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Your favourite scenarios?
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 5:46 pm
by SchDerGrosse
I kind of exhausted/got bored of the campaigns and the DLCs and started to look towards the player-made CMO stuff.
Thus comes the question. What are your favourite non-official scenarios and most importantly, why?
I would appreciate it, if you could suggest me some really well made/scripted/balanced scenarios, preferably with a lot of flavour (i.e. detailed briefing, in-game events etc.). It doesnt hurt if the scenario is post-tiny compatible either.
Getting into a CMO game is a considerable time investment and it sucks if you find out only hours later that the scenario is either a complete mess or just "meh".
Thanks for your input,
Re: Your favourite scenarios?
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 6:07 pm
by Nikel
These threads will be useful:
The Best of the community scenario pack. Started in 2022.
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 4#p5020424
GREATEST HITS : Your Favorite Scenarios. Started in 2019.
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 3&t=333295
The BEST Command Scenarios! and
What is the best scenario? Your Top-5 please. Old, from 2014.
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 4#p3383734
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 9#p3383729
Re: Your favourite scenarios?
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 7:35 pm
by HalfLifeExpert
I've got several favorites of mine, but they may not appeal to everyone since i've got some specific tastes.
I generally favor scenarios that
A) Are played from BLUFOR sides (i.e. NATO/Western Alliance forces)
B) Are Cold War I and Cold War II situations (both tensions and actual hostilties)
C) Focus on surface/ASW warfare and/or Aircraft Carrier operations
D) Generally don't have the player control more than 1-3 formations of ships
E) Are not very fast paced, allowing me to take my time and work on some other things while it's running in real time.
These arn't exclusive, but my favorites tend to have one or more of these traits.
With that in mind, here's a list of some of my favorites among Community (non-official) scenarios:
Four Ships Near Demon Point, 1988 By Mark Gellis
STANAVFORLANT Gets to Work, 1969 by Mark Gellis
The Battle of the Vogel Seamount, 1981 by Mark Gellis
Comte de Grasse's Squadron, 1988 by Mark Gellis
South of Crete, 1985 by BeirutDude (I specifically reserve this for a playthrough every Xmas Eve)
Between Ascension and San Carlos- The Carrier Duel, 1982
Ulleungdo Island, 2018 by Beirutdude (Built for great replayability)
Saving the Third Temple, 1973 by BeirutDude
Out of Meggido, the Battle of the Arabian Sea, 1973 by Mark Gellis
Those Who Hunt Goblins, 1973 by Randomizer
Operation Scarlet Lance, 1966 by Mark Gellis
and quite likely Mark Gellis's latest scenario that's in Beta right now:
Operation Gray Advantage, 2023
Re: Your favourite scenarios?
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 8:22 pm
by Count Sessine
HalfLifeExpert wrote: Tue Apr 11, 2023 7:35 pm
I've got several favorites of mine, but they may not appeal to everyone since i've got some specific tastes.
I generally favor scenarios that
A) Are played from BLUFOR sides (i.e. NATO/Western Alliance forces)
B) Are Cold War I and Cold War II situations (both tensions and actual hostilties)
C) Focus on surface/ASW warfare and/or Aircraft Carrier operations
D) Generally don't have the player control more than 1-3 formations of ships
E) Are not very fast paced, allowing me to take my time and work on some other things while it's running in real time.
These arn't exclusive, but my favorites tend to have one or more of these traits.
With that in mind, here's a list of some of my favorites among Community (non-official) scenarios:
Four Ships Near Demon Point, 1988 By Mark Gellis
STANAVFORLANT Gets to Work, 1969 by Mark Gellis
The Battle of the Vogel Seamount, 1981 by Mark Gellis
Comte de Grasse's Squadron, 1988 by Mark Gellis
South of Crete, 1985 by BeirutDude (I specifically reserve this for a playthrough every Xmas Eve)
Between Ascension and San Carlos- The Carrier Duel, 1982
Ulleungdo Island, 2018 by Beirutdude (Built for great replayability)
Saving the Third Temple, 1973 by BeirutDude
Out of Meggido, the Battle of the Arabian Sea, 1973 by Mark Gellis
Those Who Hunt Goblins, 1973 by Randomizer
Operation Scarlet Lance, 1966 by Mark Gellis
and quite likely Mark Gellis's latest scenario that's in Beta right now:
Operation Gray Advantage, 2023
Thank you for this list.
