Up front, I have to say that I like turn-based games - just better for planning strategy. Anyway, I recently started playing the original Steel Panthers games again (and for 5 year-old games) they hold up surprisingly well. They were, and still are, amazing games, especialy when you consider WHAT is modelled in the game. It staggers the imagination: air strikes, artillery, morale, range, LOS, ammo, suppression, and on and on I could go...in addition, there are random battles, campaigns, many nations are included, great sound effects - the list is endless. Who can forget the great opening scenes and music in SP2? Five years later it still plays like a new game.
And many thanks for the extreme labour of love shown by Wild Bill and his Raiders for these games: they have produced an awesome legacy of modpacks, scenarios, campaigns... well, the list is endless again.
These SP games are terrific! I am having a blast playing them - and I can't wait to try out the SP2:WW2 mod, the Vietnam mod as well as the WAW mod. I mean, just think about what is modelled and implemented in these games! Very few modern games can touch them in terms of their scope, breadth, and in-depth gameplay. Choose a period of conflict anywhere between 1939 and 1999 between ANY nation - and you have got one heck of a game system.
Thanks Wild Bill and all you great guys for keeping this series alive. What a labour of love
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A King Tiger can give you a definite edge...
[This message has been edited by Von Rom (edited 05-29-2000).]
