Operation Husky on Steam ??

[hapshott]

I bought it and played 15 minutes. After that I requested a refund and I got it. It has nothing to do with Operation Husky. You can put the area's on any map.

I'm glad I did ask the refund. Esp. what I read from MrsWargamer.

[WYBaugh]

Thank you guys for pointing out above that I was wrong. I was reading the steam forum on the game and a thread was calling him Cater. Obviously this is not the same dev as the SC series.

[Freyr Oakenshield]

ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

So in response, he banned me from his game's Community.

Naughty, naughty... [:D]

[Rosseau]

So our poster, "IslandInland," was most correct after all. We should have known, as our chap is an Englishman! [;)]

Seriously, it is important to gauge a developer's attitude; as for some of us, our purchases often seem like a charitable contribution at the time.

And yes, Valentin and his Hexwar game is an excellent example. Until I am proved wrong, he has updated his game almost every day, which I find to be a record, in my lengthy experience.

And that is honestly the primary reason I purchased WitE2 - because of the huge amount of updates for WitE1, and the hundreds of pages documenting them.

[Alan Sharif]

I purchased this on release, and refunded shortly after. A complete waste of time and money, no historical value whatsoever, and a developer who deletes any negative comments, no matter how constructive.

[RFalvo69]

ORIGINAL: Alan Sharif

I purchased this on release, and refunded shortly after. A complete waste of time and money, no historical value whatsoever, and a developer who deletes any negative comments, no matter how constructive.

He is not the only one. But Steam's system is broken. I got banned on a Steam forum (for a non-wargame title) after posting a list of criticisms (the same that were in my review posted on the main page). Since there was nothing offensive or objectionable in my post I was quite surprised... until I discovered that it was run by the developers of the game. [&:] How Steam allows this conflict of interests is beyond me.

[RangerJoe]

Few or no negative reviews makes more sales which means more money for Steam.

[PipFromSlitherine]

To be clear, while some developers might remove negative posts from their forums, they cannot remove negative reviews.

Cheers

Pip

[MrsWargamer]

Well at the risk of sounding like a Slitherine Group shill I think we can safely say, Slitherine Group is THE place on the internet to make or break a wargame.

If you get hated here, good luck anywhere else worth mention on the internet.

I thought the game had some promise. But the developer clearly has a lot to learn.

[pzgndr]

ORIGINAL: hapshott
I bought it and played 15 minutes. After that I requested a refund and I got it. It has nothing to do with Operation Husky. You can put the area's on any map.

Yeah I got it and poked at it some. I agree it's got nothing to do with Husky. Why not a full Sicily map so you know where the main objectives are? I look at the units and not sure what my objectives are. Very odd.

That said, the game mechanics are interesting and perhaps they can be implemented in a more historical wargame. One one hand I don't really care for this new feature of only being able to move units in one area or one formation at a time (e.g., Battle of the Bulge, Gettysburg), but on the other hand I can appreciate this as a fog-of-war feature that makes the game interesting. I'd say there is some hidden potential here and the devs should be encouraged to build upon this new game engine.

[rico21]

Therefore,[:)]

first of all, the game is not historical,[:(]
Second, the game is basic,[>:]
thirdly, criticism is banned,

Hooray, I can do a wargame!

[pzgndr]

ORIGINAL: rico21
Hooray, I can do a wargame!

If wargame code development was easy, then anyone could do it.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; ... who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
~ Theodore Roosevelt

[IslandInland]

ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

Hmm, well in exchanging thoughts with the developer, I think I can fairly state, this game isn't meant to be taken seriously. The developer isn't. There's no reason you should.

I think he has ported a worthless mobile game to Steam and PC with the idea he can actually make money off of us.

I'm not going to cry about the 8 bucks.

But his design philosophy is the least effort possible, is the method to be chosen. I'd be shocked if this will ever see an update. That would take effort.
I can only hope this will be his last attempt at making 'wargames'.
Fool me once eh...

This guy is soooo not like Valentin, the French new comer developer who is busting his butt to make his game Hex of Steel, all it can be.

He's no Yobowargames or Shenandoah Studios who try to keep it simple. Because they at least try to make them real.

Bunnysays don't encourage this developer. Maybe he will get the message.

So I was right. I've seen many of these type of "wargames" pop up on Steam and I can spot them a mile off.

Mobile trash. [:D]

BTW if you have played less than two hours and within 14 days of you purchasing a game on Steam then you can request a refund and if you meet this criteria the refund will always be granted.

[IslandInland]

ORIGINAL: Rosseau

So our poster, "IslandInland," was most correct after all. We should have known, as our chap is an Englishman! [;)]

Seriously, it is important to gauge a developer's attitude; as for some of us, our purchases often seem like a charitable contribution at the time.

And yes, Valentin and his Hexwar game is an excellent example. Until I am proved wrong, he has updated his game almost every day, which I find to be a record, in my lengthy experience.

And that is honestly the primary reason I purchased WitE2 - because of the huge amount of updates for WitE1, and the hundreds of pages documenting them.

I watched a video of this "game" and saw something like "100,000 Americans, Germans and Englishmen" and knew immediately it was trash.

There were Englishmen there but there were also Scots, Welsh, Irish, Canadians, etc involved.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 2533797698

https://www.insider.com/van-halen-brown ... act-2016-9