New Images Available for War in the Pacific - Admiral’s Edition

[Alex Fiedler]

Check out the latest recon images from the front, detailing new artwork and more features!

Matrix Games, 2 by 3 Games (www.2by3games.com), and Henderson Field Designs are thrilled to release a brand new pack of screenshots detailing some of the gorgeous new art and gameplay coming to gamers in War in the Pacific – Admiral’s Edition, due to be released later this year.

David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said “The folks over at Henderson Field Designs are still hard at work improving, augmenting, and revamping War in the Pacific to further improve upon the phenomenal realism, detail and gameplay found in the original. War in the Pacific – Admiral’s Edition will be THE game to own for any Pacific Theater fans as it is unparalleled in so many ways.”

This upcoming new expansion for the legendary War in the Pacific from 2 by 3 Games, Admiral’s Edition adds significant improvements and changes to enhance game play, improve realism, and increase historical accuracy. With dozens of new features, new art, and engine improvements, War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition promises gamers the most realistic and immersive WWII Pacific Theater wargame ever!

Just a small snippet of the new features available with Admiral’s Edition include:

[*] An all new 40 nautical mile per hex map covering the entire Pacific theater and off-map bases
[*] Six new scenarios, including a new grand campaign with meticulously researched orders of battle
[*] Improved naval operations, including waypoints, mid-ocean intercepts, new ship classes and devises and a greatly improved ship upgrade system, engine vs. system damage, new ship art and realistic new port limits for ships, cargo and repairs
[*] Improved air operations, including more realistic CAP, more detailed and realistic dogfighting, an improved pilot skill and replacement system, persistent plane damage and more realistic plane maintenance, improved for of war, new aircraft art and over 500 airplane types
[*] Improved land operations, including transportation networks defined by hex-side, new operations modes for land units, dynamic zone of control, tactical movement, improved fog of war and overstacking rules for atolls and small islands.
[*] Improved economy and industry to reflect more realistic operations as well as more historical balance
[*] The most historical and detailed order of battle for the Pacific War ever put into a wargame!
[*] A new scenario editor, built from the ground up to make scenario and mod-making easier, with expanded slot limits, text search and upgradable unit TO&Es
[*] Printed 196 page COLOR manual (boxed copy only)

Get more information on War in the Pacific – Admiral’s Edition from its product page and check out the hefty new pack of screenshots! The upcoming War in the Pacific – Admiral’s Edition is not a standalone release and will require a valid copy of War in the Pacific to install and play.

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[Alikchi2]

These look excellent! Thanks very much, guys.

[m10bob]

Now all we need is.....well....you know..............[;)]

[Grell]

Wow, that's great![:)]

Regards,

Greg

[Ambassador]

Great !  I see many improvements (DL shown, detailed patrol/CAP management, nice map, more data available about squadrons, units sortable by nationality).  I haven't had the time to deeply browse the AE's sub-forum, but it really seems a great addition, one I'll gladly pay.*
It's truly a marvel to see a publisher make an expansion for a 5-year old game, rather than making a fully new game under the same name with a toned down difficulty/realism just to try selling more games to young careless teenagers without listening to the advices of veteran players.
 
Kudos to developpers, publishers, beta-testers and all ![:)]
 
 
* And now that I've nearly pre-ordered : when could we hope to see the expansion released ?  or, lacking any date, how long will we have to wait, at least (that is, how long should we really not expect it to be released ?) ?

[DuckofTindalos]

Of course, there aren't many "careless teenagers" playing WitP...[:D]

[Alikchi2]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Of course, there aren't many "careless teenagers" playing WitP...[:D]

The former few and proud [:D]

[Ambassador]

I used to play many games of another publisher, strategy games, on a "false" real-time, not to name those swedes.  Their games were very thorough - many abstractions, but it really was grand strategy (and management).  However, the last two years they've started "simplifiing" their games, making them "more fun", to attract players "outside of their niche".  Despite much talk about the veteran players.  This publisher really was a "niche publisher", and until that point I had high regards for them.  But right now, I find more merits on Risk than in their newer approaches...
 
So, I'm very glad to see there still is a publisher who cares for the "brain-intensive, detail-focused and hard-thinking former teenagers" in which I recognize myself.  If young kids played a bit more on WitP and other similar "difficult" games, they'd have better results at school in math, history, physics, etc.
 
And would learn to properly butcher their neighbours with 400 4E bombers rather than dad's shotgun...[8|]

[Grotius]

Those are great!

I had one minor question. One shot shows a ship in port at Pearl Harbor, and the airfield there is marked 10(7) in a red font, I think. Does that mean the airfield is holding too many aircraft or something?

[bradfordkay]

I didn't think that you could overload a size 10 airfield. I thought that those were unlimited in size.

[Charbroiled]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Of course, there aren't many "careless teenagers" playing WitP...[:D]

I use to be a "careless teenager"...does that count?[;)]

[Alikchi2]

I am careless, but just a year too old to be a teenager.

[crsutton]

I am starting to get a little bit excited.....

[DuckofTindalos]

TMI![X(][:'(]

[John 3rd]

B--A--N--Z--A--I!
 
 
....when???

[DuckofTindalos]

When it's done.

[Sheytan]

when can we preorder the game? will there be some sort of collectors edition?

[DuckofTindalos]

David Heath has already said that Matrix doesn't do pre-orders. You'll have to wait. As for collector's editions, they don't do that either, as far as I know.

[Nomad]

ORIGINAL: Grotius

Those are great!

I had one minor question. One shot shows a ship in port at Pearl Harbor, and the airfield there is marked 10(7) in a red font, I think. Does that mean the airfield is holding too many aircraft or something?

I don't actually know, but my guess is that the airfield is damaged.

[Sheytan]

Thanks for the answers. I do however realise I have to wait, thanks for reminding me of that. [;)]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

David Heath has already said that Matrix doesn't do pre-orders. You'll have to wait. As for collector's editions, they don't do that either, as far as I know.