Drive on Moscow - Interactive AAR!

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AlbertoC
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Drive on Moscow - Interactive AAR!

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Hello everyone!

Today I’ll be playing a bit of Drive on Moscow, our exciting iPad title currently being ported to PC. I’ll be playing the PC version, in fact, and try the new, enhanced AI (yes, it’s being re-worked ;) ). Drive on Moscow is a fast paced game of strategic maneuvering. Timing is essential, and I hope I won’t screw everything up with my offensive. By the way, it's currently on beta, if you'd like to give us a hand with that it'd be great and it'd be extremely appreciated :D

I’ll be publishing daily updates (probably not in the weekends though) on my progresses as I hopefully get better with the game. And this will be a nice way for people to familiarize with the game’s mechanics.

My first scenario will be Operation Typhoon, as the Axis.

My objective is to reach Moscow – or at least capture enough points to achieve a Victory in the scenario. We have fifteen days to gain as much territory as possible!

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Let’s have a look at the special conditions:


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As you can see a lot will depend on turn progression and weather. Conditions will vary rapidly, and we’ll need to be quick and take the initiative while we have the upper hand. Soon the weather will turn against us, and the Soviets will field more and more divisions in their effort to defend their capital.
As you can see it’s pretty self explainatory. We’ll have to plan our offensive carefully. We need to determine where to strike and what we plan to accomplish.

This is our starting situation.

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Now, I think that for today it’ll be enough. I’m eager to hear your comments and it’d be great if you gave me suggestions on what to do now. I’ll need to make my opening moves, and I wouldn’t mind some advices. Tell me what to do, we’ll discuss it and then we’ll decide a strategy together – and I’ll show you how it plays out :)

Have a nice day, and let me know what you think and what -you- would do! This poor armchair general needs your help!
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Re: Drive on Moscow - Interactive AAR!

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Disable their Cavalry!!
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Re: Drive on Moscow - Interactive AAR!

Post by ErissN6 »

Go on to Kuibychev (Samara)! so you actually destroy Russia will of fight.
Or, if you can't, then prepare a Great Maginot of Russia: Leningrad-Vitebsk-Dnieper-Crimea
Sad none game provide this :) , however I follow DoM.
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Re: Drive on Moscow - Interactive AAR!

Post by Redwing6891A »

Shards wrote:Disable their Cavalry!!
Agree, Cavalry and Paratroopers are prime targets for air interdiction. Other than that, focus on single Soviet units to achieve breakthrough moves and keep your Panzers concentrated. Mixed battlegroups of two Panzers and one Panzergrenadiers also work quite well.

To the developers:
  • Please remember that quite a few play the Shenandoah titles on iPhone / iPod - to make the morning / evening commute a bit more bearable. The new interface has to work on smaller screens, too! The current version is optimised in my view. Please don't make it worse.
  • The AI on DoM is pretty strong as it is and well balanced. 'Zhukov' is solid for entry level players, 'Rokossovsky' provides quite a challenge, and 'Marshal Konev' is nigh unbeatable. I really hope 'The Marshals' don't get nerfed in the update like 'The Generals' in BotB. The AI there was severely lobotomised in the port. I have automatic updates in my App Store switched off in any case - that caught me out with BotB and I bitterly regretted it.
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Re: Drive on Moscow - Interactive AAR!

Post by AlbertoC »

There's always so much stuff to do, and so little time :(

This is something I try to do in my free time, and alas I've been rather busy in the last week! I'll try to continue this as soon as possible, but in the meanwhile we have something to keep you busy with - Agrippa, one of our favorite streamers, is doing a Let's play of Drive on Moscow!

You can follow it here.
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