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Looking for Game Suggestions. Please.

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Happy Holidays everyone.

I am looking for some suggestions for a complex, challenging (solid AI) and fun game. I purchased Shadow Empire and I am loving it. It has a nice balance of base building and warfare. I also have Strategic Command War WWII War in Europe which is fun but I wish it was a bit more complex.

I am open to any genre as long as the game has a good AI.

I am also not looking for anything as too complex as War in the East or West where each AI turn takes 5 min. or more.

Thank you.
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I suggest you give WEGO designs a try.

I'm thinking of getting Piercing Fortress Europa for myself.

It or Desert War might appeal to you
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Steel Panthers WaW is a great! game and is on sale right now for £8 , you need red leds artilary script from the matrix forum , and then everything runs on win 10. I promise you its fantastic, but if you dont like waiting between turns turn on fast artillary because that can be a wait but I love watching as the shells hit.

SPWaW is a classic, there is hundreds of scenarios etc.. also the depot has 1000s too, its the best £8 you will ever spend

forgot to mention the depot has a graphics overhall , much recomended , the game looks great with the new graphics, the A.I. is fantastic,

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Take a look at Field of Glory 2.


I usually play WW2 or Modern titles. I was looking for a new game and a friend suggested Field of Glory 2 which is ancient warfare. He said it had one of the best AI's he had experienced.

I was a little surprised but I trusted his judgement and thought I would at least check out the game page. I was unsure, but also a bit curious so I did buy it. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.

Have a look. You may like it.
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I would also recomend if you buy field of glory 2, to look at field of glory empires , they both plug into one another one for the strategy like civ, and one for battles.
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I would also recomend if you buy field of glory 2, to look at field of glory empires , they both plug into one another one for the strategy like civ, and one for battles.

I do believe that they are a package and on sale right now. I recommend going that route as they also include some Down Loadable Content (DLC) as well.

If you want a challenging game with longer turns but may also have economics, look at WITP:AE which is on sale right now.
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Steel Panthers WaW is a great! game and is on sale right now for £8 , you need red leds artilary script from the matrix forum , and then everything runs on win 10. I promise you its fantastic, but if you dont like waiting between turns turn on fast artillary because that can be a wait but I love watching as the shells hit.

SPWaW is a classic, there is hundreds of scenarios etc.. also the depot has 1000s too, its the best £8 you will ever spend

forgot to mention the depot has a graphics overhall , much recomended , the game looks great with the new graphics, the A.I. is fantastic,

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Could you please post a screenshot of what it looks like with the graphics overhaul or link to where I can have a look at it?
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TOAW, covers many Wars.

Decisive Campaigns Barbarossa

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TOAW, covers many Wars.

Decisive Campaigns Barbarossa


To be fair TOAW AI (programmed opponent) varies by scenario. It is programmed by the scenario designer so how well it performs can vary from horrible to great.

You could try Combat Command 2. The base game is free so it costs nothing to give it a try.
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Steel Panthers WaW is a great! game and is on sale right now for £8 , you need red leds artilary script from the matrix forum , and then everything runs on win 10. I promise you its fantastic, but if you dont like waiting between turns turn on fast artillary because that can be a wait but I love watching as the shells hit.

SPWaW is a classic, there is hundreds of scenarios etc.. also the depot has 1000s too, its the best £8 you will ever spend

forgot to mention the depot has a graphics overhall , much recomended , the game looks great with the new graphics, the A.I. is fantastic,

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Could you please post a screenshot of what it looks like with the graphics overhaul or link to where I can have a look at it?

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/spwawde ... n-t15.html
https://hiphopy.itch.io/

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Thanks for your suggestions. I like to get something that focuses on economics as well. Similar to 4X game.

Field of Glory looks like it has the same play mechanics as Sengoku Jidai which I already have played. WITP:AE is huge so I had tried War Plan Orange years ago and could not get past the turn lengths. I will do some more research on the other games that have been suggested.
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Warplan.

Does it have to be a war game?
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Steel Panthers WaW is a great! game and is on sale right now for £8 , you need red leds artilary script from the matrix forum , and then everything runs on win 10. I promise you its fantastic, but if you dont like waiting between turns turn on fast artillary because that can be a wait but I love watching as the shells hit.

SPWaW is a classic, there is hundreds of scenarios etc.. also the depot has 1000s too, its the best £8 you will ever spend

forgot to mention the depot has a graphics overhall , much recomended , the game looks great with the new graphics, the A.I. is fantastic,

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Could you please post a screenshot of what it looks like with the graphics overhaul or link to where I can have a look at it?

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/spwawde ... n-t15.html
Thanks. I downloaded the game and the mod set and will give it a go. Couldn't download the patch unless I created an account so that will wait til later.
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Could you please post a screenshot of what it looks like with the graphics overhaul or link to where I can have a look at it?

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/spwawde ... n-t15.html
Thanks. I downloaded the game and the mod set and will give it a go. Couldn't download the patch unless I created an account so that will wait til later.

you can get the patch here, just rename the extention to ps1 from txt and put it in your SPWaW folder right click it and run in powershell. its not hard but if you never done this before its a help if i give the details. if you dont see file extentions on your pc look for the view option in windows explorer


https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4924101
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https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/spwawde ... me-t8.html

and here are lots of scenarios and campaigns
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Warplan.

Does it have to be a war game?

No. I am open to suggestions...
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Warplan.

Does it have to be a war game?

Isn't Warplan very much like strategic command? They seem very similar in complexity and style.
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Warplan.

Does it have to be a war game?

Isn't Warplan very much like strategic command? They seem very similar in complexity and style.

Yes, and I thought about it when I posted it. However, it is different. I have both and played SC every version, they are different enough to where when I'm tired of SC I go to Warplan and have a great time. Everyone is different though.
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If you don't mind the graphics, which remain fully functional, SSG's various titles remain quite solid: still among the best AIs I've ever encountered, a solid scenario editor, and ability to download scenarios from SSG's website: https://www.ssg.com.au/

Battles for Italy is the best of that series, imo, and Kharkov is the newest. Even the old Carriers at War holds up pretty well. And at the sale price, you can't really go wrong. ;)

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I've got all those older games. Tons of time put in just figuring them out. I'm not sure how they would do now with our flat screens and HD. Kharkov was much fun. I wish they could all be updated to our screens. Looking at the pictures brings back memories, but not all good. Those older dialogs I do not miss.
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