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Excellent News!
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:27 pm
by Peter Fisla
WitP got me more interested in the pacific war and prompted me to buy a few good quality books on the subject. knowing Roger Keating and quality of his and SSG work, I'm sure Carriers at War will be a work of art and a great success. And I'm looking forward expanding my pacific wargames collection which such a great addition. Congratulations to SSG and Matrix for making this project a reality!
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:23 pm
by Ola Berli
Gents,
agree with You all superb news.
It warms my heart that Matrix is on the wargaming forefront.
I hope many gamers would support this project!
Regards
Ola
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:42 pm
by JeF
Very good news indeed.
I'm positively impressed by the screenshots.
It looks like a prolific year for SSG, with Battlefront and now CaW. How do they do that ?
[:)]
JeF.
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:43 pm
by DuckofTindalos
Sweatshops?[:D]
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:24 pm
by AndyfromVA1
ORIGINAL: Peter Fisla
WitP got me more interested in the pacific war and prompted me to buy a few good quality books on the subject. knowing Roger Keating and quality of his and SSG work, I'm sure Carriers at War will be a work of art and a great success. And I'm looking forward expanding my pacific wargames collection which such a great addition. Congratulations to SSG and Matrix for making this project a reality!
From what I've read about it, WitP is a monster game, while Carriers at War is much more accessible, though still a very realistic game.
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:49 pm
by Ursa MAior
Yep that's why I gave up on Witp Grand campaigns. It is simply too much for me. Smaller scnes are ok like 14 but i dont wanna and I cant run the whole empire.
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:23 pm
by Skyfire7631
Great news, indeed. Count me in
[:)]
Regards.
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:15 pm
by Fred98
As the annnouncement said: the CVs are the queen of the seas! But:
Are there any combats between surface fleets?
Is there any ground combat?
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:27 pm
by DuckofTindalos
Judging from the screenies and the fact that it's a remake, I'd say "Yes, a simple system" and "No".
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:41 am
by ydejin
Excellent. Definitely looking forward to this.
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:37 am
by CJ Martin
This is excellent. I still have my original DOS copies of CAW and the later add-on, great fun!
I'm really looking forward to this.
-CJ
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:42 am
by Fred98
ORIGINAL: JeF
How do they do that ?
The developer makes the game. Matrix polishes the chrome, promotes the game and provides a sales outlet.
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:34 pm
by Gregor_SSG
ORIGINAL: Joe 98
As the annnouncement said: the CVs are the queen of the seas! But:
Are there any combats between surface fleets?
Is there any ground combat?
Yes, there is surface combat, using the same sysyem as the original game, but looking nicer. There is no ground combat. Most scenarios are over in 2-3 days at the most. Some scenarios, like Coral Sea, require one side to land invasion troops, abstracted as cargo points, but that's as close as it gets.
Gregor
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:44 pm
by Mikekiller16
Will it include all scenarios packaged in Complete Carriers at War? I hope so...[&o]
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:11 pm
by JeF
Joe,
ORIGINAL: Joe 98
The developer makes the game. Matrix polishes the chrome, promotes the game and provides a sales outlet.
Understood. But here we are talking about a small developper studio (i.e. SSG) releasing two games this year : Battlefront and Carriers at War, having released one last year (BiI), while most devs of the Matrix stable have difficulties to release one each year.
It's not HPS rate yet though.
JeF.
RE: Excellent News!
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:08 pm
by DuckofTindalos
ORIGINAL: Mikekiller16
Will it include all scenarios packaged in Complete Carriers at War? I hope so...[&o]
It won't...