HPS Tigers Unleashed - opinions needed

[hapshott]

Thanks for the info about the new updates.

I installed it and I had the idea that it was a bit faster. But at turn 4 I got the dreated "divide by zero error". So still not as advertised [:@]

I also got a warning that you cannnot enable more then 4 cores or you will get errors. So I reduced this as said. But still the errors did occur.

I think I will give up on this "game". It's so slow. This is with just a small map and a few units and a low LOS value.

Fortunately we have tops and pits which works great with dosbox. Also more and more games are using communication delays.

[Freyr Oakenshield]

Well, I don't own this game so I can't say anything about its technical problems. Only seen gameplay on yt, which looked interesting. Been toying with the idea of buying it, which is why I've been following news about new updates.

[hapshott]

Hello Freyr,

I was pleased with your post. Otherwise I would have missed these updates. So many thanks for this.

I have both TU and POA2. Both are superslow with very long wait times between the turns. It seems to calculate a lot of stuff. Just too much.

I tried to make several scenarios which the boardgame "panzerblitz" had. I never could make it such that the wait times were bearable. Pzblitz scen 1 took 20 minutes betweens turns. This is with a i7 and 16Gb memory. So I stopped with trying this and uninstalled TU.

I expected a modernized version of tops and pits. But it isn't.

My current advise is to not buy it. Or you are a ww2 general who wants to calculate the result of a battlegroup vs battlegroup before doing it in reality and has weeks of time before invading Russia [:)]. Fortunately these days are over.

[Rosseau]

Thanks Freyr for the heads-up on the patches. I might have missed them. Glad you are still part of the Matrix forum, as well.

Although I've played both games since release, it's hard to wholeheartedly recommend to anyone without reservations.

Asid's post is quite accurate: It is more of a sim than a game, but a pretty cool and unique one.

Honestly, I can't think of something quite so interesting released over the past year or so. There seems to be a lack of solid wargame/sim releases here or on Steam, although some are forthcoming.

The fact that both games continue to be supported means a lot, though. If they were on Steam, I'd gift you one of them just to get your reaction.

I will also assume you have Matrix Flashpoint: Red Storm, which is an immediate buy despite its age.

Best wishes!