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Well finally finished dowloading - but as I have to be up early for work in the morning, no time to get into the game [:(].

However couldn't resist a quick peek and I have to say it looks a real classy production [&o].

If a game feels and looks right it usually is; well Matrix this looks pretty damn good [:)] - Can't wait for the weekend!!

same here! Unfortunately have to go to bed but it looks damn GOOD!
At least two PBEM's lined up!
Aaaaaahhhhh, finally a wargame on the operational level to compete with the better board games! Now, pls, revamp the W@W series and I'll be set for life!
Thanks!
 

That looks impressive.
Time to read the manual.
I guess the week end will be busy.

December 8th is a Public Holiday here in Spain.

First impressions: it's huge, looks nice, tutorial is easy to get in and it will finally put TOAW to rest for me. Unfortunately I also have to call it a night soon. [>:]

I'm at work, right now. It's only 11:30am. Soon. Soon!

Until then, please, keep posting your impressions.

I've only had a chance to load up the tutorial (without reading the manual) and play around. It is looking very nicely done! Sound effects are not intrusive. Graphics are superb! The drill-downs on the units in the tutorial open up a wealth of information about the unit and its condition. Now if I only knew what I was doing!! [:D]

Nicely done, guys! [&o]

Once you get through the tutorials and the smaller scenarios and start your first full campaign, then IMHO you will be truly blown away. Much like WITP:AE, and especially once you get into the full campaigns, this game grabs you and does not let go!

Regards,

- Erik

Impressions while doing the tutorial:

* Windowed mode with robust resizing? WITP old-timers will just love this However, I had to hide Windows bar because it was overlapping some stuff at the bottom, and I noticed that Windows XP window top decoration in the default style takes way too many pixels.
* The map is beautiful - it even comes with a legend on the upper left corner. It beats me to find the need for this on a computer wargame, but hey, it's a very nice detail.
* The tutorial was well-written, but I couldn't care less at 1:30 AM to review how many battles had won the units on the OOB
* About the tutorial battle... well, I didn't find really that necessary to form-up any corps, I played it on normal difficulty, and I basically drew a very nice red filled triangle over Velikiye Luki and Novossilisk (sp?) in three turns, by attacking on waves.
* I actually like a lot the combat system, combat results looked quite realistic to me.

First impressions!!!  Printer sucks and won't print tutorial!  So my impression of my printer is that it sucks.  The game, though! Nice video.  Where did you get it?  Who is the Nazi/Panzer guy in the black in the video?

I am going to have to alt-tab for the tutorial, but looks great at first blush.

Looks good but it would seem i will be spending days changing the art photos and GUI to reflect the correct historical flag of the period. I find it impossible to put up with the imperial German flag or whatnot it just ruins my immersion.[&:] I understand why for legal reasons its done but it would have been nice if the photos etc had been laid out in a way that made it easy to make the change to a correct historical flag. Maybe have used one graphical file that could be easily changed out, instead the way its been done every single picture will need to be modified individually. Its a massive pain in the ass and it kind of rankles after spending so much money on a game that the needs of one market(Germany) dominate the graphical look for those of us who don't live in countries that legally restrict the use of the correct historical flag. Looks like my first few days will be messing around with photo-shop.

The windowed mode will be handy to have the manual open alongside but I can't figure out how to turn it off and have full screen as well or is that not possible?

Game turn 2

Like the way movement is handled.
Map is excellent. Map is huge. Colors for different terrain types look great....Best ive seen so far in this type of wargame.
Combat Information during and after combat I really do like......great job there. You really feel the losses.
This game will take some time to play but that is ok with me. I like Monster games.[:D]
I can see this baby will have alot of people wondering about their approuch to invading mother Russia-Massive movement area and units ever where.

Good question, Baron. I hope full screen is available...

ORIGINAL: rjh1971

December 8th is a Public Holiday here in Spain.

Yup, tomorrow will be a looooong wargaming day for us in Spain

Too bad I'm on a business trip for the week.
Mabye get this during the weekend. 
But have a lot of gaming backlog.

Finished the tutorial and I must say I am impressed. Very easy to understand but going to be hard to master. Only gripe i have is that the spreadsheet showing all the commanders ect is to small to read in my native resolution of 1920 x 1080 on a 27" monitor. Everything else is very easy to see. Game play is great.

My second impression.  Printer still sucks! 

I think I'm going to like this one though.  I played out the tutorial and I found it is not hard at all to figure out a lot of stuff.  I managed to create several corp and actually won the tutorial first try.  (minor victory - at about turn 4 I replaced the commanders of the armies.  I think that helped me win.)

The UI is elegant and easy to figure out.  Initially, I think this is a winner and I don't praise much.  [&o]

The windowed mode will be handy to have the manual open alongside but I can't figure out how to turn it off and have full screen as well or is that not possible?

Good question, Baron. I hope full screen is available...

Just maximize the window - it will fill all the screen.

Only gripe i have is that the spreadsheet showing all the commanders ect is to small to read in my native resolution of 1920 x 1080 on a 27" monitor. Everything else is very easy to see.

What is the system font size? large?

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Hmmm....I may have trouble finishing my game of Scorched Earth while dealing with GG's WitE.....

ORIGINAL: hgilmer3

My second impression.  Printer still sucks! 

I think I'm going to like this one though.  I played out the tutorial and I found it is not hard at all to figure out a lot of stuff.  I managed to create several corp and actually won the tutorial first try.  (minor victory - at about turn 4 I replaced the commanders of the armies.  I think that helped me win.)

The UI is elegant and easy to figure out.  Initially, I think this is a winner and I don't praise much.  [&o]

Cast and reel. Cast and reel.

Ok hgilmer3, I need to know something. Do you dislike your printer?