Close Combat - Last Stand at Arnhem

Close Combat – Last Stand Arnhem is a highly enhanced new release of Close Combat, using the latest Close Combat engine with many additional improvements. Its design is based on the critically acclaimed Close Combat – A Bridge Too Far, originally developed by Atomic Games, as well as the more recent Close Combat: The Longest Day. This is the most ambitious and most improved of the new Close Combat releases, but along with all the enhancements it retains the same addicting tactical action found in the original titles! Close Combat – Last Stand Arnhem comes with expanded force pools, reserve & static battlegroups, a troop point buying system, ferry and assault crossings, destructible bridges, static forces and much more! Also included in this rebuild are 60+ battles, operations and campaigns including a new enhanced Grand Campaign!
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When do we open the discussion forum?

What is the style of the strategic map?

I see that is answered in one of the screen shots. It resembles CC5.

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I want it. Now!
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When do we open the discussion forum?



Yeah!!! Let us in, let us in, let us in......
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I had it yesterday....;)

Seriously I am looking forward to this CC title...I haven't bought any of the remakes...but I may buy this one.
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Soooo....remaking Close Combat 2....sigh...
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lol yet another "remake" and full price gouging coming soon to a matrixgames store near you.
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Hi guys,

A new product info page and a Coming Soon forum will be up shortly, probably tomorrow.

MajFrankBurns, these remakes require a lot of work to complete. No one is forcing you to buy any particular game. We accept constructive criticism, but not bashing.

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Erik, I haven't gotten the earlier Close Combat remakes yet, not from lack of interest though.

But I am wondering, and I suppose others might have wondered, has ANY thought gone into making a package deal of all three remakes at a modest price reduction for the set as a single item?

I understand the games themselves are not identical. The games were not identical in the first place.

But I would be very interested in getting them as a unified purchase if it was realistically worth it.
I'm not talking a major price reduction, just enough to merit mention.

For that matter, is it even possible to have them unified into a single installer? A one installation process?
I'm thinking of something similar to how John Tiller's Campaign series was after all originally three separate games.

And yes, I would pretty much assume this unified concept wouldn't be 50 or 60 bucks. It would after all be three games. edit Actually looking at the store, the price of just The two current titles is 80 bucks approx already. I guess the point is, could all three be priced such that it was even worth it to get it below 120 assuming Close Combat 2 ends up similarly priced. Making all 3 no more than 100 would help. (I can just hear the comments now regarding 100 bucks hehe).
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lol yet another "remake" and full price gouging coming soon to a matrixgames store near you.

I will gladly pay full price for a chance to play CC2 again with some updates, and in widescreen mode. I paid full price for "Cross of Iron" and did not regret it for a moment.


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lol yet another "remake" and full price gouging coming soon to a matrixgames store near you.

Well, some us enjoy those "remakes". [8|]
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lol yet another "remake" and full price gouging coming soon to a matrixgames store near you.

Well, some us enjoy those "remakes". [8|]

That's fine I wasn't taking anything from that form of view, just merely presenting "my own". I can play the ones I have on my Netbook now anyways. [:)]
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CC2 was THE game that got me into gaming.
 
I'll buy it, for the memories.
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I hope to play "that oen board" multiplayer, where the gamey-gamey force setup for the allies was 6 stuart tanks and 6 half squads.  :)
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lol yet another "remake" and full price gouging coming soon to a matrixgames store near you.

Well, some us enjoy those "remakes". [8|]

That's fine I wasn't taking anything from that form of view, just merely presenting "my own". I can play the ones I have on my Netbook now anyways. [:)]

Yeah but it was a view that had no reason to be given other than to crap on a thread....you wear your screen name very well sir, bravo. It's the last CC they can remake, I think you can deal with it.

Very excited! finally get the one I wanted the most. I want it the day before yesterday.
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Yeah but it was a view that had no reason to be given other than to crap on a thread

That's your "opinion" and of course you are wrong and reading more into something that wasn't there.
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Apology ~ Accepted! :)

Yes! to all other posts above! CC2 WAS the first online computer game i had the great Blessing to play and of course MEET all you fine folks!

Last shall ! be First!

Jolly Good!

Let the game(s) shortly begin!

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About time. Yippie!
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ORIGINAL: Joe 98

When do we open the discussion forum?

What is the style of the strategic map?

I see that is answered in one of the screen shots. It resembles CC5.

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I think that the original CC2 campaign model is better than CC5 campaign model.
I do not want the map to be completely area-based.
And also I do not want the force pool method and prefer the purchase points method.
Force pool (though more realistic) has no challenge, I just get the best of the best troops and massacre the dumb AI doing the infamous "crawl of death". At least in the purchase points method, I need to pay dearly for good troops and preserve them more. I need to save valuable purchase points and buy cheap troops occasionally (yes, it's gamey and not historical but it is challenging).

Hope the remake keeps the old CC2 campaign mechanics. Oh or better yet finally improve the AI (which I have not seen in the remakes).

BTW, I still have CC2 installed in my HDD after all these years. I think CC2 is best of the series because of the campaign elements. CC3 kept the pruchase point option but the campaign is just a series of pre-determined operations (Germany always loses the war... it's how much damaged you do to the Russians that counts). CC4 and CC5 used the area map + force pool method... and I really hate the force pool method.

Actually most of the games from Matrix are REMAKES!
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