Question about Close Combat.

[SLAAKMAN]

Ayyyy, Slaakman, give up that brand of coffee.

(Meet me on gamespy in the CC3 room for your next shooting lesson). [:D] 

[RyanCrierie]

Okay, I ordered COG:EE and Cross of Iron.

What tilted my purchase towards CoI?

The wide number of mods available for it -- I don't know how easy it is to mod the new matrix version of CC; so I'm sticking to the one with an already proven record of mods (WWI, West Front, a bunch of more WW2 East Front Mods, etc).

[SLAAKMAN]

Whlie youre at it dont forget the classic version of CC3!! [:D]
http://video-games.shop.ebay.com/Video-Games-/1249/i.html?_nkw=CLOSE+COMBAT+3&_catref=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282

[RyanCrierie]

Um, I OWN that one. [:D]

[SLAAKMAN]

LOAD IT UP AND ENTER MY DOJO LITTLE FLY!!

[SlickWilhelm]

Great purchase, Ryan. Both are great games. Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition will take a while to get into, but like FoF it is fantastic!

[RyanCrierie]

Question for the gang? Has anyone ever tried to play maps from say, Cross of Iron in Wacht am Rhein?

[bairdlander2]

ORIGINAL: RyanCrierie

Okay, I ordered COG:EE and Cross of Iron.

What tilted my purchase towards CoI?

The wide number of mods available for it -- I don't know how easy it is to mod the new matrix version of CC; so I'm sticking to the one with an already proven record of mods (WWI, West Front, a bunch of more WW2 East Front Mods, etc).

I cant get the Vietnam mod to work,only Commonwealth Summer.If anyone is up for a COI game pm me.

[Doggie]

The number one reason to consider the Close Combat series of games is playablility. You don't have to print out manuals and spend three days studying them before you can get into the game. Anybody can watch the tutorial game and have the basics down in five minutes. It's a very simple interface with basic move and fire commands. The nuances are more complicated, and you learn those just like a real commander would learn - from experience.

If your men are being shot to pieces, then you are obviouly doing something wrong. One of the shining features is that an experienced player with limited resources can absolutley win against an opponent with an overwhelming material advantage. Yes, your depleted company of American rangers can stand up to a mob of Panzers and humiliate them if you know what you are doing.

On the other hand, an experienced player really can't lose against the computer. The computer is stupid. The only real test is against another human opponent, and in that arena, Close Combat has no equal. Visit Mooxie's Close Combat web site download the simple Hamuchi connection device, and find a human opponent. Hamuchi gives you a stable, fast connection with no disconnects, even when your opponent is a real German.

For the "nuances" visit my forum and ask some experienced C lose Combat players who have been playing for a decade. You can even ask Slaakman, but he's a putz.[8|]

[GoodGuy]

I agree with your praise of the CC series.

ORIGINAL: Doggie
The only real test is against another human opponent, and in that arena, Close Combat has no equal.

While COTA simulates operational warfare, not tactical (small) engagements, facing a human opponent on COTA is as thrilling as on CC.... well, maybe even more thrilling, maps with a size of up to 40*50 kilometers, and you can save the multiplayer session any time, in order to pick on your opponent another time. Convenient, challenging... COTA and the upcoming "Battle for the Bulge" have the best engines on the market, imho.

Hamuchi gives you a stable, fast connection with no disconnects, even when your opponent is a real German.

Lol, I can confirm that. Even if I play against West Coast opponents, Hamachi still virtually makes it feel like playing on LAN, usually, with some tiny quirks here and there, ping-wise, once in a while.

[RyanCrierie]

my only gripe so far against COI has been this:

You can only install to

C:\Program Files\Close Combat

If you want it on C:\ Drive. You can't for example install it to C:\Matrix Games\Close Combat, for example.

[SLAAKMAN]

Doggie-w/tail-between-legs;

You can even ask Slaakman, but he's a putz.

To this day, after more than 11 years of heavy combat and countless battles under my belt, the wimpy chihuauha AKA, "Doggie" has yet to engage me in combat in either joust or duel. I fear that since his bark is greater than his bite, he will forever be cowering underneath the porch. [:'(]

[NefariousKoel]

ORIGINAL: SLAAKMAN

NK-

Yes. The fanboys would likely have an aneurism if we were to mention it. Hush hush. Be vewy quiet. No offal to see here, move along.

I'M MENTIONING IT AND I'LL SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS.....IM CALLING YOUR AZZ OUT BITCH. THATS RIGHT. I'M A BLUE-BLOODED AXIS-FANJUNGE AND F*CKING STOLTZ OF IT. YOU HEAR MY COMMAND VOICE PODUNK HILLBILLY BOY?? NOW I DARE YOU TO STEP YOUR PUNY TOE ONTO MY BERLIN MAP PRONTO AND STOP YOUR INCESSANT WHINING. THATS RIGHT. I'M CALLING YOU OUT. YOU HEAR ME TOO OVARYMAN?? [:'(][:@][:D]

Shouldn't you be walking around wearing a breadboard that says "The End Is Nigh! Find God or Die!" on a street somewhere instead of championing your pet CC3 maps?

[D.Ilse]

Been playing since CC2 went gold and I got it day of release from WaldenSoftware back in the day...and I remember when CC1 was supposed to ASL on the PC in the first PC gamer preview of the series.

Right now I still say CC2 is the best of the best hands down. Better graphics than CC3-5, plus the Zoom in feature which vanished on the later game really show the details on the afvs.

I am playing CC:TLD Grand Campaign, right now, 2nd turn as the Germans, or series of beach battles after the night of the paras..and it's a bit of bugger fight off tanks with 2nd rate units..but that's how it was..so you deal with it. but it's still fun. My only complaint is the time frame, 4 days of June, I would have rather seen it be able to go longer, but there is still alot of fight in those 4 days to keep one going. I guess my other gripe is just the crappy AFV graphics in the game, which is a carry over from CC4/5's original crappy AFV graphics.

[Dennistoun]

ORIGINAL: RyanCrierie

my only gripe so far against COI has been this:

You can only install to

C:\Program Files\Close Combat

If you want it on C:\ Drive. You can't for example install it to C:\Matrix Games\Close Combat, for example.

I just moved it to Matrix Games' folder but then I could have clicked the browse button before installing, too.

[SLAAKMAN]

Right now I still say CC2 is the best of the best hands down. Better graphics than CC3-5, plus the Zoom in feature which vanished on the later game really show the details on the afvs.

CC3 also has the zoom feature. I love looking at the details on the machineguns mounted on halftracks. CC2 was good too but CC3 (and CoI) is still the best of the lot. [:D]

[SLAAKMAN]

NK-

Shouldn't you be walking around wearing a breadboard that says "The End Is Nigh! Find God or Die!" on a street somewhere instead of championing your pet CC3 maps?

ALL MAPS ARE MY PET MAPS YOU MALODEROUS BOOB!! AND I DONT SEE YOU ON THE BATTLEFIELD YET BOZO SO GET YOUR BLATHERING BUTT OFF THE POT AND PICK UP THAT WEAPON BEFORE I BAR-BQ YOUR REPUGNANT AZZ!!!

 

[Doggie]

ORIGINAL: GoodGuy



While COTA simulates operational warfare, not tactical (small) engagements, facing a human opponent on COTA is as thrilling as on CC....

What the hell is "COTA"?

I hate it when I got to try and figure out what initials stand for.

[Jeffrey H.]

ORIGINAL: RyanCrierie

Reminds me of the Steve Jackson game Ogre.

[SlickWilhelm]

ORIGINAL: Doggie


What the hell is "COTA"?

CotA= Conquest of the Aegean