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[Retributarr]

Just finished the trial for those who have prepurchased.

Overall I'm very positive about what I've seen after 22 hours of play.

Dislikes:
2. Similar to OOB, there is no notification of new equipment availability. You have to check for upgrades during the deployment phase.

Thanks slitherine for ignoring those that wanted this game rushed to market!

Personal Comment's:
I heartily agree with "RolandHorn"...regarding...
"Overall I'm very positive about what I've seen" &... I also mentioned this before...
"Thanks slitherine for ignoring those that wanted this game rushed to market!"

Present Day computer games are not the simple-stuff of yesteryear!...where you could just easily crank out a game in 2-3 month's and make a quick pile of cash. Complexity of Games has exponentially sky rocketed and players are much more demanding. So quickly generating a Game to then readily purchase a "Lamborghini" or what-ever...just doesn't cut it anymore!.

Note: I have 8-Processors in my Computer...to assist in handling rigorous demands!. My Computer Fan was getting a thorough work-out while it was dissipating a fair amount of processor generated heat.

I guess that can't be helped, I don't see any remedy for that, it is what it is.

[MickMannock]

Nice to read everyones reaction here. I agree with most of what you all are saying.

Since the devs stated they were looking forward to our reactions of the beta, it would be nice to see some devs replying and commenting on some of the suggestions.

[Infierno]

Absolutely loved my time with the game and can't wait for the release.

[HannibalBarca64]

Enjoyed the few hours that I got to play. Definitely going to require a change in my mentality though. Digging out units is a lot tougher now, and the 15-strength infantry and cavalry certainly aren't pushovers.

[pat_1335]

First of all, loved the game. It seems hard to go back to PC1 when I've already had a chance to play PC2. I can't wait for the release.
The things I loved about it were pretty much covered by everyone else. I think the changes made to gameplay make way more interesting than PC1.

Things for improvement:

1. I think optimization could be better. Graphics-wise I don't think it should be too hard to run based on the visuals of the game but I'm only getting 60fps on a GTX 1070 and R5 2600 on 1080p. Performance tanked so bad when I tried one of the bigger scenarios.
2. Also, when changing the graphics settings I didn't see any difference in visuals or performance. 60Fps isn't bad but I think the game can run better.
3. Minor gripe but pulling up unit information during the deployment phase can be a bit of a hassle. I hope they put in a quicker way to open the info thing without having to press the "i" button on the unit portrait. It's also hard to distinguish between units during gameplay. Units look too similar to one another making it hard to find specific units without having to look at my unit window.
4. Just a suggestion but I hope they put back the option to have the right mouse button movement just like in PC1.

Excited for release day! This two-day beta play window is such a tease.

[nLjace]

I too enjoyed my game. I would love additional RPGish elements, even if they are purely cosmetic or for immersion purposes. I think a lot of us love our Core units and we become familiar with them. One of my favorite feature of the old PG3 and PG3SE games was that each of my units had not only a unit identifier but also a named, identifiable commander with unique traits - that added a whole lot of personality to each of the units and endeared them to me over time. We have something similar to that here with the Heroes, though personally I'd still love for units to be identified with particular, random leaders. It wasn't uncommon for groups or units to be identified with a commander in many militaries on all sides of the war. But that's probably something for later.

That said, I agree with a lot of the comments and suggestions from earlier in this thread. I know you guys are still working on Stuka effects and a few features here and there for the final version. Looking forward to the final game and to dig into modding.

[impar]

... I'm only getting 60fps on a GTX 1070 and R5 2600 on 1080p.

Just to make sure:
You removed the tick for Vsync in Options?

[Hemi]

- stuka and bf109 silouette are too similar... i confused them more than once!

I hear ya, I still do the same if I move too quickly so I have learned to look at the unit statistics when I select the active unit.

You have the option to change the camo on units; I change the Stukas and 109s to distinctive camos and it's a moot issue.

[pat_1335]

... I'm only getting 60fps on a GTX 1070 and R5 2600 on 1080p.

Just to make sure:
You removed the tick for Vsync in Options?

Yeah i did.