Re: Your favourite scenarios?
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 7:23 am
by Lakeend
HalfLifeExpert wrote: Tue Apr 11, 2023 7:35 pm
I've got several favorites of mine, but they may not appeal to everyone since i've got some specific tastes.
I generally favor scenarios that
A) Are played from BLUFOR sides (i.e. NATO/Western Alliance forces)
B) Are Cold War I and Cold War II situations (both tensions and actual hostilties)
C) Focus on surface/ASW warfare and/or Aircraft Carrier operations
D) Generally don't have the player control more than 1-3 formations of ships
E) Are not very fast paced, allowing me to take my time and work on some other things while it's running in real time.
These arn't exclusive, but my favorites tend to have one or more of these traits.
With that in mind, here's a list of some of my favorites among Community (non-official) scenarios:
Four Ships Near Demon Point, 1988 By Mark Gellis
STANAVFORLANT Gets to Work, 1969 by Mark Gellis
The Battle of the Vogel Seamount, 1981 by Mark Gellis
Comte de Grasse's Squadron, 1988 by Mark Gellis
South of Crete, 1985 by BeirutDude (I specifically reserve this for a playthrough every Xmas Eve)
Between Ascension and San Carlos- The Carrier Duel, 1982
Ulleungdo Island, 2018 by Beirutdude (Built for great replayability)
Saving the Third Temple, 1973 by BeirutDude
Out of Meggido, the Battle of the Arabian Sea, 1973 by Mark Gellis
Those Who Hunt Goblins, 1973 by Randomizer
Operation Scarlet Lance, 1966 by Mark Gellis
and quite likely Mark Gellis's latest scenario that's in Beta right now:
Operation Gray Advantage, 2023
I know I am late to the party, but this is a great list!
Your A,B,C,D, E is exactly what I also like to play.
By chance do you have new entries to that list you could recommed, I recently played through all your suggestions and they were are great.
Re: Your favourite scenarios?
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:35 pm
by maverick3320
Mediterranean Fury 1.
I like:
-massive scenarios with lots of units in relatively small areas (mainly to avoid the constant game issues with refueling)
-playing with non-US units
-"surprise" scenarios that require coordination and has a lot of flexibility on how/where to attack
-Lua options for the player to choose from
Re: Your favourite scenarios?
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 7:37 pm
by BobTank63
For detailed briefings plus events, I highly recommend the scenario Under African Skies, 2017 by Feltan. The scenario is a 3 day sandbox where you are given a limited set of US assets to prepare the way for an invasion of Nigeria, but there is a constant stream of secondary objects and flavor events that enhance the experience.
Re: Your favourite scenarios?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2025 8:58 am
by Knightpawn
BobTank63 wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2025 7:37 pm
For detailed briefings plus events, I highly recommend the scenario Under African Skies, 2017 by Feltan. The scenario is a 3 day sandbox where you are given a limited set of US assets to prepare the way for an invasion of Nigeria, but there is a constant stream of secondary objects and flavor events that enhance the experience.
I second that! Amazing scenario.
Re: Your favourite scenarios?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2025 2:07 pm
by tylerblakebrandon
Keeping with my past entries.
1. Indian Ocean Fury 2: Mozambique Madness - Big with a lot of multinational units to play and to fight with variable capabilities to utilize or cope for.
2. Caribbean Fury 1: Hot Tamale! - Ditto to the above plus I always love playing in the sunny Caribbean.
3. Under African Skies - A classic scenario, I should have downloaded Stoic Frogs playthrough before his channel disappeared.
4. Pacific Fury 4: I Come from a Land Down Under - Ditto the above Fury scenarios.
5. Northern Fury 34 - The Longest Battle - Man I love a massive convoy campaign.
Deter, Detect, Defend and Wargasm 1962 are also excellent choices to tackle Cold War bomber battles defensively and offensively. The V Bombers (the UK companion to Wargasm) is also top notch.
Seven Days in October is probably the best and most engaging Cuban Missile Crisis scenario bar none.