The Steel Panthers Series Lives
Posted: Tue May 30, 2000 2:48 am
Where do I begin? I have played a fair number of war/strategy games over the past few years, and I have seen what the future holds in terms of the types of computer games (of all genres) currently slated for release. Many of these newer games are Real Time and they seem to focus more on the "eye candy" 3D aspect and less on the in-depth gameplay.
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).]
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).]