First impressions
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:20 pm
30 seconds: Started up the game, nice clean graphic and interface. Selected tutorial campaign.
5 minutes: Playing the first mission. Like the new combat system (compared to PG) especially the surrounding units bonus.
15 minutes: Find it a little difficult to diffrentiate between friendly and enemy units, they seem to blend. Also the strategy minimap seems underwhelming.
1 hour: Artillery seems underpowered compared to PG. Could not find unit info (found it later in the manual (alt+click)).
Overall I am totally immersed into this game. Finally a well executed sequel to PG.
Faults: Differentiating between friend and foe on tactical and strategy map. Cannot see if unit is core or auxilliary. In Norway scenario I retook an objective hex. After capturing all objective hexes the scenario did not finish until I took that hex again even though my flag was on it. Automatic saves for current and last turn would be a plus. It would also be a plus if the game could be minimized.
Pros: Great graphics, sound, gameplay. Challenging scenarios. I love this game!
Performance: No problems, no crashes, everything works. Specs: i7 930@4Ghz, x58 motherboard, 6 gig 1600 Mhz memory, 470 GTX video card. Windows 7 x64.
5 minutes: Playing the first mission. Like the new combat system (compared to PG) especially the surrounding units bonus.
15 minutes: Find it a little difficult to diffrentiate between friendly and enemy units, they seem to blend. Also the strategy minimap seems underwhelming.
1 hour: Artillery seems underpowered compared to PG. Could not find unit info (found it later in the manual (alt+click)).
Overall I am totally immersed into this game. Finally a well executed sequel to PG.
Faults: Differentiating between friend and foe on tactical and strategy map. Cannot see if unit is core or auxilliary. In Norway scenario I retook an objective hex. After capturing all objective hexes the scenario did not finish until I took that hex again even though my flag was on it. Automatic saves for current and last turn would be a plus. It would also be a plus if the game could be minimized.
Pros: Great graphics, sound, gameplay. Challenging scenarios. I love this game!
Performance: No problems, no crashes, everything works. Specs: i7 930@4Ghz, x58 motherboard, 6 gig 1600 Mhz memory, 470 GTX video card. Windows 7 x64.
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