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Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 2:03 pm
by NotFast
<My first post>
Cool!
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/06/11 ... 00457.html
I have always wanted to play the 1941 battles on Crete. Many years ago I bought the old Avalon Hill game Air Assault on Crete (anyone else own or remember that board game), but didn't have anyone to play against. Thank goodness Panther is going to help me out [:)]
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:23 pm
by Real and Simulated Wars
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:41 pm
by Real and Simulated Wars
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 5:41 pm
by Grouchy
Lol, wait until you get spanked by the AI trying to refight the battle at Veve commanding the Commonwealth/Greek forces!
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 5:50 pm
by Mr.Frag
This bumping any of the other planned locations?
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 6:22 pm
by Tactics
1. Will it still be a digital download?
2. Will it still cost around $20 or a full fledged $49?
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 6:30 pm
by Grouchy
I let one of the people of Panthergames answer this.
Since they are from down under, just look at the battle honors of those Australian units: Servia Pass, Mount Olympus, Olympus Pass, Platamon Tunnel, Aliakmon Bridge and Tempe Gorge, the final withdrawal to the evacuation beaches on the Peloponnese. Then Iraklion, Heraklion, Maleme, Rethymnon.
Those locations make a good chance to be included don't you thimk [;)]
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 6:36 pm
by Grouchy
ORIGINAL: Tactics
1. Will it still be a digital download?
2. Will it still cost around $20 or a full fledged $49?
1. Don't know
2. It will be a full fledged game. Remember the Crete expansion? COTA will future Crete, Greece, Malta and a campaign feature (and other features/improvements).
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:06 pm
by Fallschirmjager
If it was just Crete I would expect a $20 expansion...but with all the other maps and battles it sound like this is going to be just as big of a game as HTTR.
It also sounds like im going to be kept poor longer than I thought [:(]
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:27 pm
by Trigger Happy
will it also means that, if some poeple in the community are ready to deploy efforts, we could have a Market-Garden Campaign from Neerpelt to Arnhem?
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:28 pm
by Tzar007
Yahooooo ! [&o]
I can't wait this one. It's larger than I would have thought since I was under the impression there was only the Crete campaign in there. But there is in fact Greece and a what-if about Malta.
Very interesting. But it seems we will have to wait to this fall to enjoy this one. Good excuse to continue to polish my commanding skills on HTTR and work on this scenario I want to finish [:D]
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:31 pm
by NotFast
The old Avalon Hill game Air Assault on Crete also included a fictional airdrop on Malta campaign.... from what I remember, Malta was a attacker's nightmare. Very little ground for easy paradrop landings, and very heavily fortified?
Does anyone else remember that game? I can't be the only grognard here [:(]
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:01 pm
by David Heath
ORIGINAL: Tactics
1. Will it still be a digital download?
2. Will it still cost around $20 or a full fledged $49?
1. Yes it will be a digital download
2. the game will be $59.99
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:21 pm
by JeF
1. No problem for it being digital download. Producing games is costly, we know. This is a good way to reduce costs.
2. Considering HttR is sold for $50, with box, CD and printed manual, isn't $60 (+ $10 for a CD) a bit too much to ask for a digital download only thingie ?
Cheers,
JeF
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:30 pm
by Fallschirmjager
49.99 seems fair since this looks to be on par with HttR content wise.
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:49 pm
by KNac007
bit too expensive no?
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:53 pm
by Fallschirmjager
ORIGINAL: KNac007
bit too expensive no?
Matrix is close enough to their fanbase to explain why there is a 10 dollar price increase.
I was told the reasoning behind WiTP being $70 and I am ok with it.
Once David explains I will then pass judgement.
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:54 pm
by elmo3
No, sounds reasonable to me for three campaigns.
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:55 pm
by Makoto
Hmm $60 bucks is expensive... how many scenarios etc compared to HTTR? I'm perrfectly willing to pay that amount if the content is there. A demo or public beta would be nice to assuage peoples' fears.
RE: Conquest of the Agean?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 9:02 pm
by KNac007
Well, I say that I will buy it anyway. I'm sure lot will be put into the making of the game. And just for the promised features I would buy it.
But 60$ it's expensive anyway.