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Must say I have been a critic of Schwerpunkt - mostly due to the incredibly long dev time on its latest project. (Yes, I know, it's a one-man-show, but it's still $50 of my money, not including two years' interest [;)]).

Point is I wouldn't be that quick to totally write the game off. If I can play a smaller desert scenario, than you probably can, too.

But back OT, I still feel Desert War is the better option if that is your theater of preference.

ORIGINAL: budd

I've had it for about a year, and I've only played three scenarios. What keeps me from really diving in is the UI and map scrolling, there's a lot of clicking to get around and the map scrolling while better than before is still wonky, meaning slow scrolling and zooming.I'm really hoping for some ease of use features to be added and the map scrolling improved.

right!
it makes the game unplayable for me.
I wish Ron would spend more time on the front end.

If you like to compare money for value, Desert War crushes WW2.
I've had zero issues with Desert War.
Can it be improved? Sure. But it's been playable from the initial release.

I lost $70 Canadian on WW2. I've played maybe 20 hrs.
I've already more than doubled that with DW.

Desert War is a sleeper hit as far as I'm concerned.

Both games are a bit daunting, but yes Desert War! WW2 is going on three years in dev. Think what DW would be with another 2.5 years in dev time. Of course, one has to make money during that time, too!