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From: sharp@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Maurice Sharp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Halls of Montezuma - some more comments
Message-ID: <1990May8.021326.25987@calgary.uucp>
Date: 8 May 90 02:13:26 GMT
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Hiya,

     I too have been playing HOM for quite a while.  Also Panzer
Battles (an excellent update that fixes many annoying little bits).

In article <1990May4.200358.27570@athena.mit.edu> dresnick@athena.mit.edu (David I Resnick) writes:
>
>  I have been playing HOM for a bit more now and have the following
>comments/complaints.  Anyone who knows how to get around these
>problems (as I see it) with the game should correct me.
>
>   I find it REALLY irritating not to be able to control the
>individual battalions.  This leads to the following ridiculous

Well, it is advertised as a Corps level simulation.  Yes, I used to
find the degree of control anoying.  Now I find it a challange.  If
you like control of individual units, try Rommel vs. Patton.  For HOM,
you need a different type of control. (The civil war one will be even
more difficult control wise, but more fun).

>I don't want to sound too down on the game.  The interface is nice,
>and the graphics/sound are good.  I just don't feel that I have real
>control over what my troops are doing, which becomes quite
>frustrating.  Sure this is "realistic", but is it fun?  Maybe when I
>get better, these seeming problems will go away.  Any ideas/comments
>from you HOM experts out there???

 It took me several games to get the hang of it.  Remember that supply,
 level of fatigue, and level of casualties are critical to the game.
 Also, combined arms can help an assault.  To really do well,
 familiarize yourself with the unit stats using Warplan.

 As to why the French HQ disappears.  The French are brittle, this
 means that after a certain casualty level, they die from attrition.

 If you have any other questions, give me a yell.

	 maurice

Maurice Sharp MSc. Student
University of Calgary Computer Science Department
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Maurice Sharp MSc. Student
University of Calgary Computer Science Department
2500 University Drive N.W.	      sharp@ksi.cpsc.UCalgary.CA
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4	      ...!alberta!calgary!sharp