games of modern combat, but that's my personal problem and I apologize for it. Perhaps I'd enjoy Hornet Leader if I tried it.<br/>
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I'd define a 'chore' as any kind of ...

<r> My most-played lite game so far is <LINK link="http://www.windowsgames.co.uk/slay.html"><s>[link=http://www.windowsgames.co.uk/slay.html]</s>Slay<e>[/link]</e></LINK>. I've been playing it for 12 years and continue to play it now and then. It's a good game, but it's semi-abstract with only a ...

<r> Hello ezz, thanks for your list, but your idea of a 'lite' game must be very different from mine.<br/>
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I've played all four versions of Sid Meier's Civilization, and was addicted to them for some time, but the game is full of chores, and it's always had a thick manual -- currently more ...

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I just wanted to point out there is a world of difference between Need for Speed and GTR2 (in that one is lite and the other is hardcore)
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I'll take your word for it, as you obviously know more about the genre than ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Adam Parker<br/>
I envy you man! My first purchase was Fortress Europa...
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Maybe age has some advantages -- though I never get the chance to play my old games, which have merely been piled in the attic for the last ten years, and ...

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I think you have wires crossed there, or I wasn't clear in which case I apologise. I'm talking about car racing simulations...not games.
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Sorry if I inadvertently caused any offence. I'm not a devotee of these ...

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Hrmmm that Battle for Britain spiral bound manual was pretty huge. I didn't find it that hard to play though and hell I really didn't even read it. I just jumped into one of the planes and flew by the seat of my pants. But, I do like a huge ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd<br/>
Afraid that doesn't work all the time. Good theory, but flawed I'm afraid.<br/>
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My example would be GTR2 (or just plain GTR, or any of the EA Racing simulations). Absolutely no manual to speak of, and yet a plethora of options that would ...

So far I've just started looking at the demo. The game sits in a window in the middle of my screen, failing to use most of the screen. Is there any way to expand the window? The text is rather small at present.

<t> As far as I remember, all the computer games I've bought have had manuals -- though not necessarily printed on paper. Are there some that do without?<br/>
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If any game is supplied completely without documentation, presumably the company thinks it must be usable without documentation, in ...

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I just wonder that if Tactics 2, Bulge 65, D-Day, Stalingrad, Africa Korps and Waterloo were all available once again - what AH called its "classics" - who wouldn't go out there right now and buy them up? 150 counters, 4 pages of rules and a ...

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Allright, let's knock off the side discussions, this is too good a thread...
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I'm glad to have started something good for once...<br/>

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We do try to get a few ...

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Why does a grand strategy game have to take 50+ hours to complete? To use the ACW as an example, I think AGEOD could have gone up a level of unit scale (divisions?), scrapped the lowest level, quartered the number of provinces and map size and the ...