Command v1.01 review at SimHQ

[Dimitris]

http://www.simhq.com/daily-news/command ... eview.html

[ExMachina]

Ah! A much more balanced review--pros and and cons enumerated and fair all round.

[BKLANDIN]

A very professional and highly informative review. I really enjoyed
the chapter "The Operational Art" on page 5, where he talked about some of the functionalities which make this sim a must for me. He also gave me some clues on how to approach some things differently. I will make a copy of this review for future reference. Even though it is not tutorial, it is a nice look under the hood, a good introduction for new people and a reminder for older folks of some of the things we like about this type of computer simulation.

Great job.
Thanks for the link Sunburn.

[strykerpsg]

Great job Erich! Thank you for your diligence in representing this lady in all her grand splendor!

Matt

[Real and Simulated Wars]

One of the best reviews I ever read. Thanks for the link!
 
Cheers,
 
 

[erichswafford]

I'm sincerely flattered, guys. I hope it gives prospective players a good feel for what the game is like, and perhaps understand its history a bit.

The real credit, of course, goes to all the guys at Warfare Sims who single-handedly resurrected this entire genre of Wargaming, and did it right.

- Erich

[JRyan]

ORIGINAL: kondor999

I'm sincerely flattered, guys. I hope it gives prospective players a good feel for what the game is like, and perhaps understand its history a bit.

The real credit, of course, goes to all the guys at Warfare Sims who single-handedly resurrected this entire genre of Wargaming, and did it right.

- Erich

After the crap you took, I will hand it to you, that was the way to answer....kudo's and +10 to you.

[kaburke61]

ORIGINAL: JRyan


After the crap you took, I will hand it to you, that was the way to answer....kudo's and +10 to you.

+1 [:D]

[mikmykWS]

It is one of the best reviews I've ever seen at any site. Seriously. Very thoughtful and oriented toward people who play games.

Mike

[BKLANDIN]

I have to agree. A nice job matriculating the ball down the field.[:D]

[Mac Linehan]

ORIGINAL: BKLANDIN

A very professional and highly informative review. I really enjoyed
the chapter "The Operational Art" on page 5, where he talked about some of the functionalities which make this sim a must for me. He also gave me some clues on how to approach some things differently. I will make a copy of this review for future reference. Even though it is not tutorial, it is a nice look under the hood, a good introduction for new people and a reminder for older folks of some of the things we like about this type of computer simulation.

Great job.
Thanks for the link Sunburn.

+1 -

Very Professionally done; I gained much insight from reading the review.

I would also like to put in my vote for some form of crew training/experience level - that would be awesome!

Well done, Sir!

Mac

[sneekyzeke]

Most excellent review of a most excellent product! Nice job, Erich.

[Banquet]

Very good review. That is exactly what people thinking of buying the game should be reading.

Can you give more details on the iphone virtual monitor? I would be interested to try that.

[smudge56]

A balanced and mature review. Impressive.

[F4Phantom]

Thank you for this review! I really enjoyed reading it! As the gentlemen before me have mentioned, a very balanced and informative review.

[erichswafford]

I used an iPhone app called "Air Display". It just makes your phone into a secondary monitor, and it's connected via Wi-Fi. I've also used it for my iPad and it works great with that as well; but I wanted to do the iPhone thing because it was for my laptop.

Really, I was just messing around but it's still kinda neat. I'll post up a step-by-step for anyone interested. You know, it would be really cool to have the message log print out to an old dot matrix. That would sure recreate that 80's CIC feel lol.

Oh, get this. I can play Command pretty well using LogMeIn Ignition on either my iPhone or iPad, using either one to control my desktop PC - even over LTE/4G. My wife caught me doing that at dinner when she left to use the ladies room. I didn't see her return and she nailed my ass.

Guys, I don't recommend trying that if you're in a similar committed relationship. Take my advice - if you're not married, dump the girl and play Command instead [;)]

ORIGINAL: Banquet

Very good review. That is exactly what people thinking of buying the game should be reading.

Can you give more details on the iphone virtual monitor? I would be interested to try that.

[Banquet]

Thanks Kondor, I'll give it a go

[Marder]

The first review of simhq was so bad that I have not yet bought the game. ( I can not post any links.)
After reading this review of version 1.01, which was so good then I've done it yet.
The patch has honestly changed or improved much?

[Der Zeitgeist]

ORIGINAL: Marder2075

The first review of simhq was so bad that I have not yet bought the game. ( I can not post any links.)
After reading this review of version 1.01, which was so good then I've done it yet.
The patch has honestly changed or improved much?

I think it depends a lot on your expectations. The thing you'll have to keep in mind is that CMANO is still in development basically, and it will be for many years to come. If you expect the game to be in a "finished" state right now, you will probably be disappointed. If you are patient however and see it as a product that will be further refined in the coming months and years, you will have quite a lot of fun with it.

[Renato]

I concur with Der Zeitgeist.

The potential is very very great; you may think to Harpoon on steroids, but there is still much work to do.

The UI is functional but a little cumbersome; the main inconveniance for me is that sometimes the game didn't start and it isn't clear why (dotNetFx40?, DXSETUP?).

On the positive side, the devs seem up to now much engaged to overcome the problems.