ORIGINAL: jeffreys
[font="Times New Roman"]DBeves:
I would respectfully disagree. The scenarios included under the Kharkov 2.0 patch are "official" Kharkov scenarios that are presented as being up to SSG's standards are endorsed by SSG as a part of the game. They are provided automatically when you download the patch and are supported by SSG just like any other part of the game. I do sincerely thank those wonderful dedicated volunteers who did such a great job in producing Kirovagrad and Konrad (I believe Husky was produced in house, please correct me if I'm wrong), but no matter who produced them they were finalized and released under the auspices of SSG as a part of Kharkov.
This is different from Soltsy which is a very nice scenario, but makes no claim of being official or of having to meet the standards of SSG's official scenarios. The other battles are provided to me by SSG as part of the game and are part of the value that I receive when I purchase the game. They are in fact of substanltial value to me, and I feel they should certainly be included in any price comparison or purchase decision.
As an aside, I also read somewhere that some of the HPS scenarios are user produced, which would be a fine thing if true. Do you know if that is accurate?
In any case to get the same battles included in Kharkov and Across the Dneper for $90 you would have to spend $120 on HPS games and would still not have Kirovagrad. For me that makes the SSG games a better deal. Note though, that I do not mean this as a criticism of the HPS games which look to me as if they also provide excellent value for the money. In fact as a result of this discussion I am considering purchasing some of them, so my thanks to all those who have provided information about them.[/font]
HPS updates the engine for free on older titles,
This changes the math for customers that have purchased previous titles.
Kharkov= 60.00 physical shipment
ATD2= 50.00 "" "" "'
ATD1= 25.00 Digital DL only
Husky BiI = 60.00 Physical shipment
Total= 185.00
the 30.00 HPS price is for the physical disc as no Digital DL is offered.
Factor in that HPS Smolensk main game is 171 turns compared to Kharkov's 16 and the difference in map size the apples to apples comparison is not the same.
HPS and SSG both share space on my hard drives and I enjoy both equaly (if pushed SSG would be my favorite).
The main weakness of SSG titles is the fixed screen size and older titles becoming obsolete once a new engine comes out. If these two things were
changed than SSG would be almost perfect [:)]
