PG Confessional

TheGrayMouser · Post by **TheGrayMouser** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:23 am

Well Pg was my ist pc game ever, on my ist computer , a crochety (and used) old 486. When I ist got the game I played it too death, till my eyes bled (literally, after playing straight 8 hours one time I went to use the bathroom and was horrified to see both my eyes were glowing red, not the been in a smoky room too long red but literally leaking blood, yikes)

Anyway I dont know how many times I got through the main campaign to the last scenario, invasion America, maybe 10-12? Every time the same thing happened: I would use the massive prestige to upgrade all my units to the finest high tech, all Panther and Tiger 2's, Jets galor etc. I would storm the beaches of the Eastern seaboard and force my way inland to the point where my armoured corps were enveloping DC, and then.. I would just stop, close the game and restart. Never could bring myself to complete the final conquest and I never did.
Funny since I have never had/have a problem conquering the world (or the universe) in any other strategy game.

I have no pretensions of any morality or misdirected patriotism in my above reflection (its a game after all), just whimsical musings

"Deep Secret" sharing time over

VPaulus · Post by **VPaulus** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:00 am

In my case, PG, was far from being my first game or even my first computer wargame.
But to be honest I never played much wargames; it wasn't, and it isn't to be more accurate, really my kind of game.
With the PG series I really made an exception. I can remember the first time I installed it, with no hopes of being more than a few hours installed in the HD. The moment I looked into the graphics on screen and started to play was pure magical. It was so... intuitive that I really played it before reading any instructions at all. That outstanding characteristic of being able to attract a casual player into a wargame is something that is at the level of pure geniality in terms of computer gaming design.
For me, PG, is really a masterpiece and it's easily in my top ten computer games.
I was attracted to this title by casual surfing in the internet about PG. From what I read, I can see what the authors are aiming to. I have confident that this will be one the best titles of next year. It's an instant buy for me.
I hope that the word will be spread, not the Yanks are coming but a new PG is coming.

EDIT: Who was the genious who designed the PG? Does anybody knows it's name?

TheGrayMouser · Post by **TheGrayMouser** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:20 am

The company was SSI, back in the day they made a lot of good games. Not sure who the lead designer/ programmer was though, I want to say Keith Brors? but i might be thinking he did Steel Panthers....

VPaulus · Post by **VPaulus** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:30 am

Thanks, I knew it was SSI. I'll look into my old Retro Gamer magazines. I remember that there was a 2 number covering SSI history.

Obsolete · Post by **Obsolete** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:51 am

"I would just stop, close the game and restart."

LOL, 99% of the time when people do this, it's because they realize their core is either too small, or not improved enough and they notice it's best to just re-start the whole campaign over to get more elite units ready for the final upcoming battles. (wink)

Interestingly, I played TOAW BEFORE I ever touched PG2... Yes, I know it's generally the other way around...

Obsolete · Post by **Obsolete** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:53 am

Alright, completed the Blitzkrieg campaign AGAIN. Full gold-medals for bragging rights..

I couldn't help but remember this thread during the first American scenario. Luckily, it wasn't as hard as I had remembered it before. However, I did have a few GOOD leaders to help take advantage and exploit over-runs as much as possible. Basically I had stuck with Panzer IVD's since they were available, and ONLY upgraded them to Kings as soon as I was allowed to when Savannah started. Here was my favourite King just after my first upgrade--

I had originally wanted to go to bed at the start of Savannah, but couldn't resist the playing the Kings, of course I had an evil grin on my face for 20 minutes while I juggled around and tweaked my inventory.

VPaulus · Post by **VPaulus** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:33 pm

I still love the graphics.

Kissaki · Post by **Kissaki** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:19 pm

Obsolete wrote:
"I would just stop, close the game and restart."
LOL, 99% of the time when people do this, it's because they realize their core is either too small, or not improved enough and they notice it's best to just re-start the whole campaign over to get more elite units ready for the final upcoming battles. (wink)

He is talking about when the game is already won, where all that remains is a mop-up job. I can relate, I'm like that too. When final victory is but a few mouse clicks away, I stop. I did complete PG, mind you, but I have never completed a Civilization game by conquest, nor any of the Warlords or Total War games. When the enemy is reduced to rubble, unable to offer any significant opposition, I lose interest in fighting them. I don't know, probably the same principle as when someone is playing hard to get.