WITE vs. WITP

[jomni]

Will WITE eat up your WITP time?
I think I hear WITE calling my name (haven't bought it yet).

[d0mbo]

I'd say both if it weren't for the fact a human being has only time for one of them at the same time.

[X(]

[Arnhem44]

It's out?!??! Well, there goes all pretense of a work-life balance.

[berto]

Nope. No interest in WITE. It's WITP all the way.

[Puhis]

As long as there's no strato sweep/CAP and invincible 4E bombers can't fly every day, I'm going to byu WitE... [:D]

[Buck Beach]

I'll bite, what is WITE?

[morganbj]

Gary Grigsby's War in the East. Released yesterday.

[Sardaukar]

I am currently addicted to closed beta test of World of Tanks. [:'(] So no time...maybe after Xmas.

[Schanilec]

I think I'll hold off on WITE for now. Looks to be an enhanced TOAW. Waiting for the released Campaign Series to arrive in the mail. Any day now. Quick and easy game between WitP-AE turns.

[Xxzard]

I'll admit I haven't played any game like WITE, but my first thought is that the lack of WITP naval combat will really reduce the excitement of the game for me. It's simply a first impression, and may be wrong, but judging by the ground combat model of WITP, I don't know if I want to play a game that is almost only ground combat.

Nevertheless, any prospect of a new "WITP style game" sounds pretty enticing.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Xxzard

I'll admit I haven't played any game like WITE, but my first thought is that the lack of WITP naval combat will really reduce the excitement of the game for me.

This is the real difference for me. The combined arms approach of WiTP:AE cannot be replicated by a ground and air-only theatre, particularly if air warfare is extrapolated.

[bradfordkay]

I'm a nut about naval warfare, so WITE just doesn't grab me like it should. Maybe after I retire... if Matrix is still in business then (and I survive that long). 

[Buck Beach]

Thank you. I also will pass, just too much WITPAE (with all the modder's enhancements) to learn and my real love/interest is in that theater.

[cantona2]

Got both but it seems that WitE has a steep learning curve. No more AE games for me until I learn the ropes in WitE. That said it will not affect my currently ongoing games

[SuluSea]

I'm going to learn WITE in my spare time between AE turns. I've been messing with the tutorial scenario and have to admit it's a hill to climb to learn the game but nothing like WITP at first glance. Worth what it costs as far as I'm concerned.

[sfbaytf]

Alot depends on your interest level in the subject. The Pacific War fascinates me more that the Eastern Front so in most respects WitP is still the tops. That being said I do like WitE alot so far. The interface and map is very well done. I would certainly like to see the WitE land model and interface ported to WitP, but that's not going to happen.

The feel is also much different. WitE is a land centric game where you have a continuous front and is a huge slugfest for the most part. WitP is more fluid and offers more strategic opportunities and chances for straregic manuver. Not saying WitE won't offer that, but I suspect once you get past the initial German onslaught and the Soviets begin to get their act together it will probably become a big meat grinder affair.

[crsutton]

I am going to buy it. It just looks too good. But I would guess that there is about a %50 chance that my wife will leave me. Not bad odds-all things considered........

[RJL5188]

WITE looks too good to me...but really cant wait for World in Flames...meanwhile...its off to the eastern front while i continue to fight the Japs in the Pacific!!!

[Brady]

Well, I played a lot of WiTE while I tested it over the summer, and I have to say it is a very good game, and a good looking game for its type. A game worth the money imo espicahly given how many hours one could get out of playing it.
 
 Having said that it is not realy my cup of tea, I prefer more detail and smaller scale in my games, I dont mean scope, but scale, thats why I prefer WiTP, more detail and smaller scale with regard to units.
 
 

[Nikademus]

you want a Bn/company level depiction of the entire war in the East? [X(]