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Because of the chaos with PayPal, I have not bought yet.
Give us your first impressions of Strategic Command WWII War in Europe.

I just played as the Axis and I really love it. I think this game will keep me busy for some time. Managing your spendings is one of the hardest choices up to now. I'm really getting kicked ass by the British on the sea.

HEXES. I LOVE HEXES [:D]

I miss the land-typical buildings and the specific main cities. No Eiffel Tower, no Big Ben ...[:(]

first impression is I am very impressed.

Having had no experience of previous versions it seems to hit that sweet spot where with some reading, the tooltips and common sense you can get started quite early. But it hints very nicely at real depth as you work into the systems and push a game along - not least how to allocate scarce resources is so obviously key and hopefully opens up all sorts of strategies.

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I miss the land-typical buildings and the specific main cities. No Eiffel Tower, no Big Ben ...[:(]

Yeah, I hope they add these back as well. Seems like an easy fix.

I grabbed it.

It's a very polished game.

1. Flags are now shown round. Yes, in today's graphics, this is often done. I don't like it. Flags are rectangular.
2. You call German U-Boote "Sub". That's not right! [:-]
3. I'm not happy about the new 3D model of the HQs.

2. And than you call a Uboot U-Boot! [:-] [:D]

1. Flags are now shown round. Yes, in today's graphics, this is often done. I don't like it. Flags are rectangular.

I can't stand them either. Maybe the kiddies like them. Oh wait, are there any youngsters playing this game ?

2. And you can rename them as 'Unterseeboots'. Or better, rename them as 'U-bootsflotille' as they really don't represent one U-Boat [;)]

3. Please don't use 3-D Graphics. Can you imagine Guderian or Patton using little tanks and planes on their operational maps ? It's a travesty !

ORIGINAL: sPzAbt653

3. Please don't use 3-D Graphics. Can you imagine Guderian or Patton using little tanks and planes on their operational maps ? It's a travesty !

[&o][:D][&o]

ORIGINAL: Xwormwood

2. And than you call a Uboot U-Boot! [:-] [:D]

Help me, I don't get it.

Quote wikipedia.de:
"militärische Schreibweise Uboot ohne Bindestrich"
[;)]

ORIGINAL: Xwormwood

Quote wikipedia.de:
"militärische Schreibweise Uboot ohne Bindestrich"
[;)]

Muß ich von 'nem Bremer wohl akzeptieren [;)]

Was ist grün und stinkt nach Klugscheißer - ich kann halt nicht aus meiner Haut, mea culpa!
[:)]

In games like this I totally like using the graphics for the units. I play wargames enough but I never had any attachment to counters or bad graphics. For me the more visual and especially aural immersion the more I will enjoy the game. I guess I never had that grog card to begin with. I'm more of a miniatures gamer than a counters one I suppose.

ORIGINAL: Xwormwood

Was ist grün und stinkt nach Klugscheißer - ich kann halt nicht aus meiner Haut, mea culpa!
[:)]

[:)]

Sometimes you guys use the term "U-boats".
Hmm, hmm, a bit inconsequent, isn't it?

A German UBoot (greetings to Bremen) is a UBoot.
Up to the present day, navies of the world call German UBoote, for respect, UBoot.

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3. Please don't use 3-D Graphics. Can you imagine Guderian or Patton using little tanks and planes on their operational maps ? It's a travesty !

Actually, in all those WWII movies of a central command, they've got a big map with ladies pushing 3-D units around with long sticks. Not so implausible.

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ORIGINAL: sPzAbt653

3. Please don't use 3-D Graphics. Can you imagine Guderian or Patton using little tanks and planes on their operational maps ? It's a travesty !

Actually, in all those WWII movies of a central command, they've got a big map with ladies pushing 3-D units around with long sticks. Not so implausible.

I think you only get these with the boxed version, which would explain the high postage costs [:)]

Ok I'm in.

My first impressions after a few hours of playing time: Strategic Command WWII War in Europe is nothing special.
It's like Global Conflict, like the Gold bundle, like The Great War, like Assault on Democracy...

...a masterpiece of gameplay, a work of genius, a game that hook me. [;)]
I have such a great time with it - WAU!