Hello!
I was busy last month and was unable to finish the campaign, but I find time to play Panzer Corps again... and I'll finish this afghan campaign as a priority!
Uzbek had his parade in Moscow first, but I'm following!
I just need to finish the last mission, so it's time for a general feedback
You'll have it when you come on the forum again.
Karawane was cool. I started it before your patch, so It is the unpatched version.
Replay:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/qqg2yn3f ... 3.rar/file
Nice concept. However, I find that the low range of the air units available somewhat hinder the fun of the scenario. If I replay it, I'll make sure to use more long range bombers. Hinds were excellent, but range was more important in this mission.
I decided to cross the border with helicopters to capture the Pakistani airfield. I let diplomats have fun with the situation
Road to Gardez was also interesting. North: an ambush / South: a fast advance in ennemy territory to support the allies trapped. Excellent situation to solve.
Replay:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/71hsfbev ... 0.rar/file
VDV, KGB and GRU units transported by helicopters were once again a must have. Always a pleasure to use them.
Even if the scenario is excellent, you could warn the player that a second convoy is incoming; because I was protecting my first transports with excessive care and was extremely worried at each ennemy turn, thinking that any destroyed vehicles means the failure of the mission! I avoided a heart attack each time enemy infantry attacks from the shadows to leave a transport with 3HP left
Maybe you could also put a script to end the mission when every convoy units reached their destination, but it's a detail.
The fortress was unexpected. The map looked less "natural" than the other ones, but was well crafted.
Replay:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/sb0uqwl6 ... 7.rar/file
The central ring allows interesting airborne maneuvers, while the rest of the army push left and right.
The enemy leader was surrounded by airborne units and was quickly defeated. That was fun.
Orgun was a fun defensive mission with the need to push a little bit to neutralize artillery units.
Replay:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/3xqyyhjq ... 5.rar/file
My elite infantry and armored units were in movement in the whole city like firefighters to avoid any breaches in the afghan army perimeter, while the air force supported the ground troops or attack the artillery shelling the city. That was another very good mission.
I just need to finish the last mission, and I should finally show to the citizens of Moscow how my troops looks cool in their platinum-plated Hind
Among the Modern Conflicts content, my favorite campaign is Akkula's NATO one.
Many units to choose from, various battlegrounds on numerous locations across Europe, different situations to solve from classical armored push to naval attack, etc... Players have to face many different situation, but have plenty of choices to deal with the scenarios.
This 1979-1984 afghan campaign has none of those qualities, but is yet my number 2... exactly for the opposite reasons
Your campaign does mainly one thing, but it do it extremely well and in many different ways.
At the core, the players have to deal with ambush and hunt ennemies on hard to reach terrain. We have to use special units and helicopters to have enough mobility to accomplish the objectives, and each time with different variables.
Intercept a caravan, defend a city under assault, reach a destination quickly while ground vehicles are constantly under attack, escort a captured unit toward the base, etc...
It is a different approach from base MC mod, with elite infantry running (well, "flying" suit more the reality) everywhere to accomplish it's objectives, supported by Hinds and some attack aircraft; while slower ground vehicles only play a secondary role, slowly crawling in the rare desert tiles of the map.
That was a very refreshing campaign! Good concept, and equally good execution.
Oh, and another good point: your custom music track!
It seems to be a detail, but it gives more identity to your campaign. I hope your Kuril one will also have it's own audio track
Great work!
I hope you will be back soon with more content!
But be warned, our expectations are very high after this masterpiece
ReplayScandinavian campaign.rar